What can be prepared for the festive table. Quick and tasty holiday meals

I bake duck with apples several times a year. Previously, it did not always turn out juicy for me, most often I overdried it. But thanks to this recipe, for the past few years, my duck has been delicious.

Ingredients:

1-1.5 kilogram duck;
- 2-3 green apples;
- 15 ml. soy sauce;
- 25 ml. maple syrup;
- 200 ml. dry white wine;
- black pepper;
- Red pepper;
- thyme;
- vegetable oil;
- salt.

09.02.2019

Duck with sauerkraut in the oven

Quite often, I cook poultry dishes for the festive table. Duck with sauerkraut in the oven is liked by absolutely all my family members. It turns out the duck is tasty and tender.

Ingredients:

- 1 duck;
- 400 grams of sauerkraut;
- 150 grams of onion;
- salt;
- black pepper.

17.12.2018

Salad "Peppa Pig" for the New Year

Very little is left before the New Year 2019. It's time to think about what we will treat our guests to. Since the year of the Pig will come, you can issue delicious salad in the form of a favorite cartoon character - Peppa Pig.

Products for the recipe:

- two potatoes;
- 100 g of chicken meat;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- 50 g of cheese;
- 150 g of sausages or boiled sausage;
- salt;
- mayonnaise;
- 2-3 pieces of boiled beets.

23.11.2018

Chicken tobacco in the oven

In the oven, you get an excellent tobacco chicken - tender, with a crispy crust, beautiful and tasty. It's much easier than cooking it in a pan. Don't believe? See for yourself by reading our recipe.

Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 carcass weighing 700 gr;
- spices for tobacco chicken - 1.5 tsp;
- salt - 1 tsp without a slide;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- butter - 2-3 tbsp.

27.09.2018

Chanterelles fried with sour cream and onions

Ingredients:

- 350 grams of chanterelles;
- 100 grams of onion;
- 110 grams of sour cream;
- 30 grams of butter;
- salt;
- parsley;
- dill.

20.05.2018

Duck with apples and oranges in the oven

Duck meat is very tasty. Today I want to tell you how to cook a very tasty holiday dish - duck with apples and oranges in the oven.

Ingredients:

- 1.2-1.5 kg. ducks,
- 1 apple,
- 2 oranges,
- 2-3 tsp honey,
- salt,
- black pepper.

09.04.2018

Air cake with glaze on gelatin

I suggest you cook a very tasty tender and airy cake with icing on gelatin. I have detailed the recipe for you.

Ingredients:

- eggs - 2 pcs.,
- butter - 50 grams,
- sugar - half a glass + 4 tablespoons,
- yeast - 10 grams,
- salt - a pinch,
- cream or fat milk - 100 ml.,
- cognac - 1 tbsp,
- flour - 300 grams,
- raisin,
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp,
- water - 3 tablespoons,
- gelatin - half a teaspoon

15.03.2018

Eggs stuffed with herring

In order to prepare a delicious and original snack for holiday table, it is enough to buy slightly salted herring. You can make stuffed eggs out of it. How to do this, see the recipe with a photo.

Products for the recipe:
- salted herring fillet - 200 g,
- eggs - 5 pcs.,
- fresh herbs(dill and parsley)
- a small bulb
- 2 tbsp. spoons butter,
- 20 g of red caviar,
- processed cheese - 70 g,
- 50 g of mayonnaise.

11.03.2018

Rabbit stewed in sour cream

For dinner or for a festive table, I suggest you cook a very tasty dish- rabbit stewed in sour cream. The recipe is very simple and fast enough.

Ingredients:

- 1 kg. a rabbit;
- 150 ml. sour cream;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- clove of garlic,
- 50 grams of butter;
- salt;
- spices.

17.02.2018

Braised pork ribs with potatoes

I don't know a single man who would refuse pork ribs. This is a truly masculine dish. For my beloved, I cook a very tasty, hearty dish - stewed pork ribs with potatoes

Ingredients:

- half a kilo of pork ribs,
- 400 grams of potatoes,
- 1 carrot,
- 1 onion,
- 1 sweet pepper,
- salt,
- pepper,
- paprika,
- dry garlic
- 1 bay leaf,
- chilli,
- 2 glasses of water,
- 30 ml. vegetable oil.

07.02.2018

Pork in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple and bell pepper

If you like unusual flavor combinations, such as those inherent in Asian cuisine, then you will definitely like pork in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple and bell pepper. This dish turns out very tasty and is suitable for both weekdays and holidays.

Ingredients:
- pork meat (tenderloin) - 500 g;
- sweet pepper - 0.5 - 1 pc.;
- canned pineapples - 150 g;
- garlic - 1-2 cloves;
- ground ginger - 1 tsp;
- starch - 1 tablespoon;
- soy sauce - 3 tablespoons;
- refined oil - 3-4 tablespoons;
- finely ground salt, spices.
For sauce:
- vinegar (preferably fruit) - 1 tablespoon;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon;
- ketchup - 2 tablespoons;
- soy sauce - 3 tbsp.

27.01.2018

Tiramisu with mascarpone and Savoiardi cookies

It is difficult to find a dessert that surpasses tiramisu in sophistication and sophistication. Absolutely perfect, with a delicate aroma of buttercream, this delicacy, it would seem, cannot be made even better. However, our culinary research does not stand still, we decided to make coffee tiramisu.

