Cold and hot snacks are light dishes that are served before a meal to enhance appetite or for an aperitif. These are sandwiches, tartlets, various mini rolls, pates… A lot depends on their presentation: an original and appetising snack prepares guests for what the feast will be like. Homemade snacks and buffet snacks are usually fresh, cooked or pickled vegetables, mushrooms, meat, fish, sausages, canned meat and fish, eggs or cheese. Festive snacks are especially popular, especially festive snacks for the New Year.
The role of these treats should not be underestimated – served to the table on time, they complement the main dishes; at the same time, despite the simplicity of execution, they can surprise with taste qualities and a bright presentation. Among the variety of possible options, you can find dishes that also relate to snacks, but for the preparation of which you will need free time and knowledge of certain tricks.
Suitable snack recipes are chosen based on compatibility with the main menu and availability of opportunities – this applies to both time and a set of products. You can prepare an appetizing treat from a minimal set of ingredients – there are economy options that will look advantageous at any festive table. At the same time, do not forget about savory delicacies, such as salted red fish, and about exquisite and original dishes, such as dried salmon meat or shrimp in bacon.
Of course, in an office environment, a snack can adequately replace the main course. This is what happens most often. Then the preparation of a delicious snack can be made more refined or vice versa — simpler. You can choose several feeding options: cold and warm. For example, tacos (corn tortillas) with fish and grapefruit sauce, grilled vegetables at home, pickled eggs, mussels in white wine sauce, celery caviar and parmesan lollipops. Hot and cold snacks are perfect for a house party, banquet or picnic in nature. Many dishes are prepared in 15 minutes.
Additionally, you can use tartlets, putting salads or any other filling in them. If you are expecting guests, then snacks are prepared without fail and served with drinks. Then the cook will have to think over the combination of all the snacks served and their number on the table, take care of how to prepare a snack at home. Whatever the reason, we offer you the best snacks, recipe ideas that will help you out even in the most seemingly unpredictable situations.
But in a different way, because of porcini mushrooms, but with 33% cream, only “royal”, not otherwise. It will fit perfectly into the New Year’s menu. After all, you can serve it in different ways – on a sandwich with a snack, as a filling when filling eggs and pies, even in a sauce for dressing salads. Universal pate.
Stuffed crab sticks are a great festive snack. It is not difficult to prepare and not for a long time. You can stuff crab sticks with any filling. Today I will tell you a recipe for making very tasty stuffed sticks with a filling consisting of cottage cheese, herbs and a couple of other ingredients. Rolls will look good both on a festive table and on a regular one.
A very tasty and delicate snack cake made of potato pancakes, with a layer of cream pate! This dish is sure to become a favorite snack of the festive table and will delight you and your guests with its original taste!
Chicken in jelly is a delicious snack that is perfect for a festive feast. It is prepared simply from the available ingredients. The main ingredients are chicken, carrots and eggs. To give a colorful festive look, you can add peas or corn and decorate with parsley and fresh cucumber.
Wontons with beans and vegetables in Italian are a very tasty, hearty and beautiful dish. It can be steamed, and if desired, boiled or fried. The dough is prepared in a custard way, which gives it additional elasticity and tenderness.
Sauerkraut salad with orange, raisins and red onion, seasoned with unrefined sunflower oil and sugar. A vitamin-rich, excellent snack even for a festive table.
Another original, beautiful and delicious salad for the festive table. It looks very elegant and even solemn. There are several “caps” on the site, but they have a different composition and a different design.
Salad is a good alternative to the usual Olivier. No less delicious, but a little lighter, with a more delicate structure. The recipe comes from Poland and the Czech Republic, there are several options, for example, with pickles. I liked this one. In order for the dish to turn out right, the main thing in the recipe is to use fragrant meat and peas of good quality.