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.
Lean wheat-rye biscuits with mashed potatoes, fried Peking cabbage, onion, garlic, basil and soy sauce. Delicious and healthy, crispy, good both hot and cold.
If you love cabbage, be sure to try to cook this biscuit! The dough turns out almost smooth, a lot of cabbage filling, pleasant cranberry sourness – just a song!!!
When I was cooking cottage cheese, I got a wonderful serum. And I promised you that it would continue! Meet homemade ricotta! And a great biscuit with it. Tender dough and delicious filling made this biscuit a favorite in our unsweetened pastries!
An easy-to-prepare and hearty salad. Main ingredients: chicken, mushrooms and pineapples. Even a lazy person can cook, and his taste will be remembered for a long time.
This recipe was born by accident. The main secret here is the black crackers and, of course, the dressing. It turns out very rich and delicious, especially for arugula lovers. When I lost weight, he replaced my lunch, arugula quenches my appetite, and everyone knows about its benefits)
Breton galette with chicken in cream and mushrooms. A very popular French dish. The biscuit has a square shape. A mandatory component is buckwheat pancake. And filling from a wide range of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, vegetables… I suggest you try to cook the so-called Breton galette complete with chicken and mushrooms. Very satisfying, gentle and fragrant!
Very tasty, hearty salad. Delicate, with a piquant taste of mustard oil and herbs. Spicy, harmonious and fragrant! Onion took purple and added a mixture of peppers.
Everyone liked the dough from Laurent pie so much that by the weekend I decided to bake a sponge cake according to the Kish recipe. Replacing nuts with “aged” cheese, I got a new, very tasty combination, which, perhaps, will be used later in the preparation of the pie. The cookies were eaten in a few minutes (even slightly burnt), perfect as a base for a snack!
I tried this salad in a Chinese restaurant, very simple and uncomplicated, but at the same time delicious. Sometimes I just eat it with bread. It is prepared in 15 minutes.