Ingredients:

- 200 g of mascarpone cream cheese;
- 100 ml cream 35% fat;
- 40 ml of coffee liqueur;
- 2 tsp ground coffee
- 1 tsp instant coffee;
- 100 ml of water;
- 3 tsp Sahara;
- 8-10 pcs. Cookies "Savoyardi";
- cocoa powder and grated chocolate.

27.01.2018

Juicy minced beef patties

Don't know what to feed your family today? And you buy a small piece of veal and cook according to our recipe very tasty and hearty cutlets in sauce.

For the recipe you will need:

- 300 gr of meat;
- one egg;
- head of onion;
- 1/2 teaspoon ground paprika;
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- two cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of breadcrumbs;
- 20 ml of vegetable oil;
- 300 gr of canned tomatoes;
- half a glass of low-fat sour cream.

18.01.2018

Jellied beef and pork

I suggest you cook a very tasty jelly. Beef and pork go well together in this dish. I have detailed the recipe for you.

Ingredients:

- beef - a piece,
- pork ribs,
- bay leaf - 2 pcs.,

- gelatin - 10 grams,
- salt,
- water.

18.01.2018

Beef jelly

Kholodets is a very tasty and satisfying dish. There are a lot of jelly recipes and they are all insanely delicious. Today I have prepared for you an excellent recipe for beef jelly.

Ingredients:

- beef - a piece,
- water,
- black peppercorns - a few pieces,
- gelatin - 10 grams,
- salt.

17.01.2018

Fast and tasty economy pizza on lavash

Pizza can be cooked in 10 minutes if you do not use a flatbread as a base yeast dough, but ordinary thin pita bread. It will turn out just as tasty and beautiful, but preparing such a dish is much faster and easier.

Ingredients:

2 pieces of thin pita bread;
- 1-2 pieces of tomato;
- 200 gr of sausage (such as Salami);
- 100 gr of hard cheese;
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise;
- 2 tablespoons ketchup;
- salt.

Sometimes a situation happens that there is no time to cook a tasty and rich feast. And the holiday is approaching, and the guests are literally “on the threshold”. What to do? First, there is no need to panic. After all, the main thing is the warmth with which you will meet your guests. Prepare entertainment and ideas for spending time together. Secondly, stock up on recipes for quick and easy meals. They will save the situation more than once when a festive dinner needs to be prepared as soon as possible.

Original and quick recipes for appetizers for the festive table

Snacks should be on every holiday table. They are not only a food product, but also a beautiful decor. A skilled hostess will be able to serve even simple snacks with style.

• Snack - canape. Canape sticks will be just a great table decoration. Another plus is that the appetizer is portioned, it is easy to take and eat. Almost any product can be used to make canapés. The composition of some snacks - canape: cheese, olive, peeled shrimp; sausage cube, cheese cube, smoked meat cube; cracker, cream cheese, olive. Canapes can also be sweet, then they can be served while drinking tea or drinking wine. For example, you can make canapés from grapes, pineapple and banana. Sprinkle the banana with lemon juice so that it does not turn black. For canapes, you need to use solid elastic products that can stay on a skewer
• Stuffed eggs. Another simple and cheap way prepare a snack. Eggs can be stuffed with melted cheese and mayonnaise, cod liver and fish caviar. Also, the egg snack is easy to turn into funny figurines that will decorate any table.
• Lavash roll. Buy thin pita bread at the bread kiosk. Put the filling in it, like shawarma. And cut into portions. Vegetables can serve as a filling: cabbage, carrots, onions. Also, add meat or crab sticks, cheese and sauce. This appetizer is very tasty and easy to prepare.
• Light tomato appetizer. Everyone has known this snack since childhood. Tomatoes are cut into thin rings, smeared with garlic sauce and sprinkled with cheese. Then decorate with chopped herbs.
• Meat and cheese cuts. If there is absolutely no time for cooking, make meat and cheese slices. Get creative when decorating
• Also, pickled mushrooms, herring and other prepared salted foods can serve as an appetizer.

How to make a salad for a festive dinner quickly?

In order not to delay the preparation time on the day of dinner, prepare all the ingredients in advance. Boil vegetables and eggs and cool, leave in the refrigerator. On the day of the gala dinner, all you have to do is chop everything and season with sauce.

• Salad from crab sticks. We will need: rice, eggs, crab sticks, canned corn, pickled onions, mayonnaise, salt. Boil the rice first and let it cool. Cut crab sticks, boiled eggs and pickled onions into small cubes. Then mix them with rice, corn and season with mayonnaise. Salt to taste. Decorate the salad before serving
• Beet salad. This salad is not only extremely tasty, but also healthy. We need: boiled beets, walnuts, garlic, mayonnaise or sour cream, salt. Boil the beets and three it on a coarse grater. We mix beets with mayonnaise, crushed nuts, squeeze garlic into the salad, salt it and mix thoroughly. Ready
• Salad with crackers. We need: white unsalted cubed croutons, smoked ham, canned corn, Chinese cabbage. As a dressing, you can optionally use mayonnaise or olive oil. All ingredients must be mixed and seasoned with sauce. Attention! Crackers get wet quickly. They need to be added just before serving.

Recipe for a quick cake with condensed milk for a festive dinner

• To prepare a super fast cake, you need to prepare purchased cakes. It remains to decide on the choice of cream
• The simplest and delicious cream- based on condensed milk. There are several recipes using boiled and regular condensed milk
• Recipe 1. We take butter and condensed milk (50 to 50). We soften the butter and mix it thoroughly with condensed milk with a mixer. The cream is rich and oily
• Recipe 2. For this cream, we need: condensed milk, sour cream, a little butter, vanilla sugar. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed until smooth.

