New Year's food. Appetizer "Motley Rooster"

Despite the fact that this article was written a little later than other New Year's articles, in which you could already view some of the recipes present here, I advise you to familiarize yourself, at least briefly, with the menu. All these recipes will be useful to you not only in New Year, but also for any other holiday. Take a look, you won't regret it! Try it, you won't be disappointed! It's all very tasty.

New Year is getting closer. People are increasingly wondering, what are we going to cook for the holiday?

I have already given recipes for New Year's dishes in separate articles, these articles were

Today I decided to streamline the menu a little, add new and interesting dishes, so you may come across dishes that you have already seen in my other articles, don’t be surprised.

We will start, of course, with salads and appetizers.

Next will be fish dishes.

Step-by-step recipes with photos for the New Year

You and I have a lot various dishes, which will look great on the New Year's table.

1.Seafood salad

Ingredients:

Hard cheese - 250-300 g.
half a lemon
Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Eggs - 4 pcs.
Canned cocktail “Seafood in its own juice” - 250-300 g.
Olive oil - 2 tbsp.

Preparation:

1. Grate the eggs.

2. The cheese is also grated. In general, to make the salad more tender, it is best to grate all the ingredients.

3. Mix cheese with grated eggs.

4. Slice the tomatoes small cubes and add to cheese and eggs.

5. Cut off the top of the lemon, cut it in half, remove the seeds from the half without the top so that we don’t get them in the salad, cut into slices, set the other half aside.

6. Take the seafood out of the jar and cut it.

8. Squeeze sliced lemon into the salad.

9. Mix everything thoroughly. Place on plates.

The salad can be decorated with black olives.

Bon appetit!

2. “Fur coat in the Far East”

Ingredients:

Red fish fillet (lightly smoked, take a whole piece, not chopped) – 250 gr.
Crabs ( crab sticks) - 250 g.
Boiled-frozen shrimp – 250 gr.
Medium potatoes – 2 pcs.
Eggs – 3 pcs.
Carrots – 1 pc.
Leek – 1 pc.
Sour cream - 100 g.
Mayonnaise – 150 gr.
Garlic – 1 clove
Olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.
Lemon juice – 1 tsp.

Preparation:

1. The first thing we need to do is prepare the ingredients: Boil eggs, potatoes, carrots.

2. Peel the eggs, cut into small cubes

3. Also cut the potatoes into cubes

4. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater

5. Onion - cut into rings

6. Separate the crabs into fibers. If you have crab sticks, try to buy “snow crab”, these sticks can also be disassembled into fibers, if others, cut them.

7. Cut the red fish fillet into small pieces.

8. Peel the garlic and crush it with a knife. Pour oil into a frying pan, heat it, add garlic, fry it until golden brown, remove from the frying pan.

9. Thaw the shrimp, peel and place in hot oil. Fry on high fire 2-3 minutes, stirring. Remove from the pan and let cool.

10. Place sour cream in mayonnaise and mix well.

11. Now let's start assembling the salad. The first layer will be potatoes. It must be salted and coated with sour cream mixture.

12. The next layer is red fish, sprinkle it with part of the leek

13. Season with sour cream mixture on top. You can make a mesh. Place cooled shrimp on top.

14. Place eggs in the next layer.

15. Top with crabs or crab sticks. Make a mesh out of the sour cream mixture again.

16. Sprinkle and coat salad grated carrots over the entire surface. Give the salad an even shape.

17. Cover the top layer of carrots with sour cream and mayonnaise mixture.

Garnish with remaining leeks, lemon wedges, herbs and fish strip rose.

Of course, it’s a pity to eat such a salad, but it’s all at your discretion.

4. Amber Corn Salad

The closer the New Year gets, the more people begin to wonder what we will cook for the holiday. After all, you want to surprise your guests with the beauty of the salads and make them delicious. The very first impression always remains the most vivid.

5. Salad “Pomegranate Bracelet”

The garnet bracelet sounds very beautiful, definitely like something classic, thanks to the great A.I. Kuprin. But we will talk about a salad that is known to a huge number of people, but also unknown to many.

6. Appetizer “Liver pate”

Very beautiful holiday dish and very tasty. Imagine what your table will look like if you put these bowls on.

7. Simple snack with beets and cheese

Every housewife tries to prepare something special and beautiful for the holiday to surprise the guests. But sometimes the fear that - oh, I don’t know how, I don’t know how..., I don’t know what I can cook with so that it’s delicious, interferes with the flight of our imagination.

8. Fern with mushrooms and meat

I think our most underrated snacks are fern snacks.

9. Garlic arrows with meat

Of course, not everyone ate this dish. Many probably didn’t know about this, but among Asian peoples this is a common, almost daily dish. For us this one original snack is unusual, festive and of course delicious.

