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.
I continue to introduce you to the Slovak national cuisine. Today they treat you to honey cakes, which are forbidden at Christmas. Fragrant, ruddy. They pack them in beautiful boxes and give them to friends and relatives. You can bake them in advance, the gingerbread is perfectly stored.
This pork turns out to be very tender and juicy. Moderately salty and with a subtle aroma of Bulgarian pepper. When sliced, it is obtained with a scattering of red sparks from the pepper sauce made from Lecho.
Hummus is an ancient oriental cold snack made from chickpeas and sesame paste, spices and olive oil. Chickpeas are a rich source of vegetable protein, as well as various minerals, vitamins and fiber. I suggest you prepare a version of this snack with broccoli, which will not only give hummus color, but also enrich it with many useful substances. Hummus with broccoli will be a great snack on your New Year’s table!
This wonderful hot dish is a real friend on the New Year’s table! The most delicate, with an appetizing crust and an incomparable aroma! A few years ago I tried it at a friend’s birthday party. It was a cross between a jellied snack cake and a grill.
A wonderful, interesting, bright dish of liver pancakes for a festive table. It is not difficult to cook it at all, and the result will please. The snack turns out to be tender, cheesy.
Cupcakes are great pastries, they are prepared simply, stored for a long time and look beautiful on the table! New Year’s cupcakes are more fragrant, tastier and more beautiful than usual.
It is customary to prepare sweet dishes for the New Year’s table. Desserts are loved by both adults and children. Cupcakes are a great option for serving portions. The cream can be made from custard chocolate mass and butter. The cream is conveniently applied to cupcakes with a pastry syringe. And you can also decorate the dessert with confectionery sprinkles, which will add magic to New Year’s toys. It turns out a sweet, tender and very tasty New Year’s dessert.
A very tasty, rich and simply incomparable dessert that will delight all lovers of chocolate, prunes and nuts, decorate the festive table and bring unearthly pleasure!
