What to cook for the new year. Festive charlotte with apples

As everyone already knows, the upcoming 2019 will be held under the sign of the Yellow Earth Pig. And therefore, according to the already established tradition, we began to take this fact into account when preparing for the solemn day.

We are trying to find out better what to expect from the coming period. We read horoscopes, we try to figure out how the Symbol of the next 365 days can affect our lives. And of course, we are first of all preparing for the celebration, taking into account what the Master of the Year loves! To appease him, and to help him make the next segment of life successful for us in every way!

And for this we select for ourselves the appropriate festive attire. We buy necessary and beautiful gifts for friends and relatives, and of course we set a beautiful festive table.

And there is not a single hostess or host who would not ask himself the question “What to cook for the festive table?” After all, this question is by no means rhetorical. All of us on December 30, 31 will put on aprons and settle down in our kitchen for a long time. After all, you need to have time to cook appetizers, and salads, and main dishes, and desserts.

And in order not to forget anything, and not to cook anything superfluous, you need to make a menu in advance. It will help you plan what you need to buy. What can be stored for a long time, buy in advance, and buy perishable products the day before.

When compiling the menu for the Year of the Yellow Pig, some features must be taken into account. Let's look at the wishes for the holiday menu.

Firstly, Pig is omnivorous, which means we will cook completely different and delicious dishes.
secondly, the Boar is not against different types of meat, and he will be happy with beef, lamb, chicken, fish and seafood. Do not forget that pork in any form is not served this evening.
thirdly, the image of the Master of the Year in the design of dishes will be very useful.
fourthly, the bright, colorful design of the dishes will please Piggy. Who will refuse when such a holiday is arranged in his honor.
fifthly, dishes should be homemade, tasty and cooked with love. It is always more pleasant to deal with a domestic calm Boar than with a hungry furious boar.
sixth, do not abuse strong drinks. And then by chance you can fall asleep at the table, burying your face in a salad. And then everyone will not be the best way to compare you with a Pig !!!

However, you can spend the outgoing year with dignity. To say thank you to the owner of the passed segment of life is to thank the Yellow Dog for all the good that she has done for us. Therefore, you can spend it by making a small salad with her image.

Here are the main wishes for the menu. If you manage to comply with them, then it will be just great! The Boar and the Pig will not leave this unattended. They will understand that this respect and respect we render to them.

Well, it's good for us too. We also want our festive table to be beautiful, and tasty "home-style" is covered. Therefore, in this our desires coincide with him!

Let me offer you options for dishes from which you can create an excellent menu for your table without much hassle and long searches.

The menu, as expected, includes snacks, salads (moreover, pay attention to the link that will lead you to the most beloved and most sought after - there are a lot of them!).

The main dishes are presented with recipes of tasty and beautiful meat, fish, duck.

I also paid a lot of attention to desserts and drinks. After all, we are preparing for a real big holiday. Therefore, you need to think about everything!

On the festive table, we usually prepare several different options for snacks, put out meat, fish and vegetable plates, prepare two or three salads, one main hot dish and dessert, it can be a cake, mousse, jelly, soufflé. Pies are often baked, dumplings are molded and boiled. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, strong drinks are also served on the table.

Of course, all the dishes in one article cannot be covered, but let's look at at least some of them, the most delicious and beautiful.

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We will need:

creamy curd cheese - 300 gr
cream 35% -50 ml
slightly salted salmon - 300 gr
red caviar - for decoration
dill - bunch
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Profiteroles can be baked in advance, or you can buy ready-made ones.

2. Cream cheese can be used with Hohland or Almette brands. Beat cheese with curd. Add chopped dill, leave a little for decoration, salt and pepper to taste. Beat until smooth.

3. Cut off the tops of the profiteroles. Using a pastry bag, fill them with the resulting mixture.

4. Slice the salmon thinly (you can also use salmon) and roll it into a rose shape.

5. Decorate the appetizer with red fish, red caviar and herbs.

It turns out a beautiful, tasty and quick appetizer that will certainly appeal to your guests.

The same appetizer can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, they can be decorated with boiled shrimp.

Shells with red and black caviar

We will need:

black caviar - 0.5 cans
red caviar - 0.5 cans
large shells - 100-150 gr
cucumbers, tomatoes, greens - for decoration

Caviar is always welcome on any festive table. And therefore it is desirable to have it in some dishes. And here is one of the options. But instead of the usual laying it out on a piece of loaf, you can improvise a little and serve caviar in this form.

Since everything is clear here and without words, we will not describe the whole process. Well, it’s clear to everyone that the shells must first be boiled and then cooled.

Julienne with meat and mushrooms

Well, what is a winter holiday without julienne. The classic version involves cooking it with chicken fillet, but we can also cook it with meat.

We will need:

boiled meat - 500-700 gr.
fresh mushrooms - 250 gr. (or other mushrooms)
onion - 2-3 pcs.
hard cheese - 150-200 gr.
butter - 2 tbsp. l.
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon

You can choose any of the recipes to your taste. Both of them are tasty and beautiful, so you can safely cook one and the other. The recipes are proven and they will not let you down.

Cottage cheese and cheese paste "Snowman"

How can December and January be complete without your favorite winter characters? Therefore, we are preparing a delicious snack "Snowman". This option will not leave indifferent neither adults nor children!

We will need:

cottage cheese - 150 gr
processed cheese - 1 pc.
boiled eggs - 3 pcs
butter - 50 gr (2.5 tablespoons)
mayonnaise - 2 teaspoons
walnuts - 1 tbsp. spoon
french fries, black bread, dry biscuits and bell peppers - for decoration
garlic - 1 pc.
dill - for decoration
salt - to taste

Cooking:

1. Boil eggs and cool. Separate whites from yolks.

2. Grate the yolks and one third of the processed cheese chilled in the freezer on a fine grater. Grind nuts with a mixer. Add mayonnaise and mix.

3. Moisten your hands in water and form balls from the yolk mass.

4. Grind the cottage cheese and the remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic, butter. Salt to taste and stir.

5. Cover the yolks with curd mass and form a snowman.

6. Rub the squirrels on a fine grater. They can additionally stick around a snowman, or you can put it on a plate, making impromptu snow out of it.

7. Cut out hats from black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry french fries and make pens. Decorate. Put on a circle of cookies.

You can also decorate a snowman with boiled carrots. A bucket hat can be cut out of it, as well as a nose. From dill you can make twigs.

How to decorate meat, fish and vegetable plates beautifully

The next topic is the design of meat, fish and vegetable plates. Of course, every housewife has experience in decorating such plates. But you can peep some ideas from others.

Here's an example of how you can arrange a fish plate.

What do you think of meat plates?

A vegetable platter would also come in handy. With it, the table always becomes especially bright and festive, as well as creating a festive mood.

Okay, this is what we did. Let's move on to salads.

But not all fish bake. Many people like to cook fried fish for the festive table.

Fish in batter "Delightful"

This fish can be served both hot and cold. And believe me, despite the abundance of dishes and snacks, such a fish will fly apart just once or twice.

We will need:

fish (any) - 1 kg
lemon - 1 pc.
salt, pepper - to taste
vegetable oil - for frying

For test:

light beer - 1 glass
egg - 1 pc.
sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon

Cooking:

1. Separate the fish from the bones or use a ready-made fish fillet. Drizzle with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the dough. Mix beer, egg, sour cream. Slowly add flour, stirring the contents. The dough should be quite thick and should not drip when you dip the fish in it.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish in batter.

The dish has its name for a reason. The fish is truly amazing. And it's really easy to prepare!

This batter recipe is based on beer, but is on separately whipped whites and yolks. There is also a video on how to make it.

Well, a lot of recipes have already been written, it's time to move on to desserts. Throughout the year, we collected various desserts on the pages of the blog, cooked according to them, and ate with great pleasure. Let's repeat some of them, especially since they are world famous and loved.

Fruit and berry jelly cake without baking "Winter Snowdrift"

A delicious cake, which, despite the abundance of delicious food on a magical winter night, will not go unnoticed.

Berries and fruits can be used according to the season, whatever you want!

We will need:

banana - 1 pc
kiwi - 1 pc.
peaches - 2 pcs
apricots - 5-6 pcs
strawberries - 0.5 tbsp
raspberries - 0.5 tbsp
sour cream - 0.5 l
gelatin - 3 tbsp. spoons (30 gr)
sugar - 1 cup
biscuit -250-300 gr

The preparation of such a cake can not be called difficult. It is prepared with great pleasure, however, as it is eaten. That is why you want to cook such a cake again and again.

The only difficulty is that you have to wait all night for it to freeze. And when he stands in the refrigerator and teases with his appearance, it is simply impossible to endure! So I want to try it as soon as possible. The difficulty of preparing such a cake before the holiday may lie in the fact that it may simply not lie before the magical winter night. Especially in those families who have already prepared it.

The cake is delicious and light at the same time. White and just right for a winter holiday. That is why he received such a name - "Winter Snowdrift". We put a big bold checkmark next to this recipe. And those who want to put such a tick, go to the page with the recipe, it's called

Dessert Eaton Mess with berries and cream

We will need (for 6 servings):

cream (33%) - 750 ml.
raspberries or strawberries - 300-400 gr
soufflé (or meringue) 200 gr
mint for decoration
redcurrant - for decoration

This dessert will take the most worthy place on your holiday table!

Dessert "Sweet tree"

We will need:

butter - 250 gr
powdered sugar - 500 gr
milk - 5-8 tbsp. spoons
vanilla - on the tip of a knife
salt - a pinch
green food coloring

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

flour - 3 cups
water - 2 glasses
sugar - 1.5-2 cups
cocoa - 6 tbsp. spoons
vegetable oil -3-4 tbsp. spoons
vinegar - 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons
soda -2 tsp
salt - 1 teaspoon
vanilla sugar - 2 teaspoons

Stuffing, decoration:

strawberry
M&Mdens dragee packaging

Cooking:

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Beat it with a mixer into a thick white mass. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat everything until smooth.

2. Add milk, first 5 tablespoons, beat, and gradually add more to achieve the desired cream consistency. Beat the finished mass for 5 - 7 minutes.

3. For cupcakes, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in the vinegar, mix with a fork. Then butter, and mix again with a fork. No need to beat!

5. Pour in water and continue whisking with a fork until smooth. Don't whip!

6. Put the dough into molds and bake for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

7. Now let's decorate. Lubricate the cupcake with cream and place a berry in the center so that it stands steadily.

8. Put the cream in a pastry bag with the smallest star-shaped nozzle.

9. Starting from the bottom, we form spruce branches from the cream. To do this, you need to attach the end of the nozzle to the berry and squeeze out the cream about 1 cm. After we stop pressing, we take our hand away. And we do the same for the next branch.

We arrange the branches in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the bottom row.

10. We decorate Christmas trees with dragees and asterisks-cookies.

Such a dessert is enjoyed by both adults and children. It is very tasty and, without a doubt, festive! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

Well, the last topic is drinks! What a holiday without them!

Cocktail "Homemade Baileys"

We will need:

egg yolks - 5 pieces
sugar - 1 cup
sweetened condensed milk - 1 can
vodka - 200 ml
instant coffee - 1 tbsp. spoon

Cooking:

1. Only fresh eggs are needed to make a cocktail. Wash them with soap and dry with a paper towel. Separate the yolks from the whites.

2. Grind the yolks with sugar. Blend with condensed milk.

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Home Baileys is ready! You can't tell from the real one! Yes, and it is made only from natural ingredients!

Cocktail "Royal Delight"

We will need:

blackcurrant liqueur - 10 ml
dry champagne - 100 ml

In the absence of blackcurrant liqueur, it can be replaced with any other berry liqueur.

Cooking:

Pour liqueur into a champagne glass. Then pour champagne. Garnish the rim of the glass with a strawberry or orange slice. You can add ice cubes.

Cocktail "Azure Blues"

We will need:

white rum - 1 part
orange juice - 2 parts
pineapple juice - 2 parts
juice of half a lime
fresh mint
crushed ice

Cooking:

Mix all ingredients with a shaker. Pour into a tall glass, add crushed ice, garnish with mint leaves.

We all had adult cocktails. But you also need to prepare a delicious children's cocktail. And I have one in mind.

Children's cocktail "Morozko"

We will need:

three different types of ice cream
cream
mineral water
sugar
lemon juice

Cooking:

1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip in sugar so that the edge of the glass turns out to be slightly “snowy”.

2. Gently put 1 full tablespoon of different ice cream into a glass. You can use vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, pistachio. The main thing is that each of them has its own taste.

3. Pour up to half a glass of cream. Mix gently with a spoon.

4. Add mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. A foam should form.

Children love this cocktail. So be prepared for them to ask for extras too!

As you can see, there are quite a few ideas for the holiday menu! But after all, a lot is not a little! It's always good to have a choice. And in today's material you can choose a recipe for every taste. There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and even cocktails.

