Jeff Mauro is making the season brilliant by sharing his high three suggestions for internet hosting throughout the holidays.
“No. 1, do as a lot forward of time as doable. And this even comes right down to the baked items, particularly the cookies,” Mauro, 45, solely advised Us Weekly earlier this month whereas selling his Meals Community present Vacation Wars. “My mother makes 15 sorts of cookies. She [starts] three weeks prior, after which she brings out all the cookies on plates. They’re all mingled collectively.”
The Kitchen cohost recommends placing the ready cookie dough in the freezer forward of time and baking it later.
“Pull ’em out the day of. So, when everyone’s consuming dinner, you continue to have the heat oven on,” Mauro stated. “You slip a tray of these cookies in there, so, by the time they relaxation, they’re nonetheless heat chocolate chip cookies to serve for dessert proper after dinner. I imply, there’s nothing higher than a heat chocolate chip cookie.”
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Mauro’s second piece of internet hosting recommendation? Be sure that your music is party-ready. “Don’t neglect the playlist,” he stated, suggesting “Motown slash Phil Spector-style Christmas” music. “I do know that Phil Spector’s a foul particular person, however sadly he made a few of the best Christmas music of all time.”
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The superstar chef warned in opposition to “fashionable Christmas” tunes, “as a result of then you definitely get bizarre pop stars doing bizarre variations of songs you like. And also you’re like, ‘What’s up with this model?’ It’s no good.” He additionally inspired having not less than three hours price of music queued up.
Lastly, Mauro urged all vacation hosts to permit themselves “an excellent 15 minutes earlier than everyone will get there [to] pour your self a glass of wine.”
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He continued: “Have that first swipe of dip or that first shard of parm proper earlier than anyone will get there and the individuals — the locusts — descend upon your stunning unfold. You sit there and you’ve got slightly one thing to eat. Watch the hearth crackling. Hearken to that great playlist you simply put [on]. Earlier than the storm hits, you must type of take pleasure in the calm.”
Mauro will quickly be taking his personal recommendation, as he’s internet hosting this Christmas Eve.
“I like each Christmas Eve, I alter up my menu yearly,” he advised Us, noting that he’s diverted from the Feast of the Seven Fishes he grew up with as an Italian American. “I type of moved away from that. We’ll do shrimp, we’ll do possibly a salmon, [and] a fried shrimp we at all times have, however I alter it up. I’ll do Mexican Christmas Eve, I’ll do Greek, I’ll do Americana with fried rooster and mac and cheese. [It] retains me excited to make the menu [new and] not simply [repeat] the outdated standbys.”
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The Sandwich King persona added that he and spouse Sarah Mauro, with whom he shares 15-year-old son Lorenzo, “begin planning months forward” for the Christmas Eve festivities.
“We do need to make it stunning. And my spouse [does] the middle items and the candles and the music, I do the playlist. I imply, there’s a lot past the menu that we put worth in,” Jeff shared. “We need to ensure that everyone feels invited — after which you possibly can’t do away with ’em.”
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi