What to cook for. Cooking festive dishes for the New Year's table

Friends, let's continue our conversation about the upcoming holiday. It's time to think over 2018 and decide what to cook for the new 2018, so that the table is a success, and to attract good luck by appeasing the Yellow Earth Dog.

The holiday is knocking at my door
And New Year's menu
It's time for me to come up with
To a very solemn day.

Christmas salads,
Desserts and appetizers...
I will lay the table richly,
It will be festive and delicious!

What to cook for the new year 2018

We will not discover America if we say that there are many worthy recipes and you can sit for hours, flipping through the culinary pages in search of the cherished dish. But, to save your time, we have already created a useful selection for the New Year celebration. Here we will tell you what the menu of the New Year's table 2018 should be like and offer options that you will surely like. In addition, we will discuss not only recipes for the New Year 2018, but also talk about serving the festive table. But first, let's make a plan for the future menu.

What should be the menu of the New Year's table 2018

Since 2018 is the year of the Dog, we will have to reckon with her taste preferences. It is good that she is an omnivore and loves a variety of foods. Therefore, we will select different recipes for the festive table, taking into account the tastes of those guests who will share the festive dinner with us.

What is allowed

• meat. Chicken, pork, beef, whatever. The dog loves meat products, so meat dishes must be on the festive table;
• fish;
• flour nutritious products;
• sweets.

Be sure to have products of yellow and brown colors. After all, the symbol of the next year is the Yellow and Earthy Dog.

So, we have decided on the main products, it's time to think over the New Year's table 2018 and pick up special and delicious recipes.

New Year's menu 2018 for home

• potato side dishes;
• salty pastries;
• stuffed dishes.

• rolls;
• baked bird;
• cutting options.

• salmon in cream sauce;
• fish under the "fur coat" baked.

• buns with julienne;
• liver cake;
• "snowballs" with squid.

• chocolate mousse;
• chocolate candies in coconut chips;
• cream caramel.

• mulled wine;
• punch.

Hot dishes for the New Year 2018

Even the simplest menu for the new year is not complete without hot dishes. And we just need to find a suitable recipe for a festive feast. What to cook? Yes, whatever you want. For example, serve beautifully ordinary potatoes, cook hearty rolls or bake fish.

Let's start with potatoes

Rustic potatoes

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

• peeled potatoes 800 g;
• vegetable oil 4 tablespoons;
• salt 1 tsp;
• ground pepper 0.5 tsp

Cooking

1. We cut the well-washed potatoes lengthwise into 4 parts and mix with salt, pepper, oil.
2. We spread each slice on a greased baking sheet and bake for 35 - 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

Advice.
The same recipe can be made more refined. For example, add cilantro, basil and a special seasoning for potatoes as seasonings. Or mix potatoes with crushed garlic and soy sauce.

Ingredients (6 servings):

• peeled potatoes 1 kg;
• hard cheese 50 g;
• chicken yolks 2;
• nutmeg (at the tip of a knife);
• pepper and salt

Cooking

If there is no nozzle at hand, you can give a beautiful shape to the potato mass in this way: form a ball in your hands and press it on both sides to make a neat medallion.

salty pastries

Ingredients (10 servings):

• chicken fillet 1.5 kg;
• garlic cloves 5 - 6;
• hard cheese 250 g;
• flour 1 glass;
• mayonnaise 6 - 7 table. spoons;
• mustard 2 tsp;
• greens (optional)
• salt and pepper;
• seasoning for meat or chicken;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking

First, divide the chicken breasts into portioned pieces (thickness - about 1.5 cm).

After each piece, we rub with salt, pepper, seasonings and lightly beat off with a kitchen hammer, after wrapping it with cling film. Then we remove the film.

Then, the prepared meat must be rolled well in flour and fried in a frying pan in vegetable oil until light golden brown.

Let's start preparing the filling. To do this, mix half a serving of grated cheese with herbs, garlic, mayonnaise and mustard.

We spread each fried piece on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and cover the meat with stuffing on top. Add another layer of grated cheese on top.

We bake the finished pieces under the "fur coat" at 200 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes.

It is not necessary to take chicken meat for this dish. Pork will do too. But then it is not necessary to fry it, but immediately put it in the oven.

And cook for about 35 minutes. You can also add chopped tomatoes and sweet peppers or champignons fried with onions to the filling. And you can, instead of the specified filling, put a piece of canned pineapple on each chop, and sprinkle with grated cheese on top and pour over with mayonnaise. It will turn out very tasty too.

Ingredients

• pork (pulp);
• bulb onions;
• vinegar;
• sugar;
• lemon juice;
• spices;
• pepper and salt.

Cooking

stuffed dishes

Ingredients (2 servings):

• drumstick 5 pcs.;
• vegetable oil 2 tablespoons;
• whole walnuts 3;
• lingonberries 50 g;
• salt and pepper, seasoning for chicken;
• sugar 2 tsp;
• fresh parsley 2 branches.

Cooking

1. Lingonberries, my drumsticks, we clean the nuts.
2. Then the peeled nuts are finely chopped with a knife and mixed with lingonberries, sugar and finely chopped parsley.
3. Next, you need to prepare the drumsticks for stuffing. To do this, cut them lengthwise and carefully separate the flesh from the bone. If everything is done correctly, the lower leg should remain in its original shape.
4. Salt and pepper, sprinkle with seasoning chicken blanks.
5. Then put the minced meat inside the shins and fix the edges with a toothpick.
6. We spread each piece on a baking sheet with heated oil and also pour oil on top of the drumsticks.
7. Bake until golden brown for 45-50 minutes at 180 degrees.

If desired, lingonberries can be replaced with prunes, it will also turn out very tasty.

Ingredients:

• pork and ground beef 150 g each;
• salt, pepper to taste;
• onion 1 onion;
• ready-made yeast-free dough 300 g;
• yolk 1.

Cooking:

1. Mix minced meat with pepper, salt and finely chopped onion.
2. Roll out the dough thinly (5 mm) and cut into narrow strips (“threads”).
3. We form small meatballs and wrap them with dough like a ball.
4. We spread the prepared "kebabs" on a greased baking sheet, grease with yolk and bake for about an hour at 180 degrees.

Rolls

Karlovy Vary

Ingredients:

• beef tenderloin 500 g;
• bacon 40 g;
• ham 70 g;
• pickled cucumber 2 pcs;
• chicken eggs 2;
• vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) 1 tsp spoon;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Beat the eggs with a fork, lightly salt and pepper.
2. Lightly grease the pan with a silicone brush and heat it up. Put the eggs here and fry the omelet in the form of a large pancake.
3. We cut the tenderloin along the fibers and divide it into several portions (the width of each piece should be about 5 cm, length - 10 - 15 cm).
4. We wrap each piece with cling film and beat it off. Remove the film and sprinkle with pepper.
5. 5. Lay out thin slices of bacon on each chop so that they cover the entire surface of the meat.
6. The next layer will be thinly sliced ​​ham.
7. Then - a layer of omelet.
8. Next: a layer of thinly sliced ​​cucumbers.
9. We turn the workpiece into a roll and tie it with a thread.
10. We spread on a greased pan and fry on all sides until golden brown (not until cooked).
11. Next, put the semi-finished rolls in a baking dish, pour a little water into the container and put in the oven preheated to 160 degrees.
12. Bake for 50-60 minutes, basting with juices every 10 seconds.

Ingredients:

• 1 piece of pork tenderloin (about 1 kg tenderloin rectangle measuring about 12 x 22 cm);
• onion peel from 7 medium onions;
• parsley;
• 1-2 cloves of garlic;
• salt;
• seasoning for meat.

Cooking

1. We cover the meat with cling film and beat off with a kitchen hammer.
2. Sprinkle the resulting rectangular layer with seasoning, pepper and salt, and on top with grated garlic and chopped parsley.
3. We twist the layer with the filling into a roll and wrap it with a thread. In several places we pierce the meat with a needle.
4. We wash the husk and put it in a colander so that all the water is glass.
5. We pour the husk into a saucepan, fill it with water and put the roll here. You need enough water to cover the entire surface of the meat. We cook for 1.5 hours.
6. We take out the finished roll from the water and put it on a paper towel for a few minutes.
7. Then we rub the meat on top with garlic, wrap it with a film and put it in the refrigerator.
8. Before serving, remove the film, thread and cut into portions.