All recipes are tested and should not let you down! And it remains for me to wish you good mood!

Happy New Year! And may your holiday table be the best!

In the pre-holiday bustle, they devote a lot of time to choosing gifts, decorating their homes, they begin to plan an outfit for the celebration in advance, and they do all this, taking into account the features and requirements of the symbol of the upcoming New Year.

It cannot be said that little attention is paid to the table, but when buying expensive products, housewives are more likely to focus on the preferences of their family, from year to year they cook even their favorite, but the same dishes. This is a big mistake. Treats at the meeting of the New Year should be given special attention.

What to put on our beautiful table?

When deciding what to cook for the Year of the Rooster and what menu to choose for the New Year, we will take into account the preferences of the future symbol - elegance, simplicity, naturalness. To appease the Fire Rooster, remember that this is a bird that cannot be called greedy. That's why the main wish for the New Year's table is prosperity, not excess. Do not try to excel in culinary delights - dishes should be understandable, not too pretentious, but suggest a choice for a wide variety of tastes.

The traditional set - appetizers, salads, cuts, sandwiches, hot dishes and dessert - will provide a tasty and plentiful feast worthy of a fiery representative of birds.

What has no place on the table

In order not to upset the proud bird, think about what dishes on your menu the Rooster would not be happy about. The answer will come immediately - prepared from his relatives!

Rule number 1 for the New Year's table 2017: no chicken! If you really like roast poultry, it’s better to cook some competitor in the poultry yard: duck, goose or turkey.
The Rooster, who is responsible for its offspring, can be alerted by too frankly served egg dishes: stuffed, aspic or used entirely in a salad, for example, in the form of mushrooms or snowmen. At the same time, eggs may well be part of other dishes: it is no secret that chickens willingly feast on them.

Preferred products for New Year's dishes

When thinking about compiling a menu, choose products that are to the taste of your family and guests, while not contradicting the symbolism of this year.

A maximum of vegetables, the most diverse, better multi-colored, especially "fiery" shades.
Fish and other seafood: a representative of oriental culture (Chinese calendar!) is sure to please.
Side dishes are always to the taste of the feathered symbol. Of course, cereal dishes may seem rustic for the New Year's table, but the same rice can be prepared in a very unusual and festive way.
Salads should not be overly complex, with lots of ingredients: Rooster loves "clear", simple, traditionally loved flavors. Prepare your family's favorite holiday salads.
For dessert, take care of baking, because the grains from which the flour is made are the first delicacy for the Rooster, and then there will be such delicious crumbs! It is better that the dishes are prepared with your own hands, and not bought ready-made: poultry will appreciate the invested family energy and increase it. A very good option is painted gingerbread hung on a Christmas tree. The village bird will also be pleased with cottage cheese desserts like cheesecake.
Do not skimp on the greens: what could be better for a rooster than fresh grass? Use it in salads, as well as when decorating dishes.
When choosing between homemade and store-bought, opt for more natural products. For example, mayonnaise for homemade salads is much tastier than store-bought, and milk for custard should by no means be powdered. You need to put your hands on this New Year's table: believe me, the result will be worth it!

Chicken meat can always be replaced with turkey, or any other, and chicken eggs with indo-duck, or quail.

The Rooster does not impose special requirements on drinks, but still, as a male representative, stronger options will be to his taste, although you should not refuse traditional champagne under the chiming clock.

Hot dish. What is the main dish to choose for the year of the Rooster

There are two options here: either a traditional chicken, or quails prepared in the same way, a duck, or a goose. They will yield in terms of taste to the chicken, and maybe the guests will like it more.

You can also cook a beef roll as a main dish, or a home-style roast with pork. It does not hurt to bring the dish to a crisp during cooking, and decorate brighter when serving.

We offer a choice of several New Year's hot dishes.

Salmon baked in the oven in its own juice

Baked salmon is good because it can be cooked both high-calorie and light, dietary (for this we put the fish in foil).

The fish can be baked whole or cut into steaks.

Ingredients:

salmon steak,
salt,
ground pepper,
dry basil.

Cooking:

Sprinkle the steaks with salt and send for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
At the same time, turn on the oven to heat up to 180 degrees.
If you bake in a mold, then fill it with a quarter of water and close the fish with a lid.
If you want a lighter and less calorie dish, wrap the salmon in foil.
Sprinkle basil on top.
Bake 25 minutes. If you want to achieve the effect of a golden crust, open the lid and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Pork schnitzel for the festive table

Ingredients for 4 servings:

4 slices (150 - g) loin,
1 cup flour
2 eggs,
2 cups breadcrumbs,
salt pepper,
butter and vegetable oil for frying.

You will need clamps for roasting meat.

Cooking:

Salt the pork pieces 1.5 cm thick and put in the freezer for 15-20 minutes.
Take out the chilled meat, pepper.
Roll in flour and lightly beaten eggs.
Place the meat in the roasting clamps.
Heat up a frying pan and add sunflower oil and a tablespoon of butter.
Fry the meat directly in the clamps on both sides for about 2-3 minutes.

Serve the dish immediately hot.

What New Year's snacks will appeal to the Rooster on the eve of 2017

If hot is called the main decoration of the table, then snacks are its decoration.

They are present on every table from the beginning of the meal to its very end.

Let's calm the housewives right away, everyone's favorite sandwiches with red caviar can be present on the table. She likes the Rooster with her bright color and shape, which resembles grains. Red caviar can also be used to decorate served dishes.

You can also use rolls as a win-win snack. If you don’t want to order in a store or try a previously unfamiliar dish for the first time on New Year’s Eve, then you can cook an appetizer yourself.

Try one of the original and beautiful recipes.

Appetizer with avocado and shrimp (or crab)

You can make original tartlets, the baskets of which will not be made of dough, but directly from avocado slices.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

4 ripe avocados
200 g frozen shrimp (or crabs),
1 shallot (can be replaced with ordinary, but not bitter onions),
half a cucumber
half a red chili pepper
juice of 1 lime,
1-2 tablespoons of sunflower or olive oil,
a quarter teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro.

Cooking:

If you have frozen shrimp (crabs), thaw them at room temperature or place them in a colander with water.
Then cut into small pieces.
Peel and finely chop the onion.
Cut the cucumber and chop it into slices or small cubes.
Remove the seeds from the chili pepper and finely chop.
We mix all the ingredients, adding lemon juice, oil, salt and finely chopped cilantro to them.
Cut the avocado in half and remove the pits.
Put the stuffing in the avocado.
Decorate with cilantro on top.

Serve as an appetizer or as part of other meals.

Cucumber rolls with bacon (or cheese)

Ingredients for 4 servings:

bacon (or cheese) - 170 g,
cucumber - 1 piece,
fresh parsley.

For this recipe, you will need skewers to secure the finished rolls. They can be wooden and plastic, in the form of a simple stick and with a textured tip: the main thing is that they are long enough!

Cooking:

Cut the bacon into thin slices if you bought it in pieces.
Fry the bacon on both sides until crispy.
Slice the cucumber into thin strips that will curl up and not break. For this, long-fruited varieties are best suited.
Place the fried bacon on top of the cucumber, roll up tightly and secure with a skewer.
Garnish with fresh parsley and boldly decorate the holiday table with this appetizer!

When discussing the choice of snacks when meeting the Year of the Rooster, remember the rule - everything is bright and crispy!

Ideally, if you can use cereals and flour products to decorate snacks (and other dishes).

Therefore, pies and cakes on the New Year's table will definitely appeal to the Rooster! True, one “but” arises here: then you will have to go on a diet ...

So decide for yourself)))

But berries, fruits and vegetables of different colors at the meeting of 2017 should be considered not only from the side of taste, but first of all, taking into account their appearance and color.

Orange citrus fruits, red apples, green grapes and red quince can create whole masterpieces on the table.

And now the New Year's salads!

What's a table without salads?!

Vegetable, meat, mushroom and fish variations are welcome guests on the New Year's table 2017.

There are no rules for those who stubbornly do not want to tease the Rooster, except for the unwanted use of chicken eggs and chicken meat. But, pay attention, we are talking only about the obvious presence of such eggs. But they can be disguised in a dish))).

Do not refuse the traditional Olivier!

In it, one of the main ingredients can be replaced with quail or indout eggs. To taste, they are practically no different from such familiar chicken.

Ingredients:

200 g boiled chicken,
2 medium boiled carrots
2 boiled potatoes,
3 boiled eggs
2-3 pickles,
100 g canned peas,
aioli sauce for dressing (or the usual mayonnaise).

Traditional cooking method: cut into small cubes and mix. But the design may be different. Can be put in a large salad bowl. And you can serve separately for each guest in a bowl or a glass.

Light salad with tuna and mozzarella

In addition to traditional salads, it doesn’t hurt to try to cook something new for the New Year’s table! We offer a new recipe for a salad with fish and cheese.

Ingredients for 6 servings:

1 head of iceberg lettuce (about 200-300 g), or any other,
200-250 g mozzarella,
1-2 medium sized ripe tomatoes (or cherry)
130 g canned tuna (in its own juice or oil - it doesn't matter).

For filling:

4 tablespoons of olive oil,
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons white wine or apple cider vinegar
a large clove of garlic (or two small ones)
salt and pepper.

Cooking:

In a bowl, mix the grated garlic with the products for the filling until a homogeneous emulsion.
Chop lettuce into large chunks.
Add chopped tomatoes, mozzarella and tuna (must drain the juice!).
Mix everything and serve.

Bon appetit)))

If you choose between recipes, then pay attention to the peasant options, in which there are a lot of vegetables, meat and herbs.

So, the basic rules of the New Year's table:

The festive table should be as bright and colorful as possible.
The more plant foods on the table, the better.
A crispy crust or the use of crackers and chips to decorate ready-made dishes is highly recommended.
The festive table should not only be rich in treats and dishes, it must be beautifully decorated and decorated.
Do not be stingy with real dishes - no disposable plates and cups!
Let the whole decoration of the festive table be as bright as possible.

To make the New Year holidays a success, follow these simple rules, and then the happy Rooster will not leave you without his patronage!

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How to make a menu

It is not enough to pick up good recipes for the new year 2017, you also need to deal with them. Of course, each housewife has her own delicious and proven recipes, but if you use new recipes for the New Year's table, then I recommend trying the dishes to understand how long it will take you to cook them.

Try to accommodate the tastes of all guests. My mother always prepared a large table, and it seemed to me that the same dish was on the table several times - as a child, I thought that it was just for beauty, but in fact my mother repeated her best recipes in several readings.

For example, the same salad could be with mayonnaise, or it could be unseasoned - among our guests, not everyone eats mayonnaise. There were also options without meat, fish and other allergens. Take an interest in the tastes of your guests before compiling a menu.

Also, simple recipes should be included in the New Year's menu - after all, it takes five minutes to cook ordinary beets with prunes, and they eat them pretty quickly.

If you have any difficulties with serving a dish, photography will help you - study the pictures and try to repeat the serving as close to the original as possible.

Snacks

It is better to choose New Year's snack recipes for the year of the rooster in such a way that it is easy to cook them - guests sweep away snacks first.

fried avocados

Ingredients:

3 ripe avocados;
2 tablespoons of flour;
2 eggs;
100 g of breading mix;
Deodorized oil.

How to cook

Beat the eggs, salt the mixture, pour into a convenient plate. Next to put two plates - one with flour, one with a mixture for breading.
Peel the avocados, cut lengthwise into 6-10 slices.
Pour oil into a frying pan with high sides and heat up, the degree of heating of the oil can be determined by a small slice of bread - it should fry quickly.
Roll each piece of avocado in flour, dip in egg and breadcrumb mixture, and then put in oil.
Remove all pieces and put on a plate, previously covered with absorbent napkins, allow excess fat to drain.
Serve with a sprig of greens.

A very simple appetizer to prepare, but very effective and tasty.

Ingredients

1 sheet of ready-made puff pastry;
10 sun-dried tomatoes;
20 olives;
1 egg for lubrication;
Provence herb blend.

How to cook

Roll out two large sheets of dough thinly.
Arrange sun-dried tomatoes and olives on one layer of dough.
Lubricate the place free from the filling with a beaten egg, grease the edges well.
Cover with a second layer of dough, roll out slightly and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Remove the semi-finished product from the refrigerator, and cut into strips.
Put strips of dough on parchment, coat with beaten egg, and then sprinkle with Provence herbs and put in the oven for 20 minutes.

Hot meat dishes

We choose recipes for hot dishes for the new year 2017. New Year's dishes prepared for the new year 2017 can be almost anything, but it is better to use original recipes - this way you can emphasize the importance of the holiday.

Turkey breast chops

Ingredients:

a small jar of mozzarella;
turkey breast;
8 pcs. small tomatoes;
4 strips of lard with a meat layer;
1 Bulgarian pepper;
extra virgin olive oil;
salt and pepper;
Provencal herbs;
a few leaves of rosemary.

How to cook:

Put the oven to heat up and take care of the meat - the turkey breast must be cut into 4 pieces, rinsed with cool water, dried and beaten off.
Bulgarian pepper must be cleaned, and then cut into thin strips along. Divide the chopped peppers according to the number of chops, and wrap each part with a strip of bacon.
On the beaten turkey meat you need to put crumbled mozzarella.
Put on chops pepper with a piece of lard and form a roll.
Put each roll on a separate sheet of baking paper, add 2 cherry tomatoes to each parchment, drizzle with olive oil, and add salt, spices, and then decorate with rosemary.
Pack each roll in parchment (roll up like a candy), tie the edges with a harsh thread.
Put the bundles in a mold, and bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes, then cut the parchment and bake for another 10 minutes - to get a beautiful crust.
Serve with fresh tomatoes and any side dish.

When compiling the New Year's menu for the holiday of 2017, select recipes with photos. These can be New Year's proven recipes for the holiday in the year of the rooster or just unusual recipes for Christmas and New Year 2017 with a video or photo - this way you will simplify the task of preparing the table in advance.

Ginger Christmas ham

Ingredients

pork weighing about 2.5 kg.
1 tbsp dry ground ginger root;
6 garlic heads;
salt;
a mixture of peppers;
a little cayenne pepper;
ginger - about 10 centimeters;
a couple of limes.

Cooking:

Cut off some fat from the ham, the meat should have no more than one and a half centimeters of fat.
Peel and finely chop the ginger (you can use a grater). You need to remove the zest from citruses - with a vegetable peeler or the same grater, and also squeeze the juice out of them separately.
Part of the lime zest is mixed with grated ginger root, a little less than a teaspoon of salt and lime juice should be put in this mixture.
Mix ginger powder with pepper, zest and salt.
The meat should be put on the table with fat up and stuffed with a mixture of salt and ginger. In several places you need to stick a knife, then turn it and put the ginger-lime mixture into the resulting hole, gently tamp and close the hole by removing the knife.
After the ham is stuffed, you need to cut the fat on it diagonally and rub with a mixture of ginger powder, salt and pepper zest.
Make foil envelopes - put a head of garlic in each, from which remove the top dry layer, and a piece of fat cut from the ham, roll each envelope.
Take a frying pan that can be cooked without oil and "seal" the notched part of the ham (where the fat is) for a few minutes.
Place the ham on the wire rack and in a baking sheet, which put in a very hot oven for 25 minutes.
It is necessary to reduce the heat, pour 1-1.5 cups of water into a baking sheet, put garlic heads on the grate in a baking sheet.
Bake at the rate of 20 minutes for every pound of weight. A 2 kilo ham will take 80 minutes to cook, if the weight of raw meat is 2.5 kg, then it will take 100 minutes to cook - that is, 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Remove the ham, cover with a sheet of foil for 20 minutes and then you can serve.

When choosing recipes for New Year's meat dishes, do not forget to also resolve the issue with sauces - will you cook them yourself or just buy ready-made ones? In any case, this point needs to be thought through and taken into account.

Unusual fish dishes

If you rarely cook fish, then it’s better to watch New Year’s 2017 recipes with a photo - so you can quickly figure out how to cook a particular dish, and most importantly, how the final result should look like.

Fish mousse on black bread

Ingredients

Mascarpone or soft curd cheese without a bright taste - 150 g;
3 bunches of green onions;
150 g salmon;
3 tbsp lemon juice;
Provencal herbs;
sliced Borodino bread.

Cooking like this:

Grind mascarpone, salmon and lemon juice in a blender to a paste-like state.
Finely chop the green onion and stir into the fish mixture.
Using a pastry bag, drop the mousse on pieces of Borodino bread, sprinkle with Provence herbs.

Tuna carpaccio on a pillow

Ingredients:

400 g tuna fillet (necessarily fresh);
3 tbsp olive oil;
1 tsp chopped fresh oregano;
1 large handful of arugula;
juice and zest of 1 lemon;
half a head of lettuce;
salt to taste.

How to cook

Rinse the tuna, separate from the skin, dry with paper towels and wrap in foil, then put in the freezer for half an hour.
Tear the arugula and lettuce into large pieces with your hands, mix well.
Mix olive oil and lemon juice, add salt and oregano.
Remove the tuna from the freezer, cut into very thin slices (using a sharp knife or a special shredder).
Form a lush pillow of greens on a plate (leave a little for decoration).
Lay the tuna so that the slices overlap each other and decorate a little with lettuce leaves on top.
Fill the salad.

New Year's side dishes

Agree, is it stupid to put ordinary pasta on the New Year's table 2017 as a side dish? A couple of interesting side dishes will help diversify the menu for the new year 2017.

Cauliflower with cheese

Ingredients:

1 medium head of cauliflower;
3 tbsp refined oil;
1 tsp ground paprika;
garlic to taste;
50 g of hard cheese;
salt to taste.

How to cook

Set the oven to heat up, you need about 180 ° C.
Wash the cabbage, remove the stems and leaves, cut so that it lies flat.
Place cabbage in a baking dish.
Grate garlic on a fine grater, mix with vegetable oil, paprika and salt.
Coat cabbage with garlic butter.
Grate hard cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle with cabbage.
Place the baking dish in the oven and cook for about 1 hour.
Check readiness with a sharp knife in the middle of the head - the knife should go in easily, without a crunch.
A whole cabbage looks very impressive, so it’s better to cut it in front of guests, on the table.

Ingredients:

half a kilo of green peas (frozen);
3-4 stalks of celery;
1.5 tbsp butter
2-4 cloves of garlic;
fresh thyme;
2 tbsp dry white wine;
1 st. cream (fat content over 30%);
1 tsp lemon peel;
1 tsp mustard (preferably with grains);
1 tsp flour or starch;
pepper and salt to taste;
parsley for decoration.

How to cook

Cut the garlic into thin slices.
Cut the celery into diagonal slices.
Pour boiling water over the peas (without defrosting).
Put butter in a frying pan, add thyme and garlic.
After the butter has melted, add the peas and celery, salt and pepper.
Sprinkle with flour and add cream, bring to a boil, stirring lightly.
Season with lemon zest, mustard, garnish with parsley when serving.

New Year's desserts

New Year's recipes with photos will help you prepare amazing and simple desserts.

banana cheesecake

Ingredients:

0.5 kg low-fat cottage cheese;
6 ripe bananas;
2 tbsp starch;
1 egg.

How to cook

Beat the egg, cottage cheese and starch.
Grind peeled bananas in a blender.
Thoroughly knead the dough and put in a mold.
Bake until golden brown.

carrot muffins

Ingredients:

1 st. Sahara;
3 eggs;
1 sachet of vanilla sugar;
0.5 st. odorless vegetable oil;
zest of 1 orange;
1 large carrot;
1 st. flour;
1 sachet of baking powder;
nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.

How to cook

Beat eggs with sugar, add vanilla sugar to the mixture and beat again.
Grate carrots.
Mix flour with baking powder and sift.
Pour flour and carrots into the egg mixture, pour in vegetable oil, mix cinnamon and nutmeg into the dough.
Divide batter between muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes.

You should not include too many desserts in the menu for the new year 2017, 1-2 will be enough, but let them be delicious recipes. You can make an ordinary cake, or you can include something truly unique in the menu for the celebration of 2017.

Bonus: delicious drink

Usually, as drinks, many simply buy alcohol and soda, but it is possible to make unusual drinks - especially since it is quite easy.

23.12.2016 20.01.2018 by cook

New Year's table should be full of a variety of delicious dishes. A properly composed menu for the New Year 2017 is the key to a successful holiday. New Year for Russians is the most beloved and long-awaited holiday. This holiday for many is a kind of hope for a happy life in the future.

We are trying to get a better idea of what to expect next year. We read horoscopes, we try to figure out how the Symbol of the next Year can affect our lives. And of course, we are first of all preparing for the New Year, considering what the Master of the Year loves! Based on this, we will help you create the “correct” menu for the New Year 2017 in order to appease and bribe the Fire Rooster, and tell you what you can and cannot cook on the New Year’s table so as not to anger the sacred creature with a quick temper.

When compiling the menu for the Year of the Fire Rooster, the following features should be taken into account:

1) Rooster against the use of chicken meat on the festive table. Yes, this is understandable, we will not argue. In addition, we cooked chicken often and a lot during the year. Let's give her a break.

2) It is not advisable to put stuffed eggs on the table or prepare snacks from whole eggs, this is also not welcome. But the use of eggs in dishes is not prohibited.

3) The image of the Host of the Year in the design of dishes will be very useful.

4) Bright, colorful design of dishes will delight Petushka. The colors that the Symbol of the Year loves are red, yellow, green, and all their shades. Therefore, decorate dishes as brightly as possible. Beets, tomatoes, bell peppers, pomegranate seeds, cranberries, red caviar, corn, herbs and lettuce - all this is welcome when decorating dishes.

5) Use those products that our Cockerel loves. And these are seafood, fish, meat, fresh vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts.

6) Dishes should be beautiful and refined, but relatively simple. The rooster does not like frills. In addition, he does not like too fatty foods.

Here are the main wishes for the menu. If you manage to comply with them, then it will be just great! The Fire Rooster will not leave this unattended. He will understand that we are paying this respect and respect to him.

Well, it's good for us too. We also want the New Year's festive table to be beautifully, brightly and deliciously laid. Therefore, in this our desires coincide with him!

Let me offer you options for dishes from which you can create a New Year's menu for your table without much hassle and long searches.

The menu, as expected, includes appetizers and salads. We also pay great attention to desserts and drinks. After all, we are preparing for a real big holiday. Therefore, you need to think about everything!

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We will need:

creamy curd cheese - 300 gr
cream 35% -50ml
slightly salted salmon - 300 gr
red caviar - for decoration
dill - bunch
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Profiteroles can be baked in advance, or you can buy ready-made ones.

2. Cream cheese can be used with Hohland or Almette brands. Beat cheese with curd. Add chopped dill, leave a little for decoration, salt and pepper to taste. Beat until smooth.

3. Cut off the tops of the profiteroles. Using a pastry bag, fill them with the resulting mixture.

4. Slice the salmon thinly (you can also use salmon) and roll it into a rose shape.

5. Decorate the profiteroles with red fish, red caviar and herbs.

It turns out a beautiful, tasty and quick appetizer that will certainly appeal to your guests.

The same appetizer can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, they can be decorated with boiled shrimp.

Shells with red and black caviar

We will need:

black caviar - 0.5 cans
red caviar - 0.5 cans
large shells - 100-150 gr
cucumbers, tomatoes, greens - for decoration

As it turned out, Cockerel is a big fan of caviar. And therefore it is desirable to have it on the festive table. But instead of the usual laying it out on a piece of loaf, you can improvise a little and serve caviar in this form.

Since everything is clear here and without words, we will not describe the whole process. Well, it’s clear to everyone that the shells must first be boiled and then cooled.

Cottage cheese - cheese paste "Snowman"

What is the New Year without winter characters. Therefore, we are preparing a delicious snack "Snowman". Such an appetizer will not leave indifferent neither adults nor children!

We will need:

cottage cheese - 150 gr
processed cheese - 1 pc.
boiled eggs - 3 pcs
butter - 50 gr (2.5 tablespoons)
mayonnaise - 2 teaspoons
walnuts - 1 tbsp. spoon
french fries, black bread, dry biscuits and bell peppers - for decoration
garlic - 1 pc.
dill - for decoration
salt - to taste

Cooking:

1. Boil eggs and cool. Separate whites from yolks.

2. Grate the yolks and one third of the processed cheese chilled in the freezer on a fine grater. Grind nuts with a mixer. Add mayonnaise and mix.

3. Moisten your hands in water and form balls from the yolk mass.

4. Grind the cottage cheese and the remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic, butter. Salt to taste and stir.

5. Cover the yolks with curd mass and form a snowman.

6. Rub the squirrels on a fine grater. They can additionally stick around a snowman, or you can put it on a plate, making impromptu snow out of it.

7. Cut out hats from black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry french fries and make pens. Decorate. Put on a circle of cookies.

You can also decorate a snowman with boiled carrots. A bucket hat can be cut out of it, as well as a nose. From dill you can make twigs.

How to decorate meat, fish and vegetable plates beautifully

The next topic is the design of meat, fish and vegetable plates. Of course, every housewife has experience in decorating such plates. But you can peep some ideas from others.

Here's an example of how you can arrange a fish plate.

What do you think of meat plates?

The vegetable plate is a special topic. Vegetables are especially welcomed by the Host of the Year. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare such a plate for him.

Salads for the New Year 2017 - the best New Year's salad recipes

No holiday table is complete without such an important dish as a salad! And even more so, such a festive table as New Year's! And if sometimes it is quite easy to decide on the choice of the main dish, then there is always a special attitude and attention to the preparation of the salad. You always want to cook it in such a way that it meets a number of requirements.