How to cook a quick cake in the microwave?

A microwave oven is a lifesaver for any housewife. If it is, then making even a quick cake with it is not difficult.

• The cake recipe is called "Quick chocolate cake". Depending on the creams, the recipe is easy to change to your liking and to your personal tastes.
• For the test we need: a glass of sugar, 2 eggs, 50 g of butter, baking powder or soda, a glass of milk, sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa and flour (approximately 2 cups)
• The dough is easy to prepare. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Then pour the batter into a greased microwaveable dish. Heat-resistant glass mold is perfect. We put the cake in the microwave 900 W for 7 minutes
• Let the cake cool slightly and take it out of the mold. We are waiting for complete cooling. At this time, prepare the cream
• We need sour cream, dark chocolate bar, sour cream thickener and powdered sugar. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and beat all the ingredients thoroughly with a mixer
• Cut the crust in half. Lubricate the cream generously between the parts of the dough and the top of our cake. You can decorate with grated chocolate, nuts or cocoa. Leave the cake in the refrigerator for soaking for a couple of hours

Recipe for a quick and delicious puff pastry Napoleon cake

The classic recipe for "Napoleon" is long and tedious. Guests will not even suspect substitution if you cook this cake according to a different, simpler recipe.

• We need: yeast-free puff pastry, flour, butter, egg, glass of milk, lemon juice
• Cooking "cakes" for the cake. Cut the dough into pieces and bake in the oven according to the recipe on the package. Don't worry if the cakes are a little broken
• At this time, prepare the custard: beat the egg, add a glass of flour and 2 tablespoons of flour, sugar to taste. We put on fire and constantly interfere. We wait for the cream to thicken and turn it off, add lemon juice
• Grind pieces of baked puff pastry with your hands until large puff crumbs are obtained.
• Mix dough with cream. We cover the form with cling film and put the cake into it. Leave in the refrigerator overnight
• In the morning we take out the cake, free it from the film and decorate with the remnants of puff pastry. Napoleon ready

Delicious and quick sandwiches on the holiday table

• Sandwiches with smoked trout. For these sandwiches, you need smoked trout, a rye flour baguette, butter, fresh cucumber and herbs. The sandwich turns out tasty, fragrant and spring-like bright
• Sandwiches with cheese. We need: white baguette, cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. Lettuce leaves need to be cut so that they match the size of the baguette pieces.
• Sandwiches with a snack of melted cheese. Preparing a snack: three melted cheese and an egg, mix with mayonnaise and garlic. We generously spread the appetizer on each piece of white bread.
• Sandwiches with cream cheese and ham. Ham is cut into thin slices and placed on bread, smeared with cream cheese. Sandwiches can be decorated with herbs
• Sandwiches with cod liver. Cod liver is kneaded with a fork, mixed with egg and mayonnaise. Decorate such sandwiches with a slice of tomato

Recipes for a delicious and quick hot dish for a festive dinner

There are a few simple second dishes that can satisfy any company. The recipes of several of them are so fast that they take a minimum of time.

• Potatoes with mushrooms in the microwave. Love french fries but take a long time to cook? Try modifying the recipe by replacing the meat with mushrooms. Cut the onion into rings, slice the mushrooms and place on the bottom of the baking sheet. Peel potatoes and cut into thin slices. Lay on top, salt and pepper. Top the dish with mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese. Depending on the power of the microwave, bake the dish from 30 minutes to an hour
• Pasta casserole. This dish will replace lasagna, which takes an extremely long time to cook. Boil the pasta and fry the minced meat in a pan until cooked. cook tomato sauce from the broth tomato paste, a couple of tablespoons of flour and spices. Lay a piece of pasta in a greased baking sheet, pour sauce over them. Lay the minced meat on top, pour over the sauce. The final layer is pasta. There may be more layers, at your discretion. Pour the sauce over the top layer, place pieces of butter on it and sprinkle with cheese evenly. You need to bake the dish in the oven until a crispy cheese crust is formed.
• Fan potato. For this dish you will need a whole unpeeled potato, ham and hard cheese. We make many deep transverse cuts in the potato. Insert a slice of cheese or ham into each of them. Bake in the oven until the potatoes are ready. Serve the dish, garnished with herbs.

Quick holiday meat dishes

And, of course, none festive feast does not do without meat dishes. Consider a few simple recipes.

• Baked chicken. Cook chicken fast most of time will be spent on baking. At night, marinate the chicken with salt, spices and garlic. I put it in the refrigerator. Before baking, grease the chicken with a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard. Put in the oven on medium heat. Bake for a little over an hour, until pink juice no longer stands out when pierced.
• Chicken wings in soy sauce. This dish is original and very tasty, it came to us from Asian cuisine. We need: chicken wings, fresh ginger root, garlic, soy sauce, spices and a little salt. Marinate the wings in soy sauce, adding grated ginger and finely chopped garlic. Wings marinated in this way can be baked or stewed
• Portion meat baked in foil. It takes a very long time to cook pork in a large piece, but you can quickly bake portioned pieces by decorating them and adding additional ingredients. We put a broken piece of pork on a piece of foil, sprinkle with spices and salt. Next we put fresh champignons, tomato slices and sprinkle with cheese. Roll up the piece carefully. We do this with each portioned piece. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour.

