What to take for barbecue in winter. Hot apple caramel

Winter is coming soon. Waiting for the dark winter evenings you can remember with a sigh the wonderful time of summer pastime in nature, but on the other hand, what prevents you from organizing a picnic in winter? Cold weather? So this is not a problem, you just need to be well prepared and not deprive yourself of the pleasure of having a great time on fresh air. Each season has its charms, and the beauty of winter landscapes is in no way inferior to bright summer colors, and there is more than enough entertainment in winter.

In general, with proper planning, a winter picnic can be just as fun as a summer picnic if not better. Here are some tips to help you organize your event.

Preparing a picnic food basket

What to pack for a winter picnic? Preferably products from which you can cook something hot, for example, kulesh. Of course, it all depends on What winter picnic are you planning?. If a romantic pastime of a couple in love, then this is one thing. Then, of course, you need red wine, a large thermos and sandwiches with red fish. Take a beautiful basket, complete it with cutlery sets, glasses, napkins and other serving items. A beautiful tablecloth with exquisite cutlery and tall glasses, on the walls of which reflections from the flames of a fire are reflected, look very romantic against the backdrop of snow. Don’t forget about folding furniture, it’s not May, you can’t lay a blanket on a snowdrift.

Nothing is better for a romantic winter picnic than perfect drink mulled wine. While in summer season I want ice cider, chilled wine and tropical juices, in winter drinking hot mulled wine is a unique pleasure! Mulled wine is absolute classic drink picnic in winter. It can be prepared in advance and stored in a thermos for up to an hour.
Filled with cinnamon, spices, red wine - hot mulled wine Will come in handy at any picnic in cold weather. There are a bunch different recipes, and it doesn't matter if you make it ahead of time or on the spot, most of them are very easy to prepare.

And if you decide to go on a barbecue and have a picnic in the winter with a fun company of friends, then you will need a very large brazier. Large, because you will not only cook on it, but also heat food. Frost, everything cools down very quickly, so you will cook on one part of the brazier, and heat it on the second. In winter, which is good, you can take different products and not worry that they will go bad, and you will need a lot of food and preferably hot, everyone knows what an appetite is in the cold. So stock up big amount foil, essential for a winter picnic- you can heat anything without any utensils, unless you cook soup in foil.

Hot sandwiches, meatballs, potatoes, different vegetables, and even dumplings - all this can be cooked at home, and then heated in foil on the grill. However, you can simply bake a potato in a uniform, since there will be coal.

Now, what to take with you from drinks. It is clear that many associate rest and even on frost with strong drinks, but forty-degree alcohol, this is not the best option for a winter picnic. But skipping a glass of hot wine is very useful. In general, it is worth stocking up on a large thermos and taking a supply of ordinary drinking water. And what to drink, who likes what - coffee, tea, cocoa, any hot drink it will come in handy in the cold.

What to wear for a winter picnic

Of course, you need to dress warmly, but a fur coat and a few thick sweaters are not the best option. Experienced tourists know that in order to keep warm better, you need, firstly, winter underwear, and secondly, several layers of thin but warm clothes. In general, a body shirt, a sweater with a high collar and a down jacket will fit perfectly, and it is better to defile in the city in a fur coat and a long sheepskin coat.

What else to take with you

It depends on what you are going to do. Going down the hill on sleds or skis is great. Or maybe somewhere nearby there will be a reservoir, and you want to know what winter fishing is. Although this is a different topic, no less interesting, a fishing picnic still requires special organization.
For a winter picnic, be sure to take change mittens, whether you will play snowballs or not, this is the case, but as experience shows, a replacement pair is always useful. And of course don't forget the first aid kit. standard set. You understand the mosquito repellent gel, you won’t need it, but here medical alcohol and heartburn remedy Activated carbon be sure to put it in, in the cold the appetite doubles, so you can sort it out.

All in all, a winter picnic is a great event that just requires careful preparation.

Before you start preparing snacks and barbecue at a winter picnic, you should take care of preparing a fire to heat your entire company, as well as arrange some kind of heating zone on the grill. After all, on winter cold hot dishes cool down just instantly. To do this, take a longer brazier with you and, at one end, make a barbecue or grilled goodies cooking area, and on the other side, put hot coals over which already cooked dishes will be heated. And so that your merry company does not freeze, make a long fire: lay two long logs next to each other, another one on top of them, and kindle them with brushwood or coal and a special liquid. This fire will burn for a long time. Now let's get to our menu.

