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.
Usually pastrami is made from chicken or turkey breast. There are wonderful recipes for this poultry dish on the website. But I want to assure you that the pork tenderloin pastrami turns out no worse. And maybe even tastier! Soft, fragrant and very juicy.
Chicken pastrami is, first of all, an excellent substitute for store-bought meat products stuffed with chemicals, as well as just a wonderful snack for breakfast sandwiches and a festive table. What is prepared by pastrami is quite simple.
This parfait could be called “parfait contrast” because it has three layers of completely different structure, consistency and taste. Dessert for adults with alcohol, with a peculiar taste of sea buckthorn and crispy fried muesli in a sugar crust.
This beautiful, amazingly delicious dessert should be prepared for special occasions or special guests. The combination of pear and white chocolate is amazing and harmonious. The sweet sauce emphasizes the crunchy texture of nuts and fine chocolate.
An exquisite dessert. It’s easy to cook it, but it’s impossible not to fall in love with it from the first spoonful! Parfait (fr. parfait – flawless, beautiful) is one of the most famous French desserts. It is based on whipped cream.
Cold, tender, fragrant, melting in the mouth delicacy – it can be attributed to the highest cuisine. The main thing you need to remember: before cooking, all the ingredients in the dessert must be cooled.
The dessert is simply amazing! The parfait is prepared in two ways: either frozen, then the dessert turns out like ice cream, or just very well chilled, and the dessert looks like a thick cream. A delicious combination of creamy sweetness and sourness of currants!!!