10. “Hyo” from fresh frozen herring

For example, every New Year we make sure to make my favorite snack at home, which is the first to go, almost as soon as we sit down at the table. It is prepared very quickly and this is very convenient on holidays, when there are not enough hands for everything, but here the first part of the preparation is purely male.

11. Scallops with rice

Today we will prepare dishes that are not often served here - these are hot snack scallops with rice and cream sauce.

12. Fish aspic

One more thing absolutely New Year's dish, this is aspic. What is it made from, and from various meats poultry, and beef, especially offal, pork, and rabbit. In our country, aspic is made mainly from fish.

13. Salad “Mix”

The fiery rooster is already peeking out of the chicken coop and is waiting for his time to come. We will try to please him and will prepare seafood salads, he loves them.

14. Ceviche with shrimp

Of course, you can eat shrimp simply boiled, but when you try this dish, you will say that yes, this is an appetizer, and not just shrimp.

15. Recipe for eggplant with mussels

You should definitely try it. This is so delicious! At first you can’t even understand what kind of dish this is, what kind of delicious food it is, what it’s made from?

And finally the queen of snacks:

16. Stuffed fish

For as long as I can remember, over the last 20-30-40, and maybe more years, not a single New Year celebration has been complete without this dish.

17. Video:

Hot fish and seafood dishes.

As you already know, many people love fish and seafood, so in this article we mainly showed recipes from them.

1. Pollock stuffed with potatoes

Ingredients:

Pollock - 2 medium fish
Egg - 1 pc.
Onion - 1 pc.
Potatoes - 1 pc.
Cheese - 100 g.
Salt, spices, herbs

Preparation:

1. Rinse the fish, if necessary, clean and rinse again (of course, it is not necessary to take pollock. We took it as the simplest and most common fish.)

2. Grate the potatoes and pour them over immediately cold water so as not to turn black. We change the water several times until it becomes clear.

3. Rub the fish with salt and seasonings. Now there is a wide variety of fish seasonings in the store, choose what you like. Take the spices you like too.

4. Cut the onion into rings, chop the herbs, grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

5. Drain the water, add the egg to the potatoes, stir, salt and pepper to taste.

6. Cover a baking sheet with foil and place the fish on it. Stuff the fish with the resulting potato mixture, pour lemon juice, squeezing it straight out of the lemon.

7. Place onion half rings on top.

8. Drizzle with vegetable oil (olive is good) so that the cheese sticks and for better baking.

9. Sprinkle with cheese.

10. Sprinkle with herbs on top.

Cover the fish with foil and place in an oven preheated to 180° for 25-30 minutes. Look at your oven.

If you want the fish to be fried, open the foil 5 minutes before cooking.

The fish is ready.

Bon appetit!

2. The most delicious salmon in the oven

Ingredients:

A piece of salmon - 300-400 g.
Frozen butter
Black pepper or a mixture of 5 peppers
Lemon
Italian herbs
Foil

Preparation:

1. Cut a piece of salmon. Take a sharp knife, otherwise it will be difficult to cut.

2. You should get 2 steaks.

3. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper.

4. Cover with Italian herbs immediately the most pleasant smell will float around the kitchen.

5. Turn the fish over.

6. Repeat everything you did the first time. Those. salt, pepper, sprinkle with herbs and refrigerate for 40-60 minutes.

7. We will make molds from foil, unfold the foil with the shiny side inward.

8. Take a grater, our frozen butter and

rub butter onto foil. When grating butter, hold the grater up. Rub enough to fit a piece of fish.

9. Place the fish in oil.

10. Rub oil on top, on the second side as well.

11. Wrap the fish in foil, leaving the top slightly open.

12. Do the same with the second steak.

13. Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes at 180°.

14. Remove from oven

15. and place directly in foil on plates. You will see that there is a small amount of oil left on the bottom of the foil, it’s okay, this will only make the fish juicier. Add lemon slices to the plate. As you noticed, we did not use lemon when cooking so as not to take away the natural taste of the fish.

Get it while it's hot, although it's delicious cold.

And I hope that those who tried these dishes appreciated them. Today we will look at delicious recipe, from the series - fish dishes - which can be prepared even for a holiday. This recipe is especially useful for those who cannot eat fried foods.

New Year 2017 is the year of the Rooster, but not a simple one, but a Fiery one. Simply put, the new year will be all fire, especially if you celebrate it well. Fire Rooster loves everything colorful and catchy, but at the same time elegant and tasteful. This applies to both outfits and the holiday menu. the site offers several delicious and healthy dishes that will decorate any feast.

Menu for New Year 2017: snacks

Snack - mandatory dish on the festive table. Small toasts, sandwiches, canapés and tartlets give guests the opportunity to have a snack until the main course is served.

