Restaurant treats in two minutes: 5 ways to feast from LaStrava

Quiet evenings at home with family and friends have become especially precious. You want to get together with your loved ones, hug each of them tightly, feed them delicious food and drink fragrant tea. This is what gives many of us a sense of security now.

And to make sure that you spend more time with your loved ones rather than in the kitchen, FoodOboz together with LaStrava brand have compiled five scenarios of a pleasant feast, preparation for which will not take much time. In fact, just two minutes. After all, LaStrava - ready-made restaurant-level dishes, which are just enough to warm up.

Situation 1: Family dinner in Italian style

What to cook: risotto with beef and mushrooms from LaStrava.

What music to play: Adriano Celentano, Simone Salvatore and Toto Cutugno.

Italians are known for their family lunches, dinners and generally feasts. Family is one of their main values. To not come to a family dinner, you need to have a very good reason.

Therefore, we suggest that you gather the whole family around the table - from the oldest to the youngest. We're going to serve them risotto. It is a Northern Italian dish made of al dente rice, which has a soft, creamy flavor and a creamy consistency.

LaStrava's risotto is made with beef broth that has been pre-evaporated for 36 hours. It also contains white wine, cream, beef, Parmesan and duxelles - a finely chopped mixture of mushrooms, onions, herbs and black pepper fried in butter and evaporated to a paste.

And about rice we can say: with LaStrava you can always be sure that it is always al dente, so your Italian dinner will be really authentic.

Situation 2: Romantic Dinner for Two

What's cooking: LaStrava potato gratin.

What music to play: French chanson (Edith Piaf, Joe Dassin, Charles Aznavour, Leo Ferré, etc.).

It seems that most French movies and songs are about love. The French know how to love passionately like no one else. So, we suggest choosing the traditional French dish of gratin dauphinois for a romantic dinner. It has been cooked in Dauphiné for more than a hundred years. It is a dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk or cream.

Gratin from LaStrava is prepared with béchamel sauce and cheese, and nutmeg and thyme will add spice to it, as well as to your date.

We recommend to complete your dinner with vegetable stew with chicken (dry red wine and spicy spices are included in the composition) or spicy roasted beef (chili pepper is included in the dish to add "fire") from LaStrava.

Situation 3: Spanish-style party for friends

What to cook: paella with chicken from LaStrava

What music to play: Spanish guitar (e.g. Salvador Andrades)

Spaniards are known for their love of fun and noisy festivities, with celebrations and carnivals taking place all year round. So we suggest to organize the party in this style. You can complement the program with a flamenco master class and watching bullfighting - the famous Spanish bullfight.

We will also treat the guests with a dish of this country. Traditional paella is made of rice with saffron and olive oil. There are many variants of what to add. Spaniards themselves claim that there are more than three hundred recipes for paella.

At LaStrava paella is cooked with chicken broth: a whole chicken is first roasted and then boiled for 48 hours to make the flavor rich. Then vegetables and saffron, an indispensable ingredient in a good paella, are added. Chicken is cooked using the sous vide technique - 5 hours in a vacuum at a relatively low temperature of 68℃.

Situation 4: A holiday party for the kids

What's cooking: LaStrava's mitballs and mashed potatoes.

What music to play: soundtracks from favorite cartoons

Feeding children is always a special responsibility. Dishes for them should be healthy and tasty. The parents of your little guests will definitely not approve of pizza or French fries. We offer a win-win option - mashed potatoes and mitballs in tomato or cream sauce.

LaStrava's mashed potatoes are made from selected potatoes of a special variety, with the addition of two sauces: duxelles and demiglace. Two types of chicken meat are used for mitballs: fillet and thigh fillet, and the balls themselves are steamed under pressure. Due to the special cooking technology they have a very soft and tender texture. There are two sauces to choose from - creamy or tomato sauce.

Situation 5: Picnic with light appetizers

What to make: hummus and guacamole from LaStrava

What music to play: We suggest notplaying anything and enjoying the sounds of nature

There's still a whole month of summer ahead, so call your friends for a picnic in the park. Bring plenty of water, grab some games like Frisbee or badminton, and organize some snacks. And of course, don't forget a trash bag to clean up after yourself.

Hummus is a Middle Eastern appetizer made from chickpea puree. The chefs at LaStrava prepare it using a traditional recipe from Cairo. It includes tahini (sesame paste), olive oil, fresh lemon juice and garlic. Perfect with breads and fresh vegetables - cucumber, peppers, carrots.

Another appetizer, this time from Mexico, is guacamole. It is prepared from avocado, lime juice, coriander and onions. LaStrava also adds a hint of chili. Traditionally, guacamole is eaten with corn chips, but you can also have cornbread or bread. Guacamole is also included in another very picnic-friendly dish, fajitos. This is Mexican-style shawarma, with meat and vegetables wrapped in a tortilla.

LaStrava Brief:

The LaStrava brand was created for those who appreciate good food but want to spend less time cooking. It is for such people that a line of healthy and safe restaurant-grade food for every day was developed. All the dishes are ready to go, it only takes two minutes to heat them up.

There are risotto, paella, mitbols, gratinas and other goodies - and the list is still expanding. The recipes are developed by Spanish chef Eduardo Salvador, and Ukrainian chefs implement them with the help of such technologies as sous vide (long cooking in vacuum at low temperatures), high-pressure treatment (method, thanks to which the dish retains its flavor throughout its shelf life - 35 days) and the use of special packaging for high-pressure treatment.