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Making a menu for 15 people: recipes and cooking

SNACKS

SALADS

HOT DISHES

GARNISHES

BEVERAGES

DESSERT

And again a holiday! Good friends and relatives are invited home! A man of commercials 15 ... Again, a luxurious feast is planned, which will abound with delicious and hearty dishes. But what? What to cook and what menu to choose if there is a banquet for 15 people? Tired of the standard Russian salad, herring under a fur coat and mashed potatoes ... I want something original. And at the same time, it is necessary that all dishes are not only tasty, if possible useful, but also beautiful. Therefore, we highlight the basic principles and recipes for a good modern menu:

• dishes must be tested by experience;
• quite simple and not very long to prepare;
• look aesthetically pleasing (be presented beautifully designed);
• be universal (suitable for both adults and children).

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So, let's make an approximate festive menu for 15 people. Consider six sections: appetizers, salads, hot dishes, side dishes, drinks, desserts. Let's start with snacks.

SNACKS

1). 101 canapes

Of course, the point is not to cook 101 pieces of canapés (usually impaled on skewers). It’s just that this recipe is so versatile that for each new feast, you can surprise your guests again and again with one such dish.

The basis for the canapes will be:

• cracker,
• baked puff pastry slices,
• hard cheese;
• white, black, gray bread, cut into curly slices (for example, triangles, rhombuses, circles - using a glass);
• toast;
• ready-made baskets from unleavened dough.

Filling for canapes (can be combined to taste):

• salted cottage cheese, butter, cheese, curd cheese;
• salted red fish, herring;
• red, black caviar;
• shrimp, mussels;
• ham, boiled pork, boiled meat, sausage;
• hard cheese;
• boiled eggs (chicken or quail)

Canape decoration:

• greens (lettuce, parsley, cilantro, spinach, dill, etc.);
• slices of lemon, lime, tangerine, kiwi;
• olives;
• grape;
• cherry tomato halves;
• slices of radish, cucumber;
• cumin, coriander, sesame seeds;
• other.

As an option, you can serve small rolls of pita bread to the table. They look just as elegant and appetizing as the usual ones. For example, put cucumber slices, lettuce leaves and salmon slices sprinkled with lemon on a pita leaf smeared with cream cheese. Roll up the roll and refrigerate for an hour. Cut into small pieces before serving.

1. Cheese roll with pistachios and chicken

Very tasty dish of medium complexity. It is worth working on it, because the result will certainly delight guests with excellent taste.

Ingredients:

• 700 g of cheese "Russian";
• 100 g of peeled pistachios;
• 400 g of cottage cheese;
• 1 PC. yellow sweet pepper;
• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 4 tbsp canned corn;
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp curry powder;
• parsley;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process:

• 1. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and put it on a baking sheet, on parchment (evenly distribute). Place in preheated to 90 degrees. oven for 10 minutes (until the cheese is completely melted). Take out, let the cheese mass cool;
  2. Pour chicken fillet with hot salted water and cook until tender (about 25 minutes);
  3. Put the paper with the cheese mass on the work surface and roll out with a rolling pin, covering with a second sheet of parchment paper. Form a rectangle;
  4. Chilled boiled chicken fillet cut into strips, season with pepper and curry;
  5. Cut the sweet pepper into cubes, chop the pistachios with a knife;
  6. Mix cottage cheese with pistachios, sweet pepper, parsley and corn. Salt the mass to taste;
  7. Put the prepared filling on the cheese layer, distribute evenly. Roll up the roll and wrap it in food foil. Place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours;
  8. Cut into slices and arrange beautifully on a dish.

1. Antipasti - puffs with olives

Bring some Italian flair into your holiday feast. Antipasti is the Italian name for warming dishes before the main dishes. I mean, just appetizers. This recipe will surprise you with its simplicity, and the dish prepared according to it will delight guests with a piquant, rich taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of yeast-free puff pastry;
• 2 jars of pitted black olives (or olives - for an amateur, with them the appetizer is more salty);
• 200 g of sausages;
• greens (for decoration).

Attention: to prepare such an appetizer, you will need long wooden skewers. Soak them in water overnight!

Cooking process:

1. Roll out the dough and carefully cut into strips no more than 1 cm wide.
2. String olives or olives on a skewer alternately with pieces of sausage;
3. Take two strips of dough and fasten them at the base of the skewer on the last olive. Carefully wrap the olives and sausage wedges with the dough, crossing the strips as shown.
4. Fold the cooked skewers on a prepared baking sheet, which is sent to a preheated to 200 degrees. oven for about 15-20 minutes (until baking test strips).

SALADS

1. diner

Snack salads are very easy to prepare, but no less tasty. This salad will be a great addition to the rest of the festive dishes. Served with both olive oil and mayonnaise (optional).

Ingredients:

• 600 g of ham;
• 8 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 4 things. tomato;
• 600 g of Beijing cabbage;
• 400 g canned corn;
• 5-6 tbsp olive oil (can be substituted for mayonnaise if desired)
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Boil hard-boiled eggs. Gently grind;
2. Cut ham into strips;
3. Chop Chinese cabbage into small pieces;
4. Wash and cut into slices tomatoes;
5. Prepare canned corn by draining water from it;
6. Mix all the ingredients, salt and pepper the base, season with oil or mayonnaise.

   Salad-cocktail "Glamour"

This salad, first of all, will surprise guests with its serving. And it is served in portions - in wine glasses with beautifully stacked layers. In addition, the dish will please with its exquisite taste, despite a very simple set of ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 500 g shrimp;
• 4 things. medium apples;
• 2-3 pcs. medium carrots;
• 4 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• 2-3 pcs. cucumber;
• a small bunch of parsley;
• 7 tbsp light mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Boil the peeled shrimp in salted water (no more than 3 minutes). Throw away in a colander. Cool down;
  2. Wash, peel and grate apples, sprinkle them with lemon juice;
  3. Wash cucumbers and carrots, peel and also grate (preferably on a grater for Korean carrots). As an option, carrots can be pre-fried in vegetable oil;
  4. Put cucumbers, carrots, apples in layers in bowls or wine glasses. Lubricate all layers with mayonnaise;
  5. Lay the shrimp in the top layer (small ones do not require chopping, large ones can be cut into 3-4 parts);
  6. Decorate the salad with herbs and cool slightly.

