Festive table. What to cook for the New Year: the best recipes with photos

There is very little time left before the New Year 2018. But there is still so much to do! For example, think over the New Year's menu for 2018. Our hostesses know for sure: the success and mood of the magical and long-awaited holiday depends on how well thought out it is.

It just so happened that this time, when compiling the New Year's menu for 2018, we will look at the preferences and passions of the owner or hostess of the next year. In the coming year, the reins of power are taken from the vociferous Rooster by the Yellow Earth Dog - a reliable, devoted and beloved friend of man, which means that it will be much easier to please this animal than some exotic one. The Hostess of the Year loves home-cooked food, simple and satisfying. So, this holiday will not take us by surprise. We already know how to please the Dog, and let’s start by creating the 2018 New Year’s menu, of course, with appetizers and salads.

How does this usually happen with us? “We won’t cook a lot, but limit ourselves to a couple of salads and several types of appetizers”... Be prepared for the fact that the number of amendments in this part of the 2018 New Year’s menu will grow exponentially. Well, how could it be otherwise if you want to try something new and not forget about your favorite snacks?!

Sandwiches

What would New Year be without caviar sandwiches? You simply can’t do without them! Tartlets with red caviar are what you need on the New Year's table. Or at least take sprats, the most budget option, but very tasty. It would seem that sandwiches with sprats won’t surprise anyone now. Ah, no! Add a couple of ingredients to the sprats (boiled eggs, herbs or bell peppers, fresh or pickled cucumber) and you’ll get an excellent New Year’s appetizer with an interesting taste. And I can’t describe in words how wonderful the sprats filling in tartlets looks. By the way, since we are talking about tartlets, they are a real find for modern housewives, especially since there are so many fillings for tartlets that you can cover more than one holiday table.

Snacks

Your favorite stuffed eggs should not be left out either, being rightfully one of the most popular holiday snacks. The choice of fillings for preparing this appetizer is huge, and it is they who turn a seemingly familiar dish into a bright, delicious appetizer. A little tip: if you are preparing deviled eggs in advance, before placing them in the refrigerator where they will await their finest hour, carefully place the plate with the appetizer in a plastic bag. If you don’t do this, the filling and the eggs themselves will dry out and won’t look very appetizing on the New Year’s table.

Since the Dog is very respectful of meat products and cheese, why not make ham rolls or a Christmas tree balls appetizer? And beautiful, and tasty, and original - three in one, if you want.

It’s hard to refuse the traditional Olivier salad and herring under a fur coat, and, in fact, there’s no need to! Get creative with them: design and decorate them in an original way: the Olivier roll appetizer and the Herring under a fur coat salad roll. Or, for example, serve it in orange roses or in glasses so that each layer is visible through clear glass, as in the “Romantic” salad. You can also prepare a new salad, the main thing is that it contains a meat component: boiled or smoked chicken breast, boiled pork, boiled or smoked sausage. And we will be happy to tell you what to combine these ingredients with. Our New Year's menu 2018 is replete with New Year's salads for every taste and budget.

Main course

Now we have reached the main dish of the table - the New Year's hot dish. What's hot to add to the New Year's menu 2018? Most of us puzzle over this question. Why torture yourself like that? The answer is simple: if you decide that there will be only one hot dish on your table, give preference to an already tried and loved dish, traditional for your family.

And what it will be: stuffed chicken or baked chicken fillet, boiled pork, meatloaf with bacon or delicious pork ribs - it’s up to you. The dog will gladly approve of any of your choices, because he loves meat very much.

They say that this year you shouldn’t put fish on the table, they say, the Mistress of the Year doesn’t like it. Every dog, like every person, has its own preferences. So why deny yourself the pleasure and not cook delicious oven-baked fish? Or stuffed pike with a vegetable coat and a cheese crust?

If you still plan to prepare several hot dishes, prepare one of your favorites, and you can experiment with others - you will find plenty of ideas on the pages of our website.

Desserts and sweets

The New Year's menu 2018 cannot do without sweet dishes. For some, New Year is a homemade cake or pastries, gingerbread or New Year's cookies, pies or chocolate roll, while others cannot imagine a magical night without ice cream, fruit salads and all kinds of desserts.

The dog is a big lover of sweets, so an abundance of sweets on the holiday table is 100% success and luck, which it guarantees you in 2018!

Drinks

It would be nice to serve New Year’s drinks not only with sweets, but also with other dishes, but not carbonated ones, but homemade, natural ones: compotes, fruit drinks, juices and better. It’s better to forget about vodka this year. Everyone knows that the Dog cannot tolerate alcohol. Therefore, champagne, light wines, homemade liqueurs, cocktails are just what you need!

Many families have a tradition of taking walks on New Year's Eve. Frozen household members and guests will be warmed by the aromatic, spicy drinks you prepare, which will complement the impressions of the walk and give warmth and comfort.
When compiling the New Year's menu 2018, think through every moment, but do not forget: no matter how beautiful and tasty the dishes you prepare may be, without your smile, good mood, your spiritual care and love that you put into each of them, without your boundless faith in a miracle is just ordinary food, albeit a festive one.

Give your loved ones and friends a real culinary fairy tale! I wish you happiness, goodness and joy in the New Year!

Larisa Shuftaykina

New Year is one of the most important holidays of the year, and we begin to think about what to cook for the New Year a couple of months before the New Year. After all, already with the first snow that falls, we have a desire for the New Year to come quickly, and with it, meetings with family and friends at the festive table, which is simply bursting with everything delicious. We are starting to search for ideas for and increasingly asking ourselves what to cook for the New Year 2018. We will help you. On our website you will find proven tips and advice on what to cook for New Year 2018 and how to decorate the New Year's table.

There is a wide variety of recipes for, from which choosing the right ones can sometimes be very difficult. We advise you, first of all, to pay attention to simple, but satisfying ones that are easy to prepare. Meat dishes are known to be very suitable for special occasions, and New Year is no exception. There are a lot of options here - you can bake carbonade in the oven, surprise guests with meat rolls, cook shish kebab, pork chops, sliced tongue... Don't forget about light snacks and vegetable slices, which are always in demand and go with a bang.

An appropriate festive decoration can add a special touch to New Year’s dishes, which will definitely remain in the memory of your guests. Moreover, the Rooster - the symbol of the coming New Year - really loves everything bright, beautiful, motley and colorful. For example, you can decorate fruit or meat slices in the shape of a rooster’s tail or prepare a salad in the shape of this bird. The symbol of the coming year will like the beautiful ones. To please the Fire Rooster, include more vegetables, fruits and herbs in the New Year's table menu. Fish dishes and cereal dishes will also appeal to the symbol of the year. The Rooster prefers simplicity, naturalness and elegance, so it is best to forget about fried and fatty foods. So, so that you don’t get caught up in time pressure just before the New Year, we advise you to take a look at ours.