Ingredients (2 servings):

• chicken fillet 0.5 kg;
• hard cheese 100 g;
• butter 70 g;
• vegetable oil 10 g;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Cut along the fillet, cover with a film, beat off. We remove the film, salt, pepper.
2. We divide the cheese and butter into an equal number of servings (the same number as servings of the fillet) in the form of rectangles.
3. Put a piece of butter and cheese on each fillet, roll up the roll and secure with a toothpick.
4. Fry the blanks in a pan until golden brown, and then put them on a greased baking sheet and put in the oven. We bake for about half an hour at 200 degrees.

baked bird

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken (1.5 kg);
• 1 can of canned pineapples;
• spices for chicken;
• salt pepper.

Cooking

1. Cooking chicken carcass. We examine if there are any hairs (if there is, we pluck and grind on the fire). Rinse well and dry with paper towels.
2. Mix the spices with salt and rub the chicken with them.
3. We stuff the carcass with pineapples and sew it up with a thread.
4. Put in a deep bowl and pour over the pineapple syrup. We leave for 2 hours.
5. Lubricate a baking sheet with vegetable oil and put the marinated chicken on it.
6. We bake in the oven at 180 degrees for an hour and a half, pouring marinade every 20 minutes.

So that the legs do not burn during baking, you can wrap them in foil, and remove it when serving.

To make the meat juicier and there is no need to water it, you can bake the carcass in the sleeve, immediately filling it with marinade.

For the filling, you can also use: pears, apples, fried mushrooms, buckwheat.

You can also cook duck in the same way.

Ingredients:

• turkey 1 carcass (about 4 kg);
• melted butter 40 g

For filling:

• vegetable oil 2 tablespoons;
• pancetta (aka dry-cured brisket). Cut into cubes of 0.5 cm 150 g;
• bulbs 2 medium;
• garlic 3 cloves;
• chopped dry sage 2 tablespoons;
• roasted pine nuts 3 tsp;
• grated zest of 1 lemon;
• chopped green parsley 0.5 cup;
• fresh bread crumbs 2 glasses;
• lightly beaten eggs 2.

Cooking

Making the stuffing

1. Fry the brisket in butter over high heat for 2 minutes.
2. Reduce heat and add garlic and onion to this. Simmer for another 5 minutes until the onion becomes soft.
3. Add sage, remove from heat and leave for 15 minutes.
4. Then, here, we mix nuts, lemon zest, bread crumbs, parsley, eggs.
5. Salt, pepper and mix well.

cooking turkey

1. We wash the carcass and dry it with paper towels.
2. We stuff with stuffing and tie the legs with a strong thread. We bring the wings back.
3. We put the turkey in a large frying pan, pour melted butter (half the norm), salt, pepper.
4. Pour 2-3 cups of water into the pan and cover the carcass with foil.
5. Bake for 2.5 hours. Then remove the foil, grease with melted butter. If necessary, add water.
6. Simmer for about 45 more minutes. The bird should be golden.
7. We take the finished turkey out of the oven, wrap it in foil and leave it like that for another 20 minutes.
8. Advice. If the turkey needs to be defrosted, it is best to do this in the refrigerator, focusing on the weight of the bird (for every 0.5 kg, 5 hours are needed).

Slicing Options

And what is delicious to cook for the new year 2018, so that it would be interesting to yourself, and it would be out of place on the festive table? Maybe a cut? We are used to buying ready-made sausages, ham and other things in stores. And if you try to do something like that yourself, using new recipes?

In fact, this is the same lard with meat streaks, cooked according to an Italian recipe. Pancetta is being prepared for more than one day, so it is better to do it in advance in order to be in time for the New Year's table.

Ingredients:

• you will need a large, fairly fatty, piece of brisket;
• chopped garlic;
• ground black pepper;
• crushed juniper berries;
• ground bay leaf and nutmeg;
• thyme;
• brown sugar and salt.

Cooking

1. We remove the skin from the brisket and form a rectangle out of it with a knife.
2. Rub with spices, put in a bag, tie well and leave in the refrigerator for a week.
3. It is important to turn the meat over and shake every day.
4. Then we check the brisket. If the meat is uniformly elastic everywhere, proceed to the next step. If there is friability, leave for a couple more days.
5. We wash the aged brisket, sprinkle with pepper and roll it into a roll. We tie it with a rope at a distance every 3 cm and hang it in a dark, cool and not dry place for 2 weeks.

The same brisket can be cooked faster. To do this, you need to rub it well with spices, roll it tightly into a roll, wrap it with gauze and refrigerate for a week. In this form, it turns out more tender, but without the characteristic dried taste.

Ingredients:

• 0.7 - 1 kg of pork ham;
• garlic;
• salt;
• Bay leaf;
• ground black pepper.

Cooking

1. With a sharp knife we ​​make small cuts in the pulp and stuff the meat with pieces of garlic and bay leaf.
2. Rub the pork with spices and let stand for 2 hours.
3. Wrap the meat in foil and place on a baking sheet.
4. We put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 90 minutes.
5. Remove foil and place in oven to brown.
6. After the meat is ready, remove it from the baking sheet and wrap it in foil for 20 minutes so that it is juicy.

Fish

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet 1 kg;
• lemon 1;
• salt, pepper to taste.

For sauce:

• medium fat cream 1 l;
• Dijon mustard 1 tsp;
• fresh parsley, dill, basil, tarragon 10 g;
• egg yolks 3.

Cooking

1. We rub the zest from the lemon, and squeeze the juice well into a separate bowl.
2. We cut the salmon into strips 5 cm thick. Salt, pepper, put in a baking dish. Drizzle with lemon juice and leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
3. Separately, mix the yolks with cream, then add mustard, herbs, lemon zest here.
4. Pour the sauce over the fish and put in the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
5. Serve with lemon slices and green sprigs.

Instead of fresh herbs, you can take dried herbs, then you need to adjust the amount to taste.

Ingredients:

• 400 g fillet of any sea fish. The river one will also do, but then it will be necessary to carefully choose the bones;
• 8 eggs;
• 2 table. spoons of flour;
• 2 onions;
• 150 g of milk;
• 3 table. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• salt, pepper and other spices to taste.

Cooking

Cut the fillet into pieces, remove the bones, salt and sprinkle with spices.

Dip the fish in flour and fry in vegetable oil on both sides.

Separately, finely chop the onion and fry in vegetable oil.

Put the fish in pots, sprinkle with onions on top.

Separately, beat the eggs with milk, salt and pour the fish with the egg mixture.

Bake in the oven at 200 degrees until golden brown.

The dish will become even tastier if you take it out of the oven a few minutes before cooking and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Instead of milk, you can take mayonnaise, then the omelette will be more magnificent.

New Year's snacks 2018

Ingredients:

• fresh champignons 500g;
• onion 2 onions;
• flour 40 g;
• vegetable oil (preferably olive);
• hard cheese;
• sour cream 300 g;
• small buns with a crispy crust 8 pcs.

Cooking

1. Cut the onion into strips and lightly fry.
2. Add chopped mushrooms to the onion and fry until tender.
3. Add flour to the prepared mushroom mixture and mix quickly. Slowly add sour cream and remove from heat.
4. Cut the top off the buns and scoop out the center.
5. Fill the void in the bun with mushroom filling and sprinkle with cheese.
6. We put the buns on a baking sheet and cover them with cut tops.
7. We send it to the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 5 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 0.6 kg of liver (better than chicken, it is more tender and fried faster);
• 3 eggs;
• 2 onions and carrots;
• 250 g mayonnaise;
• 3 table. spoons of 20% sour cream;
• 2 table. l. vegetable oil;
• 3 table. spoons of flour;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 1 tsp salt (half - in the dough, half - in the frying).

Cooking

1. I wash my liver well, remove the films and check if there is a gallbladder. If there is, carefully cut it out.
2. Mix the liver with eggs, flour, sour cream and beat in a blender until smooth. Salt.
3. Grease a frying pan, the diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the future cake, with oil and warm it up.
4. Pour the liver mixture into the hot pan with a ladle to get a thin pancake.
5. Fry over medium heat until done. You need to turn over carefully, in one motion, so as not to tear the pancake.
6. Separately, we do the frying. To do this, cut the onion into cubes, and grate the carrots. Fry over medium heat with vegetable oil for about 10 minutes (vegetables should not brown, but just become soft). Salt, pepper.
7. We divide the carrot-onion mixture into equal parts, the number of which is equal to the number of liver pancakes minus one (if you get 8 pancakes, then we divide the vegetables into 7 parts).
8. Mix mayonnaise with crushed garlic.
9. Let's start building the cake. To do this, put the first cake on a dish, grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise, put fried onions and carrots on top.
10. Cover with the next pancake and grease with mayonnaise in the same way and sprinkle with vegetables.
11. Thus we create a cake, leaving the top pancake intact.

