Simple recipes for the New Year's table. Original dishes for the New Year's table

New Year is already very close and the faster the holiday menu is compiled, the less hassle the preparation will be New Year's dishes. I bring to your attention a wide selection of original recipes that will help you prepare the most delicious dishes! Look!
Snacks
Snack "Snowmen"
Ingredients:
boiled rice - about half a cup
corn-380g (1 can),
eggs – 3 pcs.,
crab sticks - one pack,
boiled carrots – 1-2 pcs.,
onion, salt, mayonnaise,
coconut flakes (or cheese) - to taste.
Preparation:
Take 3 eggs, hard boil them and cool.
The onion must be cut into rings and marinated well in a special marinade (20 minutes). The marinade can be prepared from vinegar, water and sugar.
Now peeled eggs, pickled onions, crab sticks, rice and corn need to be put through a meat grinder. Then add mayonnaise and mix well (the mayonnaise must be fatty, otherwise the resulting mass will fall apart).
There are different ways to prepare snacks.
The easiest way is to roll regular even balls and roll them in coconut flakes or grated cheese.
You can decorate the snack in the shape of a snowman, or you can use your imagination.
To decorate the snack in the form of a Snowman: make 3 balls from the resulting mass: one is large, the other is smaller, and the third is the smallest. Roll these balls in coconut flakes (you can use whatever you like instead, depending on your taste, for example I use cheese). Boil a carrot and cut it into a bucket shape - this will be a snowman's hat. And the black eyes of snowmen can be made using black caviar (not necessarily real, you can use imitation) or olives, cut to size and shape.

Zucchini ratatouille rolls

Ingredients:
1 medium zucchini
1 large bell pepper
Half an onion
3-4 tomatoes
2-3 eggplants
1 clove of garlic
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt to taste
0.5-1 teaspoon of Provençal herbs
Green onions (as a garnish)
Preparation:
Cut the zucchini or zucchini into thin strips. Brush the strips with olive oil and grill over medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Remove from grill and cool.
Put whole pepper on the grill. Once the skin has blackened, transfer the peppers to a bowl and cover with cling film for 15 minutes. Remove the skin from the pepper and cut it into small pieces. Fry the tomatoes in the same way. Remove the skin and chop finely again.
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add garlic and chopped onion, fry until golden brown.
Place the chopped eggplant and remaining zucchini pieces. Finally add the chopped pepper and tomato along with the spices and salt. Simmer over medium heat. Remove from heat and cool. Add chopped basil if desired.
Place a teaspoon of filling on each zucchini strip and roll, securing with an onion slice. Serve warm.

Appetizer with salmon, cucumber and curd cheese

Ingredients:
1 medium cucumber
200 g smoked salmon
400 grams of curd cheese (Philadelphia, Almette, etc.)
50 ml milk
4 pucks of toasted bread
salt, pepper
fresh dill
lemon juice
Preparation:
Toast the bread in a toaster, cool and cut into cubes.
Peel the cucumber, cut lengthwise, remove the seeds with a spoon, and cut into quarters.
Chop the dill. Mix cottage cheese with milk, dill, if necessary, salt and pepper.
Cut the salmon and sprinkle with lemon juice.
First put toasted bread in glasses/glasses, top with cucumbers, cottage cheese and finish with salmon. You can also sprinkle dill on top. Serve immediately, otherwise the bread will get soggy.

Jellied chicken in tomatoes


Ingredients:
Tomatoes (I have large ones) 3 pcs.
Chicken drumsticks 4 pcs.
Salt, pepper to taste
Instant gelatin 1 tbsp.
Garlic 1 clove
Dill greens
Preparation:
Boil chicken drumsticks in lightly salted water with the addition of dill sprigs until tender, cool slightly, separate the meat from the bones and cut into small cubes.
We need about 200 milliliters of broth, add garlic passed through a press, bring to a boil, strain, add salt and pepper.
Dissolve instant gelatin in the broth.
Cut off the tops of the tomatoes and carefully remove the core.
Place the chicken meat tightly into the tomatoes and pour in the broth.
Cover with lids and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
cut jellied chicken in tomatoes, cut into pieces or serve in portions.

Chicken kebab with dried fruits and cottage cheese sauce


Ingredients:
3 tbsp. l. extra virgin olive oil
salt, freshly ground black pepper
600 g chicken breast fillet
400 g dried apricots
200 g prunes
200 g cottage cheese
juice of half a lemon
Preparation:
Soak the skewers for 30 minutes. If dried apricots and prunes are hard, pour boiling water over them and leave for 10 minutes. Drain in a colander, set aside half of the dried apricots. Cut the fillet into pieces the size of dried apricots. In a bowl, combine olive oil, half the lemon juice, salt and pepper. Thread chicken fillet, prunes and dried apricots onto skewers and place on a large plate. Pour over the marinade and leave for 10 minutes. During this time, turn the kebabs 1-2 times. Fry the kebabs over the coals for 3-4 minutes. on each side. Place the remaining dried apricots and cottage cheese in a blender, pour in lemon juice and beat well.

Eggs in the "shelter"


Ingredients:
0.5 kg minced meat
5 boiled eggs
1 raw egg
1 large potato
1 large onion
3 cloves garlic
3-4 slices smoked bacon
salt, pepper, paprika
Preparation:
1. Prepare the minced meat: to do this, add onions, potatoes and garlic to the meat.
2. Add the egg, finely chopped bacon, salt, pepper and paprika.
3. Mix thoroughly.
4. Take a piece ready minced meat, level it and put a boiled peeled egg in the middle.
5. Raise the edges meat patty so that the egg is inside.
6. It turns out to be a ball.
7. Bake for 30 minutes in the oven at 180C.

French mushrooms with baked cheese


Ingredients:
Butter 40 g
Onions 2 pcs.
Semi-dry red wine 50 ml
Beef broth 0.5 tbsp.
Champignons 500 g
Hard cheese 100 g
Preparation:
Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
Cut the onion into large half rings and fry in butter over moderate heat until the onion is soft.
Then add wine and broth and simmer until the liquid has completely evaporated.
Cut off the stem of the champignons and cut out the core as shown in the picture.
Fry the mushroom caps until golden brown.
Place a little stewed onion in the middle and add salt to taste.
Grate a piece of cheese on a medium grater (you will need it for the filling).
Spread the grated cheese and bake in the oven at 170 degrees for about 8 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a paper towel to drain off all excess fat.

Bright, cheerful cheese balls!


Ingredients:
100 g lean ham (can be replaced with boiled chicken breast)
100 g granular cottage cheese
100 g feta cheese
1 tbsp. l. heavy cream
3 cloves garlic
50 g walnuts
1/2 red bell pepper and 1/2 yellow
salt to taste
In order to envelop our balls we will use:
crushed pistachios
sesame seeds (can be lightly toasted)
paprika.
Preparation:
1. Take the ham and chop it into small cubes, chop the garlic through a garlic press. Mash the Feta cheese with a spoon and add grainy cottage cheese, heavy cream and mix thoroughly. Grind the walnuts in a blender, peel the peppers from seeds and white membranes and cut the pepper pulp into small cubes, finely chop the pistachios.
2. Ham and cheese, as well as cottage cheese and garlic, and don’t forget about cream, nuts, sweet bell pepper - combine all these ingredients, add salt to taste and mix well until smooth.
3. We share cheese mass into three parts and form small balls from this mass, one part of which is wrapped in paprika, the second in sesame seeds, the third in chopped pistachios.
4. Before serving, cover the dish with lettuce leaves and place our balls on them alternating colors, decorate with herbs and small tomato slices.
5. A little advice: if desired, you can add some peeled pine nuts to the balls; if necessary, you can replace ham chicken fillet.
6. You can also add balls formed from processed grated cheese to the dish, mixing it with chopped nuts (you don’t have to add nuts to the mass or chop them, but put a whole nut in each ball) with mayonnaise and garlic, envelop these balls in crab sticks grated on a medium grater, it looks very original and colorful.