A juicy ham with a shiny, crispy crust and a sweet-spicy flavor can be the main dish of New Year's Eve. This dish requires very few ingredients, so try to buy a quality ham for best results. The dish is best served with baked potatoes or roasted vegetables.

Baked ham with honey glaze

Ingredients:
1 pork butt (approx. 4.5 kg)
1 glass of honey
1/4 cup mustard
1/4 cup sugar
80 g butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and line a baking sheet with several sheets of aluminum foil - this will make later cleaning easier. Trim excess fat from the ham, place it on a baking sheet, season with salt, cover tightly with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
Combine honey, mustard, sugar, butter and cardamom in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the butter is melted and the sugar is completely dissolved, about 3 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
When the ham is ready, remove it from the oven, remove the foil and increase the temperature to 220 degrees. Using a sharp knife, make a diamond-shaped pattern over the entire surface of the meat. The size of the diamonds should be about 2.5-3 cm. Do not make cuts more than 6 mm in depth.
Using a brush, brush about 1/3 cup of the glaze over the ham and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, brush with one-quarter of the remaining glaze and repeat every 15 minutes until all the glaze is gone and the crust is golden brown. This takes approximately 55-60 minutes. Let the ham rest for 20 to 30 minutes before slicing.

Perch baked in puff pastry will undoubtedly delight your guests thanks to its original design. Plus, it's a great alternative to fried meat.

Ingredients:
1 kg sea bass fillet
60 g small boiled shrimp
500 g puff pastry
1 egg
2 tablespoons dill
2 tablespoons milk
flour
vegetable oil
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Mix shrimp, finely chopped dill and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk the egg and milk in a small bowl.
Lightly flour your work surface and roll out half the dough into a rectangular shape about 5mm thick and 10cm longer than the fish fillet. Place one fillet, skin side down, on the dough, leaving a little more room at one end to form the tail. Spoon the shrimp mixture over the fish and top with the second fillet. Brush the edges of the dough with beaten egg.
Roll out the remaining dough to the same size and cover the top of the fish, gently pressing the edges to seal. Using a small sharp knife, trim off the excess and shape the dough into a fish shape. Using a teaspoon, make crescent-shaped scales into the dough (but do not pierce the dough). Use scraps of dough to form fins and a fish eye. Brush the dish with the remaining egg, place on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 180 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes until the dough is golden brown.

Light salad recipes are best for people who want to eat well without spending hours in the kitchen before New Year's Eve.

Tuna salad with rice

Ingredients:
1 cup long grain rice
2 glasses of water
450 g canned tuna
100 g olives
2 tomatoes
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
salt and ground black pepper

Preparation:
Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear. Place 2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand covered for about 5 minutes. Stir with a fork and place in a large bowl.
Add olives cut in half, tuna mashed with a fork, chopped tomatoes and vegetable oil. Season with salt and pepper and stir. Serve the salad warm or chilled.

Salad with beans, corn and croutons

Ingredients:
1/2 can canned corn
1/2 can of canned beans
1 cucumber
100 g cheese
2 boiled eggs
100 g white bread croutons
1 clove of garlic
3 tablespoons mayonnaise or Greek yogurt
dill or parsley
salt to taste

Preparation:
Mix corn, beans, chopped cucumber, finely grated cheese and chopped eggs in a salad bowl. Mix the garlic passed through a press with mayonnaise. Season the salad with mayonnaise, add chopped herbs, mix and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and serve.

What to cook for the New Year 2018 and not be left without energy? Of course, you wouldn't want to miss out on the fun of the holiday by spending the last day of the year in the kitchen. At the same time, every housewife hopes that the dishes she prepares will be to the taste of the guests and will become objects of compliments. To ensure everything turns out exactly the way you want, surprise your guests with great appetizers that don’t require a lot of effort and time.

Ham rolls with mushrooms and cheese

Ingredients:
200 g ham
200 g mushrooms
100 g cheese
1 clove of garlic
50 g olives or black olives
2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise
lettuce leaves
butter
salt to taste

Preparation:
Finely chop the mushrooms and fry in a frying pan in butter, adding a little salt.
Cut the ham into thin slices. Mix finely grated cheese with mayonnaise, garlic and mushrooms passed through a press.
Place about 1 tablespoon of cheese and mushroom filling on each slice of ham and roll it up, securing it with a skewer with an olive threaded on it (they should be located on top of the rolls). Place the appetizer on lettuce leaves and serve.

Cheese balls with nut topping

Ingredients:
250 g cream cheese
250 g hard cheese
200 g walnuts
2 cloves garlic

Preparation:
Thoroughly mix the softened cream cheese, grated cheese and garlic passed through a press. Cool the mixture well and form small balls from it. Roll the balls in chopped walnuts, place in a dish, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 12 hours before serving.

New Year celebrations cannot be complete without desserts and sweets. End your New Year's Eve dinner with a delicious dessert that will sweeten your guests' taste buds. You can make a delicate cupcake, a rich chocolate cake, or a simple symbolic snowflake cookie - whatever you choose, focus on the flavor that makes New Years such a magical and recognizable holiday. Spicy pastries with notes of cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and the smell of lemon or orange zest will come in handy in this case. Candied fruits, dried fruits, citrus fruits, cherries, cranberries, nuts and chocolate are also great for New Year's desserts.

Orange cupcake with frosting

Ingredients:
For the cupcake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
250 g butter at room temperature
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons orange zest
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup natural yogurt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of salt

For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons orange juice

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Grease the cake pan with vegetable oil and lightly sprinkle with flour.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, using a mixer, cream the softened butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in orange zest and juice.
Reduce mixer speed and add flour and yogurt in three additions. Add cinnamon and beat. Pour the resulting dough into the mold and tap the mold on the table to remove air bubbles.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let the finished cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes, then remove it from the pan and let it cool completely.
To make the frosting, whisk together the powdered sugar and orange juice until smooth. Spread the frosting evenly over the cupcake and let it set for 1 hour.

We hope our tips were useful for you, and you noted for yourself ideas on what to cook for the New Year 2018. You can always find even more things that you can prepare for the New Year on our website to make the holiday delicious and unforgettable, and The coming year is a successful one!

Svetlana Popova

Finally, the power of fire signs ends and you can take a slight breath. Two turbulent years are almost over. Now the Yellow Earth Dog takes the reins of the world. How to create a New Year's menu for 2018 at home to earn the favor of this animal?

What New Year's table will the hostess of the year like?

On the eve of the New Year holidays, it is necessary to do a general cleaning, remove all the trash from the house, decorate the home and, of course, prepare dishes for the New Year's table. They should appeal not only to your household and guests, but also to the future housewife of the coming year.

Creating a menu is not an easy task. After all, it is necessary to take into account many factors. It's one thing when you're cooking for two, but quite another when you need to please people whose tastes you know approximately.

