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.
This name is a bit of a joke, I have such cupcakes. Everyone is familiar with the situation when on the 3rd-5th day of the New year’s eve there is a bottle of champagne that no one wants to drink. The remains of peeled tangerines, which the children did not finish, are scattered around the apartment. That’s when you can cook these delicious, tender, fragrant cupcakes.
Usually, for big holidays, there are always a lot of all kinds of products in the house with which you can decorate such potatoes. You can come up with many options, there is a flight of imagination and taste. But how delicious and beautiful it looks. I assure you, such potatoes will not only become an ornament, but will also be the first to “fly away” from the table.
A small addition to the well-known recipe and the usual chocolate dessert turns into an elegant cake. Those who have tried real brownies know that these are not very fluffy and porous products. That’s how it should be! But I don’t like it so much! So I added a little baking powder. To make it more festive, I also decorated it with Italian meringue. According to my idea, the base should not have been high, so I reduced the amount of dough and curd layer by 1/3 (from the one specified in the recipe). I took the form 20×26 cm . And lo! Brownie-based cake!
I offer a very tasty, original snack for a festive table, it will become an ornament, and the taste will surprise and delight you. All the ingredients are perfectly combined with each other. I strongly advise you to cook!!!
New Year’s Eve is a time of gifts from St. Nicholas, Santa Claus with the Snow Maiden, Santa Claus on reindeer sleds, time of sparklers, fireworks, champagne and, of course, delicious snacks!!! This fish is one of them – delicious, absolutely easy to prepare, for a festive table, easy for the body!
Dear friends, I want to offer you a juicy, fragrant, appetizing dish that will undoubtedly decorate your table for New Year, Christmas and family celebrations! Cooking is not difficult at all, but the result is excellent!!!