Festive dishes on the New Year's and Christmas tables in different countries of the world. New Year

As you know, we live in times when even the most exotic products become familiar and very affordable, so you can prepare the most various variations dishes. But not a single cuisine in the world can replace the Russian people on New Year's Eve with snacks and salads that have been prepared for many years in a row according to unchanging family traditions.

There are some snacks and hot dishes that you can't live without. It is worth considering traditional holiday dishes in more detail; these are the ones that should be offered to guests on this gala evening, and the family themselves will not refuse to enjoy such salads and appetizers.

Salad Olivier

It’s worth starting with this cold salad appetizer, since Olivier has been prepared for many years in a row, even in Soviet times this appetizer was always present on the tables on New Year’s Eve, and if now there are a lot of salads, so Olivier is not prepared in large portions, then before the snack was mixed in very large quantities.

It is worth saying that today it is not at all difficult to purchase boiled sausage and green peas to create a snack, but this option is more traditional, the housewives came up with the idea of ​​seasoning the resulting dish with homemade mayonnaise or sour cream, replacing pickles with fresh ones, and also using boiled sausage instead chicken breast.

Herring under a fur coat

Traditional dishes on New Year in Russia have always been distinguished by their simplicity and excellent taste qualities, so the housewife definitely needs to cook herring under a fur coat. Can be used classic recipe, which includes salted herring, boiled potatoes, some eggs, boiled beets and carrots, all layers are coated with mayonnaise.

Some people decide to use ordinary sour cream rather than mayonnaise instead of the main dressing; it is also possible to replace the herring with boiled red fish, the result is no less tasty and interesting snack. It’s worth looking at the photo of the salad’s design to know how to serve each of the fish under its coat variations in an original way.

Sandwiches using cream cheese and red caviar

We can say that such cold appetizer considered traditionally Russian for New Year's table, although in Soviet times it was possible to get cream cheese it was more difficult than caviar, then they were also prepared, but the cheese was replaced with sandwich butter. Today, housewives can easily purchase simple cream cheese, which goes perfectly with the taste of red caviar, so you can get an excellent appetizer, photos with design and serving are provided in abundance on the Internet, so the housewife does not have to think about how best to serve sandwiches with red caviar on the table. Well, if your family doesn’t like fish caviar, you should prepare sandwiches with cheese for them separately, but instead of caviar you will use red fish; it is recommended to select lightly salted fillet pieces.

Jellied fish

Of course, photos of this dish can always be found on culinary websites, because housewives make fish in jellied form no less often than regular jellied meat, and the taste of this dish is simply amazing. The New Year's table in Russia must include this cold fish dish.

In addition, preparing it is incredibly simple, just boil the fish in water, and then add gelatin to the broth, fish fillet divide into pieces, pour the resulting broth over the fish meat, and wait until the dish hardens in the refrigerator. Of course, for taste you should use various spices, a little salt and herbs, and for decoration it is recommended to take some herbs, fresh onions and boiled carrots.

Eggs with minced red caviar

The food should be tasty and look beautiful, especially if it is served on the table on the day of the holiday; guests will be able to appreciate the eggs that the hostess stuffs with red caviar. Of course, you can make minced eggs from garlic, mayonnaise and yolk, but everyone already knows this, and if you add a little new taste to the dish, this will help preserve traditions, but at the same time make the New Year's table more original and bright.

Chicken baked in the oven

As you know, you can find many photos with options for preparing such a meat dish, but the simplest is to simply bake the chicken until golden brown crust, while the housewife can use various sauces to make the crust more tasty and uniform. Today, some deviate from the main traditional recipe, so they prefer to stuff the chicken boiled rice and fried mushrooms, it turns out very tasty, but that’s not all, because there is an opportunity to make it, I bake it in foil, it is advisable to add various vegetables and spices to it, then you don’t have to worry about the side dish.

Jellied meat - as a tribute to traditions

If you look at photos from various New Year's family holidays, then at almost every one of them you can see a plate of tasty and cold jellied meat, but preparing such a dish is not at all difficult, but it turns out great snack for New Year's celebration. Most often, jellied meat is made from pork legs; it takes at least eight hours to prepare, but the end result is worth the effort of preparing a delicious dish before the celebration. It is best to serve the meat appetizer with horseradish or mustard, as jellied meat goes well with such sauces.

Duck baked with apples, mustard and honey sauce

Although some will prefer to cook simple and delicious chicken However, there will still be those housewives who will use duck meat and cook it unforgettably delicious. Although the name of the dish is quite complicated, cooking a duck is very simple; to do this, the carcass is washed, stuffed with apples, brushed with the prepared sauce, and then sent to the oven and baked until full readiness and the appearance of a smooth golden crust.