1. Salad "Watermelon slice"

A very elegant, hearty salad will effectively decorate the festive table. It is based on simple, affordable products. And the main "trick" - in the design. If we are talking about a festive menu for 15 people, it is better to prepare two separate portions of salad - let two bright slices of watermelon flaunt on the table.

Ingredients for 2 individual servings:

For the base:

• 1 kg chicken fillet;
• 2 cans of pickled champignons;
• 2 pcs. medium carrots;
• 14 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 600 g of cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

For decoration (top layer):

• 3 pcs. cucumber;
• 5 pieces. tomato;
• 8-9 olives.

Cooking process:

• 1. Cool the chicken boiled in salted water, finely chop;
  2. Eggs and carrots also boil and chop into small cubes;
  3. Cut mushrooms into small pieces;
  4. Cheese grate on a fine grater;
  5. Prepare the salad base by mixing chopped chicken, carrots, eggs, cheese (leave a little grated cheese for decoration). Season the whole mass with mayonnaise and salt to taste;
  6. Put the cooked base on a wide dish, forming an impromptu slice of watermelon;
  7. Finely chop fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
  8. Garnish the outer side of the slice with cucumbers (in the shape of a crescent), and the inner side with tomatoes. On the tomato part lay out the grains from the chopped olives.

HOT DISHES

1. mushroom julienne

Preparing the dish is not very difficult and not very long, but it is one of the favorite dishes of most of us. The only inconvenience of its preparation is the need for a sufficient number of cocotte makers (small portion ladles). In our case, these will require 15 pieces.

Ingredients:

• 900 g of champignons;
• 900 g chicken fillet:
• 5 pieces. large bulbs;
• 750 g sour cream;
• 450 g of hard cheese;
• 150 g butter;
• 6 tbsp flour;
• vegetable oil (for frying);
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Cut well-washed, dried mushrooms into thin plates and fry in vegetable oil, drain;
  2. Beat the chicken fillet, cut, fry in a pan until half cooked (without the formation of a golden crust);
  3. Finely chopped onion fry until golden brown;
  4. Prepare a sauce of sour cream, flour and butter (mix the mass thoroughly);
  5. Put all the ingredients in a frying pan, pour over the sauce, salt, pepper and simmer over low heat until the liquid evaporates;
  6. Grate cheese on a medium grater;
  7. Arrange the prepared mass in cocotte makers, cover with cheese chips and send to the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Meatloaf "Two in One"

Excellent meat dish - very hearty and tasty. A real gastronomic feast, especially for gourmet meat-eaters.

Ingredients:

• 1.4 kg of ground beef;
• 700 g bacon;
• 1 st. chopped onion;
• 2/3 cup barbecue sauce (homemade or store bought)
• 24 pcs. crackers;
• 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
• 2 tsp chili powder;
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process

• 1. Prepare minced meat, put finely chopped onions into it;
  2. Season the mass with barbecue sauce to taste;
  3. Add mustard and all seasonings, spices;
  4. Break eggs into the meat mass, add chopped crackers (breadcrumbs or crumbs of a dried loaf). Everything is good, mix thoroughly;

• 1. Lay out the bacon slices, spread the seasoned minced meat evenly over them in the center. Roll up the bacon slices. Place the resulting roll (or several rolls) on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper (seam down);
  2. Grease the roll prepared for baking again with a little barbecue sauce;
  3. Place the dish in the oven, preheated to 175 degrees. Bake for about an hour;
  4. The finished roll should be allowed to cool slightly, cut into portions.

1. Poultry (chicken) with oranges oven.

This recipe is versatile. It can be used to cook not only chicken, but also other poultry. This dish turns out juicy, fragrant, very tasty. And it looks great on the holiday table.

Ingredients

• 1 large chicken (or other bird of your choice)
• 400-500 g oranges (sweet and thin-skinned);
• 5 tooth garlic;
• salt, herbs, honey and mustard to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Grate the prepared chicken carcass with a mixture of seasonings, spices and salt, coat with honey;
2. Wash the oranges, pour over with boiling water and then with cold water;
3. Peel the garlic, cut each clove in half lengthwise;

1. Put the carcass back down on the prepared baking sheet. Make a pocket on the back side (separating the skin from the meat with your hand). Put orange slices in it. Similarly, make a pocket from the bottom of the carcass (from the back) and also chop it with orange slices;
2. Fill the inner cavity with chopped garlic and oranges;
3. With culinary twine or a strong thick thread, tie the legs of the bird and overlay the carcass on the outside with the remaining orange slices;
4. Send the chicken to preheated to 180 degrees. oven, bake for about 2 hours, periodically pouring over the juice that stands out. The finished chicken should have a golden crust, and when pierced, the liquid coming out of it should be transparent.

Note:

Such a stuffed bird can also be cooked in a roasting sleeve. Only then, for the formation of a crust, should the sleeve be slightly opened about 20 minutes before readiness.

GARNISHES

1. Normandy potatoes

Delicious and, most importantly, very beautiful dish. Such a side dish will dress up a festive feast and will surely please the guests.

Ingredients:

• 15 large potatoes;
• 200 g of hard cheese;
• 5 pieces. egg yolks;
• 5 tbsp sour cream.