Salads
Rice salad with tuna

Ingredients:
200 g basmati rice, boiled
1 red onion, finely chopped
150 g boiled green beans, chopped
2 hard-boiled eggs
200 g tuna in oil, drained
olives, cut into rings, salt
Refueling:
olive oil
vinegar
chopped thyme
salt and pepper
Preparation:
Mix dressing ingredients. Chop all the ingredients for the salad (except eggs) and mix. Add spices, season with sauce. Place an egg cut in half on top. Serve.

Salad "New Year's Candles"


Ingredients:
3 potatoes (boil, grate on a coarse grater)
2 carrots (boil, grate on a coarse grater)
2 boiled eggs (finely chop, set aside a little white for candles)
500g. broccoli (boil, but do not overcook!, divide into florets)
For the sauce (coating):
-boiled ham or meat, a couple of pickled cucumbers, onions and mayonnaise.
-Cut the ham or meat into small strips, cucumbers and onions finely, mix everything, salt and pepper to taste and season with mayonnaise.
And also:
- dill or parsley,
-4 plastic cheeses,
- red paprika,
- pomegranate seeds.
Preparation:
We lay out the salad in layers, leaving four round holes for the “candles”, coating with sauce, except for the last one.
1- potato
2- carrots
3- eggs
4- broccoli.
We adjust with dill or parsley and place “candles” in the holes, for this I rolled up slices of cheese, greased with mayonnaise and lightly sprinkled with grated egg white, for the “flame” of the candle I used red bell pepper, for the “beads” I used pomegranate seeds.

Salad “Winter Dream”


Ingredients:
Chicken fillet - 250 g
Orange - 2 pcs.
Fresh cucumber - 1 piece
Broccoli
Mayonnaise - 50 g
Preparation:
Separate broccoli into florets. Separately cut off the legs.
First throw the cabbage legs into boiling, well-salted water - they cook for 4 minutes, then the inflorescences - they will be ready in 2 minutes. Remove the cabbage from the boiling water. It should cool down.
Cut the cucumbers into cubes.
Cut the orange in half and remove the pulp.
Cut the pulp into cubes.
Cut some of the cabbage inflorescences and stems into smaller pieces.
Cut the boiled and cooled chicken fillet.
Place all chopped products in a deep container.
Add mayonnaise to the container.
Mix everything thoroughly.
Stuff the prepared oranges with the resulting mixture.
Garnish the finished dish with broccoli florets and herbs.

Black pearl salad


AND Ingredients:
200g crab sticks,
2-3 boiled eggs
200g hard cheese,
a glass of pitted prunes,
a handful of peeled walnuts, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Steam the prunes, wash and stuff with walnuts. Grate eggs, crab sticks and cheese on a coarse grater. Lay out the salad in layers.
1 layer - grate 1 egg on a coarse grater
2nd layer - 100g frozen crab sticks, also grated
3rd layer - generously grease with mayonnaise
4th layer - grate 100g cheese too
Layer 5 - spread prunes stuffed with nuts
6th layer - 100g crab sticks, also grated
7th layer - generously grease with mayonnaise so that the salad is not dry
8th layer - 100g cheese, grated
9 layer - mayonnaise
Layer 10 - grate 1-2 eggs
Grease the top of the salad well with mayonnaise and decorate to taste. It’s good to let the salad sit for a while and soak before serving.
Bon appetit!

Salad "Neptune"


Ingredients:
300 g shrimp,
300 g squid,
200 g crab sticks,
5 eggs
130 g red caviar,
mayonnaise.
Boil shrimp and squid. Chop all ingredients. Mix everything, add mayonnaise and mix again, and at the very end add red caviar, salt and pepper.

Hot dishes
Meat with prunes


Ingredients:
200-250g onions,
1 large carrot,
600g beef pulp,
1 handful of prunes,
2/3-1 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
Chop the onion, grate the carrots and simmer in a small amount of water over medium heat under the lid.
While we prepare the meat, leave the vegetables to simmer.
Chop the meat and add to the saucepan.
Rinse the prunes and also add to the saucepan.
Add 1/2 cup boiling water, add salt and simmer until the meat is soft.
Prunes should be aromatic and sour, since sweet prune Not for everyone when it comes to meat.

Pork baked in apricot glaze

Ingredients:
A piece of pork (I used sirloin) weighing about 1 kg.
Fresh apricots 100 g.
Salt, hot red pepper, cinnamon, sugar to taste
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger root 1 cm piece.
Preparation:
Rinse a piece of pork under water, dry with a paper towel, rub well with salt and leave to marinate for at least 2 hours (I left it in the refrigerator for a day).
Remove the pits from the apricots and grind them into puree using a blender or meat grinder. Add sugar, salt, a little cinnamon and hot pepper to taste.
Grate the ginger root and garlic onto a fine grater and add to the apricot puree.
Place the meat on a piece of foil and make cross-shaped “notches” with a knife.
Generously brush the top and sides of the meat with apricot sauce.
Bake the meat in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 20-30 minutes (until lightly crusted), then cover with foil and bake for another hour.
Serve both cold and hot.

Baked chicken with lemons and white wine

Ingredients:
1 chicken weighing about 2 kg (in the photo I have a collection of wings and legs)
1 large lemon
4 small onions (you can take 2 medium ones)
300 ml dry white wine
1 tsp dry thyme
1 head of garlic
salt to taste
Preparation:
Cut the chicken into portioned pieces and place in a fireproof form.
Cut each onion into 4-6 pieces. Cut the lemons into thin slices. We separate the garlic into cloves, without removing the skin.
Crush each clove with the flat part of a knife.
Add onion, garlic and lemon slices to the chicken. Salt and sprinkle with thyme. Mix.
Pour wine into the mold and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.

Chicken breasts stuffed with buckwheat and champignons stewed in creamy mushroom sauce


Ingredients:
chicken fillet - 4 pcs.
water - 2 glasses
champignons - 500 g
onion (large) - 1 pc.
cream 22% - 500 ml.
vegetable oil- 2 tbsp.
butter- 1 tbsp.
salt - to taste
freshly ground black pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Rinse buckwheat under cold running water.
Pour 2 cups of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add salt, add buckwheat, bring to a boil, cover with a lid, reduce heat to low and cook the buckwheat until the water has completely evaporated (until done).
2. Heat vegetable oil and butter in a large saucepan (frying pan), add chopped onion and fry until slightly golden brown.
Add sliced ​​champignons to the onion, fry the mushrooms until the liquid has completely evaporated. Salt and pepper the mushrooms to taste.
3. In the middle of the chicken fillet, use a sharp knife to make a cut, not reaching the end of the fillet.
You also need to make side cuts inside the fillet, thereby increasing the pocket for the filling.
4. Mix buckwheat with a large number mushrooms
Salt the prepared fillets inside and out. Fill with buckwheat and mushrooms, and close the “pocket” with a smaller fillet.
5. In a grill pan (or in a regular frying pan), heat a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil and fry the stuffed fillet on both sides until slightly golden brown.
Pour cream into a saucepan with the remaining mushrooms, bring to a boil, add salt and pepper to taste, add fried chicken fillets and simmer under closed lid 10 minutes.
6. Serve stuffed breasts with mushroom sauce and fresh green salad.
Bake, occasionally basting the chicken with liquid from the pan, until cooked through, about 40 minutes.
When serving, sprinkle with herbs if desired. Ideal with rice.