• To prepare dinner quickly, prepare the ingredients of the dishes in advance
• Don't experiment with new dishes before guests arrive. In case you fail, everyone will remain hungry, and the hostess will be upset
• Pay due attention to the decoration of dishes. Guests pay more attention to appearance table
• Make one "signature dish" that you know how to cook and present it in the best possible light
• Don't cook too much. It will only take extra effort and resources.
• Prepare delicious drinks, cocktails. Don't forget to stock up on regular drinking water.
• Take breaks between meals to entertain your guests. So the food will fit and the guests will be able to experience the whole gamut of tastes.
• Remember that the main thing is a warm atmosphere at the table

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Festive table on hastily

Recently, I had to assemble a festive table in haste. There was little time for cooking - only 2.5 hours + another 1 hour - for a quick run to the store for everything you need. I did. It turned out very tasty, the guests were satisfied.

I will tell you how you can allocate time, have time to collect the table and not get very tired. And what to cook for guests in a hurry.

What should be on hand

• Good knives (a sharp small one and 1 large one are enough for me);
• Cutting board (can be 2);
• Grater (large and small);
• Several bowls for cooking and mixing dishes;
• Spices (which you usually use);
• Apron;
• Tableware (plates-forks-spoons-glasses-glasses-glasses and tea-coffee utensils: cups-saucers-plates for cake-teaspoons), napkins, a jug for drinks (for compote, juice), tablecloth.
• Dishes for serving dishes to the table and tablespoons (for laying out salads and other dishes);
• Utensils for cooking (pots, pans, kettle).

In addition, clean hand towels are needed in the house, toilet paper, soap. Maybe slippers if you and your guests usually wear them.

I cooked in a foreign country. Therefore, I took with me: an apron, spices ( dried basil) and a grater (suddenly not in the house). If you go to cook in someone else's house and are not sure if there are convenient knives there, I advise you to definitely grab your own, proven ones.

What can you buy in the store

We proceed from the fact that time is running out. Therefore, complex salads, for which you need to boil and cut a lot of different ingredients or lay them out in some special way, are not suitable for us. They can be taken, but only ready-made. Yes, I know that ready-made salads are evil, but we have an urgent men's birthday. Here - either everything from the supermarket's cooking, or we still have time to cook some of the dishes ourselves, giving the table a homely look.

With our own hands, we will only do what is prepared quickly. The principle of distribution of forces is as follows:

1. A few homemade quick and easy meals.
2. Some prepared food (1-2 salads, 1 meat). This is to guarantee something to feed if we do not have time to cook.
3. Snacks - something that will be a delicious addition to dishes or diversify the table, but does not require cooking (sausage, cheese, olives, cherry tomatoes, fruits, sweets and other snacks).

I write only what I chose for a particular birthdayfor 7-8 people. And you are guided by the situation.

Shopping list

Of the spices, I had only dried basil (in cutlets and cucumbers, but you can do without it). Check if there is salt at home. Otherwise, it must be added to the list.

Ready-to-cook meals

• Salads with mayonnaise to choose from: – 700-800 g- Olivier (almost a win-win, most of the guests love him, we bought him). Herring under a fur coat is also an option, women love it. You can take any other delicious salad that you have already bought here and are sure of its quality.
• Meat baked / fried: – piece by piece, according to the number of guests. We took meat in French. Can be replaced or supplemented with chicken thighs or legs (baked in the oven or on the grill). Choose something traditional, beautiful and fresh.
• Vegetable salads - 400 g(not all of them will). Instead of vegetable salads, we bought 300-400 g of pickled champignons with onions. Options: cabbage salad or sauerkraut if you like spicy: Korean salads (algae, mushrooms, pork ears), Georgian cabbage (large pieces in beetroot juice). Spicy and fresh diversify the taste sensations of guests.

Semi-finished products

• Minced meat (we have delicious pork and beef, pork and chicken and chicken) - 700-800 g.

canned food

• pickled cucumbers(gherkins) - 1 bank(not necessarily, we have not opened, and there are so many). You can - pickled tomatoes;
• Mushrooms (salted are tastier than pickled) - 1 bank. We did not buy, we managed with those from cooking;
• Olives and olives – 1 bank;
• Pineapples - 1 bank(480 g). This is for a salad with cheese and garlic.

Vegetables fruits

• Cherry tomatoes (fresh) 500 g (packing). Put a whole branch on the table. They are very well eaten between times, like grapes (you can take and / or grapes - both on a salty and sweet table). Choose those cherry tomatoes that sit firmly on a branch, they are fresh (those that have fallen off have been standing for a long time).
• fresh cucumbers - 5-8 pieces(medium size). This is for quick salted cucumbers;
• Potato - 2-2.5 kg(a whole cellophane bag);
• Lemon - 1 piece;
• Garlic - 1 head;
• Onion - 2 heads(in salad and cutlets);
• Dill - beam.
• Tangerines, grapes, any seasonal fruits and berries. We had 1 kg of tangerines.

Sausage, cheese, minced meat, fish, eggs

• Boiled sausage (doctor's) - 0,5 a small loaf;
• Sausage Boyarskaya(type of ham) - 0,5 a small loaf;
• Cheese Black Prince(Belarusian) - 250 g. The taste is good, traditional;
• Cheese (some ordinary, like Russian, in a salad) - 100 g;
• Processed cheese (Friendship or Orbit) - 1 piece;
• Eggs - 1 ten(large);
• Herring in oil - 1 package;

• Mayonnaise (The dream of the hostess turned out to be quite normal) - 1 small package (200 ml);
• Vegetable oil for frying(you need a little, maybe you have a quarter of a bottle at home).

Beverages

Remember that you always want to drink at a plentiful table and 1 glass of compote or juice will not be enough for a guest (consider that everyone will drink 2-3 glasses).