Cooking process:

1. Bake well-washed potatoes in the oven until cooked (readiness can be checked with a toothpick);
2. Cut each potato in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh with a spoon;
3. Mash the potatoes with a fork, adding sour cream, egg yolks and salt. Mix everything well;
4. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add to the potato mass;
5. Fill the potato halves with the prepared mixture, apply a pattern on top using a confectionery press with the desired nozzle (or simply lay it out beautifully with a fork). Place in preheated to 250 degrees. oven, bake until golden brown.

1. Rice with nuts and raisins

This side dish goes well with both fish and meat. And it is prepared quite simply and quickly. For 15 small servings you will need:

• 3 cups of rice;
• 2 small onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 7 tbsp raisins;
• 300 almonds or walnuts;
• 200 g butter (vegetable or butter);
• greenery;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process

• 1. Melt a few tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan or cauldron, fry finely chopped onion on it until transparent, add garlic;
  2. Pour rice, mixing well with the toasted mass. Fry it for a few minutes;
  3. Pour in 6 cups of water, add salt and bring everything to a boil. Reduce the heat, leaving the mass to languish for 20-30 minutes (until all the water is absorbed);
  4. Melt a little butter in a separate frying pan and fry raisins, parsley, chopped nuts on it. Fill the rice with the prepared mixture.

1. Garlic lasagna "Ajada"

This is a very unconventional type of lasagna, for which the sauce is very important. It is he who gives the dish the necessary piquancy and richness. The dish is quick and easy to prepare, and on the festive table it will be more than appropriate.

Ingredients:

• 3 packs of lasagna;
• 300 ml of olive oil;
• 200 g butter;
• 300 g of Parmesan cheese;
• 500 g walnuts;
• 9 cloves of garlic;
• 300 g breadcrumbs.

Cooking process:

1. Drop the nuts in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain the water, peel the nuts and chop, mixing with garlic and breadcrumbs (a rough paste should turn out);
2. Add olive oil while continuing to beat the mass. You should get a homogeneous sauce. Add salt and pepper to it to taste;
3. Boil the lasagne sheets in water until half cooked (do not drain the water). Prepare baking dishes by greasing them with butter (at least two forms will be required for this amount of dish). Put a sheet of lasagna, pour a little sauce on it, season with butter and sprinkle with grated parmesan. Repeat the process with all of the lasagne sheets. Top layer - sauce and parmesan;
4. Along the perimeter of the puff mass on a baking sheet, pour water from pasta cooking (a small amount);
5. Send to the oven for 15 minutes.

BEVERAGES

1. homemade lemonade

A fresh, tasty and absolutely not harmful (unlike store-bought analogues) drink will harmoniously complement the picture of festive dishes. And it's easy to prepare!

Ingredients:

• 3 liters of sparkling water;
• 2 glasses of plain water;
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 10 lemons)
• 2 cups of sugar.

Cooking process:

• 1. Pour all the sugar into a saucepan with water, heat the mixture over low heat, stirring it until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool the syrup;
  2. Add the prepared lemon juice to the syrup, strain the liquid;
  3. Add soda before serving. Its quantity should be adjusted to your taste.

1. Ginger drink.

With this drink you wish your guests good health. And you will be very pleased with those who are worried about their figure - after all, ginger is one of the first in the list of products for weight loss! And what a useful spice! Ginger contains 1-3% essential oils and many amino acids, minerals, vitamins.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp grated ginger;

1 PC. lemon;

4 tbsp honey.

Cooking process:

• Boil water with chopped lemon zest in a saucepan;
• Grate ginger on a fine grater and add to the prepared syrup;
• Cool the drink a little, flavor with honey and lemon juice.
• If desired, the taste can be adjusted by adding more sugar.

1. Non-alcoholic mulled wine with apples

A multicomponent drink with an unforgettable taste. And also a powerful anti-cold remedy. Mulled wine is especially relevant in the cold season. Take the time and effort to prepare it and your guests will be very grateful to you!

Ingredients:

• 6 art. grape juice;
• 1 st. water;
• 1 PC. apple;
• 4 tbsp lemon peel;
• 4 tbsp orange peel;
• 1 tsp cloves;
• 2 tsp cinnamon;
• 8 pcs. black peppercorns;
• 4 tbsp raisins;
• ginger, cardamom, sugar (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Pour water and juice into the pan, put it to languish over low heat;
2. Add lemon and orange zest, raisins;
3. Peel the apple and cut into small cubes. Pour into a liquid base;
4. Flavor the drink with spices: allspice, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom. Stir and wait until the mulled wine is well heated. But! Do not bring to a boil! (it is important);
5. Turn off the fire, and cover the drink with a lid for infusion. Leave for 5 minutes.

DESSERT

1. Cake "Rakhat"

Needless to say, this cake is delicious! You just have to try it!

Ingredients:

• 6 pcs. egg whites;
• 385 g of granulated sugar;
• 300 g of peanuts;
• 3 tbsp flour or starch;
• 50 g of water;
• 2 tbsp condensed milk;
• 150 g butter;
• 2-3 tbsp apple jam;
• 1 tsp cocoa powder;
• vanillin.

Cooking process:

1. Ignite in a frying pan and peel the nuts from the husk. Grind them in a blender;

1. It is necessary to separately make three servings of protein-nut paste for three cakes. For one cake, take 2 egg whites, beat them into a strong foam, adding a little bit of sugar;
2. 4 tbsp mix peanuts with 1 tbsp. flour or starch. Gently fold this mixture into the beaten egg whites, mixing from top to bottom;
3. Put the resulting mass on a baking sheet, level it with a thickness of 5-7 mm (in the form of a circle - an approximate diameter of about 20 cm);
4. Bake at a temperature of 160 degrees. about 2 hours (you need to make sure that the cake does not dry out, but does not remain wet);
5. Thus, bake three cakes. It is advisable to let them lie down for 12 hours;
6. Prepare buttercream. First, cook milk-sugar syrup - pour 85 g of sugar into 50 g of boiling water, after boiling add condensed milk and bring to a boil. Simmer on a low boil for 10 minutes. Cool the syrup;
7. Beat the butter, after softening it. Add prepared chilled sugar syrup to it in a thin stream, pour in vanillin. You should get an airy, light cream that does not exfoliate.
8. 1/3 of the cream paint over cocoa;
9. Assemble the cake: grease the bottom cake with unpainted butter cream, the second cake with apple jam, and the top cake with chocolate cream.
10. The sides of the cake can be carefully trimmed (keep in mind that the base is very fragile). And after greasing, sprinkle with nuts. Decorate the top with buttercream.