Salmon with olives and tomatoes.

Ingredients:
800 g salmon fillet
4 tbsp pitted olives
2 cloves garlic
3 medium tomatoes
small bunch of parsley
100 g cheese
2 tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. Olives, coarsely chopped garlic, 3 tbsp. Grind olive oil and half the parsley in a blender.
2. Place the fish in a baking dish, sprinkle with the remaining oil, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Place olive mixture, parsley leaves and tomatoes cut into slices on top. Sprinkle it with cheese.
4. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes. When serving, garnish with lemon

Desserts
Cake "Mole Mink"


Ingredients:
dough:
-0.5 cans of condensed milk
-1 glass of sugar
-a packet of baking powder (or 1 spoon of soda)
-2 eggs
-4-5 tablespoons cocoa
-1 glass of sour cream
-1.5 cups flour
cream:
-0.5 liters of cream 33-35% fat,
-powdered sugar to taste
- a packet of cream fixer (if you are sure that the cream is good and will not fall off, then you do not need to add it)
-bananas 3-5 pieces
Preparation:
Mix flour with baking powder, sugar, cocoa. Then add condensed milk, eggs, sour cream to the flour. Mix everything thoroughly. Bake in a greased pan in the oven at 180 degrees
The cake should cool down. Then you need to choose the middle. Cut the bananas in half lengthwise and place tightly on the crust. Whip cream with powdered sugar. Spread the cream on the bananas so that you get a large cap of cream. Sprinkle the top with crumbs from the part of the cake that was cut out.
In principle, the cake is ready, BUT it is better to let it stand for a couple of hours.

Creative anthill


Ingredients:
-125 gr. butter
-1 egg
-4 tbsp sugar
-3 cups flour
-Nuts
-1 can of boiled condensed milk.
Preparation:
Dough: Grind sugar and egg, add melted butter, milk and flour.
Knead the dough and divide into 2 parts and freeze. (I usually make the dough in the evening and prepare the cones in the morning)
Grate the dough from the freezer onto coarse grater on a baking sheet and bake. It turns out crumbs
Add chopped nuts (walnuts) and mix with condensed milk.
Take a glass with a sharp bottom, moisten it with water, fill it with filling, and turn it over.
This is such beauty

The easiest recipe for making homemade Raffaello sweets


Preparation:
Step 1:
Mix the condensed milk with the chips until a homogeneous mass is formed and put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Step 2:
Pour boiling water over the almonds and leave for 5 minutes. Peel off the skin.
Step 3:
Form balls from the frozen mass with a spoon, wet them with water (so that the chips stick better) and roll in coconut flakes.
Place peeled almonds (or any nut if desired) into each ball.
Step 4:
Place the finished balls in the refrigerator, and in half an hour you can discover a little heavenly delight...

Dessert “Christmas trees with a secret”


Ingredients:
Butter - 250 g,
Powdered sugar - 500 g,
Milk - 5-8 tbsp. l.,
Green food coloring, Vanilla, Salt.
Ingredients for cupcakes:
Flour – 3 cups, Water room temperature– 2 cups, Sugar – 1.5-2 cups, Cocoa – 6 tbsp, Vegetable oil – 3-4 tbsp, Vinegar – 1.5-2 tbsp, Soda – 2 tsp, Salt – 1 tsp, Vanilla sugar – 1-2 tsp.
Filling:
Strawberries (large berries).
Decorations:
Packaging of M&M's or other dragees, Star cookies or Kosmostars from Nestle.
Preparation:
Let's prepare the cream.
Beat the soft butter thoroughly into a strong white mass. Pre-sieve the powdered sugar and add it to the mixture. Add vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat thoroughly. When you get an elastic, homogeneous mass, add milk (to the desired cream consistency). Beat all this for 5-7 minutes.
Let's prepare small cupcakes.
Mix all dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve 2 times. Pour in the vinegar, then the oil, stirring everything with a fork each time! Do not beat! Pour water and mix everything with a fork or spoon. Not for long. Do not beat! Place the dough for chocolate cupcakes in molds and bake for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. The resulting mass makes approximately 24 cupcakes.
Let's decorate.
Grease the cake with cream and secure the berry. Let's put it in the cold so that the strawberries stick well. Let's take piping bag with the smallest star nozzle, put our green cream there. Starting from the bottom edge in a circle, we begin to squeeze out fir branches onto the berry. We place the tip of the nozzle on the berry and begin to squeeze out the cream until we squeeze out a column of about 1 cm, after which we stop pressing and tear off the hand with the cornet. At the beginning, we stop pressing and only after that we withdraw our hand. We do this in a circle to the very top, trying to arrange the columns in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the previous row. We decorate the finished Christmas tree with dragees and a star.

White Forest Cake


Ingredients:
For the cupcake:
100 g flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
110 g powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanillin
50 ml milk
30 g melted butter
Filling:
800 g canned cherries
2 tablespoons kirsch
Cream:
2 cups chilled whipping cream
30 g powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanillin
2 tablespoons kirsch
Preparation:
Line the cake pan with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Sift the flour along with baking powder and salt. Beat the egg whites with a mixer at high speed, gradually adding sugar by tablespoons. Beat until stiff peaks form. Add the yolk one at a time, continuing to beat.
Add vanillin, stir. Divide the flour mixture into several small parts and thus gradually begin to add it to the beaten eggs. Beat with a mixer at minimum speed until smooth. Then slowly pour in the mixture warm milk and melted butter into the dough. Stir until the dough is smooth. Pour it into the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool for 5-10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
For the filling, mix cherries with kirsch.
For the cream, beat all ingredients to stiff peaks at high speed.
Cut the cake lengthwise into 2 parts. Spread about 1/3 of the cream between the cakes, placing half of the cherry filling on top. Cover the outside of the cake with the rest of the cream. Place the rest of the cherries on top. Place the cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, or better yet, soak it overnight before serving.

Banana cheesecake casserole without base with cottage cheese


Ingredients:
Shape 25 cm:
3 bananas
300 g cottage cheese
150 g sugar
pinch of salt
3 tbsp flour
3 eggs
160 g sour cream
Preparation:
Puree bananas and cottage cheese. Add sugar, salt, beat, then flour, eggs, sour cream (beat after each ingredient).
Pour into the mold and place in an oven preheated to 150 C for 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Drinks
Coconut hot chocolate

Ingredients:
-370 g coconut milk (4 cans)
-400 g condensed milk
-230 g dark chocolate, chopped
-1/4 cup cocoa powder
-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-2 teaspoons coconut extract
-1/4 tsp. salt
-1/2 cup coconut flakes
-a little chocolate sauce
-whipped cream and marshmallows for decoration
Preparation
1.Mix coconut milk, condensed milk and extracts.
2.Add salt, cocoa powder and chocolate, beat. Cover and simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Stir the mixture with a whisk every 15 minutes to ensure that the chocolate melts evenly and the mixture does not burn.
3. Before serving, add coconut flakes into a small saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon. Fry the chips for 5-6 minutes until golden brown. Let cool.
4.Dip the edges of the mug into chocolate syrup and then into coconut flakes.
Pour chocolate into a mug and decorate as desired.
Bon appetit!