• Alcoholic drinks: wine, martini, vodka - whatever you like. We have 1 bottle each: white and red wine (dry and semi-sweet), martini bianco. We drank a little, but everyone had a choice. Focus on your company.
• Juice - 2-4 liters(orange, grapefruit, apple, multifruit, tomato) - whatever you like. You can - a three-liter jar of homemade compote.
• Mineral water - 2 bottles 1.5 liters each.

• Tea - package. Perhaps coffee (we got by with regular Ahmad tea);
• Sugar - package lumpy (refined) or 0.5 kg of ordinary bulk.

Hercules or semolina- it lies right next to it (you will need a couple of handfuls in cutlets). I took a package of hercules, then the owners will cook porridge from the leftovers.

Sweet

• Cake - 1 piece(we had 800 g of honey and sour cream, the most common, similar to homemade).
• Candies - 500 g. I bought by weight, 3 types - Gulliver (cool, large), Mishka (good) and some ordinary ones. You can just a box or do without sweets.

Bread

Take everything in slices, remember that we have no time.

• Black or custard - 1 loaf / loaf;
• White bread or loaf - 1 piece.

What dishes were on the table (menu)

• Cutlets (cooked) - 12-14 pieces came out (depending on size);
• Meat in French - 7 pieces;
• Salad Olivier - a large salad bowl;
• Pineapple salad with cheese and garlic (cooked) - 1 medium salad bowl;
• Stuffed eggs - 2 plates, Jewish cream cheese salad with garlic (cooked);
• Sliced ​​(sausage 2 types and cheese) - 2 plates;
• Olives and olives;
• Herring with onions;
• Pickled champignons;
• Mashed potatoes). did with olive oil, there was no cream or sour cream-milk at home. It came out delicious.
• Cherry tomatoes;
• Korean-style tomatoes (cooked in advance).

Procedure

Stewed cutlets

Hard boil eggs- Cook 9 pieces, the tenth raw - in minced meat. Share in cold water, bring to a boil, cook for 10-12 minutes. Cool in cold water.

• Prepare minced meat for meatballs: Break 1 egg into minced meat, add oatmeal (1/2 or 2/3 cup), grate a couple of garlic cloves (fine grater) and 1 onion (large grater) into it. Add a pinch of basil. Salt. Knead. Let it stand while we peel the potatoes - just the flakes will swell, absorb excess moisture.
• Salted cucumbers cook and then peel potatoes(put in water, set to boil 40-50 minutes before the guests arrive). Fast Cooking salted cucumber slices: wash, cut off the tips. Cut each cucumber in half and rugs into 4 slices. Slices (as they are cut) are thrown into a container or jar and salted on top. A few sprigs of dill and 2-3 cloves of garlic - chop, add to the cucumbers. Close the lid and shake vigorously for 2-3 minutes. Then leave at room temperature until serving (under a tightly closed lid). You can shake it periodically (when you remember them - shake them, they will be better salted).

  

  Pickled cucumbers

• fry cutlets- heat the oil in a frying pan, form cutlets and fry them on both sides until a small crust appears. Fried - put in a pan, at the bottom of which a layer of oil is poured. When all the cutlets are in the pan, add 2/3 cups of cool water, cover with a lid (or slightly open it if there is no steam outlet in the lid so that the water gradually evaporates) and simmer over low heat until cutlet smells appear (about 30 minutes) . Be careful not to burn.



Eggs stuffed with salad

Stuff eggs- Peel hard-boiled eggs, cut in half. Take out the yolks, mash them with a fork. Add finely grated: processed cheese and 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped onion (1/2 head). Mix. Season with a little mayonnaise. Stuff the eggs with the resulting salad (in 1 egg - 1 teaspoon with top). It is not necessary to tamp, let them be with a slide. I decorated with dill and a piece of sweet pepper (yes, we didn’t buy it, I found it in the owner’s refrigerator, but this is not necessary). 4 eggs fit on a dessert plate (7 halves in a circle + 1 in the center), I had 9 (18 halves), the extra was squeezed in somehow. Before serving, each plate can be placed in a plastic bag (so that the bag does not come into contact with the eggs from above, let air in). And refrigerate until serving.

• Cut sausage and cheese. I cut the sausage loaf lengthwise into 2 parts and then into thin semicircles across the loaf. You probably cut the same way. Put the cuts on plates, insert them into bags and also put them in the refrigerator so that the cuts do not deteriorate and do not get windy.
• Making Pineapple Salad. Put pineapples in a bowl (pieces or cut rings into slices), grate cheese (hard, like Russian) there - a coarse grater, garlic (2 cloves) - a fine grater. Closer to serving, mix, season with mayonnaise.

Along the way, you need to set the table - entrust this to someone from home or run around yourself in between cooking. Set a table, cover with a tablecloth, arrange plates, lay out napkins (put additional ones in a napkin holder), forks. Put glasses and glasses. Bring drinks to the table. Put the bread on a plate (cover with a napkin or also put it in a bag for now).

• Assemble the table: gradually lay out all the prepared dishes in salad bowls and plates and transfer to the table. You can immediately put bowls with olives and olives (they will not deteriorate); pickled cucumber-tomatoes; put the herring in the herring box, add the onion cut into semicircles to it (half of the stuffed eggs remained). Cutlets will just reach, potatoes will be cooked (drain water, salt, add oil, ceiling). I also cut a lemon for tea (I sprinkled the circles with sugar to make it tastier, but - whoever likes it). Remove salads and cuts from the refrigerator right before guests arrive so that they do not spoil.