It is desirable that it be new. But since you don't always want to experiment with new salads for such a big holiday, you need to find a new look for the old, already tested.

It should be relatively simple.
It should look bright and colorful.
It needs to be delicious.
It must correspond to the Symbol of the coming Year!

Salad Olivier - a recipe for the New Year

It is hard to imagine the New Year holiday without the traditional Olivier salad. Every year we want to find a replacement for him, but someone from the family will certainly ask: “Will there be Olivier?” And no matter how much you want to replace it with something else, it doesn’t work. And all because it is impossible to replace it with anything!

This salad is as simple as it is delicious. Everything is balanced in it, nothing to subtract, nothing to add.

Everyone knows the classic set of ingredients, these are:

boiled meat - 300 gr
egg - 4 pcs
potatoes - 3 pcs
carrots - 1 pc.
cucumber (fresh or canned) -2-3 pieces (depending on size)
green onion - bunch
green peas (canned) - 0.5 cans
mayonnaise - to taste
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Boil carrots, potatoes and eggs, cool, peel and cut into small cubes. Try not to overcook vegetables so that when cut into cubes they have a shape, and do not fall apart.

2. Boil the meat in salted water, cool and cut also into small cubes.

3. Salad cucumbers can be used both fresh and canned. Cucumbers are also cut into cubes.

We try to cut all the salad ingredients to approximately the same size and shape. This way it will look more attractive.

4. Put all the chopped ingredients in a large bowl. You don't need to mix anything.

5. Add chopped green onions to the salad.

6. Add green peas, from which we carefully drain all the water.

7. Add salt and pepper to taste, mix.

8. Before serving, add mayonnaise and mix gently, trying to keep the “cubes” whole.

If you make mayonnaise with your own hands, then the taste of the salad will be just perfect!

9. Beautifully spread in a salad bowl, or on a flat plate. There are many ways to decorate the New Year's Olivier. Exactly as much as the flight of our imagination extends.

I like the option when the salad is laid out in the form of a Christmas wreath, so we will decorate the salad « » (it will be discussed below). It's easy enough to set it up this way.

Place a glass in the center of the dish. Put the salad mixed with mayonnaise around the glass. Lightly press it with a spoon, and give the desired shape. Remove the glass and decorate the salad as you wish. You can put a thick layer of dill on it, on which put melted cheese cut in the shape of stars. Garnish with pomegranate seeds, canned corn and grated hard cheese.

Or cut bells out of cheese, ribbons out of pickles. Form the salad into a cake shape and decorate it as you like.

And here is a beautifully decorated salad, which, as it were, reminds us that after a long winter, summer will certainly come. And the ladybugs that ran out into the meadow will please everyone with their bright appearance.

This is what the salad dressing is about. But the content is also subject to change! We do not use chicken this year, but adding a little smoked meat will not be superfluous. Along with boiled meat, you can use smoked sausage and brisket. And if you want, you can use boiled tongue instead of meat.

There are Olivier recipes where shrimp, squid or salmon or trout fillets are used instead of meat. The Fire Rooster will only be happy with such changes. And the salad will turn out with an original taste. And no one will even understand that you cooked it on the basis of Olivier.

Salad "Herring under a fur coat" - with a new fur coat in the New Year

The next salad is just as popular for preparing it for the festive New Year's table as the first one! If you try to compare them, which one is more popular, it will not work! Neither one nor the other will yield the palm.

The classic version of the salad provides for such a composition of products.

herring - 2 pieces
potatoes - 5 pcs. (medium)
carrots - 2 pcs. (large)
beets - 2 pcs. (large)
egg - 4 pcs.
mayonnaise - 250 ml. (approximately)
salt - to taste

Cooking:

Preparing "Herring under a fur coat" is also quite simple.

1. Grate vegetables and eggs.

2. Peel the herring from bones and skin, and cut into cubes.

3. Spread in layers - beets, carrots, eggs, potatoes - herring - potatoes, eggs, carrots, beets.

4. Salt each layer to taste and layer with mayonnaise.

We decorate as fantasy tells.

"Herring under a fur coat" in gelatin

We will need:

herring - 1 pc.
salmon - 150 gr
egg - 5 pcs
beets -2 pcs
carrots - 2 pcs
gelatin - 20 gr
water -0.5 cup
sour cream - 1 cup

Cooking:

1. Dissolve gelatin in water. Let stand until the gelatin swells, about 30 minutes.

2. Boil beets, carrots and eggs. Cool down. And rub on a coarse grater.

3. Clean the herring from bones and skin. Cut into small cubes. Lightly salted salmon cut a little larger so that the pieces are more noticeable. You can, of course, take two herrings instead of salmon. But after all, we have a New Year, so we do not skimp, and we are preparing a truly festive salad.

4. Put gelatin in a water bath and heat it well. You should get a homogeneous mixture without lumps. In no case do not bring the mixture to a boil, you just need to warm it up.

5. Mix gelatin with sour cream. They say that you can use mayonnaise instead of sour cream. But to be honest, I haven't tried it. The recipe with sour cream also turns out delicious, and not so high-calorie.

And the Master of the Year, the Rooster, is just not a fan of fatty foods, so sour cream will be just right.

6. Let's prepare a suitable form, it is better to take a silicone one. It will be easy to get a chilled salad out of it. If you do not have such a form, then cover the salad bowl with cling film. We begin to form our salad. Put a layer of salmon on the bottom, then herring. Layer with sour cream and gelatin.

7. Then the next layers are eggs, carrots and beets. Salt each layer and layer well with a mixture of sour cream and gelatin.

8. We cover the top layer with cling film and send it to the refrigerator until it cools completely.

9. Cover the finished salad with a large flat plate and turn over. If there was a film below, we remove it and serve “Herring under a fur coat” in all its glory.

10. Decorate with dill sprigs, pomegranate and corn seeds.

Isn't it true, such a salad will be a real decoration of the festive table.

"Herring under a fur coat" in a roll

This is a very festive and beautiful dish that will not leave anyone indifferent.

We will need:

herring - 1-2 pieces
boiled beets - 3-4 pieces
boiled carrots - 3-4 pieces
boiled potatoes - 3-4 pieces
boiled eggs - 4 pcs
onion - 1 pc (optional)
mayonnaise -100-120 gr
salt - to taste

Cooking:

1. Peel the herring from bones and skin, cut into small cubes.

2. Grate chilled vegetables and eggs on a fine grater, all in a separate bowl.

3. Add the onion at will, someone loves it in this salad, but for someone it is superfluous. If you use it, then cut it into cubes, as small as possible.

4. Put the right size cling film on the table.

5. Lightly squeeze the beets and drain off the excess juice. Put it on the first layer. Cover with another piece of cling film and press with your palms. Salt a little.

6. Put carrots in the next layer. Step back from the edge with beets by two centimeters, and lay out in a separate square. Salt this layer again and spread it with mayonnaise. At the same time, do not grab the edges with beets.

7. Next comes a layer of potatoes. It should also be smaller than the carrot layer. Each time the square gets smaller. Seal this layer through a film, salt and spread with mayonnaise.

8. The next layer is egg, it should also be smaller than potato. Press it lightly again, then salt and spread with mayonnaise.

9. Put a wide and high strip of chopped herring in the very center. In terms of volume, it should take up about 1/3 of the size of all the laid out layers.

10. Roll everything into a roll with a film.

11. Refrigerate overnight.

12. Remove the film, put the roll on a large dish, decorate. as your fantasy tells you!

This salad is very beautiful and delicious. And we love our guests!

Salad "Grenadier"

This salad looks very similar to the "Herring under a fur coat." And guests are often deceived about him. It seems that they put a familiar salad on their plate, but it tasted completely different. But in the end, the Grenadier doesn't disappoint any of them. The salad turns out to be the most delicious, and it also deserves to show off on the festive table!

In addition, its color is quite consistent with the requirements that the Fire Rooster dictates to us for the next year.

This salad is as simple as the previous ones. Unfortunately, he does not prepare so often, but in vain. Salad is worth it. It's just that not everyone knows about it. And when they get to know him better, they are already preparing him for the holidays more and more often.

We will need:

meat - boiled beef 150 gr.
potatoes 250 gr.
carrots - 150 gr.
pitted prunes - 100 gr.
walnuts - 100 gr.
raisins - 50 gr.
mayonnaise - 150 gr.
greenery for decoration
salt - to taste

Cooking:

Boil the meat, salt the broth for half an hour until cooked. Cool down. Cut into straws.
Boil vegetables.
Vegetables can be grated on a coarse grater, or cut into small cubes (optional)
Arrange in layers either in a clear salad bowl or on a large platter lined with green lettuce.
The layers are laid out in this order. We spread the potatoes down, then the carrots, then the meat. Lightly salt the layer with potatoes and grease with mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise can be lubricated with each layer, or even through the layer. Who loves.
Cut prunes into strips, leaving a few whole, for decoration. Put it on the meat.
Chop the nuts, also leave a few pieces for decoration. Sprinkle on top of prunes. Then we sprinkle some raisins, leave some for decoration.
Lay beets on top. Salt a little.
As mentioned above, you can coat as many layers as you want with mayonnaise. You can apply a beautiful mesh on the top layer, and decorate with the remaining prunes or nuts.
Also, the top of the salad can be smeared with mayonnaise, sprinkled with raisins and chopped nuts on the top and sides.
Remove the salad for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator so that it is better soaked and infused.
Lay on plates in layers.

This salad will definitely not let you down. Moreover, in its composition. everything that our Symbol of the Year loves so much - the Cockerel!

Salad "Mimosa" with saury - a classic of the genre

The Mimosa salad, which appeared in the distant 70s, still beats all records in popularity to this day. This salad is so simple and delicious that it is cooked, as they say in the feast, and in the world.

And "Mimosa" never stagnates on the table. Even when there are an abundance of other salads on it, this one is eaten first!

Such a salad will be good at the New Year's holiday. And don't let its spring name fool you. Having given it a New Year's look, and decorating it with impromptu Christmas tree decorations, it will not go unnoticed on the festive table.

We will need:

canned saury - 1 can
potatoes - 3 pcs.
carrots - 2 pcs.
eggs - 4 pcs.
mayonnaise - to taste
salt - to taste

As you can see, the composition of the ingredients couldn't be simpler. Everyone in the kitchen will always have everything you need. Boiled vegetables and eggs, and the rest of the preparation will take no more than 10 minutes.

Cooking:

Boil potatoes, carrots, eggs. Prepare a jar of canned food, drain the liquid from it and lightly top it with a fork. Today we use saury.
When the food has cooled, grate potatoes, carrots and egg white on a coarse grater.
Grate the egg yolk on a fine grater.
Put half of the potatoes in the prepared salad bowl. Next - a layer of fish, then pour a little fish juice evenly over the entire area.
Cover the fish with the remaining half of the potatoes.
Grease a layer of potatoes with mayonnaise.
Now it's the turn of the carrots. Made a layer, lightly salt.
Then protein, and again lightly salt.
Another layer of mayonnaise.
Now it's time for the decoration. In the simplest version, a layer of yolk is placed on top.
But if you want to decorate the salad in an original way, turn on your imagination. For example, you can decorate it with Christmas decorations from vegetables of different colors, pomegranate seeds and fresh herbs.

Salad with canned tuna and french fries

Unfortunately, this salad does not have its own brand name, but it is definitely worth cooking. Because it meets all the high requirements of cooking for the New Year!

It is beautiful in design, it is delicious, and the Fire Rooster will definitely like it! Of this I assure you.

We will need:

canned tuna - 2 cans
eggs - 2 pcs
potatoes - 4-5 pieces
carrots - 1 pc (large)
onion - 1 pc (small)
canned peas - 0.5 cans
lemon - 0.5 pcs
lettuce leaves or greens - for decoration
salt, ground black pepper - to taste
vegetable oil for frying
vinegar - 1-1.5 tsp each

As you can see, this composition of products is as simple as two or two. You don't even need to buy anything special. All products are quite affordable, and almost everyone has them in the refrigerator. Is that not everyone can have tuna, well, it doesn’t matter. You can buy it without any problems in any store.

Preparing such a salad is also easy, simple and fast enough. Even those who have never cooked anything will cope with its preparation.

Cooking:

1. Grate carrots for Korean carrots. And salt it a little. Try. Carrots should be salty, but not oversalted. Mix and squeeze a little. Pepper on top. Leave for 1 hour so that the carrots are well salted.

2. Cut the onion into half rings.

In 0.5 cups of cold boiled water, add a little vinegar to taste. You can add 1 teaspoon, or 1.5.

If acidic foods are contraindicated for you, then simply cut the onion into small cubes and pour water over it to release bitterness.

Leave the onion to marinate for 1 hour.