1. Mini charlotte with pear (portioned)

Portion dessert is very convenient for a large company and fits perfectly into the festive menu for 15 people. You can cook exactly 15 servings or with a small margin. The proposed mini-rolls are prepared quite simply, look very elegant, and delight with a delicate taste. The recipe is for 16 servings.

Ingredients:

• 15 small pears;
• 6 art. flour;
• 12 tablespoons Sahara;
• 12 pcs. eggs;
• 200 ml sour cream;
• 50 g butter;
• 9 tsp baking powder;
• 5 tbsp breadcrumbs;
• powdered sugar for dusting.

Cooking process:

1. Divide 4 eggs into whites and yolks. Whisk the yolks and the rest of the eggs together with sugar;
2. Add sour cream to the resulting mass, pour flour with baking powder through a sieve, mix;
3. Prepare molds - grease with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs;
4. Pour the dough into moulds. Put a pear in each;
5. Send heated to 180 degrees. oven for 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooking.

1. Sweets "Raffaello"

Delicate, elegant sweets will please every guest.

Ingredients:

• 120 ml of heavy cream;
• 150 g coconut;
• 50 almonds;
• 50 g butter;
• 2 white chocolate bars;
• 1 pinch of salt.

Cooking process:

1. Melt the chocolate poured with cream in a water bath, bring the mixture to a boil;
2. Cool the resulting mass to room temperature, add 30-45 g of coconut flakes, butter and a pinch of salt. Stir, refrigerate (if the base does not thicken, beat it with a mixer and refrigerate again);
3. Form sweets by placing an almond in each and rolling on top with coconut flakes. Store sweets in the refrigerator.

And, finally, here are some tips that will help you properly organize a festive feast:

Tip #1: When compiling the menu, choose different options for dishes - with fish, with meat, with mushrooms. Thus, you will prevent a situation when one of the guests for some reason does not eat one of the listed products. For example, your girlfriend does not like fish, let her treat herself to meat. And if you fast - invite her to taste mushroom food!

Tip #2: Part of the dishes should be fast food snacks: sandwiches, sliced ​​​​and so on.

Tip #3: It is advisable to have a grocery holiday NC at home. For example, preparations that, in case of a shortage of food at the table, can be quickly obtained and served as a separate dish. It can be stuffed tomatoes, lecho, salads and other preservation.

In fact, the banquet menu and step-by-step recipes for 15 people presented in the article have been tested on our own experience, you can take it as an example and make your own version, which, in principle, is not so difficult. Modernity offers an immense variety of recipes! There would be a desire to cook delicious homemade holiday food for your loved ones.

Preparing a festive table for a birthday person is a rather difficult task. After all, you want to not only satisfy and tasty feed the guests, but also surprise them with something. Therefore, it is necessary to think over the birthday menu thoroughly so that each of the guests has their own dish.

We offer you a selection of recipes from which you will need to choose the most worthy. Our article presents simple, easy to perform, but with all this, very tasty dishes for a festive feast in honor of a birthday. Your guests will definitely like appetizers, salads and hot dishes.

Birthday salad with chicken and Korean carrots

Very tasty and quite satisfying salad with boiled chicken and Korean carrots. This appetizer will decorate any table, it is prepared simply, but it turns out very tasty.

We will need:

• Chicken fillet (breast) - 0.5 pcs.
• Small champignons - 6-7 pcs.
• Onion (small) - 1 pc.
• Korean carrot - 50 gr.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Hard cheese - 30 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. l.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
• Salt - to taste

Cooking:

Rinse the chicken breast under running water, boil in salted water until tender. This will take 15-20 minutes, try not to overcook, otherwise the meat will turn out to be dryish. We cool the finished meat, finely cut it, or disassemble it into fibers.

Pour the eggs with cold water, put on the stove, cook hard boiled for 8 minutes. Cool the eggs by pouring them with cold water. Peel off the shell, finely chop with a knife.

Remove the husk from the onion, rinse well, chop into half rings. Grind the mushrooms into thin slices.

In a frying pan, heat a little vegetable oil, fry the mushrooms with onions until golden brown.

Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.

We shift the prepared ingredients into a bowl that is convenient in size, spread the Korean carrots. Season with salt and pepper, season with mayonnaise, mix well, send to the refrigerator to soak. We put the finished snack into a beautiful bowl, decorate it to your taste and serve it to the table. This salad can be laid out in a serving ring, tamped a little with a spoon. Carefully remove the form.
Bon appetit!

Delicious, festive birthday salad with crab sticks in baskets

Surely there are a huge number of crab stick salad lovers, at least I am one of them. But this salad has become boring for a long time, today I propose to cook it in a new way. The appetizer turns out not only tasty, but also looks great on the table.

We will need:

• Wafer tartlets - 12-16 pcs.
• Crab sticks - 100 g
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Processed cheese - 70 g
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves
• Fresh greens - 0.5 bunch
• Mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons
• Salt - to taste

Cooking:

First, let's prepare the ingredients for the salad. Eggs must be boiled, cooled and peeled. Crab sticks must be thawed. Rinse fresh greens under running cold water, dry with paper towels. We divide the garlic into teeth. Tartlets just buy in the store

Finely chop the boiled chicken eggs with a knife.

Grind crab sticks at your discretion, you can cube, and if you want, then straws.

Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater, or cut into thin strips.