Oh, not only the taste of the finished hot meat dish is important, but also its stunning, appetizing appearance. If you place the duck on a large portioned dish, put various options of fresh or baked vegetables around it, and then place the dish in the middle of the festive table, then the duck with apples will become real decoration of the place for celebration.

Beet salads at New Year's Eve

If a housewife is preparing dishes for guests or just for family, then she should not give up regular appetizers from boiled beets, because you can make many salads based on this delicious vegetable. For example, it is possible to create a Vinaigrette for a holiday, although today not many would prefer to make such a salad, since most housewives prefer meat snacks.

But even if you want to make something meaty, it won’t hurt to use beets with the addition of nuts, and also cook boiled vegetable with garlic. These salads are prepared very simply, you just need to boil the beets, peel them and grate them; for one option, garlic and beets are mixed, then mayonnaise is added, for another, grated beets and walnuts, if desired, you can add just one clove of garlic to the mixture for flavor, and then season everything with mayonnaise.

Cake Napoleon - a classic of the genre

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In this article we will talk about national dishes on the New Year and Christmas holiday table. But first, a short introduction about whether it is customary to celebrate the New Year in all countries of the world.

January 1 – New Year begins according to the Gregorian calendar. But there are countries on the world map in which the New Year begins at a completely different time. Or this date is not given the status of a holiday or weekend. Which countries don't celebrate New Year?

For example, Muslim countries do not celebrate the New Year, since marking the change of dates is alien to Islam in principle. Muslims can go to a restaurant or home dinner on this day at the invitation of friends, but rather out of respect.

Some countries living according to the Persian calendar celebrate the New Year - Navruz - on March 22. For example, Iran, Afghanistan. And for this occasion, specific national dishes are prepared.

In some countries with a Persian cultural heritage, both holidays (January 1 and March 22) are celebrated, but they are given different meanings. For example, in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania and Macedonia.

In Israel, the New Year - Rosh Hashanah - is celebrated according to the Jewish calendar and happens in the fall. And on January 1, only immigrants from the former USSR celebrate the New Year.

In Asian countries, rich in their national holidays and rituals, January 1 is treated evenly. For example, in South Korea, January 1 is a day off, but you should not expect magnificent celebrations; they will take place later - on the day of the Korean New Year - Seollal, which is established according to the lunar calendar.

A similar story is in China. There are no noisy celebrations and public festivities on January 1. And the Chinese New Year (Chunjie), which falls from January 21 to February 21, is already celebrated on a grand scale, with fireworks, processions and a traditional family dinner.

It is no secret that in the Catholic part of Europe and America, greater importance is attached to Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25, and all the main efforts and holiday preparations dedicated to this holiday. The New Year is celebrated more modestly and in the format of parties with friends.

And in countries located on the territory of the post-Soviet space and professing Orthodoxy, the New Year is celebrated earlier than Orthodox Christmas (January 7), and, as a rule, more magnificent feasts are organized on New Year's Eve from December 31 to January 1. This has happened since the time Soviet Union, when the authorities banned religious holidays and people began to celebrate the New Year on a grand scale.

Gathering at the holiday table with the whole family is a wonderful tradition! New Year festive table- as one of the symbols of the holiday. Some countries have developed their own superstitions about what needs to be put on the table to attract happiness, prosperity, good luck in the coming year, and what dishes are best avoided. The recipes for some traditional dishes have not changed for centuries!

Let's go with you on a gastronomic journey across countries and see what dishes are present on the Christmas and New Year's tables in the countries celebrating these holidays!

What do people eat on New Year and Christmas in different countries?

Italy

Christmas is the most important and anticipated holiday of the year in the Catholic part of Europe! But, probably, the strongest emotions and adherence to traditions are in Italy, where almost the entire population professes the Catholic faith. In addition, it is in Italy that the Vatican is located, where the Pope holds a festive mass.

After the Christmas Mass, Italians gather at home to celebrate.

In each region and family there is a certain established order. Some people prepare a Lenten eve dinner and then host a sumptuous holiday dinner the next day. For some, one smoothly flows into the second. On Lenten table It is usually prepared (eel or cod) with spaghetti. For a gala dinner, hostesses offer and, or cold cuts, sausages, tortellini (Italian dumplings) in broth.

For dessert there are Italian pies: panettone (a cake with dried fruits, reminiscent of an Easter cake) and pandoro (“golden bread”), e, as well as dried fruits and nuts.

But it is not customary to treat people to apples, as they symbolize original sin.

Christmas festivities smoothly flow into New Year's. Italy is a country of fun, so the New Year is celebrated noisily and cheerfully here.