3. During this time, let's cook potatoes. It must be cleaned, then cut into two halves. Cut each half into elongated triangles - slices, preferably of the same size and thickness. Cut it in such a way that it looks beautiful. When everything is beautifully prepared, then the salad as a whole will look beautiful and appetizing.

4. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, and preferably into a cauldron. Warm it up to a bluish haze. And fry the potatoes in it in small portions. Each serving will fry for 10-15 minutes, depending on how thick the potatoes you cut.

In the process of frying, the potatoes should be periodically stirred with a slotted spoon. This is necessary so that it is fried evenly and covered on all sides with a beautiful fried crust.

If desired, peeled potatoes can be boiled first, and then cut and fried.

But I prefer the first option. I find these potatoes to be delicious!

5. In both cases, the fried potatoes must be removed with a slotted spoon, allowed to drain a little oil and then put on paper towels. To prevent excess oil from getting into the salad.

6. Allow the potatoes to cool.

7. Boil eggs, let cool and cut into cubes.

8. Taste carrots. It should be moderately salty. If you suddenly over-salted, then rinse it under cold water, and then fold it into a colander so that the water is glass. In this case, you will need to add a little pepper.

9. Throw the onion in a colander, let the water drain. Cut it into small cubes.

10. Now we begin to collect the salad in a dish or a large flat plate. Namely, in such dishes we will form our beauty! To keep everything in sight!

11. Put lettuce leaves on a plate. If you decorate the salad with dill and parsley, then you can first form it, and then decorate it.

12. From jars with tuna, it is necessary to drain the liquid component into a separate bowl. It will be useful to us later. Put the tuna on a separate plate and lightly crush with a fork.

13. From the jar of canned peas, you must also drain all the liquid.

14. Start putting all the ingredients on the plate in layers, but in a kind of chaotic mess.

15. Our task is to lay out all the products in such a way as to form a slide, and so that all the ingredients are clearly visible.

16. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into the juice from the fish. Mix. Drizzle the resulting sauce over the salad.

You can also add mayonnaise to the sauce if you like it. The quantity can be varied. But I'm not a big fan of mayonnaise. Salad without mayonnaise is less high-calorie and very tender, with a pleasant slightly sour taste.

17. Decorate as fantasy tells.

18. Put in the refrigerator. Let stand for 30-40 minutes so that all the ingredients are soaked in the sauce and cool slightly.

19. Eat with pleasure.

Salad "Capercaillie's Nest"

Very beautiful and very tasty holiday option! Will not leave anyone indifferent! I think that no one would refuse such a warm and cozy nest. Here you immediately have a nest and a composition of products corresponding to the coming Year.

We will need:

boiled beef or veal - 350-400 gr
raw potatoes - 2-3 pcs
eggs - 7 pcs
pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs
champignon mushrooms, or any other, marinated - 200 gr
green peas - 100 gr
cheese - 70 gr
mayonnaise -6-7 tbsp. spoons
garlic - 1 clove
salt - to taste
sunflower oil - for frying potatoes
lettuce, dill, parsley - for decoration
ground black pepper - optional and to taste
cherry tomatoes -3-4 pieces for decoration

The recipe also uses pancakes. They will need to bake 2-3 pieces.

For pancakes:

flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
milk - 100 ml
egg - 1 pc.
sugar - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon
soda - on the tip of a knife
salt - a pinch

As you can see, no chicken. But there are pickled mushrooms, salted cucumbers. And we even baked pancakes especially for the coming Year of the Rooster!

Preparation:

1. Get the dough for pancakes. Let it stand for 30 minutes so that all the ingredients are combined.

2. Fry 2-3 thin pancakes.

3. Cool the hot pancakes a little, fold in half and roll into a tube. Then cool completely. How cool to cut, how to cut the roll, thin circles. Then the pancake will roll out and you will get long narrow strips.

4. Cucumbers cut into thin strips.

5. You will also need to boil the meat in advance. Boil it over low heat. It is not necessary to salt throughout the entire cooking, so that the salt does not draw out all the delicious juice from the meat. Salt for 10 minutes before the end of cooking. Cool the cooked meat and cut into thin strips.

We try to cut all the ingredients approximately the same in thickness and length. Since we will build a nest from them, it is better to cut them in the form of twigs, that is, straws.

6. Eggs should be boiled and also cooled. Then separate the whites from the yolks. Squirrels cut into thin strips.

7. We also need mushrooms. We use pickled mushrooms. Usually everyone uses champignons, and they are no worse in a salad than the rest. So, we also cut the mushrooms into strips, to match other products.

8. Another important step in preparation is to prepare a blank for the nest itself. And we will build a nest from fried potatoes.

To do this, cut raw potatoes into very thin strips. Sometimes it is recommended to grate potatoes for Korean carrots.

9. When the potatoes are cut, they must be fried. To do this, heat the oil in a cauldron or frying pan, and placing the potatoes there in small portions, fry, stirring constantly.

10. In a large bowl, combine chopped cucumbers, meat, mushrooms, egg whites and pancakes. There also add canned green peas, from which the brine was carefully drained.

11. Add mayonnaise. If you don’t really like mayonnaise, then add sour cream, or sour cream and mayonnaise 50 to 50%.

12. Mix everything gently. Try to see if there is enough salt. We have pickles, mushrooms, meat, green peas and mayonnaise. Therefore, I no longer salt anything. You can add one or two pinches of black ground pepper for piquancy.

13. Now we need to make eggs for the nest. Let's make them beautiful and appetizing.

14. Grate hard cheese on a fine grater, I use Russian. Chop garlic and mix with mayonnaise. Put some mayonnaise in a small bowl. Dip the yolk in mayonnaise and roll in the cheese-garlic mixture.

Put on a separate plate and put for the time being, until the time in the refrigerator. Now that we have prepared everything, we can begin to create our culinary masterpiece.

Salad "Capercaillie's Nest" - how to decorate and decorate

To make the salad look most impressive, it is better to spread it on a large flat dish. Then it will look exactly like a nest. Only prettier and brighter. If the real nest is discreet, disguised as tree branches. That is our "nest" - bright, flashy, just right for any holiday!

1. Put lettuce leaves on a large flat dish or plate.

2. Put the ingredients mixed with mayonnaise on the leaves in the form of a small hill. We make a small depression in the center where we will put the eggs.

3. We cover the entire surface of the laid out ingredients with french fries. Do not forget the edges, laying them on them, lightly press the potatoes so that they do not fall.

That's what a beautiful and cozy "nest" we got.

4. In the center where we formed the bowl, carefully place the eggs. Spread sprigs of dill or parsley around them. Or both together. We also decorate the gaps between lettuce leaves with sprigs.

5. Now you need to let the salad brew so that all the ingredients are saturated with each other's juice and aroma and mayonnaise. To do this, put the salad in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

6. Remove the finished salad from the refrigerator, decorate with halves of cherry tomatoes and put on the festive table. Be sure to let you enjoy the view of our beautiful culinary masterpiece. And eat healthy!

Salad "Roses for a Beloved"

Do not look that the name of the salad is not New Year's at all. It is always a pleasure to receive roses from a loved one, even in winter, even in summer! And even more so beautiful!

This salad is similar to the previous one in that we prepare the same roses from freshly baked pancakes. To make roses red, cut pancakes will need to be dyed red with beet juice.

This salad has one feature that will not be forgotten if you decide to cook it. In the original, it is prepared from chicken fillet. Therefore, we will cook it unconventionally, we will replace chicken with meat, or smoked sausage, or brisket. You can use boiled tongue, or even take a little bit of everything.

We will need:

boiled breast 300-400 gr. (unconditionally replace with boiled or smoked meat)
boiled potatoes 3-4 pieces
boiled carrots 2 pieces (medium)
2 pickled cucumbers
half a can of green peas
a bunch of green onions
bunch of greens
mayonnaise to taste

For pancakes:

We will need:

2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
salt on the tip of a knife
1/3 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons flour
100 ml. milk
1 clove of garlic

As you can see, the composition of the products is also quite simple. And what a beauty! So take note of this salad, especially if you have never cooked it!

Cooking

Pancakes for Roses:

1. Mix eggs with sugar.

2. Add salt and soda to the flour, mix.

3. Combine flour with a mixture of eggs and sugar.

4. Slowly stir in the milk.

5. Let stand for a while to disperse the lumps.

6. Bake 4 thin pancakes.

7. While the pancakes are warm, grease them on one side with mayonnaise, adding finely chopped garlic to it in advance.

8. Tightly roll the pancakes with a roll, greased side inward.

9. Let cool, then cut into pieces of about 1 cm. Small, rolled rolls are obtained.

Cooking salad "Roses for a loved one"

Now let's start laying out the salad. We take a salad bowl with high sides and line it with cling film.

1. We spread the cut rolls - “roses” on the bottom and on the sides.

2. Finely chop the potatoes into cubes and mix with mayonnaise.

3. We take 2/3 of the potatoes and put them on top of the "roses". We crush a little with our hands and coat with mayonnaise.

4. Cut carrots, pickled cucumbers, chicken into small cubes. Cut green onions as usual for salad.

5. Lay out everything in layers in this sequence - chicken breast, cucumbers, green peas, carrots, green onions and the remaining potatoes.

6. Salt each layer as needed and to taste, coat with mayonnaise as much as you like, but it’s better not to overdo it, otherwise sometimes they put so much mayonnaise in the salad that the taste of other products is not even felt.

7. Cover with cling film on top and put in the refrigerator for 12 hours. Let it now insist and gain strength.

When you serve the salad on the table, take a large flat plate or dish. Peel off the top film. Place a flat plate on a salad bowl and simply turn over. Remove the film from the "roses" and decorate the edge of the plate with finely chopped greens and the remaining onion. That's it, your salad "Roses for a Beloved" is ready! Beautiful and delicious! May your loved one be happy.

The next few salads are based on chicken fillet. But do not be tempted, resolutely change it for meat.

Salad "Pomegranate bracelet" with walnut

This is another favorite salad for the holiday. And of course, it is very often cooked on the New Year's table! And this year they will cook it all the more, because it contains pomegranates. Which, both in color and in taste, strongly recommends the upcoming Year of the Rooster!

What do we need for this:

chicken fillet - 350 gr. (change to boiled meat)
carrots - 3 pieces
potatoes - 3 pieces
beets - 3 pieces
onion - 1 piece
egg - 2-3 pieces
pomegranate - 1 piece
walnuts - 100 gr.
mayonnaise - to taste
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon

Cooking.

1. Pour eggs with cold water, if they are from the refrigerator, let stand for 20-30 minutes. Then add half a tablespoon of salt and boil for 8 minutes. Drain hot water, put under the tap under cold water, let the water run a little. Then pour cold water, and leave the eggs in the water for a while so that they are better cleaned.

2. Boil potatoes and carrots. Potatoes will cook for 30 minutes, carrots a little faster.

3. Beets can also be boiled, but to make it faster, I boiled the beets in the microwave. To do this, pour a glass of water into a special glass container for the microwave. Wash the beets thoroughly, pierce in several places with a fork, put in a container with water, cover with a lid. Put on the "Vegetables" mode for 8-10 minutes. Then turn the beets on the other side, and repeat the procedure.

4. Wash chicken fillet, put in water and boil in salted water for 25-30 minutes. Then take it out, put it on a plate so that the liquid is glassed, and the chicken dries. It will be necessary to remove the skin from the fillet and cut it into thin strips, or you can also cubes. Who likes it better.

5. Finely chop the onion, pour a spoonful of oil into the pan and fry it until golden brown. Then pour half a glass of boiled water, and without reducing the heat, let the water boil, stirring the onion occasionally. Once all the water has boiled off and you see the onions begin to fry again, turn off the gas, cover the onion with a lid, and leave it like that. Water and then a closed lid will help our onions not crunch on our teeth when we eat salad.

6. Pour the nuts into a deep bowl and crush with a crush. You can also grind in a blender, but it will take longer to wash and clean it. The pusher can be used to quickly crush the ceiling, and the size of the resulting crumb can be better controlled. The crumb should not be very small, so that it would be nice to nibble on a nut when it hits your tooth in a salad.

7. When the vegetables have cooled, they must be rubbed on a coarse grater. All in separate bowls. Peel the pomegranate and sort into grains.

8. We do all of the above actions in parallel, and after 50-60 minutes, we have all the ingredients ready. Now we prepare mayonnaise, salt and pepper. As well as a large flat plate and a glass. Everything, now we are ready for creativity, we will create our salad and put into it the most basic component - our Soul!

9. Place an inverted glass in the center of a flat plate. We spread the first layer around it in a circle - chicken (meat). On top of this layer we make a thin mayonnaise mesh. In order for the mesh to be thin, you must first remove the mayonnaise from the refrigerator, it will warm up a little, and will be squeezed out in a thin stream. It is necessary that all layers are saturated with mayonnaise.