All! Enjoy your meal!

Quick holiday table in haste.

There are a huge number of recipes for hot meat dishes on the festive table.

Delicious, fragrant, beautiful, prepared with soul and skill, they will bring joy to relatives and guests, add a holiday and Have a good mood during any feast.

The best recipes for delicious hot dishes on the festive table

Simple recipes can become the basis of an exquisite dish, from which guests will simply not be torn off.

Even from a small amount of quite ordinary products, with the help of simple manipulations, wonderful dishes can easily be obtained, most importantly, a little imagination, desire and effort.

Meat pancakes

This hearty dish can be served alone or paired with any side dish.

And if you put the meat in the marinade in the evening, then the next day you can fully enjoy amazingly juicy pancakes.

Cooking method:

1. Pancakes are prepared from finely chopped pickled meat. For marinade, eggs, crushed garlic are mixed, starch is poured, mayonnaise and finely chopped onions are added;
2. Very small pieces of meat are thoroughly mixed with the prepared mixture, salted and peppered;
3. The finished mass is left in a cold place for 8-10 hours;
4. The final stage is baking. Preheat the pan, pick up a thick mixture with a spoon and fry like regular pancakes.

Chicken strips

This hot chicken dish appeared with us and won recognition thanks to fast food establishments.

Strips from English are translated as "strips" - this is the fillet, cut into strips.

Crispy chicken sticks are perfect for any celebration. They require a minimum of products, they are quickly prepared, but so tasty that they are also eaten at lightning speed.

Ingredients:

• The main meat product in this dish is chicken fillet;
• Spices play an important role, they give the strips a special taste. In this recipe, mustard will act as a spice;
• Salt and breadcrumbs.

Cooking method:

1. In a sauce consisting of mustard and salt, put thin strips of chicken pulp for an hour;
2. Each piece of the future crispy delicacy should be rolled in breadcrumbs (for spiciness, lovers can add red pepper);
3. The strips are fried in hot oil so that a golden crust on the meat sticks appears on both sides.

This simple recipe there are many options. Seasonings for strips and types of breading are chosen at the discretion of the hostess. Change a couple of spices and enjoy the new taste of the dish!

Meat with pineapple under a cheese coat

A minimum of time, effort and products spent, and as a result - a delicious hot dish on the festive table. All ingredients are harmoniously combined with each other.

Required products:

Cooking:

1. Thin slices of meat beat off and put in a form covered with foil;
2. Sprinkle and then rub salt, spices, sour cream (or mayonnaise) into pieces of meat;
3. Lay the onion cut into rings or half rings on top;
4. The next layer is pineapple slices;
5. Sprinkle the whole dish with grated cheese.

Put a baking sheet with meat in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. After 30 minutes, the degrees in the oven must be reduced and the hot meat dish baked for another half hour. Then it can be served on the festive table to guests.

This recipe is often called meat in French and each housewife prepares it in her own way. We offer you to see another version of the preparation of this festive hot dish:

Hot chicken and potato pie

Beautiful, original and extremely tasty dish.

Taken as a basis simple products, and the result is a fragrant meat puff with a crispy crust and a delicate filling.

Required Ingredients:

The sequence and features of preparation:

1. Meat and potatoes are cut into very thin slices;
2. Onions and carrots are fried in oil until golden brown;
3. Potatoes need to be fried in a dry frying pan;
4. Beat the egg;
5. A kind of slide is laid out from meat, potatoes and frying on a baking sheet. The bottom and top layers are chicken fillet. Inside the cake, the meat alternates with a layer of vegetable filling. Each layer of meat is smeared with a beaten egg. The filling on the fillet is laid out in the center, there should be a little space at the edges. Coat the sides with eggs and sprinkle with sesame seeds on top.

It remains only for the meat cake to preheat the oven to 180 degrees. For the first half hour, the dish is cooked at the specified temperature. The last 10 -15 minutes the temperature should be raised to 200 - 210 degrees.

Hen with fruits

A ruddy chicken, cooked whole in the oven, will look appetizing on the festive table. Fruits baked in it will give the dish a special taste and aroma.

Required Ingredients:

• One chicken;
• Fruits: one orange and one apple, half a lemon;
• Mayonnaise and salt, spices;

Cooking:

1. Salt the chicken carcass, rub with spices and mayonnaise. Fruit cut into cubes and lay in the abdomen;
2. With toothpicks, carefully close the opening of the stuffed abdomen;
3. The chicken should stand for a while to marinate, and only then can it be sent to a preheated oven;
4. For 1.5 hours, while the chicken is baking, from time to time it needs to be watered with broth.

Juicy pork stuffed "Accordion"

The recipe for the hot pork dish "Accordion" is simple, but despite this, the result is a juicy dish with a delicious crust and delicate taste.

For 1 kilogram of pork you will need:

• 2 tomatoes;
• 200 grams of cheese (any variety will do);
• A few cloves of garlic;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

We prepare the filling for the "Accordion": you need to mix salt and pepper, add any other spices. Cheese, tomatoes and garlic cut into thin slices.

1. Wash the meat, pat it dry with a paper towel;
2. An “accordion” is made from a piece of pork: after a short distance, the fillet is cut in order to put the filling in the openings, but not completely;
3. The meat is carefully coated with a mixture of salt and pepper. Then each opening of the cut is filled with a slice of cheese, tomato and garlic;
4. Mushroom lovers can add thinly sliced ​​champignons.

Stuffed meat wrapped in foil is sent to a preheated oven.