Let's first figure out what must be present on the table so that the Dog is sure to like it. Firstly, there should be a lot of dishes and they must be satisfying and include all types of meat. Secondly, you need to spend a minimum of time and effort on preparing food. It should be as simple and natural as possible. Therefore, the following are appropriate on the holiday table:

cutting of all types of meat;
whole poultry carcasses baked on the grill or in the oven;
lamb kebabs;
pork or beef baked in foil;
fish cooked over an open fire;
all kinds of game of any preparation;
a wide variety of greens and vegetables;
snacks with chicken, beef, pork, mushrooms and eggs;
wood-fired bread.

It will be good if the meat is in salads, appetizers, and baked goods, for example, in pies. The dog will also like processed meat: jellied meat, jellied meat, pates, etc.

For salads of cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, etc. You can add olive oil, nuts and natural cheese.

The dog loves children very much, so she will be very happy if all kinds of treats for children appear on the New Year's table, ranging from banal sweets, cookies and tangerines to pastries and cakes. If you are worried about the health of your kids, you can prepare:

baked goods with natural berries;
fruit pies;
berry smoothies;
fruit jelly;
cookies with honey;
cakes with natural cream, etc.

Recipes with photos

Any New Year's table should contain:

hot;
garnish;
snacks;
salads;
dessert;
all kinds of drinks.

We have selected for our readers, in our opinion, the most optimal menu of New Year's dishes that will be relevant in 2018. We provided all recipes with a detailed description of preparation and corresponding photos.

Hot dishes

"Baked rabbit with potatoes"

To prepare this dish you need:

potatoes – 1 kg;
rabbit – 3 kg;
mayonnaise – 100 gr.;
onions – 250 gr.;
carrots – 1 pc.;
any oil, salt;
spices and herbs.

Preparation:

Divide the rabbit into pieces of the required size.
Peel the onion and cut into cubes.
Carrot circles mode.
Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into cubes.
Take a baking sheet, grease it with sunflower oil and place one by one: onions, potatoes, carrots, rabbit.
We dilute mayonnaise in 0.5 liters. water and pour over the dish.
Pepper, salt and place the pan in the oven for 3 hours. at a temperature of 200 degrees.
After cooking, decorate with greens.

“Baked duck with kiwi and tangerines”

For this dish you will need:

duck – 2 kg;
kiwi – 3 pcs.;
tangerines – 10 pcs.;
soy sauce – 100 ml;
honey – 1 tsp;
green;
spices and salt.

Preparation:

If necessary, gut the duck, rinse, rub with salt and pepper and leave for 2 hours. soak in.
We combine soy sauce, honey and the juice of one tangerine.
Rub the duck carcass with this solution and wait another half hour for soaking.
Peel the tangerines and kiwis, cut them into pieces and stuff the bird.
Secure the duck with skewers and place the dish in the oven for 3 hours. at a temperature of 180 degrees.
To make the duck more flavorful, you can put tangerine skins on a baking sheet.
Before finishing cooking, you can remove the skewers to allow the fruit to brown.
After cooking, place the meat on a festive dish and decorate with herbs.

"Meat rolls in mushroom sauce"

For the dish you will need:

beef meat – 1 kg;
porcini mushrooms – 1 kg;
green peas - 1 can;
onion – 1 pc.;
flour – 30 gr.;
vegetable oil;
salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Cut the beef into flat pieces and beat with a kitchen hammer.
Set aside two mushrooms, and the rest along with the onion and fry for 10 minutes. in sunflower oil with added salt and spices.
Place the resulting mass on the chopped pieces of meat and roll into rolls. To prevent the meat from unwinding, we secure everything with skewers.
Place the reserved mushrooms in strips in a frying pan and fry for 5 minutes. in oil, then add water and simmer for another 20 minutes.
In another frying pan, stirring continuously, fry the flour in sunflower oil for 5 minutes.
Next, transfer the flour to the first frying pan and, stirring constantly, simmer the mushroom sauce until thickened.
After that, add our rolls to it and cook for another 30 minutes.
After cooking, place the product on a festive dish and decorate with greens.

"Salmon in white sauce"

To prepare the dish you will need:

salmon steaks – 6 pcs.;
cream - half a glass;
yogurt - 1 tbsp.;
spices for fish - 1 tbsp. l.;
assorted vegetables (carrots, broccoli, green peas, etc.) – 300 gr.;
lemon - a quarter;
olive oil;
salt and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

Mix spices with lemon juice and rub the steaks with this mixture. Let the fish marinate for an hour.
Place a sheet of foil on a baking sheet and grease it with olive oil.
Place salmon steaks and assorted vegetables on a baking sheet heated to 200 degrees.
Mix yogurt and cream and pour this mixture over the contents of the baking sheet.
Cover everything with another sheet of foil, pressing the edges tightly.
Place the baking sheet in the oven for 20 minutes.
Remove the top layer of foil and bake the fish and vegetables for another 10 minutes. until a golden crust forms.
After cooking, put everything on a beautiful dish and serve.

Snacks

In fact, there should be several such dishes on the holiday table. We offer you one recipe, in our opinion, quite original, because it is suitable for the New Year.

"Christmas trees"

Required ingredients:

curd mass – 250 g;
red bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
lavash – 1 piece;
lettuce leaves - several pieces;
hard cheese - 60 gr.;
olives - a quarter cup;
basil;
salt to taste.

Preparation:

Spread cling film on a hard surface and lay out lettuce leaves.
Place pre-cut pieces of lavash on them.
Chop the olives, peppers and basil and mix with grated cheese.
Place the mixture on the pita bread.
We cut the resulting semi-finished product into strips and form small rolls.
Place them in the cold for two hours.
Then we cut the rolls into slices and make triangles out of them with our hands - “like a Christmas tree.”

Salads

There should also be several similar dishes on the holiday menu. They can be purely vegetable, with the addition of ham, sausage, meat, fish, etc. It all depends on the preferences of the guests and the taste and capabilities of the hostess.

"Rose"

For the dish you will need:

smoked chicken meat – 300 gr.;
mushrooms – 250 gr.;
onions – 2 pcs.;
canned corn – 250 gr.;
potatoes – 2 pcs.;
potato chips – packaging;
mayonnaise;
herbs and spices;
vegetable oil and salt.

Preparation:

Boil the potatoes in their jackets, peel the skins and mash them.
Mix it with herbs and salt.
Chop the mushrooms and onions and fry them with the addition of spices.
Cut the chicken meat into small cubes.
We take a deep dish and place one by one: mushrooms with onions, mashed potatoes, pieces of chicken, corn and the last layer - chips in the shape of rose petals. Carefully grease each layer with mayonnaise.
To hide the layers, you can grease the edges with a mixture of mashed potatoes and mayonnaise.
After a few minutes of soaking, the dish can be served.

Dessert

As for dessert, this is a separate topic for discussion. It can be presented very widely. After all, both adults and children love sweets. This could be: cookies, muffins, pastries, various baked goods, pies, cakes, etc.

