A Chic Holiday Feast Made Easy (NAPSA)—Hosting a holiday party that’s fun and features fantastic food need not be complicated to be chic. These simple tips can help you create a memorable evening with ease: Consider serving the food a la carte and ask guests to bring favorite holiday dishes. An a la carte table setting encourages socializing and sharing favorite holiday treats and not only cuts catering costs, but helps create conversation. Make the most of your meal with water, wine and food combi- nations. Pair red wines with red meats and red sauces and white wines with white meat and white sauces, placing the appropriate wine choices next to each dish for easy self-serve pairing. Serve these red wines and dishes with S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water to continually cleanse the palate throughout the meal. The subtle bubbles and minerals stand up to the robust flavors, bringing out subtleties in the wine andfood. Serve white wine such as chardonnay or sauvignon blanc and Acqua Panna Natural Spring Water with fish, chicken or pasta. The smooth texture of the spring water cleanses the palate and enhances theflavor of the meal. Don’t have a favorite holiday dish? This fun and easy recipe is sure to please: Stuffed Chicken Breasts With White Wine Sauce 8 chicken breasts, halved, skinned, boned. 2 Tbsp. butter 6 mushrooms, chopped e * in -] Pair water, wine and food to make the most of your meal. %4 % % % ec. chopped nuts ce. chopped, cooked ham ce. bread crumbs tsp. salt % tsp. pepper 3 or 4 thin orangeslices Parsley sprig White Wine Sauce: 2 tsp. cornstarch % ec. white wine % e. butter, melted 4% ce. apricot preserves Pound chicken breasts between 2 pieces of waxed paper to even thickness; set aside. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet; add mushrooms, nuts and han;stir in bread crumbs. Salt and pepper breasts, spoon crumb mixture in center of each breast, roll up jelly roll style. Secure with picks. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Spoon white wine sauce over chicken, garnish with orange slices and parsley.
