Second courses are the basis of every family’s diet. There are hundreds and thousands of such home cooking options in every kitchen in the world. Meat, vegetable, cereal and mixed with herbs and sauces, cooked from a steamer, oven, slow cooker, and just from the stove.
Delicious recipes for second courses in a hurry or for a festive table are infinitely diverse. Simple recipes with photos will help even novice cooks in cooking.
The second course to the table is traditionally served after the soup – in other words, the main ones are the “second” dishes that are familiar to us, which are the central element of the meal. Most often, the main second course is prepared from meat, poultry, fish and seafood, to which cooked or raw vegetables, legumes, cereals, pasta and mushrooms are necessarily served as a side dish.
Fish or meat main dishes are the most satisfying, nutritious and large in volume. For every day, modern chefs, as a rule, serve simple main dishes that are easy to prepare. Cutlets, meatballs, schnitzels, sausages, cabbage rolls, fried fish or fish in batter, which do not require much time for heat treatment and serving. On the occasion of the solemn events, a festive main dish is being prepared, which should surprise the guests and become the culmination of the banquet. Here, each cook is already trying to show her culinary skills, choosing from the most delicious recipes of the main dishes what suits the tastes of the guests and the budget of the hosts.
Here you will find a rich selection of photo-recipes of main dishes – bean rolls with cheese, white fish meatballs, rabbit in orange marinade, pork stuffed with prunes, chicken with peaches and Scottish eggs. The main dishes prepared according to our recommendations will definitely become the star of the dinner party!
By tradition, such a knuckle is prepared in Germany (and in each land-region with its own nuances) in winter. So this is a very winter dish, New Year’s. In a close friendly company, but over a glass of beer, at one of the New Year’s Eve dinners, serve this dish to the table. It’s so amazing that after a portion of tender, fragrant meat you will see that life is serene and beautiful!
I highly recommend cooking this very quick recipe. It’s just an explosion of taste! The chicken turns out to be very festive, bright, tasty, juicy, unusual and very, very New Year’s. And it turns out an incomparable sauce that will enrich any side dish.
A delicious, hearty and very fragrant side dish is suitable for almost any dish. The juiciness and pleasant creamy taste of the dish is given by sour cream, instead of which you can take cream or mayonnaise. For a festive table, you can prepare such a side dish in portion molds.
This poultry roll is made in the manner of Italian porchetta, which is traditionally made from pork. If you want more roll, take a turkey breast; a smaller chicken will do! The role of the “crust” here will be performed by the bacon covering the roll. Definitely, this roll can become a decoration of the festive table. And, at the same time, in cold form it is suitable as a snack. Pesto sauce makes slicing very attractive and delicious!
Tender pork tenderloin will become even tastier if it is fried and covered with glaze in port wine. A spicy side dish of diced beetroot is cooked for no more than half an hour. And all together is a festive dish that can be served not only to the New Year’s table.
Try to cook manta with fish, which are quite suitable for fasting holidays. The dough will be made from durum wheat flour to make the dish light and dietary. And serve with a delicious sauce.