To make the cake more elegant, you can grease it on the sides and top with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs.
It is better to prepare such an appetizer a day before serving so that the cake is soaked.

Ingredients:

• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 2 - 3 squid;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• 2 table. spoons of mayonnaise;
• green onion.

Cooking

1. Cook the squids under the lid for 1-2 minutes. You can not keep it longer, otherwise the meat will become tough. We cut into cubes.
2. We rub the eggs on a medium grater, finely chop the onion.
3. Mix all ingredients (except cheese).
4. From the resulting mass we form balls and roll them in grated cheese.
5. Arrange on a platter and decorate as you wish.

Dessert

Of course, the main decoration of the table for the New Year of the Dog is a birthday cake. You can, for example, bake delicious and elegant, or you can even build a beautiful one. But sometimes you want to cook something really special and more refined. Then, shall we serve mousses and sweets to the table?

Ingredients:

• 150 g dark chocolate;
• 3 tsp honey;
• 300 ml cream 33%.

Cooking

1. Break the chocolate into pieces.
2. Separately, bring 150 ml of cream with honey to a boil and pour over chocolate with a hot mixture. We mix everything well so that there are no pieces left.
3. Pour the rest of the cream cold into the chocolate mass and beat into a strong foam with a mixer.
4. We put in the refrigerator for 10 hours.
5. Take out of the fridge and beat again.
6. Next, put the chocolate in a pastry bag and squeeze it beautifully into bowls or glasses.
7. Decorate with dark grated chocolate.

Ingredients (6 servings):

• 600 prunes;
• 250 g marzipan;
• 100 g of black and white chocolate;
• 200 g of peeled walnuts;
• 50 ml brandy;
• coconut shavings.

Cooking

1. Pour the washed prunes with brandy, cover with a lid and insist in a cool place for 40 hours. Shake dry fruits from time to time.
2. Next, mix the prunes with marzipan and pass everything together through a meat grinder.
3. We form balls, putting in the middle of each piece of walnut.
4. We break the chocolate into small pieces and drown in a water bath.
5. We put each prepared ball on a wooden stick and dip it well in chocolate, and then in coconut flakes.
6. We spread the finished sweets on parchment and put in the refrigerator.

Ingredients (8 servings):

• 1.5 cups of sugar;
• 3 cups milk or cream;
• 2 eggs;
• 3 egg yolks;
• 1/8 tsp salt;
• 2 tsp vanilla extract.

Cooking

1. Preparing molds. For this dish you need 8 ramekins with a volume of 115 ml. We put them on a baking sheet.
2. We heat the oven to 160 degrees.
3. Pour 4 cups of water into a small saucepan, add 1 cup of sugar and set over medium-high heat. Cook for 6-8 minutes, stirring constantly. It should be an amber colored caramel.
4. Quickly pour the resulting caramel into molds.
5. Separately, pour the milk (cream) into the pan and heat it, not bringing to a boil.
6. Whisk the eggs, yolks, salt and remaining sugar in a bowl.
7. While whisking, slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture.
8. The resulting cream is filtered through a sieve, add vanilla and pour into ramekins.
9. On a baking sheet with molds, pour water in an amount so that it reaches the middle of the height of the molds.
10. Place in preheated oven and bake for about 35 minutes. The cream should thicken.
11. Remove the hot ramekins from the water with tongs, cover and let cool for 3 or more hours.
12. After the dessert has completely cooled, we draw along the edges of the molds with a sharp knife, separating the cream from the walls.
13. Invert caramel cream onto serving plates and serve.

New Year drinks 2018

And let's celebrate the New Year of the Dog with traditional New Year's drinks from different countries. In Germany, for example, they like to serve hot mulled wine, and in the UK they savor fragrant spicy punch.

Ingredients:

• 1 liter of red wine;
• 1.5 cinnamon sticks;
• 4 cloves;
• a glass of apple natural juice;
• 1 orange;
• 8 table. spoons of honey.

Cooking

1. Cut the orange into slices and put in a bowl.
2. Here we add the rest of the ingredients and put on a slow fire.
3. Warm up for 10 - 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not bring the drink to a boil. It is enough to warm it up to 70 degrees.
4. Then remove the mulled wine from the heat and let it brew for another 15 minutes.
5. We strain the finished drink through a sieve and immediately serve it to the table.
6. By the way, in order for us to get a truly beautiful New Year's table setting, you can pour mulled wine into tall glasses and serve on a dish decorated with cardamom stars and cinnamon sticks.

Ingredients:

• 0.75 liters of water and dry white wine;
• 0.25 l of white rum;
• 3 lemons;
• 6 oranges;
• 1 lime;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 2 cinnamon sticks;
• 6 carnations;
• 3 stars of cardamom.

Cooking

1. We put aside one lemon and one orange, squeeze the juice from the rest of the citrus fruits (except lime), after removing the peel from them.
2. In a saucepan, mix water with sugar, citrus zest and bring to a boil. Cook for 7 minutes.
3. Strain the syrup and add orange-lemon juice and wine to it.
4. Bring to a boil again and remove from heat. We add rum.
5. Pour the finished punch into a beautiful decanter and decorate with the remaining citruses and lime.

So, we have decided on the menu. And how to decorate the table for the New Year so that it is truly festive?

Let's take into account that we are celebrating the New Year of the Yellow and Earthy Dog, so we will set the table in accordance with her preferences.

Actual colors

All natural:

• green;
• sand;
• brown;
• yellow;
• golden;
• white;
• beige.

From fabrics it is better to choose cotton and linen.

You can decorate the New Year's table 2018 with wicker baskets, dried flowers, earthenware. As for candles, it is better to light them only if you really want to, and scented candles are generally better left for another occasion. The dog is wary of open fire and does not like strong odors.

Well, in addition to a delicious menu and beautiful serving, let's not forget about a sincere smile and the joy of celebrating the New Year. Let's make the most cherished wishes on such a special night and meet the upcoming holiday with a special mood. And let the New Year 2018 become for us happy, successful and rich in amazing events and meetings!

How can a hospitable housewife leave her guests without great snacks, especially since the year of the Earth Dog is on the threshold! You can cook dishes from any products, there are no longer any restrictions - healthy vegetables, fish and all types of meat. So what to cook on New Year's Eve 2018 to surprise, amaze and delight guests so much that they ask for the cherished recipe and do not believe that such a culinary miracle can be done with their own hands, without the help of the chef of a nearby restaurant!

How you want the dish to be very beautiful, table decoration. What could be brighter than a tomato, and complement the taste with an egg and cheese.

• Tomatoes are small - according to the number of guests, half per person
• Chicken eggs - 4 pieces
• Hard cheese - 100 g
• Mayonnaise
• Greens for decoration

Boil chicken eggs, cut the tomatoes into neat halves, take out the cores. We rub chicken eggs on a coarse grater, cheese on a fine grater. We mix. Add mayonnaise and spices (salt and pepper), fill the egg halves with the resulting mixture and decorate with a sprig of parsley. A couple of eggs look very nice on such a salad for one person.

Insanely delicious salad with feta cheese and bean pods

The taste of feta cheese is unique - salty, spicy, perfectly stimulating appetite. It is this salad that needs to be put on the New Year's table, everyone will like it without exception.

To prepare the salad, you will need the following ingredients:

• Feta cheese - 100 g
• Green beans - 250 g
• Black olives - 10 pieces
• French bun - 1 piece
• Almonds - 20 g
• Lemon juice or half a lemon
• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Dill, parsley
• Vegetable oil
• Spices - salt, pepper

First of all, you need to prepare croutons - cut the baguette into cubes and fry until crispy, fry in vegetable oil and dry. Grate each cracker with garlic.

Put the bean pods in boiling water and cook for about 7 minutes, drain the water and sprinkle with lemon juice.

Feta cheese is cut into small cubes, almonds are crushed in half or even smaller. Finely chop the greens, cut the olives into rings.