The most popular New Year's dishes in the USSR

Meat dishes:	stuffed chicken, boiled pork, fried fish, goulash, cutlets
Snacks:	jellied meat, sprats, sandwiches with red caviar, aspic, herring with onions and potatoes, salted mushrooms, sauerkraut
Salads:	“Olivier”, “Herring under a fur coat”, “Mimosa”
Dessert:	Napoleon cake, Potato cake, Chocolate sausage
Bakery:	pies with cabbage
Fruits:	tangerines
Drinks:	compote, lemon juice, mineral water, tea, coffee
Spirits:	"Soviet champagne"

What is New Year associated with? With sparkling snow, a fluffy Christmas tree, Santa Claus and gifts in his bag and, of course, holiday treats. We cannot imagine the New Year without a hospitable, plentiful table, elegant and satisfying.

The coming year of the Yellow Earth Dog obliges us to do a lot and gives us some culinary thoughts. Let's share some of them.

What doesn't the Dog like?

The list of products that the owner of 2018 does not favor is quite limited, since the dog is not a picky animal in gastronomic terms and is almost omnivorous. But, nevertheless, its “omnivorousness” has some limits.

Some types of meat. There will be no dog dishes on the 2018 New Year's table. Joke! But, as you know, there is some truth in every joke. And the Koreans, for example, are not far from it. Horsemeat is also not recommended for New Year's consumption. They say that dogs and horses have a complex relationship. It’s better not to upset the mistress of the year. We need her good disposition!

Completely vegetarian New Year's menu. The main type of food for a dog, even an ordinary one, even not an astrological one, is meat. Therefore, the 2018 New Year’s table will look strange without meat dishes. We'll save the carrot and cabbage menu for the Rabbit or Goat.

Fish assortment. Dogs are inquisitive creatures and they can try a shrimp and eat a chop with a piece of fish, but, nevertheless, let’s not mix sour with bland, that is, Dog and Cat and push the fish menu aside along with mushroom delicacies.

Fatty dishes. A hearty menu does not mean fatty. Heavy food, oversaturated with fats, places an unbearable burden on the stomach and attracts it like a magnet to the sofa. What about games? What about fun? What about slides and fireworks? A dog is a very active animal that loves entertainment and fun. There is no need to turn her into a Pig who will determine the menu in a year. In the meantime, we welcome 2018 and avoid fatty New Year's treats.

Note: We also don’t go overboard with sugar, salt and spices. The Dog has a keen sense of smell and a sense of success and luck. No need to dull it!

What do we feed the Yellow Earth Dog?

Meat! In all its manifestations - rolls, cutlets, jellied meats, chops, steaks, kebabs, beefsteaks, stews, goulash, roast beef, shanks, slices, sausages, pates, stews, carbonates... And many other meat delicacies. Please the Dog! And she will answer you with mutual love and devotion. She's good at it.

The dog loves bones. You will please her very much if you choose a bone-in meat dish for the New Year's table: rack of lamb, for example, or chicken Kiev.

Root vegetables. Do not forget that the Dog will come not a simple one, but an Earthen one. To emphasize this feature, we put on the New Year's table root vegetables in various modifications and what ripens in the ground - groundnuts-peanuts, for example. Of course, the most obvious and widespread Russian root vegetable is potatoes. It belongs on the New Year's table as a side dish for meat. Turnips, rutabaga, carrots, and radishes can also take part in the 2018 New Year's meal.

Yellow and orange fruits. The dog is expected to be Yellow. We put a vase of fruit on the table - yellow apples, apricots, oranges and tangerines, amber melon and tender pineapple. An excellent New Year's dessert - light and healthy!

Conclusion: the main concept of the New Year's table 2018 is hearty, simple, plentiful and varied, with an emphasis on meat dishes.

Now let's create a simple but delicious New Year's menu for the Yellow Earth Dog.

Snacks

Snacks are an important part of the holiday table. They stimulate appetite, prepare guests for the main hot course and form the first impression of the table. Let's not deceive the Dog's expectations and give him what he loves most - meat in the form elegantly presented cold cuts. Baked pork, smoked sausage, carbonate, ham, thinly sliced, rolled into rolls and appetizing roses, delight the eye and whet the appetite.

Tip: to prepare sliced meats, you should use a wide knife or slicer. The thinner the slice, the more variations you will have to create three-dimensional compositions on the plate.

Check out our recipes for delicious hot and cold appetizers for the New Year's menu for the Year of the Dog.

Chicken rolls with eggs and olives

Tender, melting in your mouth, beautiful and easy to prepare, these rolls will undoubtedly impress the hostess of the year and will be the first to disappear from the New Year's table plates.

We will need:

chicken breast – 2 pieces of medium size;
chicken egg - 2 pieces;
canned pitted olives - 1 can (the color and size of the olives do not matter);
cheese – 100 g (it is better to buy packaged cheese, already cut into thin slices or sticks);
mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. spoons;
flour – 2 tablespoons;
parsley or dill - for decoration.

Method for preparing chicken rolls with olives.

We cut the chicken breasts in half - “bookwise”, that is, not all the way through. We need a wide and flat piece so that we have something to roll into a roll later. We beat off the resulting piece - without fanaticism! Chicken meat, in itself, is quite tender and does not require as much effort from the hammer as pork.
Pepper the chopped chicken fillet, add salt, grease it with mayonnaise and leave it alone for a while to marinate.
Break the eggs, beat them, add flour and fry a thin omelette. There is one “zest”: in order to give the omelette some piquancy, crumble some olives into the beaten egg.

Important: do not combine eggs! 1 egg + 0.5 tablespoon of flour = 1 omelette.

Let's start assembling. Place an omelette on top of the battered chicken breast. Place a stick of cheese on the edge of the breast. If the cheese is sliced, then place cheese slices on top of the omelette.
We tightly roll the resulting composition into a sausage. We secure it with a toothpick so that it does not unravel. The result should be 2 rolls - one from each breast.
Frying is the final stage. Dip the rolls in flour and fry in sunflower oil in a heated frying pan. Fry over low heat and with the lid closed - for more uniform heat treatment. On each side - 15 minutes, that is, 30 minutes in total.

You can replace the frying stage with baking. In this case, the oven temperature should be 180°, cooking time – 30 minutes.

Serve: wait for the rolls to cool and cut them into rings, 3-4 cm thick. Sprinkle with fresh herbs.

God! What a scent! The dog is already scratching at your door!

In this recipe you can use cheese mixture made from feta and cream cheese.

Hot appetizer “Meat nests”

An original and extremely easy-to-prepare recipe for a hot New Year's meat snack. The crunchy texture of the baked biscuits filled with meat and cheese should please your Dog.

We will need:

minced meat – 0.5 kg (minced beef, pork or chicken – at your discretion);
drying – 0.5 kg;
chicken egg - 1 piece;
cheese – 200 g (fat content does not matter);
mayonnaise – 1 tbsp;
salt and spices - to taste;
lettuce leaves - for decoration.

