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.
Prepare a very quick breakfast, aka dessert – envelopes of pita bread with banana and condensed milk. We will need only 4 ingredients and 5 minutes. Pita bread turns out crispy, and the filling remains tender.
In this salad, you can use any pasta. Add fish, vegetables, olives, season with salad sauce, and dinner is ready. This salad will completely replace your main dish in hot weather – quite nutritious, fast and delicious!
If you want to replenish your vitamin balance and protect yourself from colds, prepare salads, where one of the ingredients is radish. The salad is easy to prepare. This salad can be served in portions, for example, in tartlets, or in small salad bowls.
These muffins are a godsend for sweet lovers. It is easy to prepare and quickly removed from the table. I recommend cooking and enjoying the delicate taste of baking.
Wonderful, fragrant muffins. Delicate, with a caramel flavor and an oriental hint of dried apricots. A very simple and relaxed recipe, and the result is excellent.
Snow-white cookies on corn starch and condensed milk. Cookies are for an amateur, since the presence of starch gives it a specific taste and white color. It can be prepared both with the addition of flour and without it, but in the first version, the cookie holds its shape better. If you have never cooked cookies with starch, then as an experiment you can reduce the amount of ingredients by half. I liked the cookies, they turned out to be crumbly, not cloying and very tender.
This pancake pie may well replace an ordinary pie: very refined, delicate, beautiful, with an unforgettable taste. Try to cook it on the pancake table – and no one will remain indifferent to this unforgettable dessert.
Walnuts are an integral part of a huge number of Georgian dishes, they give a special piquancy and brightness.. And if you love lobio, then this salad is definitely worth a try to get acquainted with a new, interesting and unusual taste.. A scattering of pomegranate gives the dish juiciness and conviviality.