Healthy Snack Rules:

the snack should be light, especially if it is part of the New Year's menu. The main task is to create an appetite, and not to feed guests to their fullest. About traditional fat tartlets on shortcrust pastry and it’s better to forget the toasts fried in butter right away;
appetizers should be combined with an aperitif - a drink served before the main course to increase salivation and appetite. For example, if you chose red wine as an aperitif, it is better to prepare an appetizer from solid or soft varieties cheese, white - canapés with fish, etc.;
When preparing snacks, avoid ;
It’s time to use your imagination, because snacks increase appetite and create a mood not only with their taste, but also with their appearance.

We offer several universal dishes, which are suitable for any (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) aperitif, will look great on the table and will not weigh down the stomach .

Baskets with artichokes

Ingredients:

100 g cottage cheese;
1/4 cup sour cream;
1-1/2 cups grated cheese mozzarella;
1/4 cup Parmesan;
1/2 cup canned artichokes (drained and chopped);
300 g frozen spinach (drained and chopped);
2 cloves garlic (chopped);
salt to taste;
freshly ground black pepper to taste;

For the test:

3 cups flour
200 g margarine
200 g sour cream

Preparation:

Chop the flour with margarine or butter with a knife until crumbly, add sour cream, knead, put in the refrigerator for an hour.
In a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, artichokes, spinach, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Roll out the dough, cut into squares and make small envelopes.
Add the filling.
Bake until golden brown.

Cheese balls

Ingredients:

300 g cottage cheese;
1/3 s. grated cheddar;
1 teaspoon garlic powder;
1 teaspoon paprika;
salt;
freshly ground black pepper;
8 slices bacon, fried and finely chopped;
1/3 s. finely chopped green onions;
1/3 s. finely chopped nuts.

Preparation:

mix cream cheese, cheddar, garlic powder, red pepper and season with salt and pepper;
form into 18 small balls and refrigerate for an hour;
In a shallow bowl, stir together bacon, onion and nuts;
Roll the balls in this mixture and insert a straw into each of them.

Menu for New Year 2017: salads

Layered salads with mayonnaise from my grandmother’s Soviet recipe book are an attribute of the 90s, not 2017. And jokes aside, every housewife has the right to choose what to cook for the Year of the Rooster. And if it’s the good old “fur coat” or Olivier, don’t be lazy and prepare it. It has much less calories and more nutrients. Or, experiment and come up with something unusual and not flaky.

Brussels sprouts salad with apples

Ingredients:

1/4 s. wine vinegar;
extra virgin olive oil;
1 teaspoon honey;
1/4 s. chopped parsley;
salt;
freshly ground black pepper;
1/2 s. crushed walnuts;
Brussels sprouts (chopped);
1 large apple (thinly sliced)

Preparation:

In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, honey, half of all the parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, set aside;
walnuts fry in a dry frying pan until slightly golden;
stir Brussels sprouts, apples and walnuts with dressing;
Sprinkle with remaining parsley when serving.

Tangerine salad with turnips

Ingredients:

170 g spinach;
3 oranges;
1 large turnip;
2 tbsp. l. sherry vinegar;
2 tbsp. l. honey;
¼ lime or lemon;
ground pepper Chile;
5 tbsp. olive oil;
½ avocado;
50 g cilantro;
½ head of red onion;
salt to taste.

Preparation:

squeeze the juice of one orange and lime, pour it into a jar with a lid and add vinegar, oil, honey and chili pepper, salt to taste;
close the jar, shake;
Peel two oranges, divide into slices and remove membranes;
cut turnips into strips;
Peel and cut the avocado into cubes;
wash and chop the cilantro, chop;
mix all the ingredients and pour over the sauce.

Menu for New Year 2017: main course

In the year of the Fire Rooster, roasting a rooster as the main dish... is somehow “not comelfo”. Wait, scientists recently cleared pork and said that . So why not cook a steak?! The main thing is to stick daily norm- a serving of 70-80 g for each guest will be enough.

Steak with cranberry sauce

Ingredients:

For cranberry sauce:

¼ s. cranberries;
diced white onion;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 tsp light brown sugar;
1 tsp red wine vinegar;
¼ s. dark beer;
1 tsp soy sauce.

For the steak:

small pieces of pork (according to the number of guests);
salt;
black pepper;
olive oil.

Preparing the sauce:

mix all ingredients in a saucepan from stainless steel and simmer over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce thickens (about 1 hour);
Place the sauce in a blender and blend until homogeneous mass;
strain sauce through a fine mesh sieve and refrigerate.

Meat preparation:

Remove meat from refrigerator 1 hour before cooking. Heat up large frying pan over medium heat. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper to taste;
add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan and fry the meat until golden brown;
bake the steaks in the oven (180 degrees, 10-20 minutes);
serve steaks with sauce.

Menu for New Year 2017: alcohol

Champagne on New Year's Day Easter cake for Easter. And for many, the Year of the Rooster will not be an exception. But isn't it boring to drink the same drink over and over again? You are right, traditions cannot be changed. But they can be refreshed and diluted!