The same ones are present on the New Year's table Italian dishes. Traditional fish and seafood. It is believed that fish roe eaten on New Year's Eve will bring wealth.

Pork dishes are a must: pork feet and sausage - which symbolize moving forward. But chicken dishes are avoided.

Also, nuts, lentils, etc. are placed on the table as a symbol of health and longevity.

Traditional holiday baking there will also be a place on the New Year's table.

They raise a glass to the New Year not with champagne, but with Italian wine!

England

For the British, Christmas is a family holiday with many traditions and customs. It is believed that how you celebrate Christmas is how you will spend the next year, so everyone tries to have fun from the heart and set a rich table.

As a side dish - baked vegetables or potatoes. Favorite sauces - and sauce from.

For dessert you will be served plum pudding. This is a traditional holiday dessert in Great Britain and Ireland. To prepare it, use bread crumbs, prunes, raisins, almonds, and honey. Making pudding is considered family tradition and its recipe can be passed down from generation to generation. It is usually prepared in advance - 2-4 weeks before the holidays. When serving, flambé - pour cognac or rum over it and set it on fire.

Traditional ones with dried fruits and nuts are also prepared in advance.

The sweet table is quite varied, on it you will find both, shortbread and macaroons, shortbread and sweet rolls. From strong drinks The British prefer -, punch and English spiced ale, the cup of which is traditionally raised for health and well-being!

The New Year is celebrated with cheerful groups in pubs or at home, but without a magnificent feast, with alcoholic drinks and light snacks.

In New Zealand, Australia and other countries that were English colonies, Christmas celebration traditions, including culinary ones, were adopted.

America

And on New Year's Day they make do with snacks and drinks, indulging in fun. They prefer strong alcoholic drinks and...

There are many versions of the origin of the world’s first cocktail, including the most romantic. But they are all somehow connected with the “cock tail”. It is confirmed in writing that the cocktail was first mentioned in 1806 in New York, in the reference book “Balance and Columbian Repository”, where the following definition of the cocktail was given - “A stimulating liqueur consisting of any alcoholic drink with the addition of sugar, water and bitters from herbs."

Among the New Year's cocktails that are popular among Americans are:

Red Currant Champagne - a cocktail of champagne and red currant or cranberry puree;

Ginger Sparkler – champagne, ginger slices and sugar;

Champagne Punch and Sangria – punches and sangria with different berries and fruits;

Cranberry Sparkler is non-alcoholic cocktail based on cranberry puree, orange juice and sparkling water.

The cuisine of the southern states also shows influence from Latin cuisine. The Christmas table may include a tamal - a dish of meat and corn, which is cooked in corn leaves.

Canada

In the English-speaking part of Canada, Christmas dinners are similar to English and American ones.

The main dish of the table is turkey. It is served with potatoes or mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.

For dessert - pudding. Baked traditionally.

It is obvious that in the French-speaking part of the country the traditions of France dominate.

France

In France main holiday year is Christmas.

The whole family gathers for reveillon - dinner on Christmas night - on December 24 and indulges in a feast almost until the morning. refined and diverse, abundant a large number vegetable dishes, cheeses that are famous throughout the world, high-quality wines, .

Needless to say, Christmas dinner turns into an elegant feast.

The French are gourmets; the festive table always includes delicacies: foie gras (goose liver), oysters, king prawns, and others, as well as French cheeses and roasted chestnuts.

A number of dishes have a ritual past and symbolize one or another action.

A traditional dish on the French table is poultry, goose or duck, cooked with special delicacy, stuffed, for example, with champignons, goose liver or truffles, marinated with various spices and baked.

Another traditional dish - festive rooster- Kaplan, which is raised and fed in a special way for larger size and more delicate taste.

Another tribute to tradition is the Christmas log - Buche de Noel. There was an ancient custom of burning a Christmas log, dating back to paganism, when the arrival of the winter solstice was celebrated by burning the log. Nowadays no one burns the log, but the tribute to tradition remains, and the log appears on Christmas night in the form of a sweet roll on French tables. The French also have territorial gastronomic features of the Christmas table.

Le pain calendeau is a Christmas bread traditional in the south of France, part of which is usually given to the poor.

In Provence, it is customary to serve 13 desserts (according to the number of 12 Apostles and Christ), which include all kinds of sweets and dried fruits.

And, of course, they wash down all this variety with French wine and champagne. What else is there in the homeland of the drink?

Belgium

European countries that border each other and have common historical roots have similar cultural and culinary traditions.

The cuisine of Belgium has absorbed much from French, Austrian and German.

The Belgian holiday table includes meat dishes, with pork playing a special role (it is considered the most prolific animal).

