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Searching for the best recipes to make in the new year? Here are your top 10 favourite comforting recipes with a twist for 2020. I’ve even included 5 of my own along with them!
Happy New Year, food adventurers!
To celebrate the seasons changing and us reigning in a fresh new chapter, I’ve compiled a list of all of your favourite recipes of 2020. Highlighting all of last year’s brightest moments before we propel into even more exciting content that awaits.
Don’t forget to also check out the Most Useful Kitchen Resources to Upgrade your Cooking Skills roundup post I did last week!
Last year was full of all types of seasonal treats with a bit of holiday thrown in the mix. We had things from white chocolate matcha cheesecake brownies to spooky Halloween black rice risotto and a coconut chai latte with cream cheese foam.
Let’s get on to that list of all your favourite recipes of 2020…
Top 10 Recipes of 2020
Here are the top 10 recipes (according to Google) that made the cut in 2020, listed in order of popularity.
Save them to Pinterest so you can make them later!
1. Strawberry Lychee Mocktails
Talk about perfect for any occasion! These strawberry lychee mocktails are the perfect non-alcoholic drink to make a toast and celebrate.
They’ve even got some festive Christmas colours. But no one said it had to be Christmas for you to whip these drinks up! Have them throughout summer when it’s peak strawberry season for fresh, fruity, fizzy refreshing goodness!
2. Miso Caramilk Condensed Milk Cookies
These 7 ingredient cookies are incredibly easy to make and are so addicting! They’re buttery soft with a unique twist with some white miso and sweet Caramilk chunks. Resulting in a slightly salty, umami-filled cookie with bursts of caramelised sweetness.
You absolutely must try this miso and Caramilk condensed milk cookie recipe!
Related: Serve up these cookies with a nice glass of homemade pecan milk!
3. Rosemary Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread not only makes the perfect food gift but also a delicious treat for some melt-in-the-mouth goodness. Not to mention the ultimate comfort food that’s crumbly, buttery and nothing but moreish. Embellished with herbs to make them extra special, these shortbread cookies can be cut out into all types of shapes and sizes. These should come with a warning – dangerously delicious.
4. Gingerbread Spice Mix & Gingerbread Syrup
Calling all gingerbread lovers! This one is dedicated to you my wonderful friends, so you get to indulge in all kinds of gingerbread goodness.
Make up a batch of your very own gingerbread spice mix to keep in your pantry and bake up a storm of scrumptious treats. Like these generously spiced and all things nice gingerbread cookies! And then move on to making some gingerbread syrup to keep around to drizzle over pancakes stacks, waffle towers and french toast or mix into all your favourite drinks.
Related: Gingerbread lattes
5. English Muffins with Cranberry and Gingerbread Spice
These cranberry and gingerbread spiced English muffins make a delightful snack, brunch and breakfast item. Featuring bursts of cranberry paired with a lightly spiced soft and fluffy bread with all the nooks and crannies to hold all the butter and spreads.
Related: Essential kitchen spices – with flavour profiles, uses and recipes
6. Cold Brew Kaffir Lime Lemon Iced Tea
For when you need a drink to lift your spirits and soothe your soul! This cold brew blend has a lovely sweetness, fresh vibrant flavours and notes of citrus. Making it a great refreshment and accompaniment over the hot summer days. You can also keep the syrup handy for making your lemonade by swapping out the green tea for some water.
Related: Sparkling Passionfruit Green Tea
7. 3 Ingredient Homemade Orangeade
This 3 ingredients homemade orangeade is a refreshing twist on typical lemonade. With minimal ingredients and effort, you can assemble this and then be sipping away in the sunshine in no time
Related: Mango Passionfruit Fizz
8. Vegetable Broth from Kitchen Scraps
A cost-effective and super simple way to reduce food waste and make use of all those kitchen scraps that may have otherwise been destined for the bin. This vegetable broth requires herbs and vegetable scraps you already have. All you have to do is save them up and then allow the magic to happen.
Related: Kitchen Inventory
9. Passionfruit drinks to celebrate Autumn
Not just one, but three ways to make the most of passionfruit pulp and transform it into wonderfully tasty beverages. Sparkling Passionfruit Green Tea, Passionfruit Soda and a Mango and Passionfruit fizz.
10. Fairy Bread Vanilla Cupcakes
For a little bit of sparkle and all the fun! These cupcakes combine sprinkle-covered fairy bread with your classic vanilla, topped off with fluffy Swiss meringue buttercream. What’s not to love about rainbow-coloured sprinkle-covered cakes that deliver sweet pops of sugary goodness, nostalgia and happiness?!
Related: Baking tips and tricks
My Top Favourite Recipes from 2020
Now that you’ve had your say on your favourite comforting recipes here at The Culinary Letter, I thought I’d share some of my own too!
Here are my top 5 comfort food recipes posted in 2020. From playfully fun passionfruit cookies to crumpet brunch boards and baked pumpkin gnocchi. They’re certainly a collection of items you’ll want to give a try!
1. Passionfruit Emoji Cookies
Passionfruit-flavoured and full of all kinds of characters, these emoji icebox cookies are a delight to look at. They can even be customised and made into your very own most used/ all-time favourite emoji faces!
Related: Homemade Chocolate Milk (to go with those delicious cookies!)
2. Crumpet Brunch Board
Brunch boards make the ultimate breakfast item that everyone can enjoy and are especially great for occasions such as Father’s Day! Centred around some homemade crumpets, this makes for a lovely heartwarming meal.
It’s got all the best bits of a breakfast meal including bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, mushrooms, butter, a bit of green and more! All packed into one beautifully displayed centrepiece. That you can proudly present to a few or a crowd!
Related: Wholemeal bread
3. Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Whip
These red velvet waffles are deliciously light and crispy, with cream cheese whipped cream and dark chocolate ganache drizzle. Wonderful as a breakfast item or for dessert and such a treat to whip up, you may just want them every day! Best served with a side of fruit and ice cream if you’re feeling extra decadent.
Related: Maple, Pistachio and Almond Granola
4. Roasted Pumpkin Gnocchi with Spinach, Bacon and Pesto
The best kind of comfort food! This recipe for roasted pumpkin gnocchi is great for a night in, with golden, cheesy gnocchi nuggets that are crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. Tossed in pesto and topped with spinach, bacon and pine nuts.
It’s one of my absolute favourite go-to dinners for a warm and filling meal with a bit of green. Rich, flavourful, melt-in-the-mouth delicious!
Related: Easy Oven-Baked Spaghetti Squash Tossed with Chicken and Crispy Mushrooms
5. Sticky Date Pudding with Toffee Sauce and Toasted Walnuts
Ain’t nothing but pure delight and indulgence in these sticky date puddings! They’re moist treats drizzled with a toffee sauce (with a special ingredient) and some toasted nuts for a bit of crunch! Just one taste and you shall be back.
That concludes this roundup of your favourite (and some of my favourite) comfort food and drink recipes from 2020!
Do you have a favourite TCL recipe and did it make it onto the list? Let me know in the comments below!
Until next time, stay curious!
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