10. On top of the meat (chicken) is the next layer - carrots. When you put it out, salt and pepper to taste.

11. Now it's time for nuts. They need to lay out only half, the rest will still be useful to us. Now another layer of mayonnaise. Yes, a mesh would be just right here.

12. Mayonnaise is done. Now lay out the potatoes. It must be salted and peppered to taste. and of course, also grease with mayonnaise.

13. Next, lay out a little less than half of the beets, lightly salt.

14. Put the fried onions on top of the beets, slowly evenly shifting it down. And the rest of the nuts. Again, you will have to suffer and smear mayonnaise on naughty nuts. But you be more careful, take out the mayonnaise in advance, then you will just draw a mesh and that's it.

15. So what else do we have left - eggs! We spread them, do not forget to salt. Good thing you don't need mayonnaise.

16. Spread the remaining beets, distribute them well throughout the circle. Now lay out the last layer of mayonnaise. It should not be too much and too little. If there is too much of it, then the most important decoration in the form of pomegranate seeds will sink in it, and if it is not enough, then they will not hold and fall off. Therefore, grease a little first, put a few grains, if it holds well, then mayonnaise is enough.

17. Well, as you already understood, the last layer is pomegranate seeds. If there is time, then they can be laid out in even rows, grain to grain. And if not, then just take a little grains in the palm of your hand and distribute over the entire surface of the salad.

18. When finished, carefully remove the glass. You can leave the inner circle in such a way that the layers can be seen. But in the correct version, this part must also be greased with mayonnaise and covered with pomegranate seeds. A bracelet is a bracelet.

19. Now that our salad is assembled and stands in all its splendor, the temptation is great to eat it right away. But there is no need to hurry. The salad should still be infused for at least 8 hours. He needs to be well nourished. Therefore, we put it in the refrigerator for this time. We spent two hours preparing it, we will wait another 8 for it to reach its readiness!

The "Garnet Bracelet" is quite worthy of our attention, and we put a big thick checkmark in front of this recipe!

Salad "Mushroom glade"

This salad is like in a fairy tale about 12 months. It is as if it is winter outside, but then the month of August hit the ground with his staff, and a family of mushrooms grew on a lawn covered with green grass.

This is such a small hello from the summer. For its preparation we use whole pickled mushrooms. For this we take either champignons or mushrooms.

We will need:

chicken breast - 1 pc (replace with meat)
potatoes - 3 pcs
carrots - 1 pc.
hard cheese - 150 gr
eggs - 2 pcs
pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs
fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
marinated champignons - 1 bank
pickled mushrooms - 150 gr
mayonnaise - to taste
dill - bunch
salt - to taste
vegetable oil - for greasing the salad bowl

Food preparation:

1. Boil the meat. Then take it out and put it on a plate so that all the juice drains from it.

2. Boil potatoes, carrots and eggs.

3. When the vegetables have cooled, grate potatoes and carrots on a coarse grater.

4. Either grate the eggs too, or cut them into small cubes on an egg cutter.

5. Grate pickled cucumbers for Korean carrots, or cut into very small strips.

6. Cheese also rub on a grater.

7. Cut the meat into medium-sized strips.

8. Finely chop the dill.

9. Put the champignons out of the jar into a colander so that all the water is glassed from them.

10. Prepare a deep salad bowl, grease it with vegetable oil and line the inside with cling film so that long edges remain. We cover our salad with them.

Cooking:

Now that everything is ready, and we have not forgotten anything, we begin to create our masterpiece.

1. We choose champignons and form mushrooms directly in the clearing. We spread them with their hats down directly on the film, you can put larger mushrooms in the center, and smaller ones towards the edges. In general, as your fantasy tells you.

2. The next layer we have is greenery, this is the same mushroom clearing.

3. Then cheese, eggs. Salt the eggs lightly and grease this layer with mayonnaise. Who loves more mayonnaise, someone less, so add it to your liking.

4. Now we will go carrots, and then meat. We also grease this layer with mayonnaise.

5. Then add pickled cucumbers and potatoes, which we also salt and grease with mayonnaise.

As you have noticed, we grease the ingredients with mayonnaise through the layer. I do this so that the salad is not too oily. But if you want, you can lubricate each layer with it!

This is the classic version so to speak. But I also add one layer between the carrots and the meat. I make this layer from canned mushrooms, which I collected in the summer in the forest and marinated.

6. If you also have such a cherished jar, then do not regret it, add finely chopped mushrooms to the salad. The taste of the salad will be just amazing. Any mushrooms will do - both porcini, and boletus, and honey mushrooms, and mushrooms. Today I add mushrooms to the salad.

Well, if there is no such jar, it doesn’t matter ... add the remaining champignons, or just skip this layer. In principle, it will be so delicious!

One more nuance. If you are not a fan of mayonnaise, then the layers can be smeared with sour cream. And I like to mix sour cream with mayonnaise in a ratio of 50% to 50%, and grease the layers with such a mixture.

7. We cover the last layer with a film. And put in the refrigerator. Salad should be infused for at least 10 hours.

Instead of champignons, you can use mushrooms and the salad will then acquire a new beautiful look and a completely different taste. But I must tell you that this taste is not worse than the previous one.

Innings:

Before serving, prepare a large flat dish. Beautifully lay out green lettuce leaves on it.
Holding them with your hand, cover the salad bowl and turn over.
We cut slices of fresh cucumber and decorate the salad with it on the sides. You can add a little more dill or other herbs.
If you made a salad with mushrooms, then you can decorate the salad like that. Or as fantasy dictates.

Well, how do you like such a wonderful mushroom meadow ?! Beautiful, try it soon ... very tasty!

Salad "Sunflower" with chips and mushrooms

Another hello from summer! And this summer guest is also welcome and frequent on the New Year's table! He is loved for the original performance, the most delicate and refined taste. Just everything that the Red Rooster loves!

Also, as you know, the Rooster greatly appreciates simplicity and does not spend money in vain. In the composition of the products, everything is the simplest. But this doesn't hurt the salad at all. Ingredients are selected in strict accordance, they are balanced. Everything is perfectly combined, and "Sunflower" is obtained like no other!

We will need:

chicken breast - 300 gr (replace with boiled meat)
mushrooms - 300 gr
onion - 1 pc.
eggs - 5 pcs
cheese - 150 gr
olives - 0.5 cans
chips - 0.5 cans
mayonnaise - to taste
sour cream - to taste
vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. spoons
salt, ground black pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil chicken breast (meat) in lightly salted water. Cool, remove the skin if you are using an unfinished fillet, and cut into small cubes or small strips. Whoever wants.

2. The second main component is mushrooms. Today I have forest fresh mushrooms. These salads are the most delicious. In addition, such mushrooms also have a wonderful forest aroma, which is also important.

3. Mushrooms must be cleaned of forest debris. And also clean the leg by scraping it and removing the dark layer. Cut into large pieces. Then fill them with water and put to boil.

As the water boils, note the time and boil lightly with salt for 10 minutes. During this time, remove the foam.

4. Then we throw the mushrooms into a colander and let the water drain.

5. Onion - a small head, also cut into smaller cubes and fry in oil. Pour a couple of tablespoons of oil into the pan first, if not enough, then add another spoon.

6. Fry the onion until slightly golden, do not overcook. And immediately add the mushrooms. Reduce the heat and sauté the onion and mushrooms for 10 more minutes. Place on a flat plate to cool quickly. Then cut into small cubes.

7. Boil eggs until tender. Separate the whites from the yolks. Grate the whites on a coarse grater, and the yolks on the smallest. Try to choose eggs with a bright yolk for salad. Then the salad will look like a real sunflower - bright and colorful!

8. Grate cheese on a coarse or medium grater.

9. Olives cut into two halves. This will be the "seeds" of our sunflower.

10. Prepare mayonnaise and sour cream. You can make a salad only with mayonnaise. I will do 50 to 50, mixing sour cream and mayonnaise. So, the salad will turn out to be less high-calorie and more tasty, because two dressings are always better than one.

11. And finally, chips! The product is not very useful - but art requires sacrifice! To create such a culinary masterpiece - chips are needed. In the end, if you are completely against them, then when you eat, just put them aside. It's easy to make, the chips are not mixed with the salad. We will have such a decor, namely, sunflower petals.

Well, everything is ready, it remains to prepare only a large flat plate or dish. A salad does not fit on a small plate, I warn you right away, pay attention to this!

Cooking:

1. The first bottom layer we have is chicken fillet or meat. But before we put it on a dish, mix it with mayonnaise and sour cream in the bowl in which we have it.

This will allow each piece to soak in the sauce when the salad is infused. If you stir immediately on a dish, it will be ugly, smeared and smeared.

Therefore, we interfere with the meat with sauces on a separate plate, and then carefully lay it out in the dish on which we will serve. Pepper this layer a little to give the salad extra flavor and some piquancy.

2. Put the cooled mushrooms with onions in the next layer. We will not lubricate this layer with anything, it is already lubricated with us - with oil. If there is oil left in the plate on which the mushrooms lay, then it is not necessary to pour it out. Mushrooms and onions have already taken as much oil as they needed.

It is not necessary to press the layers. We spread the ingredients freely, as they fall. The layers will compact themselves while they are soaked, as they need to!

3. Then lay out the grated egg whites. We also grease this layer with sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions. Or just mayonnaise, if you are a fan of it.

By the way, you can prepare a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream in advance by mixing everything in a separate bowl. Stir not too much so that there is no leftover. It's always better to mix in extra.

And it is also very important not to abuse the lubrication. We have salad with mayonnaise, not mayonnaise with salad. Sometimes they put so much mayonnaise in the salad that the taste of nothing else is no longer felt. And the salad almost floats in it. Everything is good when everything is in moderation.

4. Put a layer of grated cheese on the proteins. It will also need to be slightly flavored with dressing.

5. Now, carefully, so as not to wrinkle, lay out the top layer of the egg yolk. Sometimes pickled corn is laid out with this last layer. But in this case, another layer of mayonnaise is applied to the corn.

I prefer the egg yolk, because in this case, additional lubrication can be dispensed with.

We try to distribute the egg yolk in such a way that it covers not only the upper part, but also the side walls.

6. Spread the olives cut into halves in a circle. These are our "seeds" of a sunflower, so we arrange them in the appropriate order. Press down on each half to make sure it stays in place.

And this is our last layer. We will include chips in the salad just before serving. Otherwise, they will soften ahead of time and will not be crispy.

I do not salt any of the lettuce layers. Chicken breast and mushrooms were boiled in salt water. Salt is present in mayonnaise and chips. And in chips it is even more than it should be. I only slightly peppered the layer with chicken meat and that's it.

But I advise you to try the mushroom layer and the layer with chicken meat. If boiled, and there is not enough salt, then the layers should be salted to taste.

7. Put the salad in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, but 4 hours is better. During this time, the layers will be well saturated with dressing, infuse and cool slightly.

Since we did not press the layers, the salad will turn out tender and airy. Since we did not use a lot of mayonnaise, it will not be fatty and high in calories with us.

It would seem that all these are trifles, but the taste of the dish just depends on these trifles. That is exactly what we are trying so hard for! After all, we are preparing a salad for our most beloved and close people. Therefore, do not neglect the details, they are very important!

8. Before serving the salad on the table, make petals from chips. The salad immediately changed, became so beautiful and inviting! That's all ... We serve it on the table, put the chips on portioned plates, and salad on them. It is best to cut the salad into triangles, as we cut the cake. And we also serve it like a cake. To keep all layers saved.

New Year's salad "Santa Claus"

Everyone - both adults and children are waiting for miracles from the New Year. And who can perform these miracles. Of course Santa Claus! Therefore, we will prepare a salad in the form of its image! He will please everyone without exception.

We will need:

crab sticks - 200 gr
red fish (salted or smoked) - 200 gr
rice - 1 cup
hard cheese - 100 gr
tomatoes - 1 pc.
Bulgarian pepper (red) - 1 pc.
carrots, peppercorns, dill - for decoration
mayonnaise - to taste

Cooking:

1. Boil rice in salted water and cool it.

2. Finely chop the crab sticks. Leave a little for decoration.

3. Cut the tomatoes and red bell pepper into cubes.

4. Forming a figure of Santa Claus on a large flat plate, lay out the first layer of rice. Press lightly with your hands. Leave some rice to decorate the coat.

Spread the layer with mayonnaise.

5. The second layer will be crab meat. Put it on top of the first layer and also lightly press with your hands.

This layer must also be smeared with mayonnaise.

6. Put the tomatoes and bell peppers in the next layer. Where the face of Santa Claus will be, leave a free space.

Spread this layer with mayonnaise too.

7. Cut a small square out of the cheese. It will be an impromptu gift bag. Rub the rest of the cheese on a fine grater.

8. Put a piece of cheese where we left a place for the face.

9. Salted or smoked red fish (trout, salmon, pink salmon) cut into long thin plates. Put on top of all layers, forming a fur coat and Santa Claus hat.