We put all the components in a salad bowl. Add the rest of the lemon juice, a spoonful of vegetable oil, salt and pepper. The taste of a spicy salad with almonds is simply excellent - feta cheese whets the appetite, lemon juice goes well with beans. Nothing like meat, but very tasty and satisfying.

Light "mazurka" on the New Year's table

Let this salad walk around the New Year's table with a light "dance", if you still do not know what to cook for the New Year of the Yellow Dog 2018, then be sure to make a "mazurka".

To prepare the salad, you will need the following ingredients:

• Canned red beans - 1 can
• Canned corn - 1 can
• Red bell pepper - 1 piece
• Fresh cucumber - 2 pieces
• Walnuts - 100 g
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Vegetable oil - for dressing
• Spices - salt, pepper

In a deep bowl, mix corn (without juice), beans (without juice). Cut the cucumbers into cubes, bell pepper into small strips, add to the bowl. Finely crush the nuts, put to the rest of the products. Pass the garlic cloves through a garlic press, also add to the salad. Season with vegetable oil and add salt and pepper to taste - this salad is for those who prefer vegetable dishes for a snack.

What to cook for the New Year of the Yellow Dog 2018 - delicious neat balls, any hostess can make such a hot dish - they are somewhat reminiscent of real woolen balls, raw materials for a needlewoman. It turns out a hot dish very tasty and unusual.

• Minced pork -150 g
• Minced beef - 150 g
• Onion - 1 piece
• Spices - salt, pepper
• Yolk - 1 piece
• Vegetable oil

You can cook puff pastry yourself, but it is more convenient and easier to buy just one box of ready-made dough so as not to waste time.

Peel the onion, finely chop, mix with minced meat.

Defrost the dough and roll out into layers no thicker than 5 mm, cut into thin strips resembling threads.

From the minced meat, form a kind of meatballs and entangle them with “threads” from the dough. Lubricate each resulting glomerulus with yolk. Pour sunflower oil on a baking sheet and heat up, put the “balls” and fry until tender. It is advisable to keep in the oven for about an hour - the dough will become ruddy, and the minced meat with onions will bake well.

Serve buckwheat porridge as a side dish to this beautiful dish - hearty, healthy and very tasty!

Very quickly you can make meatball kebabs, it looks original, reminiscent of summer picnics in the country.

To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:

• Minced pork - 200 g
• Minced beef - 200 g
• Spices - salt, pepper
• skewers
• Yeast-free puff pastry - 300 g

First, soak wooden skewers in water. Minced meat - mix pork and beef, add salt and pepper to taste, you can also add chopped basil to the meat.

Roll out the dough and cut into thin "strings".

Form minced meat into tiny meatballs, string a few meatballs on a skewer and entangle with “threads” of dough. Put the skewers with the "barbecue" in a baking sheet and bake in the oven for about half an hour at a temperature of 200 degrees. Serve with boiled potatoes, fried eggplant slices.

"Bear's paw" - a wonderful hot appetizer

A wonderful hot appetizer with meat and mashed potatoes. There is nothing tastier than meat baked in an oven, when potatoes are soaked with meat aroma and onions - the combination is incomparable, the aroma of onions complements the taste, and garlic gives piquancy to this dish.

To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:

• Pork - 300 g
• Hard cheese - 100 g
• Chicken eggs - 3 pieces
• Potato - 0.5 kg
• Onion 0 1 piece
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Vegetable oil
• Spices - salt and pepper

In this appetizer, the cooking process itself is important - cut the pork into portions and beat it carefully. Grate with garlic and pepper, salt a little.

Peel potatoes, rub on a coarse grater, add finely chopped onion, chicken eggs, mix everything.

Form flat cakes from potatoes, put a broken piece of pork in each, pinch the edges of the cake so that the meat is not visible.

Fry in vegetable oil on both sides. The appetizer can be served both hot and cold. You can leave it in the pan "under the lid" so that the meat is precisely fried.

Tender trout - the main dish on the New Year's table

Fish is always a great substitute for meat, and trout is the queen of all fish. The best seasoning for trout is thyme, but you can replace it with tarragon. It's delicious, try it.

To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:

• Fresh trout - 1 kg
• Fresh potatoes - 1 kg
• Sour cream - 500 g
• Chicken eggs - 3 pieces
• Onion - 3 pieces
• half a lemon
• Greens to taste
• Vegetable oil
• Spices - salt, pepper

You can buy ready-made pieces of fish fillet or a whole fish. In this case, it will need to be thoroughly cleaned, gutted and washed. Cut into small pieces. Next, you should marinate the fish - take half a lemon, squeeze the juice, pour over the fish, sprinkle with pepper and salt, finely chopped thyme. Leave for half an hour.

Peel the potatoes. Cut into beautiful slices, salt and sprinkle with vegetable oil a little, mix.

Lay foil on a baking sheet, alternately pieces of trout and potatoes on it. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, set to bake for 20 minutes.

Prepare the sauce - beat the eggs into foam, add sour cream, salt and pepper, pull the baking sheet out of the oven and pour the prepared sauce, put it back in the oven, slightly increase the temperature (up to 200 degrees) bake for another ten minutes.

Put the finished dish on a large round plate, previously decorated with lettuce leaves. As a decoration, you can use cherry tomato halves, parsley sprigs, dill.

Gratin - an independent potato dish or side dish

For vegetarians, there is nothing tastier than gratin - it's potatoes baked in cream. Gratin can be offered to other guests as a side dish for meat or fish.

To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:

• Potato - 1 kg
• Cream - 500 g
• Hard cheese - 50 g
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Spices - salt, pepper, nutmeg

Peel potatoes, cut into neat slices, place on a baking sheet. Salt and pepper everything. The filling is made from sour cream, to which mashed garlic and ginger are added. The baking sheet is placed in the oven for an hour, the baking temperature is 200 degrees. When the potatoes are almost ready, sprinkle them on top with grated cheese on a fine grater.

It makes no sense to talk about this appetizer - you must definitely see and try it, only then you can appreciate the wonderful taste of an unusual dish.

To prepare the snack, you will need the following ingredients:

• Chicken fillet - 200 g
• Chicken eggs - 5 pieces
• Onion - 1 piece
• Potatoes - 3 pieces
• Pickled cucumbers - 3 pieces
• Mayonnaise

To make clear jelly you will need:

• Gelatin - 30 g
• Chicken broth - 900 g
• Black peppercorns - 3 pieces
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Bay leaf - 1 piece

Boil the chicken fillet in salted water. A necessary condition - in the broth should be bay leaf, peppercorns, garlic. After the meat is ready, carefully strain the broth, pour gelatin into it and wait for complete swelling. Slightly heat the bowl with the broth so that the gelatin is completely dissolved.

Pour a little broth with gelatin into portioned transparent bowls and let cool. The height of the gelatin "pillow" should be about 2 cm.

Boil potatoes, cool and cut into small cubes.

Put a layer of potatoes, cut into small cubes, on the jelly, grease with mayonnaise.

Top with a layer of chicken - finely chopped. Lubricate with mayonnaise.

A layer of hard-boiled eggs - can be cut arbitrarily, as the hostess wishes. Lubricate with mayonnaise.

Pour the remaining cooled broth with gelatin. Let cool completely, turn over and get a wonderful "crystal" snack. It can be cut or served whole, garnished with herbs.

Boiled pork in honey - insanely delicious

Hot pork in honey is an unrealistically delicious dish. Soy sauce gives it piquancy and spiciness.

To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:

• Pork - 1 kg
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Garlic - 7 cloves
• Honey - 2 tablespoons
• Spices - salt, pepper

Cooking starts with garlic - peel and finely chop. Melt honey, process pork - cut into slices, remove films and tendons, make cuts, insert thin cloves of garlic into them. Salt and pepper.

Pour the soy sauce into the melted honey, grease the pieces of pork with the finished mass. Leave to marinate for a few hours.

The meat is fried for about two hours in an oven at a temperature of about 180 degrees. Arrange the pork pieces on a baking sheet and pour over the remaining sauce. Cover with foil so as not to burn, after an hour and a half remove the foil so that a crust appears on the meat. It is advisable to water the meat with the secreted juice during the roasting process.

Put the finished meat on a plate, cut into even slices, garnish with herbs. As a side dish, gratin potatoes, boiled potatoes or french fries are served.