Cooking method

We bring the minced meat to perfection. This means we make it more aromatic and tastier - add salt, spices, mayonnaise and egg to the minced meat. Mix everything well.
Let's start drying. Place the minced meat brought to perfection inside the dryers. On average, 1 teaspoon of minced meat with top is placed in one dryer. But don't be greedy! Place the minced meat in heaps, otherwise the Dog will think that you feel sorry for the minced meat for it.
Bake. The filled “nests” are sprinkled with grated cheese on top, placed on a baking sheet covered with a sheet of parchment paper, and sent to the oven. At an oven temperature of 200 degrees, the “nests” will be ready in 25 minutes.
Let's serve. We place fresh lettuce leaves on a flat plate and there are “nests” on them, rosy and terribly appetizing.

This snack is served slightly cooled so that the Dog does not burn himself by swallowing them one after another.

New Year's cold appetizer "Christmas tree"

New Year's snack option for creative individuals. Without a doubt, these little Christmas trees will decorate the holiday table. In addition, they contain 2 types of cheese and a minimum of fat. Dogs love this.

We will need:

curd cheese – 250 g;
parmesan – 60 g;
lavash – 1 sheet;
red bell pepper – 2 pieces;
lettuce leaves - several;
dark olives – 0.5 cups;
basil - a little.

You will also need cling film.

Method of preparation.

Place cling film on the table. Lettuce leaves on film. On lettuce leaves - a sheet of pita bread. Then the crucial step is to cut the lavash sheet along with the lettuce lengthwise into 4 strips.
Prepare the aromatic filling. Parmesan is grated on a fine grater, olives are cut into small pieces, basil is chopped and chopped, pepper is cut into small squares. Combine this “crumb” with curd cheese and mix. The result is a white mass with multi-colored inclusions.
Creating a “Christmas tree”. Spread the finished filling-mixture in an even layer on the strips of pita bread and roll it into a tight roll. This this stage requires care. Make sure that the cling film does not get inside the roll.
Next, give the roll a triangular shape with your hands and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Cut the chilled roll into isosceles triangles 3-4 cm thick. Pin a piece of olive to the base of each with a toothpick or skewer.

All! The Christmas tree is ready! We put our coniferous forest on a plate and send it to the New Year's table!

New Year's salads

The housewife has one requirement for salads in 2018 – satisfying. Meat content is a matter of course. Olivier salad fits perfectly into this concept. But we won’t teach him how to cook - every housewife has a hand full of Olivier dishes from annual training. We propose to move into the new 2018 with a new salad recipe. Choose!

Salad “You Will Swallow Your Tongue”

A simple salad with tender tongue as the main ingredient. It cooks quickly and does not require any special culinary skills.

We will need:

boiled beef tongue – 250 g;
chicken egg - 5 pieces;
hard cheese – 100 g;
sweet pepper – 1 piece;
garlic – 1 head;
mayonnaise – 3 tablespoons (fat content does not matter);
sour cream – 2 tablespoons;
fresh herbs - basil, parsley.

Method of preparation.

Preparing the ingredients. We cut the tongue into strips, quite large. Boiled eggs are cut into large pieces.
Garlic and pepper are baked in the oven - 30 minutes at 120°.
Note: before baking, the pepper is greased with sunflower oil, and the head of garlic is wrapped in food foil.
The finished baked pepper is cut into squares, and the garlic is crushed with a fork.
Most of the cheese (70 g) is cut into strips or squares. The remaining 30 g of cheese is grated on a fine grater.
Preparing the dressing. Mayonnaise + sour cream + chopped herbs + salt = salad dressing.
Before serving, the salad is dressed, mixed and sprinkled with grated cheese.

Attention: main trick of this extremely simple recipe - as cutting components. Don't be shallow! Otherwise it will turn out to be a mess. An old proverb says: “The mouth rejoices in a large piece.” Dogs' taste buds will definitely be delighted with this salad!

Tiffany's Herringbone Salad

An exquisite recipe for sophisticated people. But at the same time it contains chicken meat, which makes it a tasty prey for Dogs.

We will need:

chicken fillet – 2 pieces;
chicken eggs - 5 pieces;
hard cheese – 200 g (neutral taste);
mayonnaise – 150 g (fat content does not matter);
green grapes – 100 g (seedless variety);
roasted almonds – 100 g;
salt - to taste.

Method of preparation and styling.

Cooking 1 layer of lettuce. Boil chicken breasts in lightly salted water. Don't overdo it with cooking! Otherwise, the meat will turn out dry and tasteless. When the breasts have cooled, cut them and place them on the bottom of the salad bowl. Lubricate the first layer with mayonnaise for juiciness.
Laying it down middle layer. It will be almond-egg. First sprinkle chopped roasted almonds. Then, on top of it, boiled eggs grated on a coarse grater.
The second layer can also be greased with mayonnaise. But you can skip this step.
We make the finishing layer - cheese. Grated cheese is laid on top of the eggs and leveled with mayonnaise.

Let's bring beauty. The grapes will represent the Christmas tree. To do this, we wash it, dry it, cut each berry in half and “cover” the top of the salad with grape “scales”.

Tip: to resemble a Christmas tree, give the salad the shape of an isosceles triangle.

Salad "Watermelon 2018"

Amazingly beautiful salad! And it couldn’t have happened without the participation of turkey. You can already hear the joyful tramp of the dog's paws towards him.

You will need:

turkey fillet – 100 g;
fresh tomato – 2 pieces;
fresh cucumber – 1 piece;
cheese – 180 g;
mayonnaise – 1 small pack;
black olives without pits - several pieces for decoration.

Method of preparation.

Prepare 1 layer. Boil the turkey fillet in salted water, cool, separate into fibers and place on a flat plate in the first layer in the shape of a watermelon slice. Lubricate the top with mayonnaise.
Preparing the 2nd layer. Chop tomatoes and cucumbers finely. Tomatoes - in squares, cucumbers - in strips. Cucumbers will represent the watermelon rind, and tomatoes will represent the pulp.
Grate the cheese on a fine grater and pour it over the first layer. Along the edge of the semicircle are cucumbers. In the center are tomatoes. Olives, cut in half or quartered, represent watermelon seeds.

Beauty! I wish I could eat this miracle watermelon in the middle of winter!

The main dish of the New Year's table - hot recipes

Before we get into the recipes for New Year's hot hits 2018, let's outline the general concept.

Of course, the central dish in the Year of the Dog should be meat. It’s great if the meat is accompanied by yellow fruits or vegetables - a tribute to the Yellow Dog.
It would be excellent if it was not a simple civilized chicken, but, say, a wild duck or rabbit. Game is a dog's specialty by definition.
Double pleasure for the Dog if the meat is on the bone - it’s a delicacy squared! And finally, full compliance with the 2018 New Year's concept - meat with a side dish of potatoes - a vegetable grown in the ground. This is already a culinary nod to the Earth Dog.

