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.
Such a pie has a very interesting dough structure and color. The dough is low-fat, there is no butter and eggs in it. The pie turns out very tasty! Lots of juicy filling and little dough. I advise everyone to cook it!
This salad is especially good in spring and summer, it has a bright refreshing taste. The green apple itself is refreshing, in combination with celery, this effect is enhanced. Daikon gives sharpness, but not like our black radish, but delicately, carefully. Cabbage can be taken both ordinary white and red. I took the Chinese one, which contains both cabbage and salad. It is softer and more pliable, more amenable to a simple filling.
Quickly and easily prepared tartlets with salted cottage cheese and herbs at home are a good snack or a delicious snack that can be served both hot and cold.
There are several ways to make pancakes with nem. And the main difference here is in the content of the filling for pancakes. So you can improvise and come up with your own recipe. And personally I like this one…
Another dish of chicken breast, where it is presented in the best way: delicious breading, juicy meat, original serving, space for choosing sauces for these “fingers” and ease of preparation!
I made this salad for the first time at a housewarming party. I couldn’t try it myself then – the men at the table ate everything. The salad is really interesting, and it is prepared in a matter of minutes.
In this recipe I want to tell you more about the filling. To fill the pancakes, I first fried cabbage with onions in sunflower oil, then added sour cream and put out the cabbage a little. The filling was supplemented with finely chopped hard-boiled egg. Hearty and very, very tasty pancakes. From the dough, you can make a name for pancakes, any name that you use to make thin pancakes. I will give you a recipe for my thin dough for pancakes with sour milk.
Prepare a quick and delicious Serbian corn pie. It is prepared with various additives, spinach, carrots, ham, cheese, cottage cheese, etc. it is a hearty, fragrant and healthy pie. It is absolutely easy to cook it from the available products