Among the sweets, which are in many ways similar to all European ones, one can note the Christmas wreath - ritual cookies with almond filling, sprinkled with almonds and candied fruits, in the shape of a ring. , which the Belgians consider their national product, can be found here all year round, even on the New Year's table.

Germany

Christmas in Germany is the most awaited holiday of the year. Preparations for it begin in advance. Already in November, Christmas markets begin to operate in cities. There you will find all the attributes of Christmas, decorations, souvenirs, try traditional spicy mulled wine, and other national treats.

A few weeks before Christmas, the Germans prepare (Stollen) - a traditional Christmas cake. To prepare it, raisins and dried fruits are soaked in cognac or rum in advance, and after baking the stollen is generously sprinkled powdered sugar and sent for storage to ripen until Christmas night.

On Christmas Eve itself, or Holy Night (Weihnachten), German families gather around a richly laid festive table.

As in many other European countries, the main dish on the festive table is roast goose. It can be prepared with apples and prunes, or with dumplings, and each family has its own signature recipe.

Potatoes and vegetables are served as a side dish. Be sure to serve it in addition to goose stewed cabbage(Sauerkraut) and fried sausage or pork knuckle(Eisbein).

It is also a must on the Christmas table.

And this is no coincidence, since fish is an ancient symbol of Christianity.

In general, everything that is served on the table on Christmas evening is symbolic. There is a tradition of serving seven or nine dishes for the “holy supper.” Mainly cereals, seeds, and other products that represent new life - wheat, peas, beans, nuts, poppy seeds, caviar, eggs. A wheat porridge, seasoned with butter and honey, are attributed magical properties. thorough and good, like everything German. Many recipes have survived to this day unchanged since the Middle Ages.

In pre-Christian times, Germanic peoples celebrated the winter solstice, which fell around the same time. Therefore, many dishes retained their recipes, but acquired a new meaning and became Christmas dishes.

Originally traditional German pastries were gifts to the pagan gods, who were appeased with gingerbread, marzipan, and fruit pies.

And now baked goods are always present on the tables in the form of stollen, gingerbread and gingerbread houses.

It is popular in eastern Germany, which shows the influence of the national gastronomic culture of its eastern neighbors.

Austria, Hungary

Also, Wiener schnitzel, which has gained worldwide popularity, can be served.

And, of course, pastries for which Austrian cuisine is famous. It can be classic, Linz tart, Sacher torte and others.

In Hungary, it is customary to serve traditional bagels - poppy seed and nut rolls - to the holiday table.

Norway, Sweden, Finland

Let's look at the north of Europe, the Scandinavian countries, and see how Christmas is celebrated in Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Christmas is also the main holiday of the year for them. Each of these countries has its own peculiarities of celebrating this event.

Finland is a place where the fairy tale about Santa Claus becomes reality. After all, it is here, in Lapland, that Santa Claus resides (in Finnish – Jolupukki).

Christmas Eve goes about the same as the rest European countries: church service, meeting with relatives, festive table.

The main Christmas dish in Finland is pork ham. Garnish with baked vegetables: potatoes, carrots, rutabaga. Finns prefer cold appetizers: beet salad(similar to ours).

There is always dairy on the table. rice porridge with almonds. According to legend, whoever gets it will have good luck and good health in the coming year.

A lot of baked goods are prepared, including traditional gingerbread cookies and puff pastries with plum jam.

The traditional drink of the winter holidays is spicy glögg, which is very similar to mulled wine.

Norway also has a respectful attitude towards Christmas and touching traditions.

While preparing the festive dishes, do not forget to leave a plate with treats for the Norwegian Santa Claus - Julenissa, and also feed the birds. The holiday is quiet and family-like.

Fish is a must on the festive table: a cod dish called lutefix and herring.

Pork ribs, roll and sausages. Garnish: mashed potatoes.

And for dessert - rice cream with nuts and 7 types of cookies.

In Sweden, there is now a tendency not to bring the religious component of the holiday to the fore. Christmas for the Swedes is a period of “seasonal greetings”, an occasion for relatives and friends to get together, exchange wishes and gifts.

As in everyone Scandinavian countries, fish dominates. The Swedes have it fish casserole- “The Temptation of Jansson.” The filling of the Christmas table is traditional for the Scandinavian peoples - pork (ribs, ham, jellied meat); pickled herring and cod; sweet rice porridge, gingerbread cookies and saffron buns, which they start baking here on the feast of St. Lucia (December 13).

Russia

Russia occupies a huge space from the Baltic in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south. Need I say how diverse the traditions and cuisine of the nationalities inhabiting the country are?

For example, in the cuisine of northerners there are many sea ​​fish, rye pies, mushrooms. It is similar to Scandinavian cuisine. On the Don they cook game, eat a lot of vegetables and fruits, and much of the cooking was adopted from the Turks. And in Siberia and the Urals - among the Tatars and Udmurts. phenomenally diverse!