Potato baked in foil. Camping version of baked potatoes with various fillers. Potatoes can be washed well with a brush or peeled. Make several cross cuts on each potato, not reaching the end, so that you get something like an accordion. Put any products that suit your taste into the cuts, add salt, pepper, wrap in 1-2 layers of foil as tightly as possible and put on the grate over the fire. The baking time depends on the size of the potatoes and the degree of heating (at least 20-25 minutes). Filler options:

Bacon slices, onions

Thin scrap tiki raw oily fish, onion

Cheese, onion, bacon

Ham, onion, garlic

Smoked sausage, garlic

Appetizer of pita bread or pita with cheese. Another one hot snack for a picnic, which is prepared literally from everything that was. Take thin Armenian lavash or pita buns, fill them with any toppings and grated cheese fine grater, wrap in foil and bake on a wire rack for a few minutes to melt the cheese. Cheese can be taken normal, hard sour taste, or opt for suluguni, for example. The fillings can also be anything - vegetables, greens, fish, seafood, meat, sausage, etc.

Peel large mushrooms, brush vegetable oil, salt and pepper. Thread onto skewers and bake.

Prepare sandwiches: butter bread butter, put ham, sausage or baked meat, a slice of cheese and cover the whole structure with bread, smeared with butter. Lay 3-4 of these sandwiches in a row on foil, wrap and bake until the cheese is melted.

At all foil for a winter picnic perfect option. You can wrap and bake almost any dish in it. Before the trip, you can cook cutlets (and any - meat, fish or potato), fried fish or meat, boil dumplings or cook eggplant rolls. At a picnic, you just have to put it on foil finished products, sprinkle with cheese, add herbs, spices or garlic to taste and wrap tightly. And bake for a few minutes!

Another one quick snack- Sandwiches on waffles. To prepare them, you need to buy ready-made waffles with a large pattern, spread them with minced meat or fish and fold in pairs. Cut into squares, dip in beaten egg and roll in breadcrumbs. Fry in vegetable oil, and in nature, wrap a few pieces in foil and heat over a fire.

Prepare any toppings: mashed potatoes, cottage cheese mixed with herbs and garlic, meat or minced fish, cheese and ham, liver, egg and rice or green onions, boiled heart, cod liver with boiled rice- fantasize! Moreover, the fillings can be different. Roll out the finished puff pastry into a very thin layer and cut it into strips 7-8 cm wide. Place a spoonful of filling on the end of each strip and fold the triangle, pressing the corner. Continue wrapping the ribbon in triangles to the end. Spread the finished triangles on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, brush with an egg, loosened with 1 tbsp. water and place in the freezer for 10 minutes. Then place the tray in hot oven and bake until golden brown.

Barbecue sauces are one of the main conditions great lunch outdoors. You can make several sauces, your guests will appreciate your efforts. Moreover, not only meat can be dipped in these divine sauces. Sausages or even plain toasted bread with sauce and in the fresh air - this is something incredible!

Ingredients:
1 stack ketchup,
1/3 stack. applesauce,
¼ stack. apple juice,
¼ stack. apple cider vinegar,
¼ stack. brown sugar,
¼ stack. grated onion,
2 tsp black ground pepper,
¾ tsp garlic powder,
¾ tsp ground white pepper.

Cooking:
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes.

Ingredients:
2 stack pitted cherries,
2 tbsp orange juice
2 tbsp sherry or dry white wine
1 tbsp Sahara,
1 tbsp cold water
2 tsp starch,
1 tsp orange peel,
¾ tsp dijon mustard,
¼ tsp salt.

Cooking:
Mix cherry, juice, sugar, orange peel, mustard and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the water and cornstarch and carefully pour into the simmering sauce, stirring constantly. Boil the sauce until thickened.

Ingredients:
1 ½ stack mustard,
½ stack apple cider vinegar
½ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp tomato paste,
1 tbsp salt,
1 tsp ground black pepper,
1 tsp red ground pepper,
1 tsp white ground pepper.

Cooking:
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat.