Ginger ale


Ingredients:
200g fresh ginger, finely chopped
Lemon rind from 1 lemon, cut into wide strips
¾ cup sugar
Cold sparkling water
Ice
Cooking method:
1) Place ginger, lemon peel and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer on low with the lid closed for about 10 minutes.
2) Add sugar, stirring occasionally, continue cooking for about 15 minutes until the liquid has reduced to 1.5 cups.
3) Strain the mixture, discarding the ginger and peel.
4) Cool the syrup, pour into glass container. Cover tightly and refrigerate for an hour until cold (store for up to a week).
5) To serve, mix ¼ cup ale with 1 cup sparkling water. Throw in a generous amount of ice. Add additional sugar if desired.

Mocha with ice and tangerine


Ingredients:
Milk 2 tbsp.
Cocoa powder 0.3 tbsp.
Sugar 0.3 tbsp.
Ground coffee 1 tbsp. l.
Cinnamon 0.5 tsp.
Grated nutmeg 0.3 tsp.
Mandarin 3 pcs.
Cream 35-40% 0.3 tbsp.
Cooking method:
Pour milk into a small container. Add cocoa powder. Add sugar. Add coffee. Add cinnamon and nutmeg. Add the juice of 3 tangerines. Heat, stirring all the time. The coffee should not boil. Continue stirring until thickened (about 6 minutes). Fill 2 glasses with ice. Pour out the coffee. Add cream. Garnish with tangerine.

Mexican hot chocolate with spices

Ingredients:
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp.
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Ground nutmeg - 1 pinch
Chili powder or Cayenne pepper- 1 pinch
Milk - 500 ml
Dark chocolate - 20 g
Sugar
Whipped cream for decoration
Cooking method:
1) Put cocoa in a ladle and ground spices. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Add the cinnamon. Place the ladle on the stove and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook for 1-2 minutes and turn off. Take out the cinnamon. Add grated chocolate, stir until smooth. Taste and add sugar if necessary.
2) Pour the drink into mugs, decorate with whipped cream and sprinkle with grated chocolate. A drink for a cozy evening!

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What to prepare for New Year's table? Probably the most important question that remains a few days before the holiday. You need to surprise your guests so that everything is tasty, simple, fast and not very expensive. We have selected 15 for you unusual recipes simple holiday dishes, and we hope this will help you in preparing for the holiday.

You can change all instructions for grams and servings at your discretion, as well as remove or change some ingredients.

Ham and cheese rolls

You will need:

2 tbsp. l. olive oil
2 tsp. tablespoons lemon zest
1 tbsp. l. lemon juice
170 g creamy, curd or goat cheese
2-3 cloves of garlic (optional)
12 slices ham
1/2 cup arugula
1/2 cup fig jam (optional)

How to cook:

In a small bowl, mix olive oil, lemon zest and lemon juice, set the mixture aside.

In another bowl, mix cheese and garlic.

Apply a thin layer of cheese to each slice of ham, then coat with a layer of jam. Place arugula leaves on top, drizzle with a mixture of butter and lemon juice, and season to taste with ground black pepper. Roll the ham and place it seam side down. Let's lay it all out ready-made rolls onto a plate and serve.

Snack "Christmas balls"

You will need:

300 g chicken fillet
200 g hard cheese
1/2 cup walnuts
garlic (to taste)
small bunch of dill
small bunch of parsley
a few olives for garnish
mayonnaise (can be replaced with another sauce to taste)

How to cook:

Wash the chicken breast fillet and place in boiling salted water. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Remove and cut the cooled meat into small cubes.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Wash parsley and dill, pour boiling water over them and chop finely. Pass the garlic through a garlic press or three on a fine grater. Mix everything and season with mayonnaise. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes.

While the mixture is infused, grind in a mortar or blender walnuts, set aside for a while. Form the resulting mixture into balls and roll in chopped walnuts.

We cut the olives and place them on top of the ball - it turns out to be a “holder” of the ball. From the stems of greenery we make loops for our “Christmas tree balls”. Can be served.

Tomatoes with shrimp and cream cheese

You will need:

20 cherry tomatoes
20 boiled-frozen shrimp
200 g cream cheese
salt

How to cook:

Wash the cherry tomatoes and dry with paper towels. Cut off the top of each tomato and carefully remove the pulp. Instead of cherry tomatoes, you can use regular small tomatoes; they are usually much cheaper.

Lightly add some salt to the inside of the tomatoes and turn them upside down on a paper towel to drain the juice.

Boil the shrimp in salted water and drain in a colander. We clean and remove the heads. You can leave the tails to make it more beautiful.

Fill the tomatoes with cream cheese. This is conveniently done using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the tip cut off. Stick the shrimp, tail side up, into the cheese. The appetizer is ready.

Chicken salad with pineapple

You will need:

1 large pineapple (optional)
400 g chicken fillet
handful of walnuts
small bunch of cilantro
several green onions
4 tbsp. l. mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. curry
salt, pepper to taste

How to cook:

Wash thoroughly and cut the pineapple into 2 halves. Using a sharp knife, scoop out the pulp and cut it into cubes. Pineapple cut in half is then used as a “plate”, but to save money you can just buy canned pineapple, cut into pieces, and add it to the salad.

Boil the chicken fillet, cool and cut into cubes. Chop the onion and cilantro leaves. To strengthen spicy taste nuts, fry them in a dry frying pan for 3 minutes and chop them too.

Mix chicken, pineapple, herbs and nuts in a bowl. Separately mix mayonnaise with curry and salt. Place the salad in the pineapple half and lightly pepper.

Salad "Nicoise" with chicken

You will need:

300 g chicken fillet
250 g frozen green beans
4 eggs
5 small potatoes
50 g pitted olives (kalamata)
150 g cherry tomatoes (or regular tomatoes)
100 g salad
3 tbsp. l. olive oil
2 tsp. grainy mustard (optional)
1 tbsp. l. lemon juice
2 cloves garlic

How to cook:

Boil the chicken fillet until cooked. Cool and cut into 1.5 cm wide pieces. For the dressing, peel the garlic and chop. Whisk the butter and mustard and add the garlic and lemon juice. Whisk again.

Bring the chicken broth to a boil, boil the beans in it until soft. Drain in a colander and cool.

Boil the potatoes in their skins, cool and cut into quarters. Boil the eggs in a bag for 5–6 minutes, peel and cut into halves. The olives can be cut into slices, or you can leave them whole; cut the tomatoes into halves.
Combine lettuce, beans, potatoes and tomatoes, season with half of the dressing, stir. Place on a plate, top with pieces of chicken, olives, and half eggs. Drizzle with remaining dressing.

Danish style pork

You will need:

Pork ham (boneless) - 2 kg
carrots - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
ginger - 50 g
lime juice (lemon) - 8 tbsp. l.
brown sugar(honey) - 2 tbsp. l.
cloves - 30 pcs.
lemon - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Peel the carrots, onions and ginger and chop coarsely. Place the pork butt in a large, comfortable saucepan, add water, add the onion, carrots, ginger and 6 tablespoons of lime juice, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2.5 hours until the meat is tender. Remove from heat and let cool slightly in the broth.

