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.
These original cakes are distinguished by a bright festive appearance and taste, which gives them an amber-peach sprinkle. For those who do not know what topping is, it is an addition to dessert, which gives the dish aesthetic and taste completeness. Translated from English, the word topping means – the top. And indeed – the height of gustatory pleasure!
Tender and soft pancakes combined with hot sauce, vegetable filling and pomegranate jelly will decorate your table. The filling is the simplest and most inexpensive, but you can diversify it according to your taste and desire. You can add pickles, mushrooms, herbs or cheese.
The basis of mini-cakes are honey cakes, and the dessert is unusual for its cream, because it includes chestnut jam, which began to appear on sale in large chain stores. It looks like thick apple jam, but it tastes like nothing.
Juicy pickled lamb, a delicious, fragrant dish. Mutton is an original, healthy meat that is well absorbed by the human body, but the meat should be from a young lamb, up to one and a half years old. I agree that not everyone likes mutton, but for lovers – there is no tastier meat. Of course, it would be great to bake it on coals, but in the oven it will be incomparably tastier. The meat is perfectly served with a side dish of rice, pickled onions, mustard, various sauces. I want to offer a hot salsa sauce, it perfectly emphasizes the meat and gives a decent taste.
Meatloaf, as well as with egg, is a very popular dish, and there are many variations on the site. I think that every second housewife cooked according to such a recipe, and everyone has their own unique recipe for making a roll. So I decided to share my own.
I want to offer you a recipe for profiteroles, which I always get, subject to certain subtleties, which I will share with you. Chocolate cream “Plombir” is ideal for filling them. This cream is also suitable for impregnating cakes and other desserts.