New Year's champagne

Ingredients:

2 apples (chopped);
Frozen cranberries;
Green grapes(cut in half);
pomegranate seeds;
¼ s. grape juice;
1 bottle of champagne or sparkling wine.

Preparation: Place all the fruits and berries in a large jug. Fill with champagne and grape juice before serving.

Christmas sangria

Ingredients:

2 bottles of white wine;
3/4 cup sparkling apple cider;
1/4 cup sugar;
1/4 cup cranberries (cut in half);
3/4 cup whole cranberry;
1 apple;
3 sprigs of rosemary.

Preparation: Stir all ingredients in a jug with a large wooden spoon until the sugar has melted. Refrigerate. Serve over ice.

Menu for New Year 2017: dessert

If you are sure that your family or guests will also want dessert, do not buy cakes or sweets. Better bet on festive table bowl of fruit and prepare homemade cakes.

Cookies Fire Rooster

Ingredients:

100 g butter;
1 egg;
150 g sugar;
1.5 cups flour;
2/3 tsp. soda;
½ cup powdered sugar;
2 tbsp. starch;
citric acid;
2 pinches of natural red dye.

Preparation:

mix sugar, flour and soda, stir;
add the yolk and butter(cut into pieces);
knead the dough, roll into a ball and wrap cling film. Place in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes;
roll out the adze to a thickness of 5 mm, cut out cookies using a mold or paper stencil in the shape of a cockerel;
place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment;
bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 180 degrees;
prepare the glaze: mix the egg whites with a mixer, powdered sugar And citric acid. Add starch and stir with a fork.
divide the glaze into two parts: add dye to one and mix, and add starch (0.5 tbsp) to the other and mix too;

The New Year holidays are certainly accompanied by the expectation of a miracle, that the coming year will be more successful and joyful, without worries and hassle. It cannot be complete without a joyful atmosphere, regardless of age. At the festive table, sincere congratulations and wishes are heard, based on good start the coming year.

One of the main traditions is the ceremonial presentation of gifts and the preparation of delicious dishes and all kinds of delicacies for the festive table. And the symbol of 2017 is the Fire Rooster, which will bring good luck to persistent and active people. That is why even preparatory stage It’s worth showing your imagination for the celebration, and this applies not only to choosing gifts or decorating the room, but also to setting the table and arranging signature dishes on the table. What is it - original and interesting menu for the new year 2017?

According to already established tradition, it is believed that if it is good to meet and celebrate New Year's Eve, That next year will certainly be successful. That is why every housewife tries not only to prepare delicious dishes, new salads and snacks, but also to decorate them in an original way. But you shouldn’t get carried away and forget about interior design, and if you can trust your husband and even children to set up and decorate the Christmas tree and apartment, then it is recommended that the hostess herself do the table setting. Do you still not know your menu for the New Year 2017, what to cook and what products you need to buy?

Creating a menu for celebrating the New Year of the Fire Rooster 2017

The Rooster is a sensible and important bird, a little hot-tempered, but also quickly moves away, preferring not pompousness, as is commonly believed, but naturalness. Loves simplicity, versatility and naturalness. Therefore, the dishes on the table should be simple, and the recipes for the New Year should be light, but a little playful. It is recommended to place chopped vegetables or pickles on large plates, and add aromatic and spicy herbs to the vegetable composition.

Sliced meats can be made in the form of canapés, sandwiching pieces of meat with whole grain bread or bread with nuts. And in the center of the table, place an elegant and bright plate with poured grain. Moreover, the main dish can be decorated in the manner of the “Jumble” salad by arranging cereals and grains in small piles, so that the symbol of the year can also taste his favorite treat.

Don’t forget about home baking, using not only first (highest) grade flour, but also other types, for example, buckwheat, corn or rice.

Before the start of the meal and feast, while all the guests are gathering, they can be offered to freshen up. light cocktails, and involve children in advance in making funny straws with a brightly colored rooster’s tail image.

Decorating and serving the festive table

To decorate your home and set the table for the new year 2017, you need to choose natural materials bright colors. For inspiration, think about the plumage of a rooster’s tail, as it is depicted in children’s fairy tale books.

For example, table setting in a rustic style on this New Year's Eve can be considered the most original idea, for example, linen tablecloth and napkins, wooden coasters large dishes and candlesticks, and even dishes. Instead of flowers, there may be dry herbs, various fruit or vegetable arrangements, wicker baskets for serving sliced bread, etc. on the table.

The use of artificial materials is not acceptable, e.g. plastic dishes, you should give preference to porcelain and clay sets. As for the color scheme, take a closer look at the red, blue or green shades.

A special atmosphere at the table can be achieved by using candles to anoint the table or even illuminate the table. Small candlesticks can be placed next to each guest’s plate; do not forget about spruce branches and cones.