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Remove the ham from the broth, place it on a baking sheet and carefully remove the skin without damaging the fat layer. Using a knife, make diamond-shaped cuts in the top layer of fat, and insert a clove into the joints of the cuts. Cut the lemon lengthwise into 4 pieces and add to the roasting pan with the meat.

Mix together the brown sugar (honey) and the remaining lime juice and pour it over the entire surface of the ham. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the surface of the ham is caramelized.

Potato salad

You will need:

Potatoes - 2 kg
carrots - 2 pcs.
celery root - half
parsley root - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pcs.
egg - 2 pcs.
unsweetened yogurt (or sour cream) - 100 g
mayonnaise - 100 g
sweet and sour apples - 2 pcs.
mustard - 1 tbsp. l.
salt, pepper - to taste

How to cook:

Boil all the root vegetables, under no circumstances allowing them to become overcooked. Let cool.

Cut everything into small cubes. Mix mayonnaise in a one-to-one ratio with yogurt (sour cream) and add a spoonful of mild mustard to the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste, and as a final touch - grated apple. The salad is very similar to Olivier, but its taste is completely different - not an alternative to the boring salad.

Famous gingerbread cookies

You still don’t know how to make those colorful and beautiful cookies from Christmas cards? It's actually not difficult at all.

You will need:

Honey - 3 tbsp. l.
sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
ginger and cinnamon - 2 tsp each.
ground nutmeg and coriander - a pinch each
soda - 1 tsp.
butter - 70 g
egg - 1 pc.
flour - 1.5 cups.

For the glaze:

Powdered sugar - 180 g
protein - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Place honey, sugar and all the spices on the bottom of the pan. Stir and melt over low heat, stirring until bubbles form. After boiling, add soda to make the mixture rise, add butter and stir until it is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.

Add the egg and stir well. Add flour and knead the dough. Let him rest for 10-15 minutes.

Roll out the dough, cut out shapes and place on a baking sheet with parchment. Bake gingerbread cookies for 10-13 minutes at a temperature of 180-190 degrees.

Making the glaze. Mix the powdered sugar and egg whites in a deep bowl and beat with a mixer until soft and fluffy. Pour the resulting mass into a pastry or disposable plastic bag and paint the finished gingerbread. If you are afraid of eating raw eggs, you can put the gingerbread cookies back in for a couple of minutes. hot oven until the glaze warms up.

Olivier (classic recipe)

You will need:

7 pcs. boiled potatoes
5 pcs. boiled carrots
6 pcs. pickled cucumbers
1 can of green canned peas
6 pcs. hard boiled eggs
300 g doctor's sausage(or any boiled meat)
100 g sour cream
200 g mayonnaise
salt to taste

How to cook:

Cut all the products into small cubes, mix and season with mayonnaise and sour cream.

Quick snack with chips

You will need:

Potato chips
300 g tomatoes
100 g cheese
2 cloves garlic
mayonnaise
greens / olives / black olives

How to cook:

Finely chop the tomatoes and herbs, grate the cheese on a fine grater. Mix everything and add garlic squeezed through a press.

Add mayonnaise and mix everything. Spread the resulting mixture onto the chips. It is better to make the snack just before serving, as the chips may get soggy.

Tomatoes with cheese and garlic

You will need:

2–3 medium sized tomatoes
2 processed cheese
2 cloves garlic
mayonnaise
greens to taste

How to cook:

Grate the cheese on a fine grater and add the garlic squeezed through a press. Add mayonnaise and mix everything. Cut the tomatoes into slices and place the resulting mixture on them. You can decorate the appetizer with herbs.

Eggplants with walnuts

You will need:

2 eggplants
2 cloves garlic
200 g walnuts
vegetable oil
mayonnaise
salt

How to cook:

Salt the eggplants cut into slices and leave for half an hour. At this time, chop the nuts and stir the resulting mixture with mayonnaise. Add chopped garlic and mix everything.

Rinse the eggplants cold water, dry a little and fry on both sides. Place the fried eggplants on a paper towel to remove excess fat, then transfer to a plate. Place on top of them nut mixture. It is advisable to put the snack in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

Goose with apples or cranberry sauce

You will need:

Goose - 3.5-4 kg (you can use duck or chicken)
onions - 2 pcs.
carrots - 1 pc.
aromatic apples - 2-3 pcs.
cumin - 1 tsp.
salt and ground pepper - to taste
strong aromatic alcohol (brandy, rum, cognac) - 1 glass
flour - 2 tbsp. l.
pepper - to taste

For the cranberry sauce:

cranberries - 200 g
red onion - 2 pcs.
apple - 1 pc.
garlic - 3 cloves
ginger root - 3 cm
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.
sugar and salt - to taste
cold water - 1/2 cup.

How to cook:

It is better to soak the goose in strong salted water in the evening - this way it will be softer. We cut off excess fat from the carcass (from the neck and tail), cut off the last phalanx of the wings, and gut it. Wash and dry.

For the filling, coarsely chop 1 onion and apples, add cumin, mix.

Rub the carcass on all sides with salt and ground pepper (salt is not needed if you pre-soaked the goose). Using wooden skewers or toothpicks, close the goose's throat with skin. Stuff the goose with apples and onions with cumin and sew up the hole (skewers or toothpicks will do). We tie the legs with non-synthetic thread. Using a skewer or other sharp object, we make punctures in the skin of the carcass so that the fat can be better rendered out of it. Place the goose with apples in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50-70 minutes. The goose should lie on its chest, back up.

After the specified time, carefully turn the carcass over and fry the same amount, periodically pouring the rendered fat over the goose. Next, we bring it to readiness (when the meat is pierced, the juice from the carcass should flow clear) depending on the oven and the size of the bird.

While the goose with apples is cooking, you can make the sauce. First the broth. Place the cut wings, giblets, trimmed fat, spices, chopped carrots and a second onion fried in a dry frying pan into the pan. Fill with water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Approximately 10 tablespoons goose fat, which has been melted during the baking process, mix with a couple of tablespoons of flour, put on fire, add a glass of alcohol, salt, a couple of ladles of goose broth and cook together, stirring until the sauce thickens.

Let the finished bird stand for 10-15 minutes, covering it with foil to make it juicier. Serve with sauce, and the filling can be used as a side dish.

You can also make poultry with cranberry sauce. In this case, we prepare the bird according to the recipe; inside we simply put onion cut into rings and lemon slices. And pour cranberry sauce on top. How to make it:

Peel the apple and remove the core. Cut the pulp into small cubes. Cut the onion into feathers, garlic into thin slices. Grind the ginger. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan. Put onion in it and fry, add garlic, ginger and apple. Cook for another 5 minutes. Add cranberries, pour in water. On high fire Bring the sauce to a boil and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with sugar and salt to taste. Cool before serving.

Stuffed champignons

You will need:

Large champignons - 10 pcs.
onion - 1 pc.
cheese - 150 g
breadcrumbs - 1 tbsp. l. (without slide)
salt
freshly ground pepper

How to cook:

Wash and dry the champignons. Carefully separate the stems of the mushrooms so that the caps remain intact.

Place the champignon caps on a greased baking sheet (or in a baking dish) and add a little salt.

For the filling, chop the onion (finely or into quarter rings), chop the mushroom stems, and grate the cheese on a medium grater. Fry the onion in a frying pan with vegetable oil (about 2-3 minutes). Add mushroom stems to the pan with the onions, salt and pepper and fry the mushrooms and onions for about 5 minutes (you can add finely chopped garlic). Add to pan with mushrooms and onions breadcrumbs or bread crumbs and mix. Cool the mushrooms with onions and breadcrumbs a little. Then mix with half the grated cheese.