Non-alcoholic cocktail of orange with nutmeg and cinnamon. An unusual combination of flavors and a wonderful drink for the festive table

• Water - 200 g
• Orange - 4 pieces
• Sugar - 2 tablespoons
• Cloves - 3 pieces
• Cinnamon - 1 stick
• Nutmeg

Boil water and dissolve granulated sugar in it, while boiling, put cinnamon and cloves into the water. Cool down. add the juice of freshly squeezed oranges, mix, pour into glasses, sprinkle the cocktail with nutmeg on top.

You can use any liqueurs in the preparation of such a cocktail - Baileys, lemon, chocolate.

To prepare the drink, you will need the following ingredients:

• Champagne 200 g
• Liquor - 50 g
• Chocolate

Grate chocolate, it is useful for decorating a cocktail. Pour liquor into a tall glass, pour champagne over the wall on top so as not to immediately mix the layers and sprinkle with chocolate. Drinking a cocktail is very easy, but be careful with a large amount!

Some strong drinks - homemade cognac

Making an unusual drink that all your guests will drink with pleasure is very simple. Only high-quality ingredients and time are needed for the drink to infuse.

To prepare the drink, you will need the following ingredients:

• Vodka - 1 l
• Dry rose hips - 35 pieces
• Black peppercorns - 7 pieces
• Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• Oak bark - 2 tablespoons
• St. John's wort - 6 leaves
• Black tea - 2 tablespoons

There are no secrets - just put all the prepared ingredients in a bottle, mix thoroughly and leave to infuse for a month and a half. Strain carefully through a strainer and cheesecloth.

The taste of this cake is familiar to many, but few know how to make it. Try it - you will surely get a delicious cake for the New Year.

Preparing the dough:

• Chicken eggs - 3 pieces
• Sugar - 200 g
• Flour - 300 g
• Milk - 150 g
• Vegetable oil
• Water 100 g
• Cocoa powder100 g
• Baking powder
• Baking soda

Preparing the cream:

• Butter - 250 g
• Condensed milk
• cocoa powder

In addition, we need, of course,

• Cherry
• coconut flakes
• Cognac - 100 g

Preparing the frosting:

• Chocolate - bar
• Butter 50 g
• Powdered sugar
• Cocoa
• Starch

The cake is being prepared for a long time - 2 hours, but the result is incredibly beautiful

We clean the cherries from the stones, set aside a few pieces for decoration. The rest is filled with cognac.

We prepare a dry mix for a biscuit from flour, sugar, baking powder. The second cake is baked from dough, which includes eggs, milk, flour and vegetable oil. Pour this blank into the dry mixture prepared for the biscuit. It is best to use a mixer to make the dough viscous and soft. Pour in water brought to a boil. If you did everything right, then the dough is viscous and thick.

For baking cakes, take a round shape - a classic for cakes. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees and bake until cooked, check if the biscuit is ready with a skewer (cakes are baked for a little more than an hour).

While the cakes are baking, you will have time to make a cream: knead the butter and pour condensed milk into it, add cocoa powder. Mix everything thoroughly and refrigerate.

Carefully level the finished cake (if it has not risen quite evenly), cut off excess irregularities. Cut out the center, leaving an edge 2 cm wide, try not to make the "bottom" too thin. Do not forget to cut a thin "lid" from the cake - you will need it. It turns out a beautiful "box" for "drunk cherries".

Grind the cut crumb into small crumbs and pour cherries with cognac into it. Stir gently so that the berries are evenly distributed in the mass.

The resulting mass is laid out in a "box" made of cake and leveled. We cover with a "lid".

To prepare the glaze, melt the butter, add powdered sugar, cocoa powder and starch, add small pieces of chocolate bar, melt everything. Make a beautiful icing for the cake.

Coat all sides of the cake with icing - top, sides. Before the glaze has set, sprinkle with coconut flakes. Decorate the cake with the reserved cherries.

A very tasty cake, you can cook it in two and a half hours. The work is not difficult, so be sure to try it - you will like it!

To make the cake you will need the following ingredients:

To prepare the dough:

• Wheat flour of the highest grade - 500 g
• Sour cream - 200 g
• Sugar - 200 g
• cocoa powder
• Butter - 200 g
• Baking powder

For sour cream

• Sour cream - 200 g
• Sugar - 200 g
• Walnuts - 100 g

For praline cream

• Butter - 100 g
• Condensed milk - 100 g

For praline mass

• Almonds - 100 g
• Walnuts - 100 g
• Sugar - 100 g
• cocoa powder

Start by preparing the praline mass. You can choose its color yourself - the more cocoa powder, the darker the mass.

Scald the almonds with boiling water, drain and rinse with cold water, remove the husk. Lightly fry the walnuts in a pan and also remove the husk. Crush nuts and almonds, add sugar, stirring to bring the mass to a golden state. As a result, a sticky sweet mass is formed, pour it onto a plate and cool. You will get some kind of grilled sweets.

When the mass has cooled, break it into pieces and grind in a coffee grinder, add a little cocoa powder. Ready-made brown powder with an incredibly pleasant aroma is praline mass, you can store it in a closed jar.

Prepare the dough in a rather deep bowl - mix softened butter with sugar, add sour cream and baking powder, half of the flour intended for the dough and mix thoroughly.

Divide the resulting mass into two parts. Pour cocoa powder into one, mix again. Now spread the rest of the flour evenly between the brown and white dough. You get two fairly elastic balls of dough, each needs to be divided into three parts - on the table in front of you there will be six balls of dough in two colors.

The dough is quite sticky and it is unrealistic to roll it out with a rolling pin, then we do all the work with our hands. Just stretch each piece of dough across the width of the mold, you can put it on the foil. Bake each cake separately. The baking time for one cake is about 7-10 minutes. The oven temperature is 200 degrees. To make the cakes even without bubbles, pierce them in several places with a fork.

Until each cake has cooled, try to give it an even shape - cut off the edges, after cooling the cakes will crumble.

We make sour cream. Pour sugar into sour cream and beat all the time so that all grains of sugar are completely dissolved.

Start with a white cake - put it in the center of the plate, brush with sour cream, sprinkle with crushed nuts on top, then brown cake - cream, and so on. The top cake, after you have assembled the cake, is brown, you do not need to cover it with cream.

To make the cake well soaked with cream, put the cake blank in the refrigerator.

After a few hours, you can start preparing the butter cream - gently mix the condensed milk with butter, add two tablespoons of praline mass, mix.

Spread the sides and top with butter cream and praline mass, you can sprinkle the whole cake with crumbs made from scraps of cakes, you can pour coconut and grated chocolate rings in the center of the cake - here every housewife is able to show her imagination.

An incredibly beautiful cake that will remind you of the warm season and help you survive the winter cold. Cakes with mastic decorations are very popular - delicious, beautiful decorations are the first to disappear from culinary products.

To make the cake you will need the following ingredients:

To make a biscuit

• Wheat flour of the highest grade - 300 g
• Sugar - 150 g
• Chicken eggs - 3 pieces

For making cream

• Milk - 100 g
• Sugar - 100 g
• Chicken eggs - 1 piece
• Butter - 20 g
• Wheat flour

For making glaze

• Chocolate bar - 1 piece
• Butter - 20 g

Mastic - white, yellow, green - 100 g

Start with the most interesting - modeling daisies from mastic. You can cut stencils out of paper, work with cling film, a knife or a skewer - here each craftswoman chooses the style of work on her own. You can simply sculpt flowers from mastic with your hands - lay the finished daisies on a cutting board until completely dry.

Cooking biscuit - pour 3 eggs into flour and sugar, mix thoroughly. The dough is obtained with the consistency of thick sour cream. Pour into a mold, put in an oven heated to a temperature of 200 degrees.

Cooking custard: pour flour into sugar, pour in an egg, mix everything, add milk, put on a small fire and bring to a boil. Dissolve the butter in the resulting mass, cool.

The cake is ready, cut it into two parts horizontally. Coat one layer with cream, cover with the second half on top. Pour the rest of the cream over everything and put in a cold place for several hours.

Prepare the icing - melt chocolate with butter in a water bath, pour over the cake with hot icing. Arrange daisies on a beautiful flat surface.

Many housewives are trying to prepare dishes for the New Year's table that would correspond to the symbol of the New Year 2018 - the yellow earthen Dog.

Especially for them, we have compiled a wonderful New Year's menu for 2018. And also share some tips on how best to decorate the table for the New Year holiday.