You can apply New Year's patterns on champagne glasses with a special composition, which is then easily washed off, and place bright tangerines and small cards with individual greetings on plates.

Basic rules for serving a New Year's feast:

Glasses and shot glasses, glasses for without alcoholic drinks located on the right hand of the guest;
It is recommended to start table setting for the New Year 2017 with the arrangement of the plates, and only then lay out the cutlery. Last step- wine glasses.
The knife and fork are on the right, the spoon is on the other side, and the convex side is certainly down;
It is recommended to choose napkins in such a way that they create a contrast with the tablecloth. The fabric ones fold, they can be beautifully laid out on portion plates, the paper ones are placed under the plates and additionally placed in a beautiful napkin holder on the table;
A tablecloth is not the main attribute of the festive table, so choose one so that it does not distract the attention of guests from delicious dishes. It is permissible to cover the table only with a clean and ironed tablecloth that hangs approximately 15 cm from each edge.

Main dishes of the New Year's table

Menu for the New Year 2017, what to cook from hot? It is strictly not recommended to serve as a main course. New Year's table bird. The symbol of the year may hold a grudge against you, and the year will be unsuccessful. Fatty dishes It is also not recommended to cook, but light and vegetable ones will be just right. When preparing the New Year's menu, try to avoid large quantity unnatural ingredients and seasonings, fatty and hot sauces, giving preference to natural herbs and spices.

Meat and fish dishes on the New Year's table 2017

Lamb with side dish as main dish:

For lovers of lamb, meat stewed with potatoes and spices is suitable as a hot dish. Guests and relatives will certainly ask you for the British recipe for this dish, as the dish turns out to be satisfying and not greasy, and pleasant to the taste.

You will need:

600 gr. potatoes;
450 gr. lamb;
2 onions;
Carrots – 2 pcs.;
10 cumin seeds;
60 ml. vegetable oil;
3 cloves of garlic;
2 bay leaves;
A little dry parsley;
Coarse salt and 10 black peppercorns.

Cooking lamb with vegetables:

Grind the peppercorns and cumin in a mortar with the addition of coarse salt.
Cut lamb pulp in small pieces so that they fit into a dessert (large children's) spoon. Season the pieces of meat with spices.
Pour oil into a deep, thick-bottomed saucepan or cauldron, add meat and fry over low heat.
Chop the onion into thin half rings, chop the garlic and add it to the frying pan with the meat. Continue frying, stirring.
Peel the carrots and cut into half rings.
Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut into pieces slightly larger than the lamb.
Add carrots and onions to the meat and vegetables, not forgetting the bay leaves.
After 5 minutes, pour in half a glass of water, wine, tomato juice or divorced tomato paste, at your own discretion.
Simmer the dish until cooked, shortly before cooking, taste for salt and spices and add dry parsley.

Side dish for the New Year's table:

If you cook meat or fish as the main dish, then potatoes will be the ideal side dish for them. It can be baked along with the meat on another baking sheet, whole (cooked a little in boiling water) or in halves in spices and seasonings.

Belgian fries:

But no one will refuse French fries baked in the oven with a minimum amount of oil and seasonings. For cooking, it is recommended to use a mixture of spices for potatoes, with the addition of Provençal herbs and paprika.

You will need:

Potatoes – 1 kg;
4 chicken eggs;
Potato seasoning packet:
50 ml. vegetable oil.

Preparation:

Wash the potatoes, you can scrub them with a special stiff brush. Cut into slices, like in a popular cafe fast food, preserving the peel.
Place the potatoes on a baking sheet with the addition of vegetable oil, season with spices and add coarse salt if desired.
Separate the whites from the yolks. To prepare potatoes, we need only whites, and using the yolks you can make homemade mayonnaise or other sauce.
Beat the egg whites, add a little salt until fluffy, add to the potatoes and stir.
Place the pan in the oven and bake until cooked through golden crust and softness of the slices..

Vegetable ratatouille made from vegetables with the addition of cheese and breadcrumbs:

As a side dish, you can also prepare vegetable ratatouille along with potatoes, adding a little cheese to it so that the layers hold their shape. Your guests will certainly enjoy a healthy side dish, practically prepared without oil. Crautons and hard cheese. There are various recipes for the New Year from vegetables.

You will need:

10 large tomatoes;
Zucchini or zucchini;
3 eggplants;
2 heads of red onions;
3 red sweet peppers;
4 cloves of garlic;
Provençal herbs – 0.5 teaspoon;
A little vegetable oil;
100 gr. hard cheese;
A bunch of parsley;
3 slices of white bread;
A little salt and pepper.