In order for a beautiful and appetizing crust to appear on the meat, the foil must be removed 20-30 minutes before the end of cooking.

The baking time depends on the weight of the meat. A kilogram of pork will cook for about an hour.

Another hot one meat dish Ready for the holiday table!

We offer another interesting recipe- Meat fingers. This dish will decorate the festive table to the fullest! Watch video:

Meat roll with prunes and dried apricots

Meatloaf with dried fruits and smoked meats - original recipe very tasty and beautiful dish.

A soft, fragrant bundle will look spectacular both whole and cut into slices.

Ingredients needed for this simple dish:

• Pork - about 1 kg and 500 g;
• Dried apricots and prunes - 300 g;
• Smoked brisket - 150-200 g;
• Black tea - 1 glass;
• Bow - 1 pc.;
• Salt, mustard, other spices, garlic - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. First you need to prepare dried fruits. Pour washed prunes and dried apricots with hot tea and leave to infuse for about an hour;
2. Then marinate the meat. For convenience, a piece of pork can be cut in the form of a book, carefully beat off. Coat with spices and mustard, salt. Leave for 30-50 minutes;
3. Prepare the remaining ingredients: finely chop the brisket, onion, garlic. Put the mass in a frying pan and fry, stirring, for 10 minutes;
4. Squeeze out the liquid from dried fruits and add them to the prepared mass;
5. Mix the filling and spread evenly over the meat;
6. Roll up the roll and tie tightly with threads.

Bake in the oven for 2 hours. You can cook the roll in two ways: either put it on a baking sheet and add water during the baking process, or pack it in foil. In this case, you need to remember to remove it half an hour before readiness.

And here is another version of the festive pork roll:

Beef dish "Khazar"

Delicious hot with a spicy taste. A special marinade will give the meat a little spiciness and flavor. Soft, juicy beef will appeal to many.

• 500 grams of beef;
• 100 grams of fresh champignons;
• One red sweet bell pepper;
• 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds;
• Oil for frying.

Ingredients for the marinade:

• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and balsamic vinegar;
• 3 minced garlic cloves;
• 1 tablespoon of honey and ginger powder;
• Salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. The meat is cut into strips, poured with cooked marinade and put in a cold place for 6-8 hours;
2. Marinated beef is fried until half cooked, and then stewed with chopped mushrooms and peppers;
3. Nuance: the meat should not be boiled at first, namely, it should be fried over medium heat. After adding the remaining components, the fire is reduced and the dish is stewed;
4. Before serving, “Khazar” is sprinkled with sesame seeds.

You can cook a lot of all kinds of dishes from beef. For example, Chinese-style beef, which, by the way, Bruce Lee himself adores. And here are the cooking steps:

Braided cutlets

The original dish will surprise guests unusual view and will delight you with excellent taste. Cutlets can be prepared small for each of the guests.

Another option - a large beautiful "braid" is cut into portions after serving.

To prepare cutlets you will need:

• 200 grams of chicken and pork fillet;
• Salt and pepper, vegetable oil for frying.

Weave cutlets from meat strips:

1. Pork and chicken fillets are cut into thin strips. The longer the pieces of meat, the better;
2. Strips of fillets of two types of meat are intertwined in a checkerboard pattern. The edges are pinned with toothpicks;
3. The size of the cutlet can be any, as long as it fits in the pan;
4. Then everything is sprinkled with salt, spices and sent to the pan;
5. Meat products can be fried and then stewed in a frying pan. In time, the entire cooking process will take 30 - 40 minutes. You can bring well-fried cutlets to readiness in the oven or microwave.

Hen "Eating"

The meat acquires a unique taste and a nice appearance thanks to the caramel mass.

You will need:

• Chicken meat (any parts: legs, thighs, drumsticks) - 2 kg;
• For the caramel mixture: a glass of water (250), salt and sugar 1 tablespoon each and a couple of garlic cloves.

1. Salt together with sugar, fry over high heat in a dry hot frying pan. The mixture must be constantly stirred. It's important not to overdo it. As a result, a brown mass similar to caramel should be obtained from the melted sugar;
2. Immediately add a glass of water here, make the fire medium. While the sugar dissolves with salt, the mixture must continue to stir;
3. Prepare the chicken: rub the meat with salt and spices, put on a baking sheet;
4. The final stage is to pour plenty of meat with the prepared mixture;
5. Bake the dish in the oven at 190-200 degrees for about an hour.

Cream tongue

A simple recipe for beef tongue and pork casserole is suitable for any feast.

The combination of two types of meat will give the dish extra juiciness.

Ingredients:

Cooking sequence:

1. Pre-cook the tongue, cut it thinly and lay it on the bottom of the mold. Then a roast of mushrooms and onions is laid out;
2. Divide the pork into pieces, beat well, salt and add spices. Chops will be stacked in the next layer;
3. Pour the cream over the dish and sprinkle with cheese on top. Then the form, together with the contents, is sent for about an hour to a preheated oven and baked for about an hour.

The advantage of the above recipes is their simplicity and great taste. Any of these hot dishes will take their rightful place on the festive table, and even a novice in culinary business will cope with their preparation.

Finally, let's deviate a little from the meat menu, as we want to recommend good holiday video recipes for cooking Flounder fish for hot:

If a birthday of a loved one is coming up in your house, it is important to prepare thoroughly for this event. Ahead of a lot of pleasant troubles for the preparation of the holiday. Once the gift and guest list issues are resolved, it's time to plan your birthday menu at home.

