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.
New Year and citrus flavors, especially tangerines, are two inseparable concepts. We will please the guests, bake a cake with kumquat and tangerines, I assure you – it’s festive, fragrant, delicious! Help yourself, Happy New Year!
A delicious and light snack option for the festive table. Processed cheese rolls with mushroom filling are prepared very quickly and simply. They taste tender and satisfying. This portion of snacks will appeal to everyone without exception. It can be prepared in advance and served as needed.
The roll with cucumbers, onions and cheese turns out juicy, tender, with a piquant taste. Cooking is a pleasure when there is little time, but I want to please my loved ones.
Meat rolls are always a welcome snack on the table. The holidays are coming, and we will prepare for them. I have a roll with a simple vegetable filling. Vegetables and pickled cucumber make the roll piquant, juicy and rich in taste, the presence of beetroot attracts attention, beautiful and appetizing. I made several rolls with different fillings, and this one, with beetroot, was eaten first.
A delicious, hearty snack with a bright and unusual taste. The snack can be served as a full-fledged salad or put the salad on a slice of black bread and serve with herring.
This poultry roll is made in the manner of Italian porchetta, which is traditionally made from pork. If you want more roll, take a turkey breast; a smaller chicken will do! The role of the “crust” here will be performed by the bacon covering the roll. Definitely, this roll can become a decoration of the festive table. And, at the same time, in cold form it is suitable as a snack. Pesto sauce makes slicing very attractive and delicious!
Traditionally, these crescent-shaped cookies are baked at Christmas. Add nut flour, often almond flour. I decided to add coconut chips, it unobtrusively stands out and gives the liver friability.
Do you have different fish, just one at a time? And you are wondering what to cook?! I find a way out by combining different fish with one marinade-side dish.