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.
An interesting snack of crab sticks and squid tentacles on chips. The dish is unique in taste, but easy to prepare. Decorate any festive table and surprise your guests. This will be an excellent replacement for the boring crab salad.
On New Year’s Eve, there should be a lot of cheese and cheese dishes on the festive table to attract good luck. It’s no secret that the symbol of the next year loves this wonderful product so much! I offer you, my friends, a recipe for insanely delicious, very cheesy snack muffins with a marble middle! The snack is prepared easily and unpretentiously, with minimal costs, as they say – everything for the dish is at hand! Even children who don’t like cheese eat such muffins with great pleasure!
A delicate, light and airy sponge roll… what else do you need to complete the festive dinner?.. or just relax over a cup of tea with friends or a book… I invite you …)))
Panettone is an Italian Christmas cake, very similar to ours. But Panettone muffins are smaller versions of the famous cupcake, very tasty, airy, with lots of raisins and candied fruits.
I suggest you cook a very delicate, airy and beautiful sponge cake with creamy cottage cheese cream. I saw the recipe on a foreign website and couldn’t pass it by.
I suggest cooking delicious tartlets with chicken and pepper. They are prepared very simply, because you do not need to knead the dough. My family really likes them.
I saw this recipe on the website of a restaurant. Of course, this is not ravioli in the usual sense for us, but rather a kind of aspic. I liked this idea so much that I decided to bring it to life for the holiday. The snack looks beautiful and unusual on the festive table, but the main thing is that it turns out delicious and without extra calories.
These cakes turn out very tasty! Crumbly dough with a layer of jam and a delicate creamy glaze. And since very soon we have a favorite holiday, we will decorate cakes in the New Year’s style.
I suggest cooking tender, fragrant and very tasty tartlets with cheese and onion filling. These tartlets will decorate any festive table. Your family and friends will be delighted with them!
