Ring in the New Year with Martha Stewart’s tips! From an omelet brunch featuring gourmet toppings to festive cocktails, Martha shares her secrets for hosting with style in this video. Plus, learn how to craft stunning tablescapes with creative DIY touches, including elegant red sugar-rimmed glasses and chic paper party hats.
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00:00I like to take it kind of easy after Christmas, but I still like to give a New Year's Day
00:04brunch for all my friends.
00:06It's an omelette brunch, and it's inexpensive, it's very easy to put together, and I can
00:11make use of a lot of things that are still here in my house after Christmas.
00:16This omelette party is really delicious, everyone enjoys it, and I'd like to show you how.
00:21This little desk, I used it as a drink buffet, and on it we have our plates.
00:27These are nice large plates, they'll be perfect for the omelettes, they're a generous size.
00:33These plates are for the dessert, and these napkins, this is a wonderful monogram, I don't
00:38even know what the letters are, I found these at a tag sale once, and I use them every single
00:43holiday, and inside is a fork and a knife.
00:47This little table has to be here because of the chandelier, and I also can display the
00:51dessert.
00:53For dessert today, I've made poached pears.
00:56These are excellent because pears are so good at this time of year, and peeled and
01:00poached in a red wine syrup, they are so good.
01:04I used Bosque pears, which have these long stems, and also Comise pears, which are very
01:09tender and buttery.
01:11To go with the pears, I've made some star cookies.
01:14They're just my basic sugar cookie recipe with some chopped candied ginger added.
01:21Another thing that worked out really well this Christmas was that all my amaryllis bloomed
01:26in unison.
01:27Well, my guests are about to arrive, and I'd like to show you the omelette table.
01:30It's right over here.
01:32This is the omelette buffet.
01:35As you can see, there's lots of things on this table, but they're all very simple and
01:39very easily prepared in advance.
01:41Starting from the very simplest thing, the eggs.
01:44I figure three eggs per person, and here we have asparagus that have been lightly blanched,
01:51four different kinds of cheeses that have been grated, roasted red pepper strips.
01:56This is malasal beluga, and this is the caviar that comes from the salmon, the salmon roe.
02:03To finish off the buffet, beautiful mixed green salad, and these baby croissants.
02:12You know, Susan, it's so easy to make a good omelette.
02:14You'll need a heavy pan, clarified butter, and the freshest eggs.
02:19Three eggs, okay?
02:20Squiggle the pan.
02:21I call this sort of squiggling, pulling the edges towards the center, always moving the
02:27pan so that the omelette never has a chance to stick to the bottom of the pan.
02:32Now, this omelette I'm going to make, you want caviar and sour cream.
02:36Well, I'll use the savoury caviar.
02:39This is so gorgeous, fresh.
02:41This is the salmon roe, and that looks so good right there, and now fold over one side
02:48and don't overcook.
02:50Turn it out on the plate like that.
02:52Looks good.
02:53All I have to do, because everything has been done in advance, is cook the omelettes and
02:58have conversation with my friends and have a good time.
03:01Try it.
03:02I think you'll really enjoy this kind of party.
03:04Well, it doesn't matter how old you are, because if you're reveling in the new year, well,
03:08you have to have a delicious drink, and it doesn't have to be champagne.
03:12Here are some of our favorites.
03:13For the kids, try our apple cranberry sparkler.
03:17And to make that drink even more special, just wet the rim of a glass with some fresh
03:24lime juice, and if you have some beautiful red sugar leftover from your cookie making,
03:32just dip the rim of the glass in that sugar.
03:35Isn't that a beautiful rim?
03:39Sanding sugar like that just brightens up.
03:41You can use red or white or any color, really, for this.
03:48So let these dry and make it nice and crystally.
03:52Sanding sugar, really perfect edge for a glass.
03:56And for the garnish, well, how about a little umbrella.
04:01These little umbrellas are so cute.
04:03There.
04:04And then maybe a piece of apple with red skin, of course.
04:11And how about a few cranberries.
04:13Again, remember, this drink is cranberry and apple juice, sparkling non-alcoholic cider.
04:24So here we have our cute little cocktail drink enhancer.
04:32And then half and half, cranberry juice, sparkling cider.
04:36They're going to love it.
04:40And for the adults, we're going to make Snake Bites, traditional British drink that combines
04:45hard cider and ale.
04:47Half and half.
04:49Lots of drinks made with beer really have odd names.
04:52There's Black and Tan, equal parts of Guinness Stout and Bass Ale, and we're using Fuller's
04:59Ale.
05:00Yummy.
05:01And then there's Shandy Gaffs, that's lager and 7-Up or lager and ginger ale.
05:06And there's Boilermakers, made with whiskey and beer mixed together.
05:10How does that sound to you?
05:11Here we have four drinks.
05:13Couldn't be easier.
05:16They're lots of fun and they are festive.
05:18Happy New Year.
05:19It's amazing what you can do with some white paper, a glistening pom-pom, and an elastic
05:24chin strap.
05:26Cut a half a circle of paper, just glue it together with some double-stick tape and a
05:31paper punch.
05:33Any design you choose.
05:34Aren't those the cutest little New Year's Eve hats you've ever seen?
05:38These should be put right on the table.
05:41And our buffet table is ready.
05:43I'm just putting the last few things on here.
05:46I want all my guests to wear hats because I think they're going to look really cute.
05:50And we have something that everybody's going to love, these really loud noisemakers.
05:57These are great.
05:59And what do you think of the table?
06:01Our glasses rimmed in red sugar, wonderful open-faced and panini sandwiches that are
06:06just divine.
06:08And crudités, spicy popcorn snack, wonderful brownies, beer, drinks for the kids.
06:16And with these, well, you're going to want to have a lot of fun.
06:21Thanks so much for watching.