10. Decorate the figure of Santa Claus and the salad. Lay out the edge of the fur coat and hat with rice. Make a beard out of cheese. Make eyes out of black peppercorns. Cut out the nose and mouth from a piece of carrot. Cheeks can be made by smearing them with beetroot juice.

11. Decorate a bag with gifts with ribbons of crab sticks. Staff to make using them.

12. In the background, arrange a forest of dill sprigs.

By the way, the same salad can be arranged in another beautiful way, in the form of a starfish. It also looks very nice. And to put this on the festive table is quite appropriate!

Here he is so handsome!

Seafood salad "Sea caprice"

We will need:

shrimp (tiger) - 10 pcs
squid - 200 gr
mussels without shells - 200 gr
sea scallops - 200 gr
olive oil - 100 gr
garlic - 1 clove
rosemary - 1-2 sprigs
thyme - 1 sprig
dill - 3 sprigs
lettuce leaves -150-200 gr

For sauce:

balsamic vinegar -120 ml.
sugar - 2.5 tbsp. spoons
olive oil - 60 ml.

Cooking:

1. Let's start by making the sauce. Evaporate the balsamic vinegar in a pan until it reduces in volume by 4 times. Add sugar. Let cool. Add olive oil.

3. In a separate pan, fry seafood in oil along with garlic, rosemary, thyme and dill. Fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.

4. Let cool.

5. Put lettuce leaves on a large flat dish. Put seafood on them and pour over the sauce.

That's all! The salad is prepared quickly, but it turns out tasty and low-calorie. In addition, it is also quite consistent with the wishes of the menu.

Well, it's time to move on to the main dishes.

Duck with apples and prunes "New Year's Tale"

We will need:

duck - 1.5 kg
sweet and sour apples - 3-4 pcs
prunes - 250 gr
sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon
thyme - 1 sprig
salt, ground black pepper - to taste

For gravy:

chicken broth - 2 cups
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon
vodka - 15 ml.
red currant jelly - 1 tbsp. spoon

Cooking:

1. Rinse the duck, drain and pat dry with a paper towel. Rub it with salt and pepper. Let stand 1 hour.

2. Rinse prunes with water and scald with boiling water, then drain the water. Cut apples into small pieces. Combine with prunes. Add sugar and thyme.

3. Fill duck with stuffing. Fasten with toothpicks. Pierce the skin in several places.

4. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Lay the duck breast side down on a baking sheet. Bake for 1-1.5 hours, depending on the size of the duck and the characteristics of the oven.

5. Get the duck. Drain the evaporated fat from the pan. Pour it into a pan, put on fire. Add flour, mix, fry until lightly thickened. Add vodka, stir. Then add broth and jelly.

6. Simmer the gravy over low heat until it thickens.

7. Divide the duck into portions. Arrange nicely on a platter and top with gravy.

8. Decorate with fresh herbs, tomatoes and apples.

According to the same recipe, duck can be cooked without gravy. In this case, when ready, just take it out, put it on a dish and decorate it, as fantasy tells.

But I will say right away that with gravy the duck turns out much tastier. And what is important, she does not have her specific smell at all. The dish itself is chic and truly festive.

By the way, you can also cook duck for Christmas!

Beef Wellington is a classic English dish.

This amazing recipe caught my eye recently. This is the recipe of the famous British chef of the world scale Gordon Ramsay.And for the New Year, this dish will be just a real culinary masterpiece!

This dish is not prepared quickly. It will take 2 hours to cook it.

We will need (for 8 servings):

fresh beef tenderloin - 700 gr
champignons - 400 gr
dry porcini mushrooms -50 gr
onion - 1 head (small)
puff pastry - 250 gr
thyme - 1 sprig
salt, pepper - to taste
egg yolk - for brushing

Cooking:

1. Rinse and dry the meat thoroughly. Cut films.

2. Fry in a hot pan until a crust forms.

3. Pour boiling water over dry porcini mushrooms and soak for 15 minutes. Cut mushrooms into small pieces. Drain water from porcini mushrooms and chop them as well.

4. Cut the onion into small cubes. Fry mushrooms with onions in a pan, adding a sprig of thyme. Fry until done.

5. Then we transfer to a blender and grind, but so that the mushrooms are not in a puree state.

6. Roll out the dough with a thickness of 3-4 mm. Put some mushrooms on it. Salt and pepper the meat and put it on top of the mushrooms. Spread the mushrooms and onions in an even layer around the meat.

7. Seal the edges of the dough very carefully so that the juice does not leak out. It should soak the meat during the cooking process. Place on a baking sheet seam side down. Lubricate with egg yolk.

8. Bake until the dough is golden. Approximately 35-45 minutes. To determine the readiness of meat, professionals use a thermometer to measure the temperature of meat, it should be 50 degrees (degree of readiness - "medium rear" - with blood).

9. We take out the Wellington meat from the oven, let it cool and rest for 10 minutes.

10. Serve, cut into portions.

Sauce can also be served separately. Usually bechamel sauce is prepared with beef with the addition of fried bacon.

vegetable oil - 50 ml

greens - bunch

spices - thyme, rosemary, paprika

salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Cut the meat so that a rectangular flat layer is obtained. Beat it, salt, season with spices. Rub everything over the surface. Pour the oil into your hands and spread it over the meat.

2. Cut the bacon as thin as possible. Lay it on top of the meat and brush with mustard. Leave for 30 minutes.

3. Boil sausages until tender, cool.

4. Cut cucumbers and peppers into long strips.

5. Put sausages and chopped cucumbers with pepper on the meat.

6. Roll up the meat. Tie with kitchen string.

7. Grease a deep baking dish with oil. Put a roll in it. Top with meat broth and dry white wine.

8. Cover the form with foil. Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes. Water the roll with juice every 15 minutes.

9. Remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes. The roll should be covered with a beautiful golden brown.

The roll turns out very tasty and looks festive. Therefore, it will be very good on the New Year's table!

Pork - accordion "New Year's accordion"

This dish is very popular to prepare for the holidays, because it is not difficult to prepare it. And it turns out very tasty, and no less beautiful. Therefore, it will decorate any table.

We will need:

pork (loin or shoulder) -500 gr
hard cheese - 200 gr
tomatoes - 2 pcs
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons
mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon
salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Wash the meat, drain and pat dry with a paper towel.

2. Mix mayonnaise and mustard, salt and pepper.

3. Coat the pork, put in a container, close the lid and refrigerate for 5-6 hours.

4. Cut the cheese into slices. Slices of tomatoes.

5. In the pork, make transverse cuts every centimeter. We don’t cut it to the end, we leave the meat in such a way that it resembles an accordion.

6. Insert a piece of cheese and a circle of tomato into each cut. Wrap meat in foil.

7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay the meat in foil on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour.

8. Remove the foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes until the meat is browned.

For decoration, we make potato mushrooms.

Wash small potatoes thoroughly with a brush. Let dry. Make a deep cut in the middle of the potato.

The upper part will be our hat, and we will cut out the leg from the lower part. Lubricate the "mushrooms" with oil and roll the lower part of the leg with some dry herbs.

Bake in the oven until done.

Sturgeon baked in the New Year's oven

If you managed to buy a sturgeon, then your New Year's table will be truly royal. After all, sturgeons used to be served only at royal feasts. Baking sturgeon is not difficult at all, at least not more difficult than any other fish.

We will need:

sturgeon - 3-4 kg
cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs
cucumbers -2-3 pieces
olives - 10-15 pcs
cranberries - 0.5 cups
lemon - 2 pcs
lettuce leaves - 400 gr
dry white wine - 150 ml
vegetable oil - for lubrication
salt, pepper to taste

Cooking:

1. Peel the sturgeon from the insides and rinse thoroughly. Dry with paper towels.

2. Rub with salt and pepper inside and out. Then sprinkle with lemon juice inside and out. Lubricate with vegetable oil and let lie down for 20-30 minutes.

3. Line a baking sheet with foil so that hanging edges remain. We will wrap the fish with them. It is best to make 2-3 layers of foil, so it will definitely not tear and all the juice will remain inside.

Lubricate the sturgeon with oil.

4. Put the fish on foil, pour wine on top and carefully seal. We send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees.

5. Bake for 20 minutes. Then open the foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes until a beautiful golden crust forms.

6. Carefully lay out the finished sturgeon on a large flat dish, and decorate with tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, olives, cranberries and lemon. And also decorate the head and tail with mayonnaise or sour cream.

Such a baked fish served at the festive table will amaze the imagination of all those present, and certainly will not leave anyone indifferent.

But if it was not possible to buy a sturgeon, then it does not matter. There are many other delicious fish that can also be baked in the oven.

Fish in batter "Delightful"

This fish can be served both hot and cold. And believe me, despite the abundance of dishes and snacks, such a fish will fly apart just once or twice.

We will need:

fish (any) - 1 kg
lemon - 1 piece
salt, pepper - to taste
vegetable oil - for frying

For test:

light beer - 1 glass
egg - 1 pc.
sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon
flour

Cooking:

1. Separate the fish from the bones or use a ready-made fish fillet. Drizzle with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the dough. Mix beer, egg, sour cream. Slowly add flour, stirring the contents. The dough should be quite thick and should not drip when you dip the fish in it.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish in batter.

The dish has its name for a reason. The fish is truly amazing. And it's really easy to prepare!

salt - a pinch

green food coloring

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

flour - 3 cups
water - 2 glasses
sugar - 1.5-2 cups
cocoa - 6 tbsp. spoons
vegetable oil -3-4 tbsp. spoons
vinegar - 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons
soda -2 tsp
salt - 1 teaspoon
vanilla sugar - 2 teaspoons

Stuffing, decoration:

strawberry
M&Mdens dragee packaging

Cooking:

2. Add milk, first 5 tablespoons, beat, and gradually add more to achieve the desired cream consistency. Beat the finished mass for 5-7 minutes.

3. For cupcakes, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in the vinegar, mix with a fork. Then butter, and mix again with a fork. No need to beat!

5. Pour in water and continue whisking with a fork until smooth. Don't whip!

6. Put the dough into molds and bake for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

7. Now let's decorate. Lubricate the cupcake with cream and place a berry in the center so that it stands steadily.

8. Put the cream in a pastry bag with the smallest star-shaped nozzle.

We arrange the branches in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the bottom row.

10. We decorate Christmas trees with dragees and asterisks-cookies.

Such a dessert is enjoyed by both adults and children. It is very tasty and, without a doubt, New Year's Eve! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

Well, the last topic is drinks! What is the New Year without drinks. But we remember from the article about the characteristics of the Fire Sign of the Coming Year that one must be very careful with alcohol! The rooster is still a bully and a bully, if he goes over it, then he might start bullying everyone! Therefore, it is desirable to have Champagne and wine on the table, but you need to be more careful with stronger drinks.

But cocktails are quite welcome. Moreover, the word "cocktail" in French means "cock's tail." So the cocktail will just be on topic!

Cocktail "Homemade Baileys"

We will need:

egg yolks - 5 pieces
sugar - 1 cup
sweetened condensed milk - 1 can
vodka - 200 ml
instant coffee - 1 tbsp. spoon

Cooking:

1. Only fresh eggs are needed to make a cocktail. Wash them with soap and dry with a paper towel. Separate the yolks from the whites.

2. Grind the yolks with sugar. Blend with condensed milk.

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Home Baileys is ready! You can't tell from the real one! Yes, and it is made only from natural ingredients!

Cocktail "Royal Delight"

We will need:

blackcurrant liqueur - 10 ml
dry champagne - 100 ml
ice

In the absence of blackcurrant liqueur, it can be replaced with any other berry liqueur.

Cooking:

Pour liqueur into a champagne glass. Then pour champagne. Garnish the rim of the glass with a strawberry or orange slice. You can add ice cubes.

We all had adult cocktails. But you also need to prepare a delicious children's cocktail. And I have one in mind.

Children's cocktail "Morozko"

We will need:

three different types of ice cream
cream
mineral water
sugar
lemon juice

Cooking:

1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip in sugar so that the edge of the glass turns out to be slightly “snowy”.

2. Gently put 1 full tablespoon of different ice cream into a glass. You can use vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, pistachio. The main thing is that each of them has its own taste.

3. Pour up to half a glass of cream. Mix gently with a spoon.

4. Add mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. A foam should form.

Children love this cocktail. So be prepared for them to ask for extras too!

As you can see, there are quite a lot of ideas for the New Year's menu! But after all, a lot is not a little! It's always good to have a choice. And in today's material you can choose a recipe for every taste. There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and even cocktails.

All recipes are tested and should not let you down! And it remains for me to wish you good mood!

Happy New Year! And may your holiday table be the best!

New Year holidays are one of the most beloved among Russians, and are a symbol and hope for a happy and satisfying life in the coming year. Almost everyone knows about the belief that all grievances and hardships go away along with problems, and in the new year there will be only happy days, but what to cook for the new year 2017?