For the New Year 2018, what is the best way to cook

What should be on the New Year's table 2018

In 2018, meat should prevail on the New Year's table. It can be any dishes with its content:

• cutting of smoked meats;
• winter barbecue;
• French Olivier;
• chicken with garnish;
• dymlyama with chicken;
• meat salads.

Don't forget the canned mushrooms and the annual white loaf and red fish sandwiches.

The menu of 2018 will most of all appeal to the entire courageous half of humanity. But for her beautiful half, it is advisable to cook something easier so that she remains like that.

Menu for the year of the yellow Dog in the New Year 2018

You need to approach the preparation of the New Year's menu very carefully, because if you include unfamiliar dishes in it, then there may not be time for alteration. But do not forget that all types of dishes should be on the table, at least one option: hot dishes, cold appetizers, meat and vegetable salads, side dishes, children's and strong drinks. Here's what exactly you can cook on the New Year's table 2018 by type of dish.

Main dishes: potatoes (with vegetables, in a baking sleeve), pork ribs in a sweet and sour marinade, stuffed pig in the oven, chicken wings, chicken with a side dish.

Hot appetizers: cheese croquettes, bacon-wrapped chicken fillet, fried pumpkin with garlic, bacon-wrapped sausages, shrimp in a crispy cheese crust.

Cold appetizers: canapes for the festive table, pita bread appetizer, Italian-style tomatoes, Casanova tartlets, sprat sandwiches, Obzhorka salad.

Unlike the Rooster, the Dog does not prefer any of the drinks, so you can put traditional strong drinks and compotes on the table.

Dessert in the New Year 2018 should not be given much attention. Scatter assorted sweets over vases, and maybe make some fluffy cakes.

New Year's salad recipes: 2 simple options

You can find the recipe for any of the salads on specialized sites, the main thing is to know the name. We suggest you consider the following options: "Salad of crab sticks with beans", "Emerald scattering", "Olivier with meat and tongue", "Royal salad", "Dietary herring under a fur coat", "Salad with prunes".

Salad "Fairy Tale"

Ingredients: chicken fillet, mushrooms, 2 onions, 200 grams of nuts, vegetable oil and mayonnaise.

Cooking: boil the fillet and cut into pieces, fry the mushrooms in butter, roll the nuts and mix everything with mayonnaise.

Salad "Russian Beauty"

Need to: a couple of cucumbers, a couple of tomatoes, 100 gr. cheese, 250 gr. ham, garlic, mayonnaise and dill.

Cooking: the cheese is coarse, and the tomatoes and cucumbers are fine, the ham should be cut into strips, mix everything with mayonnaise, sprinkle with finely chopped garlic and dill.

How best to set the table for the new year 2018

The symbol of the New Year 2018 suggests that the table setting should consist of yellow. It is best that most of the devices are under gold. It is clear that not everyone has the opportunity to use cutlery made of real precious metal, so imitation is enough.

The tablecloth must be white, as this color is best combined with golden hues. Of course, a plain white tablecloth will look plain enough, so it's best to have pretty patterns on it.

Perhaps you can get a service with gold-rimmed plates, that would be great. Golden candlesticks in the middle of the table will look stunning. It is better to take white napkins, in extreme cases, with a yellow or brown pattern.

New Year's Eve for Vegetarians

Plan ahead for delicious vegetarian options if you have non-meat guests among your guests.

Vegetarian lasagne with vegetables

You will need: pita bread or puff pastry, bell peppers and carrots, a little tomato paste, olives, sunflower oil, hard cheese.

Spices: bechamel sauce, pepper, coriander, sugar, salt.

Preparation: First, fry all the spices in sunflower oil. Add carrots and peppers, fry some more. After 3 minutes, add the pasta and bring to a boil. We turn it off at the moment when the vegetables are slightly undercooked. Cover with a lid and let it brew.

Meanwhile, put the dough in a baking sheet, alternate the filling + grated cheese 5-6 times, and our lasagna is ready for baking. After 50 minutes in the oven, at a temperature of 175 degrees, you can get it.

The year of the Rooster is replaced by a new one - the year of the yellow earthen Dog. Each housewife asks herself: what to cook for the New Year 2018 to please the symbol of the year. Our article will answer this question and give you some simple tips: what new year menu 2018, it is best to prefer for this holiday, how to decorate the table and please all guests and household members.

What to cook dishes for the New Year 2018

1. From meat in any of its manifestations, whether it be pork (including lard), veal (beef), lamb, rabbit or horse meat. Meat should be taken into account when preparing dishes for the New Year's feast. It is preferable not to fry anything - this will make it easier to digest all the meat variety, which will make everyone feel lighter and more active, but of course it's up to you.

2. From poultry meat - it can be like chicken (legs, breasts, etc.), goose, turkey, duck and other types of poultry meat.

3. To dilute meat New Year's dishes something diverse, you can turn your attention to fish, any seafood and mushrooms.

4. Since the coming year will be, it is desirable that the New Year's menu contains dishes that would include vegetables, fruits and cereals - brown or yellow, for example, it can be potatoes, peppers, pumpkin, yellow tomatoes, corn, golden beets, pineapple, yellow figs, etc.

What must be on the New Year's table 2018

As you already understood, for the year of the Dog, the main New Year's dishes on the festive table should be meat dishes that can be anything and served in any form: aspic, boiled pork, pork knuckle, grilled steaks, chops, barbecue, aspic, duck or chicken, various meat pies, etc. In addition, on the New Year's table 2018, any cuts of sausage or ham, as well as various meat snacks and salads, will certainly be held in high esteem. It would be very appropriate to cook for this New Year - traditional sandwiches with red caviar or salmon, and of course pickled mushrooms, where without them.

Perhaps this New Year will be remembered first of all by men - the main lovers of this kind of dishes. But for the beautiful half of humanity there are several recipes that will not harm the figure.

New Year's menu 2018 for the year of the yellow Dog

Of course, there can be as many options for the New Year's menu as you like, but at the same time, any New Year's menu must necessarily include the following New Year's festive dishes: main dishes, side dishes and sauces, salads, cold and hot appetizers, and of course, do not forget about desserts and beverages. Below we give some examples of New Year's dishes that you you can cook for the New Year's table 2018. At the same time, you can easily find recipes for meat or fish dishes themselves, by the name of the dish, on specialized culinary sites.

Cold snacks : appetizer "Christmas balls", canape with boiled pork and cucumbers, New Year's tartlets, ham and cheese rolls, stuffed eggs with red caviar, Peacock eye roll, profiteroles with crab stuffing, canape "Festive assortment", mushrooms in wine sauce, turkey ham, etc.

Hot appetizers : meat in French, pork rolls with pineapple, julienne with chicken and mushrooms, appetizer "Meat baskets", "New Year's feast", pork in Chinese style, lamb in Provence, baked rabbit with olives, Moroccan lamb, veal " Orloff", pork with lingonberry sauce, chicken breast in tomato marinade, etc.

Main dishes : baked duck, chicken fricassee, roast pork, Iskitan rabbit in tomato sauce, beef in pots, baked trout, pike perch with sesame oil, squid baked with tomatoes, lamb stew with vegetables, beef stroganoff, chicken chkmeruli or tobacco (in Georgian style), chicken with vegetables in the oven, etc.

As for desserts and drinks, there are no restrictions here, since the Dog does not impose any special restrictions, unlike the symbol of the outgoing year, the Rooster. So choose any desserts and drinks for the New Year 2018 to your taste.

New Year's salads: salad recipes

For the upcoming New Year, you can prepare the following meat salads: Swiss-style salad, New Year's ball, Caesar with chicken, English-style chicken salad, Tenderness (see recipe below), " Male caprice”, “Borodinsky”, “Inspiration”, “French kiss”, “My general”, “Hunter”, “Capercaillie nest”, “Mushroom meadow”, “Otpad”, “Sea element”, “New Year's candles”, "Baltic Greetings", "Merchant", "Snowdrifts", "Naples", "Pestrenky", "Peterhof", "Carnival", "Goldfish", etc.

Liver salad "Tenderness"

Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.;
Meat liver - 300 g;
Eggs - 3 pcs.;
Cheese - 150 g;
Carrots - 1 large;
Mayonnaise.

Boiled vegetables, liver and eggs finely chop and put on a plate in layers. The top layer must be cheese. It is best to serve the dish decorated in a New Year's theme.