Garlic will add a unique piquancy to the dish. We pass it through the press.

Fresh greens, finely chop with a knife, or use special scissors.

We combine the prepared ingredients in a bowl, season with mayonnaise, mix well. If necessary, add a little salt or pepper to enhance the taste.

We lay out the salad on tartlets, decorate with crab sticks and fresh chopped herbs.
Bon appetit!

Festive salad "Charlotte" for a birthday

To prepare a beautiful, tasty and unusual salad is the dream of every housewife. If you are looking for just such a salad, then this recipe is just for you. It is prepared from the most simple products. Salad with egg pancakes will decorate your table and give you pleasure from eating it. An appetizer with a magnificent decoration will surprise your guests.

We will need:

• Boiled potatoes - 300 gr.
• Canned green peas - 200 gr.
• Smoked meat - 150 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Eggs - 4 pcs.
• Onion - 50-60 gr.
• Flour - 1 tbsp. l.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
• Parsley - 5 sprigs
• Soda - 1 pinch
• Salt - to taste

Cooking:

Break the eggs into a bowl, add mayonnaise, a pinch of salt, soda and flour. We mix everything well.

We bake two pancakes from the prepared dough, let them cool. Lubricate the prepared pancakes with mayonnaise, roll them into a roll, cut into circles 5-8 mm thick.

We clean the onion from the husk, chop finely, pour boiling water over it, leave for 5 minutes. Drain the water from the scalded onion and squeeze well.

Peel potatoes, cut into small cubes. We shift to the onion, add a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise, mix well.

Grind the smoked meat, combine with peas and a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise, mix thoroughly.

We cover a deep, round salad bowl with cling film, spread pancake rolls over the entire surface.

We send half the potato mass from above, spread the meat mass on top, finish with the second half of the potato. We close the edges of the film, put it in the refrigerator.

Before serving, turn the salad on a flat plate, rolls up. Remove the film, decorate with mayonnaise and green peas.

Bon appetit!

Recipe for appetizer rolls of cucumbers on the festive table

The dish turns out very juicy, it is prepared instantly. If you have fresh cucumbers and soft cheese, then you will learn how to quickly prepare an appetizer and surprise guests.

We will need:

• Cucumbers - 3 pcs.
• Soft cheese (or cottage cheese) - 150 g
• Capers - 50 g
• Olives - 50 g
• Fresh dill - 4-5 sprigs
• Green onion - 2 stalks
• Sour cream (or mayonnaise) - 30 ml
• Salt - 2 pinches

Cooking:

Rinse vegetables and herbs well. We cut off the tails of cucumbers, using a vegetable peeler or a sharp knife, turn the vegetable into long tongues.

Soft cheese, your favorite, or cottage cheese, rub well with a fork. Grind the greens and add to the cheese.

Squeeze capers and olives slightly from the marinade, chop finely. We shift to the filling, add sour cream, salt, mix well.

If you have long ribbons of cucumbers, then lay them out on the board, lay out the filling on top. (If the strips are short, then we overlap them). From the filling we form small balls, put them on a vegetable, roll them into a roll. Secure with toothpicks so they don't unravel. Lay out on a flat dish, serve to the table. Bon appetit!

How to cook a beautiful snack "Strawberry"

An unusually beautiful appetizer with herring looks beautiful on the table. Will definitely make you want to try it.

We will need:

• Medium potatoes - 3-4 pcs. (400 g)
• Salted herring - 0.5 fillet (up to 100 g)
• Onion, small - 1 pc. (100 g)
• Sesame seeds - 0.5 teaspoon
• Parsley greens - to taste
• Beet juice - 150 ml (from one medium beetroot)

Cooking:

Boil potatoes without peeling, wait until cool, then peel and chop on a grater

Peel the herring, cut into small cubes. Peel the onion from the husk, chop.

Form cakes from the prepared potatoes, put the herring filling with onions, and shape into strawberries.

Dip each piece in beetroot juice and place on a flat dish. To prepare juice, it is necessary to peel the beets, grate them on a fine grater, send the resulting slurry to gauze and simply squeeze out the juice.

We decorate our appetizer with sesame seeds and parsley. Bon appetit!

How to cook gratin at home

This dish can often be found on the menu of almost every cafe. Today this delicious dish can be on your holiday table. We offer a recipe for a delicious dish called "gratin", cook it, you will definitely like it.

We will need:

• Large potatoes - 2 pcs.
• Any minced meat - 250 g
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Grated cheese - 100 g
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Kefir - 1 glass
• Salt - to taste
• Pepper - to taste

Cooking:

To prepare this dish, we need these molds. At the bottom of which, you need to distribute the onion cut into half rings

Potatoes must be peeled, washed well, grated on a coarse grater. Then we distribute it in forms, salt, pepper, season with your favorite herbs.

We also rub the cheese on a grater, but do not sprinkle it yet.

For the sauce, mix the egg and kefir with a fork, season and distribute in forms. With this dressing, the dish will come out very tender.

We heat the oven to 180 degrees, send the prepared gratins, not sprinkled with cheese, to bake for 20 minutes.

After the set time has elapsed, sprinkle each mold with cheese, leave until the cheese melts and a golden crust forms. So, our dish is ready. Bon appetit!

Cooking hot for the festive table - pork rolls with mushrooms

This dish will decorate any table. Pork rolls marinated in pomegranate juice, with a delicious stuffing of champignons, fried with onions, herbs in sour cream filling.

We will need:

• Pork, carbonade (cue ball) - 600 g
• Champignon mushrooms - 6-8 pcs.
• Pomegranate juice - 100 ml
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Sour cream - 4 tbsp. spoons
• Fresh dill - 2 sprigs
• Fresh parsley - 2 sprigs
• Flour - 100 g
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil - for frying

Cooking:

Cut the pork flesh into thin plates across the fibers. We beat off the pieces of meat on both sides with a kitchen hammer, covering with cling film.