Ingredients:
2 stack finely chopped champignons,
1 stack beef broth,
¼ stack of whiskey
3 tbsp butter,
2 tbsp flour,
½ bunch of green onions
1 tbsp parsley greens,
1 garlic clove
1 tsp hot sauce.

Cooking:
Rub the saucepan with a clove of garlic. Melt 2 tablespoons in it. butter, add flour, mix and gradually add the broth, stirring constantly so that no lumps form. Add parsley, boil and set aside. Mushrooms and finely chopped onion fry on the remaining butter until soft, add whiskey, spicy sauce and flour broth. Boil over low heat for a few minutes. This sauce is good for chicken.

Place a bag of large frozen shrimp in a large frying pan on the grate over a fire or barbecue, and let the liquid melt, draining it. As soon as all the ice has melted, pour over the shrimp with vegetable oil, salt, add spices or just pour over soy sauce and fry.

On skewers or skewers, you can cook not only classic barbecue, but also just fry sausages or sausages. It turns out great snack waiting for the main course. If you don’t feel like messing around with skewers, buy special grills: the products on them are fried evenly and do not turn over at the most inopportune moment.
And, of course, the classics of any trip to nature - barbecue. It is easy to calculate the amount of meat for a trip to nature - 0.5 kg per eater. The fresh air whets your appetite! Our site offers you to cook pork, chicken or fish steaks Grilled.

cut the meat portioned pieces, salt, add spices to taste. Onion cut into rings. Lay the meat in the pan in layers, alternating with onions and pouring each layer with vodka. Let marinate for half an hour. Grill skewers until cooked golden brown. Vodka swerves meat protein, so it’s not worth keeping the meat on fire for a long time, just browning the kebab over a good fire is enough.

Ingredients:
1.2 kg chicken fillet,
1 tbsp sesame oil,
6 garlic cloves,
40 g fresh root ginger,
200 ml classic soy sauce
a piece of fresh hot pepper,
12 tablespoons sesame seeds.

Cooking:
cut into chicken fillet small cubes. Marinate the meat in a mixture of sesame oil, chopped ginger, hot peppers and garlic for an hour. String on wooden skewers, wrap the ends with foil so that they do not burn and fry on a wire rack. Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.

In the preparation of fish, one should adhere to the classic “three Ps”: Salt-Sour-Pepper. You can add a little spice to taste, but do not overdo it, otherwise you will clog the taste and aroma of the fish. So, take salmon or trout steaks (trout is a bit dry), pour over them with lemon juice, salt and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Black pepper can be substituted for ground white pepper. Place on the rack and bake. Serve steaks with pomegranate sauce.

As for drinks, you must definitely take with you to nature. enough clean drinking water, hot sweet tea (or tea leaves and a kettle that you don’t mind smoking on a fire) and something intoxicating. In addition to the usual vodka and others strong drinks try making mulled wine or hot toddy. And you can do it at home and pour it into a thermos. You will get warm guaranteed, and your head will not hurt (provided, of course, that you will not drink it in liters).

Ingredients per serving:
120 ml apple juice
50 ml red wine
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cloves,
1 piece of sugar
pinch ground cinnamon.

Cooking:
Combine apple and lemon juice with wine, add spices and heat to a temperature of 60-70°C. Strain ready drink and serve in warm mugs.

Ingredients:
1 bottle of red wine
150 ml cognac,
100 ml of vodka,
100 g sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
½ tsp ground cloves,

3-4 peas of allspice.

Cooking:
Pour the wine in enamel pan, add sugar, spices and heat, stirring with a wooden spoon. Do not bring to a boil, a temperature of 50-60 ° C is enough, add cognac and vodka and heat again. Pour into a thermos and soak mulled wine for 1-2 hours. This mulled wine is good to prepare before going out into the countryside.

Ingredients:
1 bottle of red wine
1 orange
5-6 cloves,
3-4 black peppercorns
1 tsp honey,
a pinch of ground cinnamon,
a pinch of salt.

Cooking:
Cut the orange into circles with the peel. Pour wine over oranges and heat to 60°C. Add honey and spices, soak for 10 minutes, strain and serve.

Hot Toddy cocktails differ from mulled wine in composition and method of preparation. If mulled wine is prepared on the basis of red wine, heated with spices, then for Toddy all the ingredients are simply mixed in a mug. Before preparing Toddy, rinse the mugs with boiling water.