Seafood salad "Bim"

Canned peas - 1 can;
Squids - 400 g;
Crab sticks - 1 pack;
Potatoes - 8 pcs. (cook in uniform);
Eggs - 6 pcs.;
Pickled cucumbers - 400 g;
Imitated sturgeon caviar - 3 packs;
Mayonnaise.

Boil the squids until cooked, cut them and mix with green peas. Add the boiled potatoes to the mixture. To them - chopped eggs (as in Olivier) and cucumbers (preferably in small straws). Mix all this with mayonnaise, form the shape of a dog on a plate and decorate with caviar.

How to serve the New Year's table 2018

The Yellow Earth Dog loves its color, therefore, the main color of the interior and the New Year's table should be chosen from shades of yellow. The most winning option is gold. Of course, one should not think that all devices must be made of precious metal. Gold goes well with white, so use both colors together. But it is not recommended to mix gold with silver (gray) - this will immediately spoil the effect of solemnity.
A snow-white tablecloth with a golden unobtrusive ornament can serve as a symbol of your taste and restraint.

Almost any dish can be used: from bright yellow shades to muted and noble brown. A variant of white plates with gold edging will be appropriate. Napkins should be chosen either to match the color of the tablecloth (well, if they are included and harmonize), or to match the color of the service, although the latter option is rather difficult. Golden candlesticks will complement the beauty of the decoration of the New Year's table.

Vegetarian New Year's Eve

If you or one of your guests, for some reason, does not currently eat meat, then it will not be superfluous to come up with one or two dishes to satisfy such tastes.

Vegetarian vegetable lasagna

Puff pastry - 1 pack (you can use thin pita bread);
Carrots - 1 pc.;
Bulgarian pepper - 2 large pieces;
Olives (you can olives) - half a jar;
Water - 150 ml;
Tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l.;
Sauce "Bechamel" - 200 ml;
Salt - 1 tsp;
Sugar - 2 tsp;
Spices: coriander, pepper, turmeric, Provence herbs.

To prepare this New Year's dish, you should fry the spices in oil over medium heat. Add finely chopped carrots and chopped peppers to them. After a few minutes, add the tomato paste to the mixture and simmer until all the ingredients are easily pierced with a fork. At the end of the stew, sprinkle the mixture with ground pepper, add Provence herbs and leave to infuse under the lid. At this time, prepare the dough / pita bread. Rub the baking dish generously with oil and spread the sauce over the surface, place a sheet of dough on top and spread about a third of the stewed vegetables on it. Top with sauce again and sprinkle with cheese. Repeat this for each layer until you run out of filling. Garnish the last layer with olives and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

It is we, women, who create the New Year mood, prepare delicious dishes for the table, and make a holiday in the house. We take care of the New Year's table in advance. There should be dishes that will not only be tasty, but will also become a real highlight of the festive table.

If you believe the signs, then you should celebrate at a richly laid table, so that next year prosperity does not leave this house. All experienced housewives try to stock up on new New Year's recipes in advance and think over the menu for the New Year 2019. We hope that you will find our tips and recommendations for cooking useful, and you will meet the holiday in the best mood, and your guests will be delighted with your culinary talent and that with what love and care you tried for them. The wonderful recipes with photos that we have collected in one collection will certainly please you and your guests at the festive table.

After the choice is made, be sure to write down on a piece of paper which recipes you have chosen, and on the back, make a list of products that you should definitely buy. This will help you not to forget anything when you go shopping, because on New Year's Eve there is such a hustle and bustle in stores that you can forget everything in the world. Therefore, you need to make a list so as not to run to the store on the evening of the 31st.

We have selected several options for delicious snacks, but it is not necessary to cook them all. Choose what you like best. In extreme cases, a good cut of meat will always help you out.

Of course, the first thing that guests see and what should be on the table for the new year 2019 is serving and cold snacks. Do not save on pleasant trifles and think over the color scheme of napkins in advance and make sure that the dishes from which they will eat are from one set or at least two, but by no means a team from different sets that are not similar to each other. As snacks, as a table decoration, all kinds of canapés on skewers are welcome, which can be made from almost any product that is suitable as a snack. You can also diversify the menu due to tartlets, in which you can put salad or pate.

We all drink on New Year's holidays, some a little, and some quite a lot. A drink is a must with a snack. It can be stuffed tartlets already loved by everyone or just chopped cucumber, sausage and cheese. And you can cook something really mysterious and new. For example, you can cook canape with shrimp. It's very original and delicious. And for those who like seafood, this will be the best dish on the festive table. There are many types of shrimp canapes. You can choose according to your taste.
For the first type of canape with shrimp, you will need:
- king prawns;
- pitted olives;
- lettuce leaves;
- cucumber.
Shrimps need to be thawed and boiled. Then clean the shrimp, to do this, remove the head and shell. Cut the cucumber and tear the lettuce leaves. Next, use your creativity. You can arrange the ingredients however you like. But here's an interesting option if you don't feel like fantasizing: first pierce the shrimp, then pierce the olive and the other end of the shrimp. Stick a piece of lettuce, to do this, bend it in several layers and complete the design with a cucumber.

Canape with cheese

For the second type you will need:
- shrimps;
- pitted olives;
- lemon;
-cheese.
First, boil the shrimp, peel them. We cut the cheese into cubes, in size, should not be smaller than a shrimp, but not very small either. Approx 1*1 cm. The lemon also needs to be cut into triangular slices. Follow. So that the slice is not very large, otherwise the appetizer will be too sour and this will spoil the whole taste. On a skewer we prick a shrimp in two dreams, then a lemon and an olive. The olive should be pricked across the long side. And then we string a piece of cheese.
There are many such options, you can arrange it so that the snack is sweet and sour, it will be very piquant and unusual. So, for example, a very interesting combination is cheese and kiwi. Just fantasize.

Snack in the form of Christmas trees

Cooking:

From a piece of 600 grams, two rolls are obtained. It is necessary to cut it into two parts, and cut each part almost to the end, leaving one cm. Alternately beat off both pieces, covering them with cling film. It is necessary to beat off carefully so that the meat turns out as thin as possible, but carefully.
Season the broken pieces with salt, pepper and seasoning for meat on both sides. Cut peppers and cucumbers lengthwise into thin slices, leeks diagonally into thin rings. Put a few slices of pepper, cucumber and 2-3 onion rings on the edge of the beaten meat. Roll up both pieces and tie with twine or thread.
Fry the rolls in a saucepan on all sides, then pour in brine or broth, add soy sauce and simmer under a lid for 30 minutes over low heat. During this time, the rolls must be turned over several times. Alternatively, fried rolls can be baked in the oven, pouring broth and soy sauce mixed with juices obtained from frying. Cover with foil and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
Put the finished rolls on a dish and remove the thread. The liquid left after stewing is used to make the sauce. To do this, it must be heated almost to a boil and add starch diluted in a tablespoon of water. Stir, remove from heat and pour into saucepan.
Cut the roll into portions and serve on a common dish, garnished with greens. The sauce is served in a gravy boat or poured over a sliced ​​​​roll.

The appetizer is prepared very quickly - only 15 minutes, and the dish turns out to be unusual in appearance and delicate in taste. For cooking, you will need the following products:
- pasta in the form of large shells;
- lettuce leaves;
- any cheese, preferably with blue mold;
- Cream;
- walnuts.
You need to start by boiling the shells in very well-salted water, then put them in a colander and pour over cold water. Put the walnuts on the grill, cook for about 3 minutes. After that, the nuts need to be cut with a knife, but not very finely. For the sauce, whisk together walnut oil, oil (olive) and wine vinegar. Salt and pepper everything.
Cheese for the filling needs to be crumbled, it is advisable to use a fork for this. Whip the cream until stiff, then stir in the cheese and cream. We put the resulting filling into shells and pour over the sauce.
To make the appetizer look beautiful, you need to put it on lettuce leaves, and sprinkle more nuts on top. Serve immediately, otherwise the taste will dull a little.
Attention! When choosing cheese, it must be borne in mind that in the end it should form a homogeneous mass with cream.