We clean the onion from the husk, chop into a small cube. Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan, send the chopped onion. Saute the onion while stirring for a couple of minutes until golden brown.

We send finely chopped mushrooms to a pan with fried onions. Fry the prepared products for 5 minutes. Salt, pepper to taste.

Rinse the greens well, pat dry with paper towels, chop finely. Put sour cream, herbs in a pan with champignons and onions, mix well. Simmer the stuffing for the rolls for another 5 minutes.

Remove the meat from the marinade, season with salt and pepper on both sides. Put two teaspoons of mushroom filling on the edge of each piece, form a roll. We fix with wooden skewers so that they do not unwind

Beat the egg with a whisk. Dip each roll in flour and dip in beaten egg. We send the rolls in breadcrumbs and fry in heated sunflower oil on both sides.

Transfer the fried meat to a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

We take out the finished dish from the oven, cut into portioned pieces, decorate with herbs. Let's go to the festive table. Bon appetit!

Mousse cake "Blackcurrant" for a birthday

Today, mousse cakes are very relevant, they are very light, airy, with a thin sponge cake. The composition of the cake includes cream cheese, cream, yogurt. In general, this dessert is a balance of beauty and benefit.

We will need:

For the biscuit:

• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Sugar - 75 g
• Wheat flour - 75 g
• Vanilla sugar - 1 teaspoon

For mousse:

• Black currant - 200 g
• Powdered sugar - 100 g
• Cream 33% - 300 ml
• Cream cheese (or cottage cheese) - 200 g
• Yogurt - 200 g
• Gelatin - 1 tbsp. spoon
• Water - 5 tbsp. spoons

For glaze:

• Black currant - 100 g
• Powdered sugar - 50 g
• Gelatin - 8 g
• Water - 40 g
• Canned apricots - 1 can

Cooking:

Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy. The better the eggs are beaten, the more magnificent and tastier the biscuit will be. Gently fold in the sifted flour.
We shift the dough into a mold with a diameter of 20 centimeters, bake for 20 minutes. Check for a dry toothpick.

We take out the cooled cake from the mold, cut it into two parts. We reduce one half in diameter by 1 centimeter.

For mousse, soak gelatin 1:5 in cold water and leave to swell. We dissolve the gelatin in a water bath, or in a microwave, in pulses of 8-10 seconds. Gelatin, in no case should not boil, otherwise, it will lose its qualities.

We punch currant berries with a blender, wipe through a sieve. Pour powdered sugar to the currant puree, mix everything well. Reserve one third for icing. Mix the rest of the mass with dissolved gelatin, add cream cheese, pour in yogurt.
Whip the cream until stiff peaks, fold into the berry mass very carefully.

We close the bottom of the detachable form with cling film. Pour 1/3 of the prepared mousse, send half of the canned apricots on top. Then pour out another half of the remaining mousse.

In the remains of currants with powdered sugar, add warmed gelatin. Carefully remove the frozen mousse cake from the mold. We cover the cake with icing, put in the refrigerator.

When the icing hardens, decorate the bottom of the cake with coconut flakes, decorate the top with berries at our discretion. Happy tea!

Citrus drink recipe for the holiday table

A delicious refreshing citrus drink with honey will be an excellent drink for a festive table.

We will need:

• Oranges - 2 pcs.
• Tangerines - 2 pcs.
• Pink grapefruit - 0.5 pcs.
• Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• Honey - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Carbonated water

Cooking:

We free the orange from the peel, chop the pulp into thin slices, and then into a cube.

Grapefruit is also peeled, cut into pieces

We clean the tangerines, disassemble them into slices.

Peel the lemon and chop into small pieces.

We pass the prepared fruits through a juicer, spread the honey, mix until smooth.

We fill a tall glass halfway with gas with water, send a couple of ice cubes. Then pour in the juice, put a few pieces of any citrus.

Our refreshing drink is ready to serve. Bon appetit!

Video recipe for a delicious birthday cake

Birthday is a great occasion to lay a festive table and surprise guests with interesting recipes. The main thing is that all the photo recipes below are very tasty and easy to prepare.

Snack "Peacock tail"

In order to prepare this dish, you will need simple and affordable ingredients. Namely:

• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 2 large tomatoes;
• 2 ripe eggplants;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• cheese (hard) is added to taste;
• olives are added to taste;
• mayonnaise for dressing;
• salt.

Cooking:

• All vegetables are thoroughly washed under running water and gently dried with a towel.
• cut into slices and spread in a deep bowl. Sprinkle with plenty of table salt and mix with clean hands. After about an hour, all the bitterness will come out of the vegetables, after which they need to be washed with plenty of water.

• Eggplant rings are fried in a heated pan on each side for 4 minutes. To remove all excess oil after frying, transfer them to a paper towel or baking paper.

• During this time, tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into thin slices. The appetizer will look even more interesting if you choose tomatoes of different colors.

• The cheese is rubbed on a coarse grater, combined with chopped garlic and mayonnaise. Everything is thoroughly mixed and set aside for a while.

• Ready eggplants are transferred to a large dish so that the shape of a peacock's tail is obtained. A circle of tomato is laid out on top, then the cheese mixture, and at the very end - a cucumber.

• It remains only to decorate the pitted appetizer and put the dish in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes.

Festive appetizer "Mushroom stumps"

With such an unusual dish, which will disperse in the first place, even a beginner can handle it.

Ingredients:

• 250 g of champignons;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 4 tbsp. l. refined oil;
• 1 baguette (fresh);
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 onion;
• salt and fresh herbs are added to taste.

Cooking:

• The cooled filling is carefully laid out in a baguette and sprinkled with grated on top.

• The future snack is laid out on a clean baking sheet and sent to an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 minutes.

The finished dish can be decorated with fresh herbs. It will be equally delicious both warm and cold.