So, it's time to decide what to cook hot and tasty for the New Year 2018.

Shish kebab in the oven

This recipe is for urban barbecue lovers who were unable to get out of town on New Year’s Eve, closer to the grill. The recipe is simple, and the result is decent. Rate it!

We will need:

pork – 1.5-2 kg (for 4 servings);
onions - 4 medium onions;
soy sauce – 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
sunflower oil – 1-2 tbsp. spoons;
vinegar – 1 teaspoon;
salt, pepper - to taste.

Note: you will also need a baking sleeve.

Method of preparation.

Marinate the meat. Cut the meat into medium pieces, put it in a bowl, add the onion cut into rings, salt, pepper, soy sauce, vegetable oil, vinegar. Mix everything thoroughly so that the meat is saturated with additives. Cover the container with cling film and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
While the meat is marinating in the refrigerator, turn on the oven and prepare the sleeve for baking - tie it at one end.
We put the marinated meat in a sleeve and tie it at the other end. Place the sleeve on a baking sheet. To allow steam to escape, we make several holes in the sleeve. The baking sheet is placed on the middle shelf of the oven and left for 1 hour at 200°.

Like this! You can cook an excellent barbecue without leaving your apartment and treat it to the hostess of the year.

Country style rabbit

The choice fell on this recipe due to its complete authenticity to the tastes of the Yellow Earth Dog. This dish combines game and root vegetables of the right color. The cooking method is simple, no fuss.

We will need:

rabbit – 2-2.5 kg;
potatoes – 1 kg;
carrots – 1 piece;
onions – 200 g;
mayonnaise – 80 g;
vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons;
salt, black pepper - to taste;
greens - for decoration.

Method of preparation.

We prepare the components. We divide the rabbit into portions. We clean the onion and cut it into squares. Peel the potatoes and cut them into large pieces - in half if small and into 4 parts if large. We clean the carrots and cut them into slices.
Grease the mold generously with sunflower oil. First place the onion on the bottom in an even layer. On it are potatoes and carrots. At the very top of this vegetable feather bed is a rabbit.
Let's fill. We dilute 80 g of mayonnaise in 2 glasses of water. Pour the resulting liquid over the contents of the mold. As a result, the filling should almost cover the rabbit. Salt, pepper and place in an oven preheated to 200° for 1.5-2 hours.

Important: as cooking progresses, the water in the pan will evaporate and you need to add it so that the meat does not dry out.

In 2 hours, your New Year’s table will have a fragrant hot dish - the most tender rabbit meat under a golden crust, with a ready-made side dish. It seems like someone is whining pitifully, asking for more!

New Year's duck with tangerines

This recipe is worthy of the title “Culinary hit 2018”. A real decoration for the New Year's table.

Prepare:

duck – 1 whole medium-sized carcass (1.5-2 kg);
tangerines – 10 pieces;
kiwi – 3 pieces;
soy sauce – 80 ml;
honey – 1 teaspoon;
salt, ground black pepper - to taste;
dill or parsley - for decoration.

Method of preparation.

We are preparing the carcass. Wash and gut the duck if it has not already been done. Generously rub the carcass with salt and pepper and place it to rest for 2 hours.
Prepare the marinade. While the duck lies quietly, prepare a marinade for it: mix honey with soy sauce and squeeze out the juice of 1 tangerine. Pour the resulting marinade over the rested chicken and let it sit for another 30 minutes.
While the duck is marinating, prepare the fruit filling for it. We clean the kiwi and cut it into 4 parts. We also peel the tangerines and divide them into slices.
We put the finished fruits inside the duck and close the entrance with toothpicks.
Preparing the bird for roasting. Wrap the legs of the stuffed duck in foil to prevent them from getting burnt in the oven.
Place the stuffed carcass in a mold, pour water over it, place tangerine skins on the edge of the carcass for flavor, and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 2.5 hours.
30 minutes before the end, remove the toothpicks so that the fruit inside the carcass also browns.

Note: During baking, the carcass needs to be watered periodically the released juice - for a golden brown crust.

Important: while the duck with tangerines is being prepared, treat the Dog to some New Year's snack, otherwise he will go crazy from the intoxicating smells.

New Year's desserts 2018

A holiday table is incomplete without dessert. We won't allow this! And although sweets are not very recommended for the Dog, the case is painfully reliable! We need to pamper the mistress of the coming year a little.

It is believed that light - curd and milk - desserts will not cause much damage to the Dog, but they will bring a lot of pleasure!

Note: the active use of nuts, dried fruits, pies with fresh apples, light mousses and soufflés with wild berries and oranges is encouraged.

Hot dessert “Orange Kiss”

We will need:

sugar – 200 g;
oranges – 6 pieces;
chicken eggs - 5 pieces;
starch - 2 tbsp. spoons.

Method of preparation.

Cooking syrup. To do this, dissolve sugar in 2 glasses of water.
Cooking jam. The orange pulp is chopped and boiled in syrup until transparent.

Note: Peel the oranges carefully so that you get intact halves of the peels. They will be needed later.

Cooking souffle. To do this, separate the whites from the yolks and whip them into foam. Add the pre-cooled orange jam to this protein foam and continue whisking. Then, very carefully, add starch.
The final stage. Protein-orange-starch mixture Layer the orange peel halves and place in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Important: this dessert is served hot, sprinkled with powdered sugar on top. Yellow fragrant yummy for the Yellow Dog!

Homemade ice cream

Show us a dog that refuses ice cream! And even homemade ice cream! And even with condensed milk!

You will need:

condensed milk – 2 cans (boiled);
chicken egg - 2 pieces;
dark chocolate – 1 bar;
cream - 250g.

Cooking sequence:

We prepare the components. Separate the yolks from the whites. We only need the yolks. Heat the boiled condensed milk in a saucepan to make it more liquid.
We are creating the future of ice cream. Add the yolks to warm, but not hot, condensed milk, mix with a whisk, making sure that there are no lumps and the mass is homogeneous. Then put it all on low heat and pour in the cream, stirring constantly.
The final stage. Add grated chocolate to the cooled mixture, mix once again and pour everything into molds. Place the molds in the freezer for several hours.

Tip: this dessert needs to be prepared in advance, preferably on New Year's Eve. And choose the molds according to the theme of the holiday - in the form of dog faces, paw prints or bones.

Dishes decoration

A beautiful festive table in the Year of the Dog is:

the presence on the table of the heroine of the holiday in any modification: in the form of a cute figurine of a big-eared puppy or his “photo” on a plate with salad;
cold cuts laid out in a special way;
active use of New Year's symbols: a Christmas tree - from dill, a star - from tomato or red pepper, New Year's beads - from corn and pomegranate grains, cones - from almond nuts, snowmen - from boiled chicken and quail eggs, fastened with a toothpick;
funny cupcakes in the shape of furry dogs; the role of the shaggy fur is played very convincingly by buttercream.