Cooking:

Grind the garlic cloves through a kitchen press, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil and chopped parsley to it. Pour provencal herbs, season the sauce with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Wash the vegetables, peel them and cut everything into round slices. Place in a deep bowl, add spicy sauce and mix well.
Dry the bread pieces in the oven, cool and grind in a food processor.
Grease a deep pan with oil, sprinkle with a small amount of crushed crackers and lay out the vegetables, alternating them overlapping, imitating “scales”.
Grate any hard cheese coarse grater, sprinkle the vegetables, and add the remaining croutons on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes until the eggplants and peppers are cooked through.

Snacks for the New Year's table

If people around you love Chinese cuisine, then you will probably like shrimp in creamy sauce, and others oriental recipes for the New Year, as a hot dish for the New Year 2017. You can serve it with spicy garlic rice, with the addition of turmeric, then it will have a pleasant golden color.

You will need:

Medium-sized shrimp – 750 g;
Butter – 75 gr.;
Garlic – 3 cloves;
Heavy cream – 250 ml;
A little salt and freshly ground pepper;
5 sprigs of fresh parsley.

Cooking:

Butter should be room temperature, you need to squeeze the garlic into it through a kitchen press. Mix the creamy mixture thoroughly and place it in a deep frying pan or saucepan.

Add peeled shrimp to melted garlic - cream sauce and simmer, stirring for 7 minutes.

Add chopped parsley along with sprigs (stalks).

Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon, add cream to the sauce, and wait until it thickens a little, without allowing it to boil. Place the shrimp back into the sauce and heat through, stirring regularly so that the mixture does not burn.

If you use rice with the addition of turmeric as a side dish, then you should not overdo it with this seasoning - a quarter of a teaspoon will be enough to add flavor and color to the side dish.

Traditional Russian cuisine for the New Year's table:

It’s simply impossible to imagine the New Year 2017 without Russian dishes traditional cuisine– your favorite vinaigrette or herring under a fur coat, Olivier or mimosa salad, fish aspic, jellied meat, homemade pickles and pickled mushrooms.

However, all these dishes can be served a little differently, showing a little imagination and ingenuity. For example, a saddle under a fur coat or crab salad can be served as a roll rather than as a layered salad, and the mimosa can be wrapped in Armenian lavash and cut into portions.

Salad with crab meat is usually prepared by mixing all the ingredients, but it can be assembled in layers and soaked in homemade sauce or mayonnaise.

Salads and snacks for the holiday table:

For any celebration, especially for the New Year 2017, housewives prepare for a long time, rehearsing new dishes and salads, practicing decorating and decorating them. New recipes are searched on the Internet and popular magazines, and old ones are remembered.

This new year, by the way, is perfect for experiments to think through holiday menu, adding new ingredients to salads, such as salted or marinated olives, crisp cucumbers and tender mushrooms.

Small canapés with meat, fish and cheese fillings on toast from fresh or fried (dried in the oven) bread. You can also use tartlets made from unsweetened or puff pastry for filling.

Traditional salads can be laid out in the form of Santa Claus, a round clock with hands made from fresh or boiled carrots, or a layered salad sprinkled with dill sprigs, which will imitate a Christmas tree. Bright toys and garlands will be made from vegetables, pomegranate seeds, peas and corn.

From boiled eggs you can use toothpicks to collect funny snowmen with noses made of carrots or bell pepper, and buttons from seeds.

Instead of sandwiches with red caviar, you can make toast with the addition of boiled carrots, processed cheese and herrings. It will be tasty and unusual.

Sauces for hot dishes and salads:

For those who prefer the form natural products and seasonings for dishes, it is recommended to spend a little precious time and prepare homemade mayonnaise. To do this, just beat all the ingredients with an immersion blender, whisk or using a food processor.

To many dishes on New Year's suitable for the table And homemade adjika, tomato sauce, lecho and other home canning. It won't be superfluous fat sour cream with lemon juice, garlic and pickled gherkins.

TO boiled meat and for baking, you can prepare the sauce in advance if you think through the holiday menu, for example, bechamel, cheese or cream sauce. You can diversify gravies and seasonings with hummus and pesto sauce.

Desserts for the New Year's table 2017:

According to established traditions, a couple of days before the holiday you can bake honey or gingerbread, make holes in them and attach a note with humorous rhymes or wishes to each one. Gingerbread cookies can be any shape, and can be decorated with icing and confectionery sprinkles.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, a huge number of kitchen accessories with a festive theme appear on sale. If you are lucky and buy silicone or plastic Christmas tree molds, you can cook in them. fruit jelly green or homemade marmalade. Such light dessert will be the perfect end to a festive dinner.

Alcoholic drinks on the New Year's table:

A month to a month and a half before the feast, you can prepare homemade alcohol based on high-quality vodka with good purification, for example the famous Baileys or citrus liqueur.

After everyone has returned from a night walk, seen enough fireworks, played enough snowballs and rolled down the ice slide, spicy warming mulled wine will be in order.

