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.
There are many of my friends who follow a diet and rarely allow themselves a piece of any delicacy. This cheesecake is very tasty and at the same time quite suitable for proper nutrition. And caramel sauce can be useful for other dishes. And a blender is ideal for its preparation.
Fragrant, sweet, soft and beautiful donuts with natural dye. I baked donuts in a slow cooker. Cooking is very simple and, most importantly, fast. Cranberry juice can be replaced with another rich fruit juice.
It turned out to be a very delicious chocolate roll – without sugar and flour, a roll that you can eat in the evening with a calm soul. Do you have such a case – like an evening, so you want something delicious? Or am I the only one? If there are the same – I invite and promise – your conscience will be clear, and you will be happy))). Try it?
Traditionally, desserts are served in cream bowls, beautiful saucers, but what if you try to use the fruits themselves instead of dishes? Try to cook this Italian dessert in a new way, with a citrus note.
I suggest you prepare a very delicate airy dessert, light as a cloud. The combination of sweet meringue, delicate cream and bright black currant will not leave anyone indifferent. Meringue will be prepared on the basis of albumin – dry protein.
I’m baking cheesecake for her birthday. Do not judge strictly, I decorated my granddaughters, this is a gift that they prepared for me, decorated the cake. A very elegant cheesecake! A thick layer of sweet filling is decorated with cranberry mousse with a slight sourness. The perfect combination.
I made this delicate cake for the holiday on March 8. Sponge cakes, and between them delicious cream and berries. The pie is very easy to prepare, and the taste is simply amazing.