Culinary traditions have undergone significant changes in the course of historical events. These include Peter’s reforms, when elements of Western European culture, life, and culinary traditions were borrowed. Under Peter I - in Holland and Germany. And under Catherine II and Alexander I - France.

The Soviet era also shaped certain tastes and laid down the culinary traditions of entire generations of people.

And despite the fact that under Peter I the transition to the Gregorian calendar took place and a decree was issued to celebrate the New Year on January 1 and decorate the house with Christmas trees, it was in Soviet era this holiday acquired a dominant role, displacing Christmas.

Calendar-wise, the New Year comes earlier than Orthodox Christmas (January 7), so it accounts for larger-scale celebrations.

The New Year's table matches the scope of the holiday and the breadth of the Russian soul. Abundance of cold ones - from pickles (

Garnish: mashed or baked potatoes and vegetables. When it comes to dessert, this could be it!

Tangerines and champagne are another symbol of the New Year!

Now imagine that this whole set can also be complemented by regional and family traditional dishes and drinks!

For people holding the Nativity Fast, “resisting” is a serious test.

But all the more joyful is the celebration of Christmas and the Christmas meal!

A traditional dish for Christmas is kutia - a dish of wheat with honey, poppy seeds, raisins and nuts.

Since the times of Rus', pork dishes have always been served on the Christmas table: sausages, jellied meat and even roasted pig. In addition, other meat dishes were prepared: goose with apples, hare in sour cream, lamb.

An indispensable dish for Christmas, as for all holidays, were pies: open and closed, kulebyaki, rasstegai, kurnik, saiki, shangi, as well as. We washed it down with mead and sbiten.

The sweet table included all kinds of gingerbread, marshmallows, cookies, and brushwood.

Many of these dishes are still prepared today, perhaps not on such a grand scale...

The common history of Russia with the peoples of Ukraine, Belarus and the countries of Eastern Europe professing Orthodoxy makes the traditions of celebrating Christmas and New Year, including culinary ones, similar.

Our gastronomic journey is coming to an end, although the list of countries and the study of their traditions can be continued endlessly!

The history and traditions of the countries of the world, despite regional characteristics, have a lot in common! New Year and Christmas are warm family holidays. The main thing is not what you put on the festive table, but who will gather around it to wish each other happiness, health and prosperity in the coming year!

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The New Year's table is always full of delicious treats. Every housewife tries to serve her own specialties and cook what the family likes. Large quantity The recipe allows you to diversify the holiday table, but there are traditional New Year's dishes that are prepared in almost every home. All these dishes are familiar to many from early childhood and a table without them is considered incomplete.

Sandwiches with red caviar




These sandwiches are usually served as a snack. Red caviar, a favorite delicacy of Russians. Caviar decorates the festive table, is filling and quite healthy. In the photo you can see how beautiful caviar looks on the table. For sandwiches you need to take a fresh loaf or baguette and butter high quality and fat content. This snack is suitable for most types of alcohol. You can snack on vodka with a caviar sandwich, and a sandwich with champagne won’t be out of place.

Olivier




It is difficult to find a person who has never eaten Olivier. The taste of this luxurious dish cannot be conveyed on paper, but you can see it in the photo. Traditional Olivier is chopped into small cubes. All vegetables should be cut to the same size, preferably no larger than green peas. Olivier will taste better if you use sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions. If you add boiled carrots the taste will become piquant and sweet. Carrots will also add color to the traditional Olivier salad. When adding cucumbers after cutting them, you need to squeeze them excess water. All products should be mixed cold, this will make the salad tastier. After dressing Olivier with mayonnaise, it needs to sit for a couple of hours, only then the salad will become juicy and soaked.

Salad “Herring under a fur coat”




Traditional dishes for the New Year in Russia are juicy and fatty. This is due to cold climatic conditions. A popular dish on the table is herring under a fur coat. There are now a great variety of ways to decorate and serve this salad. The photo shows the traditional and most original recipes. Russians serve fur coats in one large salad bowl, in portions, in the form of a herring, an animal that characterizes the year. Now there are many options for lazy herring under a fur coat, improved and modified recipes.

The salad is loved by many, as it is prepared from commonly available and frequently consumed products. The choice of herring must be given special attention. It should be medium salted, fresh, without a strong fishy smell and various integrity violations. There is no need to skimp on mayonnaise for salad. It is better to choose mayonnaise from well-known companies or make it yourself at home.

The fur coat should sit in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Leftover vegetables can be used to decorate the dish.