Place the prepared filling into the champignon caps and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Bake the stuffed champignons in the oven for about 10-12 minutes at a temperature of 190-200°C.

Meat in French

You will need:

hard cheese - 200-300 g
pork - 400-500 g (you can also use chicken)
onions - 3-4 pcs
mayonnaise - 400 g
freshly ground pepper
salt
green

How to cook:

Wash the meat, dry it and cut it across the grain into layers approximately 1 cm thick. Beat each layer of meat well, add salt and pepper. Peel the onion and cut into rings or half rings. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Place the meat on a greased baking sheet. Place onion on top of the meat (not in a very thick layer), pour mayonnaise on top and sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180°C. Let the finished meat sit for 10-15 minutes. Serve hot, sprinkled with herbs.

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Do you want to surprise your guests? Then take care not only of festive table setting New Year's table, but also about unusual serving. We have made a selection of traditional dishes in original versions. Read, add your own ideas to the recipes and surprise your loved ones.

New Year's herring balls under a fur coat

Herring under a fur coat is a favorite New Year's dish for many. The easiest way to present it in a new light is to serve it in transparent glasses, bowls, and small jars. Bright salad, laid out in layers, will sparkle with new colors in the light of garlands and candles. The only drawback is that after dinner you will have to wash a lot of dishes.

Another option is to make Christmas balls from the salad. Their preparation will take the same amount of time as it takes for traditional herring under a fur coat. But the unusual presentation will surprise the guests.

For 10 servings you will need:

• 1 large or 2 medium beets;
• 3 carrots;
• 2 potatoes;
• 3 eggs;
• 1 salted herring fillet;
• greens, olives and olives for decoration;
• mayonnaise.

Boil vegetables and eggs in separate saucepans. Beets need 1.5–2 hours. Carrots and potatoes – from 40 to 60 minutes. The hard-boiled eggs will be ready in 13-15 minutes. Allow the food to cool and only then clean it.

Set 1 carrot aside. It will be needed for decoration. Grate the remaining vegetables on a fine grater. Chop the eggs with a knife. Cut the herring into small pieces or cubes. Mix all ingredients and season with mayonnaise. Add some salt if needed.

Grate the remaining carrots. Chop the greens as finely as possible. Place on separate flat plates.

Start forming small balls from the herring-vegetable mixture. Roll some of them in greens. Some of it is in carrots. Leave others pink. Place the workpieces on a large flat dish. Make sure they don't touch too much. Decorate top part ball with olives and green onions until it looks like Christmas tree toy. Use mayonnaise to draw a mesh or pattern.

Place the dish in the refrigerator for several hours.

Jellied Olivier

This is a salad for those who are ready for the most daring experiments. Jellied Olivier will surprise you not only with its presentation, but also with its taste. Instead of sausage or boiled meat, you will need sprats to prepare it.

Ingredients:

• sprats in oil – 100 g;
• 3 small potatoes;
• 100 g pickled cucumbers;
• 50 g canned peas;
• 2 eggs;
• 10 g gelatin;
• mayonnaise;
• green;
• salt to taste.

Boil potatoes and eggs. Cool and peel.

Cut potatoes and cucumbers into cubes. Mix in a deep bowl with peas and finely chopped eggs.

Remove the tails from the sprats. Cut the fish very finely. Add to other ingredients. At the end, cover everything with chopped herbs.

Fill the gelatin with water according to the instructions on the package. After 5 minutes, add salt and 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise. Mix well.

Place the salad preparation into silicone muffin tins, not reaching 1–1.5 cm from the edge. Fill to the top with gelatin. Place in the refrigerator for 1.5–2 hours.

Before serving, remove the olivier from the molds. Garnish with herbs or fresh vegetables.

Eggs with jellied meat

Jellied meat is another popular one holiday treat. To cook it on new way, just pour the meat into the broth into an unusual shape. For example, for a cupcake. But jellied eggs look even more interesting.

To prepare them you will need:

• 6 eggs;
• 120 g boiled beef;
• 300 ml meat broth;
• 12 g gelatin;
• 15–20 cranberries;
• sprigs of parsley and dill.

First, sanitize the eggs. To do this, soak them for 10 minutes in warm water. Then process soda solution. Rinse in cool running water.

Pour gelatin into a glass. Add cold water. It should be 6 times more. When the grains become transparent, place the resulting “jelly” on a sieve or cheesecloth.

Heat the broth slightly and combine it with gelatin. Cool to room temperature.

Carefully make a hole with a diameter of 1.5–2 cm in the bottom of the egg. Pour in the white and yolk. Rinse the inside of the shell well.

Fill the dried shell 1/4 full with meat jelly. Add thinly sliced ​​meat. Parsley leaf. A couple of berries. Fill the egg completely with gelatin and broth. If you want to make the dish brighter, put bell peppers, corn or tomatoes inside. You can replace boiled meat with ham.

Place the eggs in the refrigerator overnight. Peel them before serving. Garnish with herbs, fresh or pickled vegetables.

Salted chum salmon roll

In order to beautifully serve snacks, you don’t have to come up with something supernatural. Prepare red fish rolls. They look bright and New Year's. And they prepare very quickly.

For 8 servings you will need:

• 500 g chum salmon fillet;
• 150 g butter or cottage cheese;
• 1 lemon;
• 30–50 g olives;
• green.

Clean the fillet from skin and bones. Beat to a thickness of 0.5 cm.

Beat butter or cheese with a mixer.

Lay the layers of fillet overlapping in the shape of a rectangle. Place the filling on top in a layer of approximately 3 mm. Randomly arrange the thinly sliced ​​olives. Roll everything up tightly. Wrap in parchment or foil. Place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

Before serving, cut the roll into 0.5–1 cm slices. Garnish with lemon slices and herbs.

Hot vinaigrette

Hot vinaigrette – original way present a familiar dish in a new way. To prepare it you will need:

• 200 g meat;
• 2 onions;
• 1 beet;
• 300 g cabbage;
• 4 potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• vegetable oil;
• salt, pepper to taste;
• greens for decoration.

Vegetables are washed and peeled.

Preheat the oven.

The meat is cut into thin strips. Onion - in rings. Cabbage - into strips. And potatoes - in thin plastic. Grate carrots and beets on a coarse grater.

Pour vegetable oil into a baking dish or frying pan. Place all ingredients in layers. First the meat. It is salted and peppered. Then - onions, beets, carrots, cabbage grated with salt, potatoes.

Everything is baked in the oven at 200˚C for half an hour. Form with ready-made dish turn over. Cut the vinaigrette into portions and serve, garnished with herbs.

Chicken with cheese

Chicken with cheese baked in a muffin tin is an original way to serve hot food. And also an opportunity to save yourself from washing a whole mountain of dishes on January 1st.

You will need muffin tins and:

• 1 chicken breast;
• 0.5 cups flour;
• 0.5 glasses of milk;
• 2 eggs;
• 150 g hard cheese;
• sour cream;
• green.

Boil chicken breast. Let cool. Separate the meat and chop it very finely.

In a separate bowl, mix milk, eggs and flour. Divide the dough into 2 parts.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Chop the greens.

Mix one half of the dough with chicken, cheese and herbs.

Dust the muffin tins with flour. Fill one third with filling. Top with simple dough.