Mushroom cake for a snack

Birthday recipes should be distinguished by an interesting presentation, memorable taste and simplicity. All these criteria are met by the following dish, which can be prepared according to the indicated instructions with a photo.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of fresh mushrooms;
• 100 g + 4 tbsp. l. thick sour cream;
• 100-150 g of hard cheese;
• 80 ml of sunflower oil;
• 2-3 bulbs;
• For the recipe, salt and pepper are added to taste.

Cooking:

• The onion is cut into small pieces. Mushrooms are chopped into thin plates.

• First, chopped onions are sent to a preheated pan for a few minutes, and then fresh mushrooms. Everything is thoroughly mixed, the field of which is fried over high heat until cooked. At the very end, the mushrooms are brought to taste with spices.

• The resulting filling is passed through a meat grinder. If you want to get a mass that looks like a paste, then you can repeat this action one more time.

• The baking foil is folded into 6 layers. cut into 4 equal parts, that is, the result should be 8 sheets.

• The first layer is laid out on foil, smeared with a thin layer of filling and covered with pita bread. The steps are repeated until the filling is finished.

• The mushroom mass is not laid out on the topmost layer - it is smeared with sour cream, just like the sides of the future filling.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater and use as a decoration.

It remains only to send the cake to the oven preheated to 180 degrees until the cheese is melted. Before serving, the appetizer is cut into small portions and, if desired, decorated with fresh herbs.

Quick salad "Men's tears"

For the following photo-recipe, only the most delicious and at the same time affordable products are used.

Ingredients:

• 350 g champignons (pickled);
• 250 g boiled chicken breast;
• 200-250 g of carrots in Korean;
• 150 g grated cheese;
• 50 ml of vinegar;
• 4 chicken eggs (pre-boiled);
• 1 onion;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking:

• Chop in half rings and marinate it in table vinegar (9%).

• During this time, the boiled brisket is cut into small pieces and laid out in the first layer on a beautiful round dish. Everything is smeared with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Pickled onions are laid out on top.

• Pickled mushrooms are also crushed and laid out in the next layer. Everything is again smeared with mayonnaise, which can be mixed with a small amount of mustard.

• The penultimate layer of salad is Korean carrot. It remains to add mayonnaise again and sprinkle everything with grated cheese.

Salad "Men's Tears" can be served immediately after cooking, but the longer the dish is infused, the richer its taste will be.

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"Anthill" - salad with chicken and potato straws

The unusual presentation of the next dish attracts the attention of the guests and arouses their curiosity. It is hard to believe at the very beginning that elementary ingredients are used for its preparation.

• 250 g chicken fillet;

• 100 g light mayonnaise;
• 100 ml of refined oil;
• 50 g of hard cheese;
• 3 green onion feathers;
• 2 potato tubers;
• 1 fresh cucumber;
• 1 tomato;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt and pepper are added to taste.

Cooking:

• Boil the fillet in plenty of salted water. After cooking, the meat must cool directly in the water to retain its juiciness.

• At the next stage of a simple photo-recipe suitable for a birthday, the meat is cut into small squares and transferred to a deep bowl.

• Chopped tomato and chopped cucumber are added to it. To make the salad look unusual and tasty, according to the recipe, you need to grate it for Korean carrots.

• Grated cheese and a pressed clove of garlic are also sent to the bowl. The amount of these ingredients may vary, depending on personal preference.

The salad is brought to taste with spices and seasoned with light mayonnaise, which can be replaced with low-fat sour cream.

• It remains to prepare straws from potatoes. For this, a Korean carrot grater is used. After the potatoes are thoroughly washed and dried on a kitchen towel.

• Oil for frying is heated in a deep saucepan. Potato strips are fried in it in batches until a golden hue appears.

• The salad is laid out in portions on plates, and sprinkled with cooled potato straws on top.

Meat in French with Adyghe cheese

The following recipe for a hot birthday dish will appeal to any meat eater. It is not only delicious, but also incredibly easy to prepare. Here is a list of products you will need:

• 1 kg (preferably without fat);
• 1 kg of fresh mushrooms (preferably champignons);
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 100 g of Adyghe cheese;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 2 onions;
• salt, ground pepper and mustard are added to taste.

Cooking:

• Mushrooms are cut into thin slices and fried in heated sunflower oil. During cooking, they must be gently stirred.

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• After a few minutes, finely chopped onions are added to the mushrooms. Everything is mixed with a wooden spatula.

• Ready ingredients are transferred to a deep plate. You have to wait until they cool down a bit.

• During this time, two types of cheese are rubbed on a coarse grater.

• The meat is cut into small slices and well beaten off with a special hammer on both sides.

• The oven is heated to 200 degrees. The chops are smeared with mustard and laid out on a baking sheet, which was previously greased with vegetable or butter. You can also use baking paper.

• Mushrooms are first laid on the meat, then chopped tomato, and at the very end - Adyghe and hard cheeses. The baking sheet goes into the oven for 35-40 minutes.

• The finished dish is served hot to the table along with your favorite side dish or vegetable salad.

"Duchess" - a side dish of potatoes that is impossible to forget

Simple and delicious birthday recipes should and should look the same. After all, even the most ordinary side dish can be turned into a small culinary masterpiece.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of raw potatoes;
• 50-100 g of hard cheese (you can combine different varieties);
• 2 chicken yolks;
• 0.5 tsp nutmeg;
• salt and ground pepper are added to taste.

Cooking:

• Peeled potatoes are poured with a small amount of water, salted and boiled until tender. It remains only to make puree with the addition of fresh milk.

• The cheese is rubbed on a fine grater. Otherwise, the dish may fall apart during cooking.

• Cheese is mixed with slightly cooled puree. Yolk and spices are also added there. Everything is well mixed until maximum uniformity.

• The potato mass is laid out with a spoon in a pastry bag with a curly nozzle. It is important that the potatoes are still warm.