And the last piece of advice for this gastronomic curtain: if you have a dog in the house, find a place for it at your New Year’s table. Let her feel that her year is coming - the Year of the Yellow Earth Dog - generous, hospitable, sincere, a true friend of man!

New Year 2020 will be held under the sign of the White Metal Rat. The rodent is known for its cunning, intelligence and ingenuity. He loves to eat, but is not very picky about food. Therefore, in order to appease the symbol of the coming year, we advise you to prepare simple, hearty dishes without hard-to-find ingredients. Let the king of the New Year's table be meat: pork, beef or lamb. Recipes with cheese, nuts, bread - everything that the Rat loves - are suitable as snacks. Especially for you, we have put together a simple and interesting menu for the New Year 2020.

What to cook for the New Year: warm up your appetite

A delicious menu for the New Year 2020 cannot do without ingredients such as fresh vegetables and fruits, quality meat, cheese, and herbs. The table should be varied to satisfy the tastes of discerning guests. Creativity is encouraged in the design of dishes, since the symbol of the year, the Rat, likes any manifestation of imagination. A good New Year's feast can start with a buffet, and then move on to more substantial dishes. Be sure to finish your meal with dessert and aromatic tea. For sweets for a simple and tasty menu for the New Year, we recommend baked goods: classic honey cake, sour cream cake, brownies. You can go the other way and surprise your guests with delicate mousse desserts without dough. We’ll tell you what delicious things to cook for the New Year 2020, so as not to fall into banality, but also not to waste a lot of time.

Delicious buffet recipes for the New Year 2020

A buffet is an elegant way to start a celebration. During small talk, guests enjoy light snacks while sipping champagne. Our interesting buffet menu for the New Year will help the hospitable hostess decide what to cook for the table on New Year 2020.

Salmon rolls

lavash - 1 sheet
smoked or lightly salted salmon - 300 g
lettuce - 1 head
dill - to taste
curd cheese - 350 g

Cooking process:

Cover the table with cling film and place the pita bread on it.
Brush the pita bread with cream cheese and sprinkle with dill.
Cut the fish into thin slices and place on top of the cheese along with lettuce.
Wrap the pita bread and place it in the refrigerator for 3 hours. Cut into circles.

Tartlets with pate

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

ready-made tartlets - 10 pcs.
quail eggs - 5 pcs.
Cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs.
store-bought or homemade beef liver pate – 300 g
butter - 150 g

Cooking process:

A pastry syringe or a bag with a corner cut off is best for filling tartlets.
Place butter and pate in each tartlet.
Cut the boiled quail eggs in half. Do the same with cherry tomatoes.
Place one egg and tomato half into each tartlet.

Shrimp in Japanese style

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

wasabi - 30 g
mascarpone cheese - 150 g
king prawns – 10 pcs
tomatoes - 2 pcs.
dill - to taste

Cooking process:

Cut the tomatoes into slices and place mascarpone in the middle.
Stick a shrimp tail vertically into the cheese and place a drop of wasabi next to it.
Garnish with a sprig of dill.

What dishes to cook for the New Year

If you plan to receive guests at home during the holidays, then you are probably looking for recipes for simple and tasty dishes for the New Year. Of course, every housewife wants to show off her culinary talents, but do not forget that the pre-holiday bustle already takes a lot of time and effort. Therefore, choose recipes that you can make quickly, but end up with a beautiful and tasty treat. We decided to help you with this and tell you about a few simple dishes for the New Year 2020.

Julienne with chicken and mushrooms

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

chicken fillet – 600 g
champignons – 250 g
onions - 3 pcs.
hard cheese - 200 g
butter - 2 tbsp. l.
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
sour cream 20% - 200 g
flour - 2 tbsp. l.
cream - 0.5 cups
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking process:

First prepare the sour cream sauce. To do this, slightly heat the frying pan, add flour there and dry without letting it brown.
Add butter and stir.
Pour in sour cream and stir again.
Add the cream to the mixture and immediately mix until smooth. The sauce is ready.
Cut the onion into cubes. Melt the butter in a frying pan and lightly fry the onion.
Boil the mushrooms for 15 minutes, cut them into thin slices. Pour the onion with a spoon of vegetable oil and fry with mushrooms.
Boil the chicken meat and cut into strips. Mix all products.
Take the cocotte bowls and place the julienne pieces on them, pour over sour cream sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
Place the cocotte makers in a cold oven and then bake for 10 minutes at 190 degrees.

Beef tongue with nut sauce

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

tongue - 400 g
champignon mushrooms – 300 g
onions - 2 pcs.
butter - 50 g
salt - 1 tsp.
parsley for garnish - to taste
sour cream - 200 ml
walnuts - 100 g
garlic - 2 cloves

Cooking process:

Cut the champignons into pieces.
Wash the beef tongue. Place it in a saucepan, add water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 2 hours. Add some salt.
Soak your tongue in cold water for 5 minutes. Peel and cut into cubes.
Peel the onion and cut into rings.
Melt butter in a frying pan. Add the onion and fry until light golden brown, 2-3 minutes.
Separately, fry the mushrooms for 5 minutes.
Place the tongue, mushrooms and onions in an ovenproof dish.
For the sauce, peel the garlic, mix with nuts and pound in a mortar.
Season the sauce with salt and pepper, stir in sour cream.
Pour the sauce over the tongue, cover with a lid and bake in the oven for 25 minutes at 160 degrees.

Baked camembert with berry sauce

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

camembert cheese - 200 g
ginger - 1 root
ground pepper - to taste
sugar - to taste
walnuts - 30 g.
olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.
tartlets - 10 pcs.
blueberries - 100 g.
honey - 1 tsp.
balsamic vinegar - 15 ml
red wine - 30 ml
bay leaf - 1 pc.
rosemary - 1 sprig
cloves - 3 pcs.

Cooking process:

Pour 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil into a bowl, add sugar and pepper.
Chop the nuts and add to the oil.
Chop the ginger and squeeze the juice into the mixture using a garlic press.
Slice the cheese and place in tartlets. Place the tartlets on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
Pour 1 spoon of dressing from step 3 into each tartlet.
Place the baking sheet in the oven for 5 minutes at 180 degrees.
Crush the blueberries with a mortar so that pieces of pulp remain in the sauce. Add balsamic vinegar, wine, bay leaf, rosemary, honey and cloves.
Put on fire and cook for 10 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf and rosemary from the sauce. Cool.
Pour blueberry sauce into tartlets. The dish is ready!

Simple and delicious snacks for the New Year

In this material we will not talk about the well-known herring under a fur coat, Olivier, crab salad and mimosa. Although these traditional dishes will perfectly decorate the table, we suggest adding more original holiday snacks to the menu for the New Year 2020. Don’t forget to decorate the dishes with nuts, seeds, and herbs. This will create a solemn high mood for a fun feast. The simple and tasty snacks for the New Year that we have included in this selection are not difficult to prepare. Products for them can be easily purchased in almost any store. Therefore, you don’t have to panic and look for ingredients for your dishes. Our recipes with photos of snacks for the New Year will help housewives quickly navigate the huge variety of options.