Preheat the oven. Bake chicken muffins 30 minutes at 200˚C.

Serve without removing from the molds, with herbs and sour cream.

Unusual dessert made from ordinary products

Pasta and gala dinner seem to be incompatible things. But everything will change if you cook chocolate spread and serve it with sweet sauce.

If you are determined to amaze your guests, take:

• 200 g flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. cocoa;
• 1 egg;
• 6–8 tbsp. l. water;
• a pinch of salt;
• a little vanilla.

At least a day before the celebration, start preparing chocolate dough. Sift the flour into a deep bowl. Add cocoa, salt, vanilla. Stir.

Pour in the egg. Then, slowly, water. Knead the dough. When it forms a ball, wrap it in cling film or a plastic bag. Place in the refrigerator for an hour.

Divide the cooled dough into several parts. This will make it easier to roll out. Lightly flour the table. Roll out the dough into layers of 1–3 mm. Cut into thin noodles. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Leave to dry for 12-24 hours.

Before serving, cook the chocolate noodles as you would regular noodles. 5 minutes is enough. Drain in a colander. Place beautifully on a plate or in a bowl.

You can decorate this dessert with anything - fresh or canned fruit, chocolate or caramel sauce, whipped cream, powdered sugar or grated white chocolate.

If you have very little time, but still want to surprise your guests, just arrange appetizers and salads beautifully on a plate. For example, you can make a Christmas wreath from Olivier or herring under a fur coat. From cheese or fish salad– edible balls or Christmas tree.

Shape the lettuce into a small cone. Sprinkle it generously with herbs or dill sprigs. Make a star from a carrot circle. Decorations - from pomegranate seeds, sweet peppers, mayonnaise or cherry tomatoes. Bright decor will make your dishes even tastier.

Kameneva Valentina

As everyone already knows, the coming 2019 will be held under the sign of the Yellow Earth Pig. And therefore, according to the already established tradition, we began to take this fact into account when preparing for the solemn day.

We are trying to find out better what to expect from the coming period. We read horoscopes, trying to figure out how the Symbol of the next 365 days can affect our lives. And of course, we first of all prepare for the holiday, taking into account what the Master of the Year loves! To appease him, and so that he can help make the next part of our lives successful in all respects!

And for this we select the appropriate festive outfit for ourselves. We buy necessary and beautiful gifts for friends and relatives, and of course we lay out a beautiful festive table.

And there is not a single housewife or owner who would not ask himself the question “What to cook for the holiday table?” After all, this question is by no means rhetorical. On December 30 and 31, we will all put on aprons and settle down in our kitchen for a long time. After all, you need to have time to prepare appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts.

And in order not to forget anything, and not to prepare anything unnecessary, you need to create a menu in advance. It will help you plan what you need to buy. Purchase items that can be stored for a long time in advance, and perishable food buy it the day before.

When compiling a menu for the Year Yellow Pig it is necessary to take into account some features. Let's look at the wishes for the holiday menu.

• Firstly, Pig is an omnivore, which means we will prepare dishes that are completely different and tasty.
• secondly, the Pig doesn’t mind different types meat, and he will be happy with beef, lamb, chicken, fish and seafood. Do not forget that we do not serve pork in any form this evening.
• Thirdly, the image of the Master of the Year in the design of dishes will be very useful.
• fourthly, the bright, colorful design of the dishes will please Piggy. Who would refuse when such a holiday is organized in his honor?
• fifthly, dishes should be homemade, tasty and prepared with love. It is always more pleasant to deal with a calm domestic Boar than with a hungry, angry boar.
• Sixth, do not abuse strong drinks. Otherwise, you might accidentally fall asleep at the table, burying your face in the salad. And then everyone will not compare you with the Pig in the best way!!!

However, you can spend the outgoing year with dignity. To say thank you to the owner of the passed part of life is to thank the Yellow Dog for all the good things that she has done for us. Therefore, you can carry it out by making a small salad with her image.

Here are the main wishes for the menu. If you manage to follow them, it will be just great! The Boar and the Pig will not ignore this. They will understand that we show this respect and honor to them.

Well, it’s good for us too. We also want our holiday table to be beautiful and tasty, “at home”, set. Therefore, in this our desires coincide with him!

Let us offer you options for dishes from which you can create great menu for your desk without much hassle and long searches.

The menu, as it should be, includes appetizers and salads (and pay attention to the link that will take you to the most beloved and most in demand - there are a lot of them there!).

The main courses are presented with recipes for delicious and beautifully executed meat, fish, and duck.

I also paid a lot of attention to desserts and drinks. After all, we are preparing for a real big holiday. Therefore, we need to think about everything!

For the holiday table we usually prepare several different options appetizers, set out meat, fish and vegetable plates, prepare two or three salads, one main hot course and dessert, it could be a cake, mousse, jelly, soufflé. Pies are often baked, dumplings are molded and boiled. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails and spirits are also served.

Of course, all the dishes cannot be covered in one article, but let’s look at at least some of them, the most delicious and beautiful.

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We will need:

• creamy curd cheese - 300 gr
• cream 35% -50 ml
• lightly salted salmon - 300 g
• red caviar - for decoration
• dill - bunch
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Profiteroles can be baked in advance, or you can purchase ready-made ones.

2. Creamy curd cheese can be used from Hohland or Almette brands. Beat cheese with cottage cheese. Add chopped dill, leave a little for decoration, salt and pepper to taste. Beat until smooth.

3. Cut off the tops of the profiteroles. Using a pastry bag, fill them with the mixture.

4. Thinly slice the salmon (salmon can also be used) and roll into a rose shape.

5. Garnish the appetizer with red fish, red caviar and herbs.

It turns out beautiful, tasty and quick snack, which will certainly please your guests.

The same snack can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, they can be decorated with boiled shrimp.

Shells with red and black caviar

We will need:

• black caviar - 0.5 cans
• red caviar - 0.5 cans
• large shells - 100-150 g
• cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs - for decoration

Caviar is always welcome on any holiday table. And therefore it is advisable to have it in some dishes. And here is one of the options. But instead of the usual laying it out on a piece of loaf, you can improvise a little and serve the caviar in this form.

Since everything is clear here without words, we will not describe the entire process. Well, everyone understands that the shells need to be boiled first and then cooled.

Julienne with meat and mushrooms

Well, what would a winter holiday be without julienne. Classic version involves preparing it with chicken fillet, but we can also cook it with meat.

We will need:

• boiled meat - 500-700 gr.
• fresh champignons - 250 gr. (or other mushrooms)
  
• onions - 2-3 pcs.
• cheese durum varieties- 150-200 gr.
• butter - 2 tbsp. l.
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon

You can choose any of the recipes to suit your taste. Both of them are tasty and beautiful, so both of them can be easily cooked. The recipes are proven and they will not let you down.

Curd and cheese spread “Snowman”

How can December and January do without your favorite winter characters? Therefore, we are preparing delicious snack"Snowman". This option will not leave either adults or children indifferent!

We will need:

• cottage cheese - 150 gr
• processed cheese - 1 piece
• boiled eggs - 3 pcs
• butter - 50 g (2.5 tbsp. spoons)
• mayonnaise - 2 teaspoons
• walnuts - 1 tbsp. spoon
• French fries, black bread, dry biscuits and bell pepper - for decoration
• garlic - 1 pc.
• dill - for decoration
• salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil eggs and cool. Separate the whites from the yolks.

