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.
This salad is sure to appeal to seafood lovers, as it includes mussels. The rich fresh taste of the dish is given by green onions, cucumbers and dill. The salad turns out to be extremely light, tasty and nutritious.
Are you having a picnic? Or corporate by nature? And you don’t know what to cook, and there’s no time, and you don’t want to bother. I offer a win-win snack that everyone will like. Surely, you have tried these mussels while vacationing in the Crimea. The cooking time will take no more than 10 minutes. 10 minutes – and you are the lucky owner of the most delicious mussels in the world. Just don’t forget to bring Kikkoman soy sauce with you.
For a festive table, I often cook a roll of pita bread with red fish. This year I decided to complicate this simple snack. All the guests liked it. Try to cook and you.
Canapes are a convenient snack for a festive table. It’s quite easy to cook them, especially on Shrovetide, when the pancakes are ready, and you want to diversify the table. Caviar gives solemnity and beauty. The dish has two options – budget with imitation crab meat and elite – with real.
Canapes are mini cutlets made from assorted fish. Original and delicious. This is done very easily and quickly. The taste is fishy, delicate. Try it and rate it.
A hearty and at the same time fresh salad, which is not a shame to put on the festive table, because it looks very elegant. The number of products is arbitrary, something more, something less, according to your taste. I put it together literally from what I found in the refrigerator. It was amazing.
Canapes on rye bread with avocado, soy sauce, trout and cucumber. New Year’s holidays are long, canapes will help you out, prepare them simply and quickly. They turn out very tasty and healthy. Try!
Take note of this simple recipe. Anyone can handle it. These canapes with chicken fillet and vegetables, which can be dipped in a very tasty sauce, are suitable for an aperitif, a party and any other occasion when you need a light snack.
Canapes made of puff pastry with baked cheese and red caviar. An appetizer for unintentionally descended guests and a rescue wand during the long New Year holidays. It is important to stock up on food!
