Making a festive New Year’s menu is not an easy task, sometimes even for an experienced cook. So many delicious salads, unusual snacks, impressive desserts and spectacular hot dishes! It seems that it is simply impossible to cook them all. But it’s worth trying, the main thing is to approach the issue thoroughly!
In almost all families, a lot of attention is paid to the preparation of festive dishes for the New Year and Christmas feast. Chefs want to show all their skills and serve the best treats to the festive table.
Recipes for the New Year and Christmas table differ from each other. By the New Year’s Eve, you need to flaunt all your culinary talents and surprise guests with fancy and incredibly delicious treats. Aspic with beautifully carved vegetables, French-style meat, homemade pates, delicious snacks of vegetables, meat and fish, salads with products that seem completely incongruous at first glance – preparing a New Year’s table is a great opportunity to show imagination in the culinary field.
It is customary to prepare lean dishes and lemonades for the supper on Christmas Eve. Vegetable broth, buckwheat porridge with mushrooms, cabbage pies, fish dishes, stuffed cabbage rolls with rice filling and many other goodies can be created in any cook’s own kitchen. Be sure to give your household a traditional lemonade (compote made from a mixture of dried fruits and berries) according to old recipes.
How to Make a Homemade New Year’s Menu?
According to experienced chefs, there will be enough for 6-7 guests: 1-2 hot dishes, side dishes, 3-4 types of salads, several types of snacks, hot and cold, dessert and fruit. This average menu can be varied depending on the circumstances, for example, if there are children among the guests.
One of the secrets of a successful New Year’s menu is to cook several new dishes every year. At the same time, you should decide what you would like to make the main bet on: someone prefers to invest time and effort in preparing a complex hot dish, and someone – in a variety of snacks. If, instead of traditional olives and caviar sandwiches, you offer your guests glazed duck with grapes on skewers, your guests will remember for a long time how refined and unusual your festive treat was.
But in fact, there is nothing wrong with having only traditional dishes on the New Year’s menu, without frills.
Very fast and delicious strudel. It will be useful in case of unexpected guests… Does not require any material costs… The time for its preparation is also minimal… All these advantages do not affect the taste in any way – on the contrary, it is a very delicate and pleasant dessert that will please even very busy housewives!
Dear cooks, I bring to your attention a recipe for a classic apple strudel with apples and cinnamon. Despite the fact that there are quite a lot of such recipes on the site, after reading a few, I came to the conclusion that there are differences in the composition of the dough and the technique of stretching it. Many people are afraid of the stretching process, I also, to be honest, did not dare for a long time, but in fact it was very simple and now I bake this wonderful biscuit roll very often. I offer my own version of strudel with several secrets that make it easier to work with the dough and make this delicacy, which is loved by many, unique.
What could be tastier, simpler and more affordable than crispy bread, fresh herbs and fragrant olive oil? In this recipe, these ingredients are combined in an excellent tandem, resulting in these crispy cakes stuffed with fragrant fresh herbs.
Tender and juicy chicken in a spicy and thick cheese sauce with crunchy cheese and bread crust. Perfect for a festive table, it looks great on the table. The guests will be delighted.
A casserole of minced meat “Obergini” is a good way to turn the remains of yesterday’s lunch or dinner into a wonderful main dish. It will be delicious both hot and cold.
A very tasty Italian dish, it is prepared quickly and simply – even a child can cope))) Very tasty with white wine – well, or as we have – with apple juice))) Try it, you’ll like it.
In the Brittany region, strong sea winds apply a layer of salt to meadows where sheep are bred, the meat of which acquires a salty taste. Therefore, mutton is a frequent guest on the French table! I offer you, my favorite chefs, a recipe for a full-fledged French dinner that combines all the charm of France, as well as spices, products and even national dishes!
I recommend trying this wonderful delicacy, filled with sweetness, moisture and tartness of oranges. In addition to all of the above, dessert is prepared quickly.
A very tasty lean dish. I am happy to recommend it on those days of fasting when it is allowed to eat fish. Today is the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos – just such a day. Tender fish meat and fragrant rice are hidden under the crispy crust.