Chicken baked in the oven with potatoes




Chicken is a frequent guest on the New Year's table in Russia. There are enough recipes for its preparation. The chicken can be baked whole or separately, made spicy, in sweet and sour sauce, with mustard or garlic dressing.

An excellent dish on New Year's Eve can be chicken baked with potatoes. Such a dish will not cause much trouble, and the taste of the chicken will be a win-win. Application herbs can significantly improve the taste of a dish. Honey – will make the skin of the chicken shiny. The photo shows how chicken dishes decorate the festive table. Potatoes cooked with chicken absorb all the flavors of the meat, becoming juicy and more satisfying. Chicken with potatoes can be flavored with sour cream, this food will only benefit from this.

Aspic




Jellied meat is festive dish. Its preparation takes a long time, but is not difficult. There are many recipes for jellied meat; you can cook it from beef, pork and chicken. Delicious jellied meat it turns out if you cook it from several types of meat. To improve the taste, it is advisable to add vegetables during cooking: onions, carrots, celery. Spices include peppercorns, bay leaves, and curry. The broth for jellied meat should ideally be transparent, then all the vegetables that can be cut into shapes will be visible, and pieces of meat will also be clearly visible. It is advisable to disassemble the meat by hand to obtain small fibers. This is also necessary in order to avoid small seeds getting into the finished dish.

For the New Year, it is customary to prepare everyone’s favorite dishes, and jellied meat rightfully takes the main place on the festive New Year’s table. A selection of photos will help you decorate jellied meat on the festive table in an original and beautiful way. After all, even carrot decor can significantly improve appearance aspic. It is customary to add green peas to jellied meat.

Boiled pork baked in the oven




Meat is the favorite food of most people on the planet. A piece of meat immediately saturates the body. And meat cooked according to special recipe, can make any table royal. In Russia, it is customary to serve boiled pork baked in the oven for the New Year. The marinade will make it juicy, and the presence of spices in the dish will give a subtle aroma and exquisite taste. Traditionally, boiled pork in Russia is served with lingonberry or mustard sauce. A piece of meat is taken that is fattier and juicier. It is customary to bake boiled pork whole.

Fish baked in the oven




Nothing is complete without fish dishes festive feast. Fish can be served as a main dish, or it can become great addition to other dishes on the table. The tradition of baking fish appeared among Orthodox families observing fasting. Fish always looks festive (see photo).

There are no problems with preparing such a dish. The fish must be thoroughly cleaned, gutted, and, if desired, prepared with filling, or baked in foil for own juice. Fish loves spices, so to surprise everyone spicy taste You should not spare various spices. Coriander, paprika, mint, lemon, go well with fish. various types peppers, curry and bay leaf.

You can bake fish with potatoes, immediately “killing two birds with one stone.” This is the method of cooking fish that is called “Russian”. Potatoes are soaked in fish juice, becoming even more appetizing and filling.

Cake "Napoleon"




The end of the New Year's Eve is dessert. Often the housewives of Russian houses bake the famous and delicious cake"Napoleon".. The history of this cake takes us to France. In Russia, this cake became famous during the celebration of the centenary of Napoleon's expulsion. The cake has unsweetened layers, delicious cream and a delicate aroma. The effort spent on making this culinary masterpiece will pay off with a standing ovation addressed to the hostess of the New Year's table. There are many recipes for making cake layers and cream. You need to choose according to your taste preferences and the availability of the necessary products.

Fruits




Not a single holiday is complete without fruit slices. Bananas, oranges, kiwis are fruits that will suit any holiday. The tangerine can be called the king of the New Year's table. Tangerines are New Year's seeds that are hard to tear yourself away from. Tangerines give a feeling of celebration, lift your spirits, give an unusually invigorating aroma and, in addition, benefit the body. Tangerines can be an excellent substitute for any complex culinary desserts, and they can bring even more joy.

Delicious holidays to everyone!

You can choose other delicious recipes for the New Year.

New Year is not only the most beloved, but also the most delicious holiday. What traditional Russian dishes are prepared in different regions? Let's take a little trip and find out.

Karelian boats

A traditional dish of Karelia is, or open pies with filling. Take 160 g of wheat and rye flour, 130 ml kefir, 3 eggs, 100 g butter and a pinch of salt. Knead the dough, roll out the flatbreads and stuff them mashed potatoes. We form open “boats”, grease them with yolk and bake for 20 minutes at 180 °C. Serve potato wickets made from rye flour as a snack - your guests will be pleasantly surprised.

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The national Udmurt dish will definitely please the whole family. Turn it in holiday menu, and you can be sure that the baked goods will not go unnoticed by the guests! Perepechas can be prepared according to our author's recipe.