2. Grate the yolks and one third of the processed cheese chilled in the freezer on a fine grater. Grind the nuts using a mixer. Add mayonnaise and mix.

3. Wet your hands in water and form balls from the yolk mixture.

4. Grind the cottage cheese and remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic and butter. Add salt to taste and stir.

5. Stick around curd mass yolks and form a snowman.

6. Grate the whites on a fine grater. You can additionally stick them around the snowman, or you can put them on a plate, making improvised snow out of it.

7. Cut out hats from black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry the French fries and make handles. Decorate. Place cookies on a circle.

You can decorate a snowman using boiled carrots. A bucket hat can be cut out of it, just like a nose. You can make twig handles from dill.

How to beautifully decorate meat, fish and vegetable plates

The next topic is the design of meat, fish and vegetable plates. Of course, every housewife has experience in decorating such plates. But you can pick up some ideas from others.

Here's an example of how you can decorate a fish plate.

How do you like meat plates?!

A vegetable plate will also come in handy. With it, the table always becomes especially bright and festive, as well as creating a festive mood.

Okay, we did it. Let's move on to salads.

But you can’t just bake the fish. Many people like to cook fried fish for the holiday table.

Fish in batter “Delicious”

This fish can be served both hot and cold. And believe me, despite the abundance of dishes and snacks, such a fish will simply fly apart in one or two minutes.

We will need:

• fish (any) – 1 kg
• lemon - 1 pc.
• salt, pepper - to taste
• vegetable oil - for frying

For the test:

• light beer - 1 glass
• egg - 1 pc.
• sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. Separate the fish from the bones or use ready-made fish fillets. Sprinkle it with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the dough. Mix beer, egg, sour cream. Slowly add flour, mixing the contents. The dough should be quite thick and should not drip when you dip the fish in it.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish in batter.

It’s not for nothing that the dish has its name. The fish really turns out delicious. And it’s not difficult to prepare!

This recipe is a beer batter, but it is made with separately beaten whites and yolks. There is also a video on how to prepare it.

Well, a lot of recipes have already been written, it’s time to move on to desserts. Over the course of the year, we collected various desserts on the blog pages, cooked according to them, and ate them with great pleasure. Let's repeat some of them, especially since they are world famous and loved.

Fruit and berry jelly cake without baking “Winter Snowdrift”

A delicious cake that, despite the abundance delicious food on a magical winter night, will not go unnoticed.

Berries and fruits can be used according to the season, whatever you want!

We will need:

• banana - 1 piece
• kiwi – 1 piece
• peaches – 2 pcs.
• apricots – 5-6 pcs.
• strawberries – 0.5 tbsp
• raspberries – 0.5 tbsp
• sour cream – 0.5 l
• gelatin – 3 tbsp. spoons (30 g)
• sugar – 1 glass
• biscuit -250-300 gr

Preparing such a cake cannot be called difficult. It is prepared with great pleasure, as well as eaten. This is why you want to make this cake again and again.

The only difficulty is that you have to wait the whole night for it to harden. And when he stands in the refrigerator and teases with his appearance, it is simply impossible to bear! I really want to try it as soon as possible. The difficulty of preparing such a cake before the holiday may lie in the fact that it may simply not last until the magical winter night. Especially in those families who have already prepared it.

The cake is delicious and light at the same time. White and just perfect for a winter holiday. That is why it received such a name - “ Winter snowdrift" We put a big fat check mark next to this recipe. And those who want to check this box, go to the page with the recipe, that’s what it’s called

Dessert Eton Mess with berries and cream

We will need (for 6 servings):

• cream (33%) - 750 ml.
• raspberries or strawberries - 300-400 gr
• soufflé (or meringue) 200 gr
• mint for decoration
• red currants - for decoration

This dessert will take the most worthy place on your holiday table!

Dessert “Sweet Christmas tree”

We will need:

• butter - 250 gr
• powdered sugar - 500 gr
• milk - 5-8 tbsp. spoons
• vanilla - on the tip of a knife
• salt - a pinch
• green food coloring

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

• flour - 3 cups
• water - 2 glasses
• sugar - 1.5-2 cups
• cocoa - 6 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil -3-4 tbsp. spoons
• vinegar - 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons
• soda -2 teaspoons
• salt - 1 teaspoon
• vanilla sugar - 2 teaspoons

Filling, decoration:

• strawberry
• packaging of M&Mdens dragees

Preparation:

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Beat it with a mixer into a thick white mass. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat everything until smooth.

2. Add milk, first 5 spoons, beat, and gradually add more to achieve desired consistency cream. Ready mass beat for 5 - 7 minutes.

3. For the muffins, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in vinegar and stir with a fork. Then butter, and mix again with a fork. No need to beat!

5. Pour in water and continue whisking with a fork until smooth. Do not beat!

6. Place the dough in molds and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

7. Now let's start decorating. Grease the cake with cream and place the berry in the center so that it stands stable.

8. Place the cream in a pastry bag fitted with the smallest star tip.

9. Starting from the bottom, we form spruce branches from the cream. To do this, you need to place the end of the nozzle against the berry and squeeze out the cream about 1 cm. After you stop pressing, remove your hand. And we do the same for the next branch.

We arrange the branches in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the bottom row.

10. Decorate Christmas trees with jelly beans and star-cookies.

This dessert is enjoyed by both adults and children. It is very tasty and, without a doubt, festive! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

Well, the last topic is drinks! What would a holiday be without them!

Cocktail “Homemade Baileys”

We will need:

• egg yolks - 5 pieces
• sugar - 1 glass
• condensed milk without sugar - 1 can
• vodka – 200 ml
• instant coffee - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. To prepare a cocktail you only need fresh eggs. Wash them with soap and dry them with a paper towel. Separate the yolks from the whites.

2. Grind the yolks with sugar. Toss with condensed milk.

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine the two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Homemade Baileys is ready! You can't tell it from the real thing! Yes, and it is made only from one natural ingredients!

Cocktail “Royal Delight”

We will need:

• blackcurrant liqueur – 10 ml
• dry champagne - 100 ml

In the absence of blackcurrant liqueur, it can be replaced with any other berry liqueur.

Preparation:

Pour liqueur into a champagne glass. Then pour champagne. Decorate the rim of the glass with strawberries or a slice of orange. You can add ice cubes.

Cocktail “Azure Blues”

We will need:

• white rum - 1 part
• orange juice - 2 parts
• pineapple juice - 2 parts
• juice of half a lime
• fresh mint
• crushed ice

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients using a shaker. Pour into a tall glass, add crushed ice, garnish with mint leaves.

We all had adult cocktails. But you also need to prepare a delicious children's cocktail. And I have one in mind.

Children's cocktail "Morozko"

We will need:

• ice cream three different varieties
• cream
• mineral water
• sugar
• lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip it in sugar so that the edge of the glass becomes slightly “snowy.”

2. Carefully place 1 full tablespoon of different ice cream into a glass. You can use vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, pistachio. The main thing is that each of them has its own taste.

3. Pour cream up to half a glass. Mix gently with a spoon.

4. Add mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. A foam should form.

Children love this cocktail very much. So be prepared for them to ask for more!

As you can see, there were quite a lot of ideas for the holiday menu! But a lot is not a little! It's always good to have a choice. And in today's material you can choose a recipe for every taste. There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and even cocktails.

All recipes have been tested and should not let you down! All I can do is wish you a good mood!

Happy New Year! And let your holiday table be the best!