Pike stuffed

If there is stuffed fish on the table, it’s definitely a holiday in the house. Since ancient times, this dish has taken pride of place, both in the festive and New Year's menus. To cook stuffed pike, the first step is to clean it and remove the skin. To do this, we make cuts in a circle near the head, without touching the giblets. So you, simply by pulling on the head, will pull out all the giblets without suffering and without spoiling the skin of the pike. Peel off the skin gently with your fingers. Near the fins, you can help yourself with a knife, only so as not to damage the integrity of the skin. Separate the flesh of the fish from the bones and make minced meat out of it. Add minced meat to it (preferably fatty), its volume should be approximately the belly of the stuffed fish. Finely chop 1 large onion and saute in sunflower oil until golden brown. Also take a large carrot, peel, grate on a medium grater and lightly fry. Mix the minced meat, onion, carrot, loaf and season everything with salt and pepper to taste. Stuff the pike as well as the head after removing the gills from there. Sew the head to the body of the stuffed pike. Lubricate the fish with sour cream for a beautiful and tasty crust, then bake the pike in the oven at 180 degrees for about 2 hours. Put the finished fish on a dish next to the greens and sprinkle with mayonnaise on top when it has completely cooled down.

Snacks using salted red fish are very popular now. They are tasty, salty and tender. To prepare our appetizer you will need:
- fillet of slightly salted salmon;
- fresh cucumber;
- cream cheese;
- thin pita bread;
- greenery.
You can either buy salmon or cook it yourself. Most importantly, it should turn out lightly salted. Cut it into slices. Depending on the thickness of the slice, you will get a different amount of snack: the thinner, the more.
The cucumber should be cut into thin and long strips. If the skin is hard, it must be removed. Greens can be added or not - a matter of taste, the type of greens can also be chosen independently.
Let's get straight to cooking. We spread the pita bread in full width, grease it with cheese, much attention should be paid to the edges. Then you need to put pieces of salmon and cucumber into it, and then we turn the pita bread so that nothing spills. It turned out a long tube, which we cut into pieces with a sharp knife (a blunt one will simply break the pita bread and flatten the contents).
Greens can also be put inside the pita bread before laying out the fish and cucumber.

Balls with crab sticks - resemble snowballs and are perfect as a New Year's snack. For cooking you will need: a glass of boiled rice, two boiled eggs, 150 - 200 grams of crab sticks, mayonnaise, tomatoes and lettuce. Mix rice and grated eggs, salt and season with mayonnaise. Roll this mass into balls of the same size. Grate the crab sticks and roll each ball in this shavings. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter. Wash tomatoes and cut into circles. Put the tomato slices on the green salad. Then put a ball on each tomato. Now the snack is ready.

The salads that will be on the New Year's table this evening should reflect the New Year's mood and are better if they are decorated accordingly. You can also lay out any of your favorite salads (yes, the same Olivier) in the form of a Christmas tree and sprinkle chopped herbs on top, thus you will please yourself and everyone else with an unusual serving of the usual salad. Well, if you have not yet decided which salad to cook, then read our recipes.

Salad "Citrus and shrimps"

Shrimps are wonderfully combined with citrus fruits, and in our case there will even be several types of them. So, we will need:
- boiled-frozen shrimps;
- grapefruit;
- orange;
- tangerine;
- salad;
- cherry tomatoes;
- Bulgarian pepper;
- hard cheese (preferably Parmesan).
Salad in time takes more time to prepare than the cooking process itself. It will take about 1.5 hours in total.
Shrimp should be thawed by the time of cooking. We fry them in oil, sprinkled with our favorite spices. We do this for a short time - a few minutes.
Arrange lettuce leaves on a flat dish. Peel and divide citrus fruits into slices, remove the film. The pulp of an orange should be cut with a knife, and the juice remaining on the skin should be squeezed into a container. We will still need it.
Put the slices on the salad. After that, we cut the tomatoes into circles, and the pepper into small cubes, and put them on top of our citrus fruits. And on top of all this we lay out ready-made shrimp.
Mix orange juice with olive oil, salt, pepper and pour over the salad. And we can decorate and add flavor with the help of grated cheese. Serve immediately after preparation.

Potatoes in salads are quite common, and fish is often used. Try this delicious and memorable dish. It includes:
- fillet of cod or other white fish;
- garlic;
- potato;
- bulb;
- lettuce and other greens.
Fish fillet should be cut into pieces, put in a flat container. Three garlic on a fine grater, mixing with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Pour this sauce over the fish and leave in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
In the meantime, mix olive oil with mustard and a small amount of marinade, which was used for fish.
We cut the onion into half rings, tear the lettuce with our hands, and finely chop the other greens. Cut the potatoes into slices of medium thickness. All this must be mixed and pour mustard dressing. The real fish must be laid out on top of the resulting dish.

New Year's salad

We make a salad in the form of a New Year's wreath. To do this, place a glass or jar in the center on a flat dish, around which our wreath will be. We take 2 large pieces: beets, carrots, potatoes and eggs. Boil food until cooked. We also prepare 200 grams of smoked chicken, a handful of walnuts and mayonnaise. We proceed to the assembly of the salad, where we grease each layer with mayonnaise. We cut the chicken meat into cubes and place the first layer on the dish. Next, potatoes grated on a coarse grater, followed by chicken eggs and beets. Sprinkle nuts on top and decorate the salad as in the photo or as New Year's inspiration tells you.

New Year's salad "Candles"

This salad can be prepared not only for the new year, but also for other Christmas holidays. Its appearance, as it were, is conducive to comfort and warmth, which is symbolized by candles.

Boil 300 gm. chicken fillet and cut into cubes;

4 hard-boiled eggs and grated;

200 gm. Fry mushrooms with onions, salt and pepper;

250 gm. cut fresh cucumbers into strips;

200 gm. grate hard Dutch cheese on a medium grater.

For decoration, prepare: green dill, pomegranate seeds, boiled carrots and bell peppers.

Fried mushrooms + chicken fillet + cucumber + eggs. After each layer, you need to draw a mayonnaise net. Sprinkle everything with grated cheese on top and decorate as in our photo, where the candles are cut from peppers and the lights from carrots.

Salad with ham and pancakes

What's a New Year's table without salads? There are a lot of posts on the Internet that the New Year without Olivier is not the New Year. Is it really? Of course, we have a whole tradition of preparing this wonderful and easy-to-prepare salad. But everything comes with time. Olivier is no exception. If in your house this salad is no longer considered anything special, then you need to think about it. Maybe something newer? For example, salad with ham. Very tender and delicious salad is very easy to prepare. In addition, it is safe to say that ham in a salad is very tasty and inexpensive, since it is sometimes a pity to spend money on meat, but it can always be replaced with ham or sausage.
To make a salad with ham you will need:
- 200-300 grams of ham;
- 2 medium onions;
- pancakes that we will cook ourselves;
- greenery;
- mayonnaise.
For pancakes you need:
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 2 tablespoons starch (corn or potato);
- 2 tablespoons flour;
- spices or herbs;
- vegetable oil.
Let's start making pancakes. To do this, beat the eggs with salt with a whisk, then add starch and flour, add herbs and spices if desired. We leave the dough for 10-15 minutes, when the flour swells a little, fry the pancakes.
While the pancakes are cooling, cut all the ingredients. Onion cut into half rings. To give the salad softness, try to cut it as thin as possible. Choose salad onions, they are less bitter. After the onion is chopped, pour boiling water over it, drain the water and squeeze the onion with your hands.
Cut the ham and pancakes into strips, but not very thick. The simplest remains. Combine all the ingredients, salt, add ground pepper and season with mayonnaise.
Before serving salad, sprinkle greens on top. This salad is also called “The Riddle”, because guests immediately begin to ask with curiosity what is in this dish. If you really want to surprise all your guests, be sure to prepare an exquisite salad with ham for the festive table.

Salad with chicken, cheese and tomatoes

No less popular for the holidays is chicken salad with cheese and tomatoes. The very combination of these ingredients makes you wonder how tender and delicious it is. The recipe is based on one serving, so calculate how many products you need.
- chicken fillet 1;
- hard cheese 50-70 grams;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 medium sized tomato;
- dill and green onions;
- mayonnaise;
-salt.
Boil the chicken, drain the water and cut into small cubes. Then you need to grate hard cheese on a coarse grater. Now add the cheese to the chicken. You need to chop green onions, dill, add to cheese and chicken. You don't need to scald the tomato. On the contrary, try to leave as much moisture on the board as possible, otherwise the salad will be too watery, we do not need extra moisture. Squeeze a clove of garlic there, you can also grate it on a fine grater. Do not forget to salt the salad and season with mayonnaise.
The salad is quite light and tasty. It's the most on the New Year's table.