Fans of exotic drinks will love the punch with the addition of mango and pineapple. A drink is prepared with the addition of brandy or cognac.

But this year it is recommended to drink red wine at the festive New Year's table. good quality, and be sure to take at least a sip of traditional champagne, preferably chilled.

Sweet dessert dishes:

Tea is considered a good way to end any holiday. high quality several types at the discretion of guests and sweet dessert. These can be portioned cakes, large sponge cake or juicy homemade roll soaked in syrup and cream, decorated with chocolate.

Regular round homemade cake You can decorate it in a very original way by depicting the chimes from Red Square, or drawing Father Frost or the Snow Maiden. As an original decoration you can make nice wishes to everyone present, or draw an important rooster with bright plumage.

Little secrets and tricks

For cheese lovers and fresh vegetables good news awaits you - the Rooster simply adores these products, so give them places of honor on the table.

Add more dairy products to your homemade baked goods - sour cream, cottage cheese or any type of cheese.

Can be prepared as a snack cheese sticks breaded, and it can be either spicy or piquant with the addition of spices and aromatic herbs.

In order not to make mistakes in cooking and to leave a little time to rest before the feast, try to choose affordable and easy-to-prepare recipes. It is advisable to prepare and rehearse them in advance, in case your family and friends don’t like the combination of ingredients at all.

Then New Year's menu 2017 will be appetizing, original and very tasty. The invited guests will be satisfied with the food offered, and will long remember the successful feast.

The largest, most family-friendly and most magical holiday that we are all waiting for whole year, will very soon be knocking on our doors. Therefore, now is the time to start thoroughly thinking through not only gifts for relatives, but also the New Year’s menu for the year of the Red Rooster, who is in a hurry to replace the eccentric monkey. The owner of a chicken harem is closer to our soul than an exotic hooligan, therefore the dishes will be close to our traditional ones, and the decorative elements will remain the same - fiery.

The table, or rather its setting, is the first thing that every participant in the ceremonial feast pays attention to. And if we have set ourselves the goal of pleasing a grumpy rooster, then it is imperative to devote time, effort and all our design skills to this issue.

What would you like to drink on New Year's Eve?

Exactly at midnight, with the last strike of the chimes, the popping of champagne can be heard in all corners of the country. We traditionally celebrate the New Year with this drink. But what else can you do to please the quarrelsome rooster on this day?

On New Year's banquets you can meet huge variety various alcoholic drinks. But how to choose the right champagne and wine for a holiday, and what glass to serve with whiskey, cognac, liqueur or martini?

A holiday is not a holiday without dessert. And for our rooster, we have prepared a cool selection of dessert treats that are absolutely easy to make, and treating yourself to such a delicacy will be oh, how pleasant and tasty.

Setting the New Year's table for children

All the kids are waiting for December 31st with bated breath, because this holiday is truly imbued with magic. While waiting for Santa Claus with gifts, children can also while away the time at a separately set table. Our tips can help you with menu planning and serving:

Our preparations for this important day and the meeting of the new symbol of the New Year 2017 - the Fire Rooster - have come to an end. We hope that our tips on how to prepare a festive table will help you create a truly New Year's atmosphere and save your precious time during this busy December period.

The festive table, at which the whole family gathers on holiday, should be rich and varied, but at the same time, necessarily useful. The Fire Rooster, who is coming into his own, advises not to deny yourself delights. Every housewife wonders: what to cook for New Year 2017, how to respect this proud bird, so that the year is a success, so that the table is always full.

The New Year's table in the Year of the Rooster, in addition to beautiful and tasty dishes, should be beautifully decorated; it is better to think through every detail in advance so that the general idea is respected.

Products from which it is preferable to cook

The rooster is a bird, and a proud one with high self-esteem, so it is better to respect him by not having a bird on the table. It is better to replace eggs in salads and dough with something else.

There must be cereals on the table. The Rooster loves millet, wheat, cook porridge or pilaf, each family member should eat a couple of spoons in honor of the Rooster.

Focus on vegetables and fruits, this will light table and useful, and also beautiful. The beauty of the table on this New Year's Eve is one of the most important conditions, cutting and serving as in a restaurant, beautiful dishes, decor – basic conditions.

Any meat, except chicken, fish of all varieties, is acceptable, as are caviar and seafood. You should not cook for future use, the Rooster does not like unnecessary expenses, he does not like spenders, he is very prudent and economical. Try to calculate the amount of food so that there is enough for everyone, but does not end up in the trash can in the morning. The housewife’s extravagance will backfire; the owner of the year will not appreciate it.

Table decoration

A chicly decorated table, sparkling with crystal, full of colorful dishes, rosettes of flowers, to the liking of the Rooster. Focus on small rosettes with fir branches decorated with artificial pearl threads, they symbolize the egg. Bright, colored, mother-of-pearl feathers will also add the right atmosphere.