Any housewife prepares for the holiday in advance, buying food that can be stored in the freezer or stock locker, because on the eve of the holidays everything becomes quite expensive. Of course, a menu is also planned, or rather a list of dishes that will be served. Well, in this article we will try to tell you how to do it right, what to cook on the table, we will give examples with recipes and photos, so that you will be ready for the holidays, and you are sure what to cook.

The correct menu and table and room decoration must be approached with special responsibility, because you need to take into account the preferences of relatives, invited guests and the features of the upcoming symbol of the year, and what salads to cook, what to include from the snacks on the menu?

Rooster by temperament, the bird is interesting and unusual, active, sociable and very expressive. Symbolizes vital energy and an increase in personal growth in the eastern calendar. Therefore, in the New 2017, expect career growth. Well, according to tradition, the design of the festive table must be approached unusually and creatively.

The rooster is far from being greedy, moderately economical, so you should not make the table burst with treats in the Caucasian manner, so that it is impossible to put an extra plate of treats, try to make sure that everything is in moderation. But how do you know what to cook for the new 2017 year of the rooster?

There must certainly be a treat for the animal on the table - put a beautiful and bright plate with grain. The symbol of the year will also be grateful for sweet dishes, but when decorating the table, it is recommended to use decorative wooden utensils and earthenware.

Approximate menu plan for the New Year's holiday table

As in any holiday menu and feast, the plan should include dishes such as:

Soft drinks and alcohol, mineral water;
Snacks and salads;
Second courses - meat or fish (not poultry) with a side dish;
Meat, vegetable, cheese and fish cuts;
Dessert - cake, pastries and ice cream;
Fruits.

There is no unequivocal advice on not preparing poultry dishes for the New Year's table, but their presence is undesirable. Use fish and seafood, red meat.

It is desirable to prepare a vegetable side dish, it can be potatoes in any form, vegetable mixtures, which are considered the natural food of the symbol of the year.

As for snacks, the brighter and more attractive, the better for a feast, and salads, at least one must be laid out in the form of a rooster or chicken. What snacks and salads to cook for the new year 2017 you will find out below.

A few words about drinks

In my opinion, not a single Russian holiday is complete without alcoholic beverages of various strengths. Well, this year it is recommended to serve only the best, ideally cooked with good raw materials, to the table. And of course, under the chiming clock and the speech of the first person in the country - a traditional glass of champagne.

What can be cooked at home?

In early November, you can prepare a nut liquor with a mild and at the same time tart taste and a pleasant viscosity of the drink.

You will need: An ordinary bottle of good quality vodka, pine nuts or walnuts - a glass, and 100g. granulated sugar. It is enough to mix all the ingredients and put until the main night of the year in a cool place so that the liquor is infused. The strength can be adjusted by adding boiled water.

Hot dishes for the New Year's holiday table

During the feast, hot dishes are served as main dishes, and you should try to cook them this year so that the colors of the symbol appear in each. For example, in salads, it is preferable to use bright red, yellow and green vegetables, and meat and fish should be crispy and golden brown, and after the holidays, show off photos by posting them on your favorite forum.

It is recommended to prepare light, but at the same time hearty and tasty hot dishes. As a side dish, the ideal option is potatoes, and to it red fish or meat. We bring to your attention three of the most delicious recipes for what is delicious to cook for the new year from hot:

Oven-baked pink salmon on a vegetable pillow

Ingredients:

Pink salmon;
Spices for fish - a teaspoon;
Carrots - 3 pcs.;
Tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
Lemon - 1 pc.;
Mayonnaise - 150 gr.;
Onion - 2 pcs.
A little sunflower oil.

Cooking:

Defrost the fish before cooking, but not completely, this will facilitate its cutting into portioned pieces. Moreover, you need to bake it in portions, plus a few extra pieces - in case of additions or visiting guests.
We put the pieces of fish in a large bowl, add the spices for the fish, add a little salt, and add the citrus juice.
We grease the baking sheet with oil, and put thick onion rings on it with the first layer. We apply a mayonnaise net on it.
Next, a layer of peeled and cut into long strips of carrots, which you need to add a little and season with pepper, and also grease with mayonnaise.
We spread the pieces of fish, on top of which thick rings of tomatoes are added, and we coat the top layer with the remaining mayonnaise a little.
Bake for 45 minutes and serve with potatoes and cheese.

Potatoes under sour cream - cheese crust

While the fish is baking, you can cook crispy potatoes in the oven.

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 2 kg.;
Sour cream - 1 pack;
Hard cheese - 200 gr.
Butter - 50 gr.;
Salt and black pepper.

Cooking:

It is better to choose medium-sized potatoes for this dish, and cut the tubers into halves, do not peel. If there is no such potato, then the potato is peeled and cut into slices.
Cut tubers are laid out in a greased form, seasoned with salt and ground pepper, sour cream and grated cheese are added on top.
Bake until done.

This side dish is perfect for meat dishes.

Potato baked with mushrooms

A simple and quick dish to prepare, ideal for a holiday and meat dishes.

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 2 kg.;
Fresh champignons - 1 kg .;
Vegetable oil - 75 ml.;
Sour cream - 100 gr.;
Salt and black pepper.

Cooking:

Boil the potatoes until half cooked, after cutting it into medium-sized pieces.
Cool and mix with chopped champignons, add sour cream and vegetable oil, season with salt and spices.
Pour into a greased pan and bake until done.

Salads for the festive New Year's feast

This dish occupies a special place on the festive table - after all, for many there is no holiday if there is no favorite “Fur Coat” or “Olivier”. Fortunately for us, every year there are more and more delicious recipes for new salads, so you can show your culinary talent and surprise your guests using new recipes. So what salads to cook for the new year 2017?

In addition to the main salads, for example, "Capital" or a salad with crab meat, it is worth preparing a vegetable salad seasoned with plain vegetable or olive oil and lemon juice.

What salads to cook? If time permits and you have helpers, such as children, invite them to lay out the traditional rooster-shaped salad in layers, soak it with mayonnaise and sprinkle with yolk on top. Multi-colored peppers are suitable as wings and tail plumage.

Layered salad "Vostorg" with chicken and mushrooms

Ingredients:

Canned champignons - 350 gr.;
Chicken breast - 1 pc.;
A little carrot in Korean - 150 gr.;
Red sweet onion - 1 pc.;
Hard cheese - 100g;
Fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.
A little mayonnaise - 100 gr.;
Butter - 1 teaspoon;
A bunch of fresh herbs.

Cooking:

Boil the chicken breast, seasoning the broth, salt, spices. The remaining broth can be filtered and left in a container, and the next morning you can prepare a “hangover soup” based on it, we will talk about it below.
Fry the onion cut into thin half rings in oil until crispy and golden brown. Add chopped mushrooms and fry. Season with salt and pepper. We spread the mushrooms and onions on a flat plate or in a salad bowl.
Grate cucumbers for Korean carrots. By the way, cucumbers and carrots can be mixed immediately, leaving a little carrot for decoration. Put the vegetable mixture on the fried onion and coat with mayonnaise.
Disassemble the cooled chicken into fibers, put in a salad bowl and apply mayonnaise. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and repeat all layers again.
Decorate the top of the salad with the remaining Korean carrots and fresh herbs, remove the salad for soaking in the refrigerator.

Now you will not panic, because you know what salads to cook for a feast.

Snacks for the New Year's table

Snacks and salads are present on the table so that guests can have a snack, or “snack” strong drinks. While there is a change of dishes or the main thing is expected, it’s nice to catch a piece of baked meat or smoked felling, crunch on toast with beetroot pate and herring. The main requirements for their preparation are simplicity and excellent taste, well, a little satiety, so as not to kill your appetite, before serving a hot dish .

As an appetizer, it is very convenient to prepare a variety of canapes. Moreover, toasts for their preparation can be prepared in advance, for example, cut the crumb with a curly mold, or use an ordinary glass for this. grated beets, pate and decorate with a piece of smoked meat or fish, vegetables.

Lavash rolls

Armenian lavash is simply irreplaceable product for such cases, because you can wrap anything in it. If mayonnaise or processed cheese is used as a sauce, then the pita bread is not fried, but served simply chilled, after being cut into small slices. And if such a sauce is not provided for in the ingredients, then you can make a quick snack from pita bread for the new year, just fry it, or grease it with butter and bake.

Ingredients:

Any meat component - boiled or baked meat, sausage;
Pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
Fresh tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
Hard cheese - 100 gr.;
A little green;
Freshly ground pepper;
Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.;
Red onion - 1 pc.;
Korean carrot - 100g;
Fresh cabbage - 100g.

Cooking:

The preparation of such a snack is very simple. Chop all ingredients and mix in a bowl or airtight container.
Put the filling on the pita bread, wrap it in an envelope or roll and fry in a dry or oiled frying pan so that the filling warms up, the cheese melts and glues the ingredients, and a delicious golden crust appears.

Delicious desserts for the New Year's feast

Most of us ignore this item on the menu, because, as a rule, it rarely comes to the queue. But the dessert is useful if there are children and people who do not drink strong drinks at the table.

In this case, let the dessert be as light as possible, for example, soufflé or ice cream with chocolate buttons or crumbs.

Quick-to-make fruit jelly

Such jelly can be prepared both in a large form and use portion molds.

Ingredients:

Any fruit juice - 2 liters;
Gelatin package - 20 gr.;
2 tbsp. spoons of powdered sugar.

Cooking:

We heat a glass of juice in the microwave and dilute the gelatin powder in it.
Stir, add the remaining juice and powdered sugar.
After all the ingredients are dissolved, we filter the slightly thickened juice and pour it into bowls. You can put it in the refrigerator, it will harden faster there or leave it in a cool place, but then the process will drag on for 3-4 hours.
Jelly can be made multi-colored and multi-layered from different juices, but the next layer must be poured after the previous layer has completely solidified.

Now you know what dishes to cook for the new year 2017.

The color palette of the new 2017 year of the Fire Rooster

The coming year will be bright, because the color difference of the symbol of the year speaks for itself - it is a bright red saturated color. And the bird will be happy and grateful if all shades of this color are used when setting the table, for example, shiny Christmas tree decorations and candles.

The tablecloth is also recommended to be used for the festive table, if not red, then at least interspersed with this color. Additionally, figuratively carved colored snowflakes can be placed under the plates and decorate the room with them.

Remember, so that dishes and dishes do not accidentally end up on the floor during a long feast and an abundance of strong drinks, the tablecloth should not hang from the edges of the table top by more than 25-30 cm.

And finally!!!

As mentioned above, at the end of our article, we promised to give a couple of recipes for an easy-to-prepare hangover soup.

It is not in vain that the famous Russian proverb says “Don’t take it - if you don’t know how to drink!”. But, on New Year's Eve, we sort out almost everything with alcoholic beverages, so most housewives stock up for the morning (more precisely, noon), hangover soups such as hodgepodge or rich chicken broth.

And on holidays, we boil a sufficient amount of various meats to prepare salads, and pouring broths is simply stupid. It is enough to freeze, so that later you can cook a healthy, life-saving dish. And while boiling the meat, do not forget to add root vegetables and spices to it.

So, the recipe for a hangover soup “When the morning is bad!”

Ingredients:

Strong meat broth with pieces of meat - 2 liters;
Onions - 6 pcs.;
Vermicelli - 100 gr.
5 chicken eggs;
Large bunch of cilantro or parsley;
Apple cider vinegar - a tablespoon;
Salt and black pepper.

Cooking:

We put the pan with the broth and pieces of meat on the fire and bring to a boil.
In the broth, add the onion cut in half and sprigs of greens tied with kitchen string. Bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes and take them out of the broth.
Add vermicelli, it can be replaced with ordinary boiled rice.
Beat the eggs, add vinegar to the soup and add the egg mass in a thin stream, stirring constantly.
Darken the soup until the noodles are ready - no more than 5 minutes, and you can serve it to the table, seasoned with salt and coarsely ground pepper, fresh herbs.
It is good to use meat broth with crackers or croutons, but it is important that the soup is well salted (this will help restore the water-salt balance in the body) and seasoned with hot spices.

Tomato hangover soup with garlic and croutons

No less easy-to-prepare soup that will quickly bring you to life after a feast.

Ingredients:

Bank of canned tomatoes - 480 gr.;
Dried bread - 4 slices;
2 sprigs of celery;
5 cloves of garlic;
500 ml. strong chicken broth;
Salt and spices;
A little vegetable oil.

Cooking:

In a large blender bowl, add garlic, chopped medium-sized celery, and pour the tomatoes in their own juice. Ideally, they should be skinless. You can also use salted tomatoes, but you need to remove the skin and soup from them, then do not add salt, but rather add a little sugar to balance the taste.
Beat the mass until it is vaporous, season with spices and hot pepper, dilute with hot chicken broth.
You can pour on plates, and separately serve croutons to a hangover soup.