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.
Soft pretzels stuffed with chocolate-poppy seed cookie dough. It’s delicious! And even if the chocolate dough will ooze a little from the bagels during baking, it will only give them beauty. They are incredibly delicious, tender, flavorful. Make these pretzels for the holidays and enjoy their taste.
Cooking Christmas stollen in our family has become a good tradition. For many years now, Stollen has occupied a place of honor on our Christmas family table. Having prepared a lot of different options – I was on it. I added almond flour and homemade marzipan to the dough.
I love universal dishes on the festive table, especially New Year’s. This fish roll can be served as a hot dish or as a cold appetizer. It is very tender, fragrant, delicious, looks beautiful when served. And besides, it is not burdened with unnecessary calories.
An interesting snack, from the series “fast and tasty, beautiful and healthy”. But this is one of the main conditions when preparing a festive lunch or dinner, and certainly on New Year’s days, because there is not enough time. And this recipe will not require much effort, marinate, put in the refrigerator, fry for 5 minutes before serving. Recommend.
The new year is coming very soon. It’s time to think about The Holiday table. I propose to prepare a very simple, but very tasty and beautiful layer cake. The filling can be used any, according to your taste. This Christmas tree will decorate the New Year’s table. I got 2 christmas trees.
No holiday, no celebration in Italy is complete without porchetta. Moreover, each hostess has her own recipe and, of course, the best. Garlic, mustard, sweet herbs, lime and a good piece of meat made great friends in this roll. This hearty and delicious meat appetizer is good both hot and cold.
A delicious hot dish will be appropriate both on a festive table and on a weekday! Portioned serving is a great option for the New Year’s table! Simple and delicious!
Carrot cakes have always been traditional for the New Year and Christmas period. Today I bake carrot cakes with dates and walnuts. Ginger and cinnamon seasonings add New Year notes to the taste of the cake. When serving, I advise you to sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Tender salmon fillet is perfectly combined with creamy sauce and barely noticeable piquancy of mustard with horseradish. A fresh lemon juice will give.