SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE 23 December (EUROPA PRESS) –
The public hospitals of the Canarian Health Service, part of the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, will provide special menus for patients admitted during Christmas Eve and Christmas, in honour of the festive season.
Considering that patients suffer from various conditions, the menus crafted will adhere to medical recommendations and will be tailored to their dietary requirements.
As a result, the meals will be designed in different versions, satisfying the necessary criteria for individuals with hypertension, diabetes, or those who need to follow low-fat or astringent diets, among others.
At the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, the Christmas Eve dinner will feature seafood soup as a starter, cheeks in a mushroom and broccoli sauce accompanied by duchess potatoes as the main course, and nougat along with roasted pear for dessert.
For lunch on 25 December, the menu will include asparagus cream as a starter, cod with seafood sauce and baked potatoes as the main dish, finishing with Canarian sweet potato trout for dessert.
The Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria will present its patients with a traditional Christmas Eve dinner featuring parmentier cream, vegetable cream, or chicken soup, depending on their required diet.
The second course will offer grilled salmon with yogurt and dill sauce paired with baked potatoes and wild asparagus, meat roll filled with yogurt and dill sauce, vegetable lasagna with green sauce, or salmon cake.
Moreover, for dessert, those hospitalised will enjoy cheesecake with blueberries, tangerines, applesauce, or blueberry jelly.
Each tray will come with a box containing individual portions of the Christmas assortment along with a festive greeting.
On 25 and 31 December, a special menu will also be available to enhance patients’ experiences during their stay, according to a statement from the Ministry.
The Canary Islands University Hospital Complex (HUC) will present its patients with a Christmas Eve menu including chicken and beef broth for the first course, followed by beef sirloin with demi-glace sauce served with cheese wantun, vegetable volovan, and crispy beetroot with attractive potatoes. For dessert, griddle cake or apple flan will be offered.
On Christmas Day, the menu will consist of watercress cream with palm honey and semi-cured cheese as a starter, salmon in cider with dill resting on a bed of black rice as a second course, and assorted cakes for dessert.
CANDELARIA HOSPITAL
On Christmas Eve, patients at the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital will savour Christmas Lyonnaises alongside pumpkin cream infused with cider as the first course, followed by sea bass on the back with a garnish of sweet potatoes for the second.
Additionally, dessert will feature a fruit cocktail along with a Christmas assortment, complemented by a glass of cider.
The Christmas lunch will consist of seafood soup as a starter, Angus sirloin in Spanish demi-glace sauce accompanied by roast vegetables for the main course, and fruit salad for dessert.
Patients at the Doctor José Molina Orosa University Hospital will partake in a traditional Christmas Eve dinner featuring seafood soup as a starter, followed by pork tenderloin medallions with apple sauce and sautéed potatoes with carrots and garlic, while dessert will comprise cheesecake with cranberries along with the classic Christmas assortment.
The meal on 25 December will also be special for patients at the Lanzarote centre, who will enjoy pumpkin and orange cream as a starter, cod in marinara sauce served with turned potatoes as a main dish, and a Christmas log for dessert.
The General Hospital of Fuerteventura will offer patients a Christmas Eve menu tailored to their diets, consisting of seafood bisque, candied artichoke hearts with shavings of serrano ham and truffle oil, veal tournedos Rossini accompanied by foie and mushrooms on brioche, and a reduction of Utiel-Requena wine. A layered potato and beet millefeuille with black garlic alioli will be served, along with a wheat tortilla cone stuffed with salmon, prawns, spinach, and mushrooms. To conclude, dessert will feature horchata cake with fartons.
For Christmas Day, the menu will include beef soup as a starter, seafood hake accompanied by a tartlet filled with prawn cocktail and avocado as the main dish, and nougat semifreddo for dessert.
LA PALMA HOSPITAL
At the General Hospital of La Palma, the planned Christmas Eve dinner will commence with an assortment of croquettes as a starter, followed by queen consommé, and Christmas roll with broccoli and parsley potatoes. For dessert, there will be Christmas sweets.
On Christmas Day, patients will indulge in a special breakfast featuring chocolate and butter bread, followed by a lunch comprising stuffed eggs as a starter, fish and seafood soup, followed by peppered beef tenderloin served with sautéed vegetables (peas and baby carrots) along with golden potatoes for the main course, and Christmas sweets for dessert.
The Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in La Gomera has planned a Christmas Eve menu consisting of seafood soup as a starter, pork loin with a sauce made of plums and apples as the main dish, and nougat mousse alongside Christmas sweets for dessert.
On Christmas Day, lunch will include cress cream with white cheese and croutons as a starter, cod loin accompanied by sweet potatoes and Riojan sauce as the main course, and for dessert, Uruguayan powder and Christmas sweets.
At the Hospital Nuestra Señora de los Reyes in El Hierro, Christmas Eve dinner will begin with chicken soup, followed by baked lamb shoulder with mashed potatoes, and nougat mousse for dessert.
On Christmas Day, lunch will feature seafood chowder as a starter, peppered beef tenderloin served with baby carrots and sautéed peas for the main course, and nougat mousse for dessert once more.