Get it the best dishes, silver cutlery sets, crystal glasses and glasses. Golden threads with sequins wrapped around wine glasses are a wonderful gift for the Rooster, who loves everything shiny.

Be sure to put candles on the table, you can pour millet into wine glasses, and put candles in the millet. They will hold up perfectly and the millet will be in place for the Rooster.

New Year's dishes for the Rooster

It is important that all dishes are presented, colorful and healthy. Several recipes can be taken from vegetarian cuisine, they will solve the problem of food usefulness. How fresh salads from vegetables and fruits, and baked vegetables, vegetables on a barbecue with meat are healthy because they are not cooked, which means they retain their beneficial properties.

Rice with seafood or vegetables - the perfect side dish for any meat dish, or as a separate hot dish. Simple Products, ease of preparation, compliance with poultry nutrition - everything is right in these dishes. Do not overuse oils and frying; it is better to simmer or steam: healthy eating– one of the most important conditions for the beginning of the Year of the Fire Rooster.

Baked vegetables should be on the table as a symbol of simplicity and abundance, they are very suitable for the table, easy for digestion, and beautifully served with fresh herbs, cream, garlic sauces or cheese.

"Herring under a fur coat" better prepared with the addition homemade mayonnaise, which is lower in calories, light and more healthy. There are a lot of options for preparing it, and every housewife will choose the best option for herself. You can decorate it not just in layers, but in the form of a roll, in the shape of a rooster, where you can decorate its tail in different colors.

Vegetable salads With olive oil, soy sauces, lemon and mustard should definitely be on the table. Minimum costs cooking time, beautiful design and the benefits are the most important conditions New Year's table.

Sprouted grains - what should be at the head of the table. Make a cup of young wheat and millet greens the center of your feast. New life, fresh sprouts sprouting for your holiday symbolize new life, abundance and an increase in family. The Rooster will note your scrupulous approach to business and will reward you with health and well-being.

Baked meat, meatloaf with vegetables and herbs – satisfying and beautiful dishes. Men will especially be happy with charcoal-grilled meat, fragrant barbecue, rolls and boiled pork. Try to choose meat low-fat varieties, don’t cook for future use, be more economical, be careful with food - don’t anger the hero of the New Year. The best festive table for the New Year 2017 is varied and healthy.

Fish and seafood, seafood cocktails, caviar – don’t skimp on the assortment of these beautiful, healthy products. Large plate with sea cocktail diversifies the menu and will appeal to seafood lovers or people whose diet limits meat consumption. Lemon and sauces with olive oil will maximize the taste of seafood. Fish baked over coals, with aromatic herbs and spices, served with white wines and fruit drinks - a wonderful option for those who do not eat meat.

Milk porridge Children will appreciate it, to whom you explain that cereals should come first on New Year's Eve so that the Rooster fulfills all their wishes, and so that they gain strength for the New Year celebration.

Snacks, both hot and cold, try to diversify, add herbs, olives, olives, use vegetable oils for sauces. Don't be afraid to use garlic, aromatic herbs, mustard and horseradish, avoid complex sauces with alcohol.

Meat cuts from natural products prepared independently or purchased from farmers – best sausages and delicacies. They do not contain flavor enhancers or harmful dyes. Try to make your desk useful.

Alcohol For New Year's feast You should choose carefully. So what should be on the New Year's table in 2017 from alcohol? The Rooster is prone to pathos, but at the same time, he does not like drunks who do not know how to savor, who do not know boundaries, beer.

Better stick to wines: red wines for meat, white wines for baked fish, sparkling wines and champagne - for fruits and sweets. Avoid strong alcohol, and if you prefer vodka or whiskey, diversify your table with cocktails, because in your company there will be someone who will mix you any of the most famous mixes.

Your preferences, love for your loved ones, desire to surprise your guests - this is how you can decorate the table perfectly. Children will be happy to help you and will be proud that they took part in the general pre-holiday bustle.

In order for the coming year to be successful, you should listen to the wishes of its “owner” - the Fire Rooster. This comrade is active, stubborn, quick-tempered, but easy-going. Easy recipes for hot dishes for the New Year 2017 without using large amounts of oil and fat will appease him. Chicken in any form should be excluded from the menu and preference should be given to pork, [...]

The New Year's atmosphere is always filled not only with magic, but also with the pre-holiday bustle of preparations. Every housewife racks her brains about what to prepare for the New Year's table and wants to come up with interesting snacks for New Year 2017 to surprise guests and loved ones. On the Internet you can find many interesting and new recipes, and even combine several ideas [...]

According to the eastern calendar, the symbol of 2017 will be the Red Fire Rooster - bright, purposeful, persistent and at the same time a good family man. Therefore, this year it is better to postpone travel and try to create harmony and an atmosphere of mutual understanding with the help of a beautifully set table, using New Year's recipes for 2017, specified in [...]