To prepare this national dish we will need: 400 g flour, 100 g margarine, 200 ml milk or water, ½ tsp. salt, 1 tbsp. l. sugar and 2 eggs. Open pies can have any filling: meat, mushroom, potato. According to the recipe we take 500 g minced meat and 100 g of onion, for omelette filling - 2 eggs, 50 ml of milk and salt to taste. First we prepare the dough, since it needs to stand for about 20 minutes. Combine the eggs with margarine, add salt, sugar, add liquid (water + 2 tablespoons of dry milk) and, adding flour, begin to knead the dough. Make sure that all the pieces of margarine are mixed. Cover the thoroughly kneaded dough with a napkin and proceed to the filling. Fry the minced meat with onions and seasonings or just salt. Beat eggs with milk and salt in a shaker. When the dough has stood for a while and becomes more fluffy, roll it in flour, cut into equal parts and roll them into balls. Roll out the dough into flat cakes with a diameter of approximately 10 cm. Pinch the edges, creating a barrier for the filling. We spread 1 tbsp. l. minced meat and spread over the entire tartlet. Carefully pour the omelette on top, which will immediately saturate all the minced meat. Transfer the baked goods onto a spatula into a greased pan. According to the baking time, the baked goods are baked for 20 minutes at 180 °C. Serve hot.

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Celebrating the New Year, without any doubt, can be called our most beloved and popular holiday. We love it so much that we celebrate it twice: first time according to the Gregorian calendar accepted today, and then according to the old Julian calendar, used until 1918. This holiday, the second in time, but not in importance, we can safely consider only our truly Russian New Year, because even the name of this holiday - Old New Year - cannot be translated into any foreign language. And is it worth it? Can we afford to have our own special, homely and at the same time cheerful and generous Russian New Year celebration?

No matter how strange it may seem, the New Year holidays did not take root in Russia right away. Even more than that, the New Year, so beloved by everyone today, constantly encountered various obstacles on its way to Russia. The reformer Emperor Peter I brought us this holiday from Europe, but it was not possible to make it Russian right away. Everything about this holiday was strange for the people: the new chronology from the Nativity of Christ instead of the usual chronology from the Creation of the world; and the meeting of the New Year, postponed from the abundant time of the beginning of autumn to the stingy middle of winter; and even the Emperor’s command to decorate houses with fir trees, pine trees, and juniper branches. After all, in Rus', joy and prosperity have always been identified with birch and oak, and spruce was a mourning tree. And it was not clear to the peasants and ordinary people what kind of holiday this was when they needed to decorate their house with funeral fir branches. And so it happened that with the death of Pyotr Alekseevich, the celebration of the New Year established by Him immediately ceased.

New Year's celebrations returned during the reign of Catherine the Great. Well, no matter who, the Empress knew a lot about holidays, and she felt and loved the Russian soul. It was She who first installed a New Year's tree in the Winter Palace, and not just a tree like Peter I, but a festive, elegant tree, decorated with sweets, fruits and garlands. This kind of beauty, of course, pleased the Russian people, and it is with the reign of Catherine the Great that we can begin counting down the celebration of the real Russian New Year. In those days, the secular New Year was celebrated more with balls and festivities than with rich feasts, but the beginning of traditions had been made. This may sound somewhat unexpected, but New Year's treats of those times were almost the same both in palaces and in peasant huts. Catherine the Great greatly respected sour cabbage soup - a fizzy leavened drink, which she called nothing less than Russian champagne, and the tables were laden with the simplest, typically Russian treats: pickles and pickles, baked pigs, fish dishes, pies - all the same things that were treated to on New Year's Eve and in the most simple houses. Except for the greenhouse ones exotic fruits Yes, outlandish sweets distinguished the rich New Year's balls from the simple, but no less cheerful New Year's festivities of the townspeople and peasants. It is interesting that poultry dishes, so popular today, were not served at Russian New Year's tables in those days - it was believed that good luck might fly away in the coming year. This is how the first New Year traditions were established.

The real popularity of Russian New Year holidays came in the 19th century. Today, for some reason, it is believed that pre-revolutionary Russia widely celebrated only church holidays, for example, Christmas, and secular holidays, like New Year, were not widespread at that time. Sometimes there are even calls to abandon the celebration of the “pagan and alien” New Year altogether. Perhaps this confusion stems from the fact that according to the modern calendar, New Year's holidays fall during the Philippine fast. But really, that is why the Old New Year is so important for Russian people, which embraces with its joy and binds together all layers of our society, allowing deeply religious people to boldly celebrate the New Year together with secular friends, combining ancient and modern New Year traditions.

