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.
Delicate, fragrant, airy muffins will delight you and your loved ones with their taste and decorate your table both on holidays and on weekdays! They can be sprinkled with powdered sugar, covered with chocolate, but they are most delicious combined with delicate lemon curd!
Stew, cooked not according to a classic recipe, but in the form of a roll with black pepper and carrots. And inexpensive, and guests are not ashamed to serve.
On New Year’s Eve, it is not always possible to bake a cake. We offer fragrant exquisite pastries for the festive table: lemon cookies with white chocolate and pistachios.
Agree, no New Year is complete without tangerines. These bright fruits will become a real decoration of the festive table. I suggest cooking a wonderful dessert with them, which turns out to be airy, tender, delicious and very beautiful.
For me, New Year’s holidays are associated not only with the smell of tangerines, but also with the aromas of spices and almonds. These tubes are from a series of New Year’s tea parties. They are prepared from a very delicate dough on sour cream.
I want to show you a simple way to make tartlets from toasted bread. This snack will always decorate any festive table. Salad, in principle, can be any based on mayonnaise, the main thing is that it does not spread in a short time.
Delicate muffins with a pleasant creamy note and vanilla flavor. The unique sourness of cranberries harmoniously combines with a light, sweet crumb. Pastries are ideal for a festive and family tea party, as well as for treating guests.