The baking sheet is lined with baking parchment. If you grease it with oil, then the dish can “spread” over the entire surface.

Small roses are carefully squeezed onto the parchment. The distance between them should be 1-2 cm. You need to make sure that they do not stick together.

With a culinary brush, potato flowers are smeared with raw yolk. You can do without it, but then the dish will be pale and less appetizing.

The side dish is baked in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes. During this time, a delicious golden crust should appear.

Lemon liqueur: for lovers of elite alcohol

The recipe for Italian Limoncello liqueur is simple and unpretentious. Such a drink is most often prepared for a birthday and is considered very tasty in Italy.

Ingredients :

• 500 ml of high-quality vodka;
• 350 g of drinking water;
• 350 g of granulated sugar;
• 5 ripe lemons.

Cooking:

• Lemons are thoroughly washed under running water, after which the peel is peeled off with a sharp knife.

• The resulting zest is laid out on the bottom of a glass jar and filled with vodka. The container is tightly covered with a lid and infused in a dark place for a week. It is important to gently shake the lemon drink every few days.

• After the specified time, the syrup is prepared. To do this, in a deep saucepan, granulated sugar is combined with drinking water. Everything is mixed several times and put on a slow fire. After boiling, the syrup is boiled for no more than 5 minutes and cooled to room temperature.

• According to the recipe, to get a delicious and simple birthday drink, all that remains is to strain the vodka through a fine sieve or cheesecloth and mix it with sugar syrup.

As you can see, cooking with photo recipes is much easier.

Based on the experience of past generations and famous chefs, even from ordinary products you can cook incredible dishes that will decorate any table.

Birthday is a celebration that you look forward to with special trepidation. After all, it is he who gives so many positive emotions, pleasant words, sincere congratulations and long-awaited gifts. And this is an occasion to get together with family and friends. But they also want to thank them and please them with something tasty.

But what to do if there is no way to set a rich table, and you don’t want to lose face at all? It turns out that you can surprise guests with chic dishes and an unusual menu without spending a large amount of money. We will show you how you can save money.

The sooner you start preparing for the holiday, the more likely it is that you will spend less money.

It is better to monitor retail outlets a week before the celebration and note where you can buy certain products cheaper.

Seasonality and replacing heavy meals

A lot depends on what time you were born.

For example, if your birthday is in the summer, you should focus on fruits and vegetables - at this time they are much cheaper than, say, in winter and spring.

Fruits, berries, greens and vegetables can not only be put on the table, but also prepared from them various dishes and salads.

In winter, the basis of the menu can be preserved from the cellar: preparations, tinctures, compotes.

Make a menu

Think in advance what you will put on the table. Here is an economical (but no less tasty) version of the birthday menu:

1. A variety of snacks (the more, the better). It can be cold and hot sandwiches, canapes, croutons, toasts, rolls, tartlets…
2. Several types of salads.
3. Hot meat dish: cutlets, baked chicken, fish or meat, meatballs, meatballs, cabbage rolls.
4. Side dishes: rice, mashed potatoes, buckwheat.
5. Dessert. It is better to bake cakes, pastries, cupcakes yourself - saving on food, and homemade cakes are much tastier than store-bought ones.
6. From drinks you can cook compote or jelly, from alcohol you can buy fruit cocktails.

Recipes for simple and economical dishes on the festive table

For some reason, many believe that the feast will fail if the guests do not cook as much fatty meat food as possible, which causes heaviness in the stomach. But people come to the holiday to have fun, not to stuff their bellies, so make more light salads and snacks.

Products for such a tasty and nutritious snack can be taken in any ratio. And it's very easy to cook.

1. Cut sausage, tomatoes, fresh or pickled cucumbers into cubes.
2. Mix all the products, do not forget to season with mayonnaise and put on slices of loaf.
3. Place grated cheese and herbs on top.
4. Bake sandwiches for 10 minutes in the oven.

1. Grate melted cheese, add mayonnaise to it.
2. Add garlic (greens also will not spoil the taste).
3. Spread the filling on the Armenian lavash and roll it up.
4. Cut it with a knife into pieces 4 centimeters wide.

Tomato and cheese appetizer

1. After cutting the tomatoes into circles, arrange them on a large flat plate.
2. Grind sausage cheese with a fine grater.
3. Press the garlic.
4. Mix cheese, garlic, add mayonnaise and put on tomatoes.

Salad "Chanterelle"

If time does not limit you, you can arrange it in the form of a fox as in the photo, but this does not matter.

1. Boil the chicken (it is better to take the fillet).
2. Slice 3 pickled or pickled cucumbers into strips.
3. Grind the cheese with a large grater.
4. Combine everything, 200 g of Korean carrots, greens and 3 cloves of garlic passed through a press will add originality to the salad.
5. Dress the salad with mayonnaise.

Hot dish - potatoes with chicken

This option is not only economical, but also insanely delicious.

1. You can cut the chicken into pieces or take it whole. Rub it with salt and pepper and place on a baking sheet.
2. Put 1 kilogram of chopped potatoes next to the meat.
3. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for one hour.
4. Sprinkle the finished dish with spices and herbs.

This recipe is used as the basis for many cakes. It needs very few ingredients to make it. But before you start doing it, remember the rules, without which baking may not work.

• The bowl in which the dough is whipped must be completely dry.
• Do not open the oven door during the baking process.

And here is the recipe itself.

1. Beat four whites with a mixer, then, without stopping, gradually add one yolk and a glass of sugar.
2. Mix the dough with one glass of flour.
3. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
4. Cover the finished biscuit with any cream and decorate with berries and fruits.

As you can see, you can set a delicious table without much loss to your wallet. It is enough to buy not the most expensive products, create an original menu and cook unusual dishes. All you need is time, effort and imagination. You will only benefit from this - guests will surely be surprised by your resourcefulness and will appreciate the taste of food. And you will get a lot of positive emotions and remember this birthday for a long time.