Champignons with cheese and bacon

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

champignons – 300 g
hard cheese - 150 g
bacon slices - according to the number of mushrooms
salt - to taste

Cooking process:

Wash the mushrooms and remove the stems. Finely chop.
Chop the bacon.
Fry the bacon and mushroom stems over high heat.
Grate the cheese.
Fill the mushrooms with the filling you prepared in step 3 and wrap each of them with a piece of bacon.
Place the future snack on a baking sheet and sprinkle with cheese shavings.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place the mushrooms there for 20 minutes.

Sandwich with salmon on rye bread

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

cream cheese - 115 g
chopped tarragon - 1 tbsp. l.
lemon zest - 1 tsp.
lemon juice - 1 tsp.
rye bread - 6 slices
smoked salmon – 115 g
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking process:

From lemons you will need zest and juice. Finely grate the zest.
Stir in cheese, zest, lemon juice and tarragon. Add salt and pepper.
Remove the crust from the bread and cut the crumb into small squares.
Cut the salmon into thin slices.
Spread the mixture from step 2 on the bread.
Place fish and tarragon sprigs on top.

Layered eggplant cake

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

eggplants - 2-3 pcs.
bell pepper - 3 pcs.
Adyghe cheese – 250 g
vegetable oil - for dressing to taste
salt - to taste

Cooking process:

Wash the peppers, remove seeds and cut in half.
Grease baking paper with oil and place the peppers on it. Bake them in the oven at 190 degrees for 25 minutes.
Let the baked peppers cool for 10 minutes, then remove the skins.
Cut the eggplants into thin slices and place on greased paper. Bake for 10 minutes at 190 degrees.
Take a round or rectangular dish and cover it with cling film. Place the eggplants around the edges, cover them with a layer of cheese and pepper.
Tuck the edges of the film to the center of the bowl and place under a press (for example, a pan of water). Leave the dish as is in the refrigerator overnight.

What salads to prepare for the New Year

What would a New Year's table be without salads? A classic feast that came to us from Soviet times are simple recipes for the New Year with mayonnaise. Today, many people find such food too heavy and harmful. But culinary experts have found a way to make the menu for the New Year 2020 healthier. Experienced chefs advise replacing store-bought sauces with homemade ones, and then your simple and tasty salads for the New Year will also become healthy. The “totem” animal of the holiday, the Rat, appreciates the aesthetic appearance of the table, so pay special attention to the setting. Beautiful presentation is a must! Serve your delicious New Year's salads in elegant porcelain, ceramic or traditional crystal dishes. Add stylish cutlery, bright woven napkins, candles, and small vases with flower arrangements.

Recipes for simple and tasty salads for the New Year 2020

The salad options we have chosen will not leave you indifferent. Their preparation does not require much effort and long hours of shopping. But they will definitely delight both you and your guests. So, what salads should you prepare for New Year 2020?

Salad in oranges

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

oranges - 3 pcs.
chicken fillet - 2 pcs.
cucumbers - 2 pcs.
salt - to taste
homemade mayonnaise (recipe below)
pomegranate - a few seeds for decoration
any nuts - to taste for decoration

Cooking process:

To prepare homemade mayonnaise, take 2 eggs, 0.5 teaspoon of salt, the same amount of sugar, 2 teaspoons of mustard, vegetable oil, lemon juice. Separate the yolks from the whites, add salt, sugar, and mustard to them. Beat with a mixer. At this time, gradually add oil to the mixture. When the sauce becomes thick, add lemon juice and stir. Start preparing the salad.
Boil the chicken fillet, let cool. Cut into small strips.
Cut the oranges in half and remove the segments. Remove the pulp from each slice and chop it.
Chop the cucumbers too. Mix all ingredients, add salt and homemade mayonnaise.
Fill the salad with orange halves. Top with pomegranate seeds and nuts to taste.

Salad "Sea"

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

shrimp – 300 g
pickled cucumbers - 4 pcs.
egg - 3 pcs.
hard cheese - 150 g
lightly salted salmon - 250 g
tomato - 3 pcs.
olives - for decoration
sesame seeds - for decoration
homemade mayonnaise from the previous recipe

Cooking process:

Chop the vegetables, eggs and fish and place them on a plate in layers.
Coat each layer with homemade mayonnaise.
Garnish the salad with olives, sesame seeds and lemon slices.

Salad with squid

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

squid carcasses - 400 g
tomatoes - 450 g
cucumbers – 100 g
onion - 50 g
sour cream - 150 g
parsley - to taste

Cooking process:

Boil the squid. Place them first in boiling water, then cook over low heat for 2 minutes. Let them cool.
Cut the squid into strips or rings.
Wash the tomatoes, cut into thin slices. Do the same with cucumbers.
Chop the onion and greens. Mix all the vegetables.
Place the salad in a bowl, season with sour cream and sprinkle with parsley.

What hot dish to cook for the New Year

Hot dishes are always the kings of the holiday table. You can, of course, simply bake a turkey in the oven, cook meat in French or grill chicken, but don’t you want to try something new? We do not suggest that you give up your favorite recipes for the New Year. First of all, there should be something on the table that you and your loved ones love. But a little experimentation has never harmed a single holiday meal! Therefore, especially for avid cooks, we have selected original recipes for delicious hot dishes for the New Year 2020.

Recipes for simple and tasty hot dishes for New Year 2020

An interesting menu for the New Year does not necessarily involve great difficulties. You don't need hard-to-find exotics. Simple and tasty recipes for hot food for the New Year will be an excellent option without extra costs. The White Metal Rat favors abundant, satisfying dishes of meat, poultry, fish, and game. It is better to cook the meat in one piece, and not in the form of cutlets or steak. So, we present you delicious hot recipes for the New Year 2020.

Baked pork in foil

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

pork neck – 2 kg
tomatoes - 600 g
garlic - 3 cloves
olive oil - 1 tbsp. l.
spices - to taste
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking process:

Make cuts on a piece of pork.
Cut tomatoes and garlic into slices.
Take foil, grease with oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and spices. Place the meat on foil.
Fill the cuts with slices of tomatoes and garlic. Pepper and salt.
Wrap the pork neck in foil, tie with thread and bake in the oven for 2 hours at 180 degrees.

Chicken pouches

Ingredients you will need for cooking:

minced chicken - 300 g
onion - 1 pc.
salt, pepper - to taste
puff pastry – 150 g
egg yolk - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

Peel and finely chop the onion.
Add the onion to the minced meat, season with salt and pepper. Stir.
Thaw the dough and roll it out into a layer 0.5 cm thick, covering with cling film.
Cut the dough into thin noodles.
Form the minced meat into meatballs.
Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
Wrap each chicken meatball in strips of dough. Grease with yolk.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

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