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 amazing cheesecake made of thin shortbread dough, tender cottage cheese, fragrant and juicy berries, under a delicate sour cream glaze. My mom has been cooking this version of cheesecake with sour cream on top for many years, with or without berries, it’s always delicious.
Cheesecakes are round, open from the top and pinched only from the edges of the cake with filling. As a rule, cottage cheese is used as a filling, less often mashed potatoes, jam, condensed milk or jam. Cheesecakes are baked from yeast, cream and unleavened dough. And how nice it is to pamper your family with fresh and fragrant pastries in the morning!
Here I am sharing with you my method of fast preparation of yeast dough and as an example I am preparing cheesecakes from this dough! Come in! Get to know the way and eat cheesecakes!
Such snacks are about how both adults and children like them. The feeling can be whatever you like. It looks very nice on a festive table! Celebrate the New Year, please your guests!
In this recipe, all the ingredients that I can safely say I love! I love raspberries, I love white chocolate, I love cottage cheese and cream cheese, I love butter, fragrant lemon… I love almonds… And if you all like it as much as I do, come visit!
We offer chefs a recipe for a cake, the cooking process of which resembles a “Liquid cheesecake”. In my version, I replaced the curd filling with pudding. The pie turned out to be very tasty, with a slightly moist dough structure and with a delicate filling, supplemented with candied fruits.
We offer to cook a cheesecake in a rather unusual design for Shrovetide week. The combination of pastry dough with cinnamon, cottage cheese and candied fruits will bring undoubted pleasure, and an interesting shape is sure to please family and friends.