Already from the beginning of the 19th century, winter holidays in Russia began with the Nativity of Christ and continued until Epiphany. And in the series of cheerful balls and masquerades, abundant feasts and festivities, there was certainly a place for New Year’s Eve. Public Christmas trees were held in restaurants and general meetings, theaters gave New Year's performances, and after the performances New Year's masquerades and dances were held. At the same time, a tradition of New Year's gifts developed, albeit a little more modest than Christmas ones.

And of course, by this time a tradition had already developed New Year's feasts. And in big cities, and in provincial towns, and even in the most remote villages, a hearty feast has become one of the most important attributes of the New Year. And it doesn’t matter how important it was to what strata of society the celebrants belonged to. Whether it was palace balls of aristocrats, luxurious celebrations of wealthy residents of both capitals, or home feasts of poor townspeople and peasants - everyone tried to celebrate the New Year as magnificently and cheerfully as possible, treating themselves and treating friends to the most delicious dishes and wishing themselves and everyone around them prosperity in the coming year . Regardless of income, each family tried to fill the table with as many different dishes as possible, and it should be noted that the New Year's treat was much more varied and plentiful than even the Christmas treat. It was not in vain that the evening of December 31st was called generous! Even in the most ordinary families tried to bring to the table as much as possible meat dishes. There were baked piglets, jellied meats, jellies, boiled pig heads, and stuffed lamb sides and stomachs. Peasant families always cooked rich kutya, which was fueled pork fat and crushed poppy seeds. From the bins and cellars they got the most delicious treats, specially stocked up for the New Year: pickled cucumbers and sauerkraut, salted and dried mushrooms, soaked apples and berries, berry marshmallows and jam - all the most delicious things were used to prepare New Year's dishes; all the most delicious things were set on the New Year's table. Russian rich cabbage soup and the most generous porridges with meat did not remain forgotten. As today, in those days it was believed that the more plentiful the New Year's meal, the more varied dishes were put on the table, the more nourishing and abundant the coming year would be.

New Year in Russian certainly included a special New Year's baking. Most often these were various animal figurines, elegant gingerbread ones - in wealthy houses, or simple ones, baked from butter or the simplest unleavened dough- in poorer houses. Such figurines were baked so that livestock would reproduce well in the new year. The peasants baked pancakes for the New Year's table so that the livestock would be smooth and well-fed, and variety of buns and rolls for a good harvest, and elegant loaves, decorated with dough spikelets and flowers, so that the wheat and rye will grow beautifully. And besides ritual baking, they didn’t forget about delicious pies from the very various fillings, and about pies, cheesecakes, fried and yarn pies, levashniks (sweet pies with levashki - dried apple or berry mass) and gingerbread. They prepared a lot, a lot of pies and pies for the New Year. So much to turn a simple dish into a whole New Year's ritual. The housewife put them in a pile on the table, the owner of the house hid behind this pile, and only then they called the children. The children, entering the upper room, shouted: “Where did our father go?” -Can't you see me? - the owner of the house answered cheerfully from behind a mountain of baked goods, - We don’t see! - the children rejoiced, - And God forbid that we don’t see you all year either. They said this with the hope in mind that throughout the next year the table would be as crowded with food as on New Year’s Eve. And during the New Year's festivities, all these pies were presented to neighbors, friends and, of course, all the surrounding children.

Of course, we didn’t forget about drinks on New Year’s Eve. In peasant houses and families of poor townsfolk, they certainly prepared sbitni, warming on a cold winter night, and for children they prepared non-alcoholic sbitn from water, honey, dried berries yes spices, but the adults got strong sbitni - with mead, wine, vodka. TO New Year's holidays Both liqueurs and tinctures were ripening. In the richer houses, champagne was already flowing, and a wide variety of wines, Madeira, port wines and vodka were served at the New Year's table.

In addition to exquisite dishes and drinks, new desserts and sweets appeared. At the same time, the Napoleon cake, beloved by many today, appeared, decorating the tables of rich citizens. And the newfangled dessert, ice cream, has become an indispensable attribute of the New Year's table of aristocrats.

In general, the New Year's tables of wealthy citizens and the aristocracy differed from our modern New Year's menus only in their excessive abundance and impressive assortment of dishes. But most of the rich New Year's dishes of that time is available to us today. Ducks and geese baked with apples, caviar, noble fish, a variety of delicious salads and appetizers of that time, which came to us from European cuisine, have taken root well in Russian cuisine, over time migrating from the tables of the old aristocracy to our festive New Year's menus. , often undergoing only minor changes related to products that have become too difficult or expensive to obtain. And they are simple, but so tasty and hearty dishes New Year's table is still available to absolutely everyone today. This means, like centuries ago, today every family can not only celebrate the Old New Year, but also celebrate it, respecting many ancient New Year traditions, and celebrate the real New Year in Russian on the night of January 13-14.