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.
This snack will perfectly decorate your New Year’s table. The delicate taste of goose liver with matching porcini mushrooms and sour cherries is something amazing. Your guests will be surprised by the taste, they haven’t tried it yet. Try to cook this snack and let your guests be satisfied.
This banquet dish requires patience and some skill. But then you will be able to surprise your guests with a delicious, original dish on your festive table. Try to cook.
Persimmon is called a core apple, as well as Chinese peach and date plum. It is very difficult to find it in summer, but in winter – in almost all stores. The orange overseas guest is loved by Russians no less than traditional New Year’s tangerines. This fruit is suitable for desserts, as well as for meat, liver and fish. And today I offer you a very unusual dish with persimmon. I called him Terrine, although that’s probably not quite right. So be it. This dish can be considered dietary, an excellent substitute for any slicing and sausages on your festive table. And to cook this dish is quite simple. I offer you two recipes in one.
I offer you a recipe not only for vegetarians, but also for those who care about their health and try to eat healthy. And this dish will surprise you not only with its usefulness, but also with an unusual, refined taste. I suggest you make sure of this by cooking the same delicious terrine on a weekend or holiday. The author of the recipe.
Tender salmon terrine. It is not difficult to prepare this snack. The taste is fishy and creamy. If you want to please and surprise your guests with something special, this snack is what you need. Great for dry white wine.
I suggest you cook a tender meat terrine with olives and feta cheese, soaked in the aroma of bacon. This hearty dish will be a worthy decoration of the festive table.
A colorful vegetable dish for summer, when vegetables are the ripest and most delicious. Rich in vitamins and minerals, this terrine will appeal even to those who do not like vegetables. Try to cook – you will like it.
A chic terrine with a rich taste. This is a great snack for any festive table, as well as an excellent substitute for meat delicacies from the store. It’s easy to prepare, the main thing is patience, because terrines will have to stand under the load. The terrine itself is quite dense, with a delicate liver-mushroom paste inside. All men will appreciate it.
Enjoy a delicious, tender and slightly unusual chicken liver terrine. All liver lovers will definitely appreciate its delicate, slightly sweet taste. And it looks very beautiful, just for the holiday.