As you know, there is a Catholic Christmas and an Orthodox Christmas, and at the same time it is difficult to find even two Catholic or Orthodox countries that would have absolutely identical Christmas dishes and Christmas menu. The Christmas table should not only saturate the family, but also symbolize abundance, the beginning of a new life. Traditional Christmas dishes in different countries are very diverse, in connection with the end of the fast, a variety of products are allowed. For example, from the end of November to January 7, the Orthodox Christmas fast lasts, the menu of the Christmas fast is a great way not only to be cleansed spiritually, but also physically. Eating during the Christmas fast excludes fatty animal food, fish can be eaten several times a week. But after the fast, the recipes for Christmas dishes are more diverse, there is meat, fish, and dairy products.
For the countries of Western Europe, Christmas baking recipes are especially characteristic of sweet dishes. At this time, houses and bazaars are really flooded with Christmas pastries. The recipe for Christmas baking is Christmas cookies, as well as Christmas gingerbread. Christmas cupcake and Christmas candy recipes are also very popular. There is even a special English Christmas cake in England. The recipe for Christmas cookies is simple, the main thing is a beautiful design. To please your loved ones and, especially, children, we offer you a recipe for Christmas gingerbread. You will need flour, sugar, soda, eggs, butter, cocoa, honey, spices. After mixing the ingredients and kneading the dough, it should be put in the refrigerator overnight so that it is infused and soaked with spices, in this case you will get especially fragrant Christmas gingerbread. The recipe for Christmas gingerbread will also require you to have a certain artistic taste, because it will be necessary to mold human figures, animals, or some geometric shapes from the dough. After that, the cookies are baked in the oven and decorated with icing. About the same way Christmas cookies are prepared. The recipe for a Christmas cake is very popular in England. It is prepared with dried fruits and nuts, soaked with some alcohol. For Orthodox Christians, Christmas sweets are primarily Christmas carols and Christmas pastries, for example, Christmas cake. The recipe that creates a holiday for children is lollipops in the form of cockerels. The ideal option for Christmas baking will be Christmas tea. It is made from black tea, ginger, cinnamon and orange peel.
Also in many European countries, a mandatory Christmas dish is a Christmas goose, a Christmas duck or a Christmas turkey. Christmas goose is prepared in Germany, Denmark, Greece etc. You will definitely not regret if a Christmas goose appears on your table. The Christmas goose recipe usually uses apples and prunes. Christmas turkey is a recipe that is typical for England and the USA. Meat dishes are often served with a Christmas salad, the recipe of which may differ in different countries.
Very fast and incredibly easy to prepare cracker cake. For cooking, I used a rye cracker, with it, the cake turns out to be incredibly delicious. Thanks to a delicious and airy cream of sour cream and condensed milk with the addition of fat cream, the cake is well-soaked and very tender. A layer of strawberries gives the cake a pleasant freshness and sourness.
Fragrant moist sponge cake under the most delicate layer of marshmallows and cream. This light dessert will please with its simplicity of preparation, diversify your daily meal and decorate the festive table. The amount of ingredients is calculated for a form with a diameter of 21 cm.
This snack is sure to become a decoration of Your holiday table. Salted herring with cottage cheese, Korean carrots and herbs. Delicious, bright, beautiful!
“Choco pie” is a famous dessert consisting of two layers of sponge cake, layer of marshmallow, covered with chocolate icing! This dessert is easy to prepare, it turns out to be tender, soft and delicious. This dessert is perfect for coffee or tea.
The rolls are just wonderful-the dough is tender, soft and thin. But I was particularly surprised by the cream. I think that this is the best chocolate filling for this kind of rolls, bagels and puff pies of all that I have tried. It is prepared elementary, does not spread, has a beautiful, rich chocolate taste. Great treat!
I’ll treat you to a poppy-raspberry cake today. I used frozen berries that I prepared last summer. The quarantine supplies came in handy! Hot days have begun and such a chilled cake is very useful. Come visit!
Light, airy and quite already summer! Tender, moist sponge cake with milk impregnation, a lot of vanilla, custard with white chocolate and fresh, fragrant strawberries!! Incredibly delicious and fabulously beautiful!