How to succeed at Christmas with the most famous Thermomix recipes.December 24 is the most cooked day of the year.
December 24 at 10 a.m. is the day and time when the most cooking is done in the world. According to a study carried out by Cookidoo, Thermomix’s online recipe platform, at that time more than 2.5 million users connect to its website to prepare dishes to celebrate Christmas Eve.
Many countries are using this popular kitchen robot and its recipe book to cook special dishes for these dates. In total, some 325,000 people seek culinary inspiration on Cookidoo on Christmas Eve morning. However, according to the study, most Spaniards prefer to start cooking a little later than the rest of the world and start preparing food around 12 in the morning.
Thermomix has published a ‘World Guide to Christmas Recipes 2021’ to make choosing the menu for this Christmas a little easier. In the recipe book, he collects the most sought-after Christmas dishes in different countries of the world. According to this recipe book, these are the most popular recipes by country.
Christmas recipes
In the top of the most sought after recipes: the Roscón de Reyes, the great protagonist of the holidays . In second position is the typical hot chocolate, ideal to accompany it.
In third and fourth place we find two salty dishes made with seafood: the potato emulsion with octopus and clams a la marinera .
- Roscon
- Chocolate a la taza
- Potato emulsion with octopus
- Clams to the sailor
- Lemon Sorbet with Cava
The favorite recipes in Europe
For the rest of the Europeans. Christmas is also synonymous with sweet. In fact, the most sought-after recipes are part of confectionery , both traditional and inspired by the gastronomy of neighboring countries.
In Portugal sweet dishes are part of the most popular recipes . At the top of the ranking is rice pudding, followed by leite creme and sonhos de abóbora, bolo-rainha and chocolate delight
Meanwhile, in Italy, in addition to the classic panettone, we find the Pandoro , whose mascarpone cream for its filling is the most cooked recipe in Italy at Christmas according to Thermomix data.
In France , in first place in the ranking is its iconic Galette des Rois à la frangipane (king cake with frangipane almond cream). Despite the fact that this position is occupied by a sweet, in the searches of the French, savory dishes such as duck foie gras and small glasses of salmon, prawns, avocado and fresh cheese predominate.
As in Portugal, the star dish in Denmark and Norway is rice pudding (Risengrød or Risengrynsgrøt), although among the favorite preparations in central and northern European countries at Christmas, there is a better balance between sweet and the salty, where preparations with sauces and purple cabbage predominate.
Rice twelve
Portugal
- Sweet rice
- cream milk
- Pumpkin Dreams
- Cake Queen
- Chocolate delight
Italy
- Crema per pandoro (relleno pandoro cream)
- Pasta all’uovo (egg pasta)
- Lemon sorbet
- Hot chocolate
- Struffoli

Galette des Rois à la frangipane.
France
- King Cake with marzipan
- Pato foie gras
- Cups of salmon, prawns, avocado and fresh cheese
- Gougères
- Gingerbread

Bread Christmas tree.
United Kingdom
- Bread christmas tree
- Yorkshire pudding
- Red cabbage with spices
- Cranberry sauce
- Roasted potatoes with rosemary and garlic

Apfelrotkohl.
Germany
- Apfelrotkohl (red cabbage with apple)
- Semmelknödel (Bread dumplings)
- Curried date sauce
- Tiramisu
- Egg liqueur

Kaiserschmarrn.
Austria
- Kaiserschmarrn
- Napkin dumplings
- Men’s cream
- Spaetzle
- Chocolate mousse

Risengrød.
Denmark
- Rice porridge
- Mayonnaise
- Vanilla ice cream
- Mashed potatoes
- Chocolate cream

Risengrynsgrøt.
Norway
- Rice porridge
- Brownies
- Spicy red cabbage (Col lombarda picante)
- Salsa bearnesa
- Mulled wine
The ‘top’ of recipes in America
On the other side of the Atlantic, confectionery is also the star of Christmas. Among his favorite recipes, they stand out, from the famous sugar and ginger cookies , the favorites for Americans and Canadians, to hot chocolate and bread rolls , in Mexico, and rice pudding , in Brazil. Among the salty dishes, the Wellington sirloin stands out , in Canada, and the Biscayan cod , in Mexico.

Cookies.
USA
- Sugar cookies
- Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
- Basque “burnt” cheesecake
- gingerbread man cookies
- Honey Mustard and Orange Glazed Ham
Mexico
- Biscayne cod
- Buns for dinner
- Hot chocolate
- Christmas Apple Salad
- christmas turkey

Bolo Rei.
Brazil
- Sweet rice
- Dreams
- cream milk
- Roscón de Reyes (Portuguese)
- Mashed potatoes