Ingredients per serving:
40 ml gin
12 ml lemon juice
60 ml boiling water,
1 tsp Sahara,
cinnamon stick.

Cooking:
Pour all ingredients into a mug, stir and serve garnished with a cinnamon stick.

Hot toddy with tea

Ingredients per serving:
30 ml whiskey,
1 tbsp honey,
¼ lemon
150 ml boiling water,
1 bag of black tea.

Cooking:
Put honey in a mug, pour whiskey over it, add lemon juice. Separately, brew tea and pour into a mug for alcohol. Mix and serve.

Ingredients per serving:
1 glass of hot water
1 tsp dry tea brew,
1-2 tsp honey,
1 tsp lemon juice
¼ cup whiskey (you can use brandy)
a pinch of ground nutmeg
1 cinnamon stick
a slice of lemon.

Cooking:
Brew tea in a glass of boiling water and let it brew for 3-4 minutes. Put honey in a mug, pour in lemon juice and whiskey, pour over tea and let stand for 2-3 minutes. When serving, sprinkle with nutmeg, put a cinnamon stick and a slice of lemon.

Happy weekend!

Larisa Shuftaykina

Decorations

The winter forest will be even more beautiful if you take care of a suitable environment in advance. Freeze gouache-tinted water in ice molds - these “precious” ice cubes can decorate snowdrifts. Hang glass lanterns-candlesticks on the branches, light candles - that's the holiday atmosphere for you.

treat

What to cook for a winter picnic? Main principle selection of dishes for a winter picnic - they must be hot. For children, cook on an alcohol lamp hot chocolate- according to all the rules, thick and sweet, add marshmallows, marshmallows and whipped cream to cups. For adults - with spices. Thermo glasses will not allow drinks to cool quickly, and they will help you warm up. Sausages, by the way, can be fried directly on sticks cut right here in the forest. Pre-marinated chicken or fish is easy to cook on coals in foil "envelopes". Here is the menu for a winter picnic!

Entertainment

Maybe you want to put on a play or draw a treasure map and send the children to find them? Of course, in this case, it is worthwhile to hide the treasure in advance near the place where the winter picnic takes place. Come up with a quest where participants will answer questions or complete tasks, and then receive prizes. Make a bird and squirrel feeder and share the treat. And you can also stick a variety of snowmen (ideas for funny snow figures can be found on our website). Maybe the children will find tangerines growing right on the Christmas tree? By the way, you can also let it go in the cold bubble- they freeze and turn into amazing patterned balls, or take a magnifying glass with you and look at snowflakes.

outfits

Of course, you will dress warmly - it is still winter. Also, take colorful fleece blankets with you - firstly, this way you will definitely not freeze, and secondly, the blanket easily becomes a knight's cloak, a royal mantle, a cape of a sorcerer following a star, or even a curtain on the stage. Crowns and tiaras can be worn directly over the cap.

Or maybe you will choose a family look - the same clothes or accessories for the whole company?

A picnic is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with a loved one or with friends. But what if the window is cold and snowy winter? My decision is to go on a winter picnic :).

Fresh sparkling air, the rays of the sun shining on the snow cover - what could be better for a great day off?

Do not forget to dress warmly, because winter is a harsh mistress and it is not at all hot in her arms :).

arranging romantic picnic don't forget about landscaping :). Opt for a nice table and a couple of chairs, but don't forget to use warm blankets.

Products and utensils can be brought on a sled :). Then you can ride them from the nearest mountain - why not have fun with your loved one? :).

Of course, the main attribute of a winter picnic are hot drinks - cocoa, tea or flavored coffee. Save a thermos and a couple of your favorite mugs for yourself and your significant other.

Take various sweets with you - marshmallows, marmalade, chocolate - this will create a romantic atmosphere. By the way, do not forget to take your camera with you and take a large number of beautiful pictures.

When going on a picnic with friends or kids, think about location, fun, and food. Stop your choice on various snacks, the recipes of which you can find . You can also take various hot dishes into service - chicken on skewers, kebabs or baked fish.

An invariable attribute of any picnic is homemade baking. Delight yourself and your guests with cinnamon and honey buns, condensed milk or cherry jam.