1. Decide on a holiday theme- the list of dishes in a cowboy party and a ball at Barbie will be clearly different. The theme of the evening or the day depends on the hero of the occasion: on age, preferences, interests.
2. Count the number of invited guests. Only knowing total guests, you can correctly plan a variety of dishes and the number of servings.
3. Important not only count the guests, but also decide on age groups. If children prevail, then the menu will be appropriate. For adults, there are also nuances: advanced youth, open to new taste experiences, or people of respectable age with established taste preferences, and maybe contraindications.
4. Solve the issue with the format of the holiday: a traditional table or buffet table, or gatherings on the veranda in the case of a country house. The format primarily depends on the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe house. A typical city apartment and a country cottage dictate different rules.

Important to remember! Planning a menu for a birthday table, even at home, even in a restaurant, is a serious and responsible matter. Never leave it to the last minute.

Traditionally, on the table on a birthday there are the following dishes:

• snacks;
• salads;
• hot dishes;
• cake.

There is no universal option. Each holiday forms its own table. Here are a few options for treats so that there is a maneuver for choosing.

Snacks - simple but delicious babies

If only the main course was on the table, then this would no longer be a festive option. It is a variety of snacks that set the proper tone and mood. There are countless options for them, the main division is cold or hot.
Options for cold appetizers for the menu on the table for a birthday at home.

1. Lavash rolls- the traditional thin Armenian lavash is taken as the basis, but the filling is already a flight of fancy. The method of preparation is simple: the pita bread is spread with a soft component, the rest is crushed and laid in a thin even layer, then the pita bread is twisted and cut into pieces.

Possible toppings:

• cream cheese, slightly salted salmon, fresh dill;
• mayonnaise, crab sticks, cheese, herbs;
• mayonnaise, Korean-style carrots, cheese, herbs;
• mayonnaise, ham, cheese.

2. Tartlets. We buy or bake molds and fill them with various mixtures:

Cod liver, cream, mascarpone;
boiled chicken fillet, fresh cucumbers, onion, mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

3. Cheese balls- finely grated cheese and garlic mixed with mayonnaise. Balls are rolled from the resulting mass and sprinkled with coconut or paprika.

4. Snacks on chips.

5. Ham rolls.

6. Rolls of crab sticks.

7. Canape.

Options for hot snacks for the menu on the table for a birthday at home

1. Breaded vegetables:

Zucchini are cut into circles, slightly salted and sprinkled with flour. An egg is stirred in a bowl, in which prepared zucchini should be dipped. Breadcrumbs and grated cheese are mixed separately with spices as desired. Vegetable circles must be rolled in the resulting breading and baked in the oven until browned;

Fry avocado slices in breadcrumbs and spicy spices in oil.

Sauces based on mayonnaise, ketchup, greens are served with similar snacks.

2. Lavash tubules- cheese is kneaded with a fork and mixed with yolk, pita bread is cut into triangles. Put the filling on the base of the triangle and twist the pita bread into a tube, fix the edge of the roll with egg white. Bake in the oven or deep fry.

3. Fried cheese. Dip pieces of cheese no more than 1 cm thick into an egg, then into a mixture of breadcrumbs and sesame seeds. Fry in a skillet until golden brown.

What's a holiday without a salad? holiday salad recipes

Salad with chicken fillet and pineapple

In equal proportions, we take boiled chicken breast, eggs, canned pineapples and corn. We cut the ingredients and lay them in layers: chicken-pineapple-corn-eggs. All layers are smeared with mayonnaise. At the end, sprinkle the salad with chopped walnut.

Squid salad with rice

Boiled squid cut into strips. Onion cut into half rings and simmer with boiling water. Cut eggs. In a dish, mix chopped foods and boiled rice, season the salad with mayonnaise. To serve, put the finished dish on a plate garnished with lettuce.

Korean-style smoked chicken salad with carrots

Mix chopped chicken, carrots and canned corn. Fill with mayonnaise.

Main course - the main decoration of the table

What is a table for a birthday at home if the main decoration is not on the menu - a hot meat or fish dish?

Delicious meat on the festive table

1. Baked chicken- this is a primordially Russian version of a dish for any table. To add festivity and showiness, you need to use non-standard options marinade and sauces.

Mix onion, soy and pomegranate sauce, olive oil with spices (paprika, garlic, salt, pepper), beat with a blender and add starch. Pour the chicken pieces with the resulting sauce and send to the refrigerator for marinating. After an hour, bake the chicken at 190 degrees for an hour.

Honey marinade sauce- grated ginger and garlic, chili pepper rings are mixed with honey, seasoned with soy sauce and olive oil. Add curry, salt, pepper to the sauce, at the end, pour over lemon juice. Lubricate the chicken with the resulting sauce, bake in half an hour.

Important to remember! For these recipes, not a whole carcass is used, but chicken pieces!

2. Pork with cherry jam. To prepare this fragrant roast, take: cherry jam and a dash of apple cider vinegar, mix everything with olive oil and Tabasco sauce. Add herbs - chopped fresh or dry mixture.

A piece of pork is poured with the resulting marinade and stands in the refrigerator for several hours. Before baking, the meat is additionally salted. It is necessary to bake in a form with high edges to pour red wine over the meat. The dish is being prepared for a little more than an hour, every quarter of an hour it is necessary to grease the meat with the juice released during the baking process.

Fish for hot

1. Dorado is ideal for a festive table. Easy to prepare and looks spectacular. The fish must be cleaned and rolled in a mixture of spices and salt. Let marinate for up to half an hour. Fry in a grill pan until golden brown on both sides. To bring the fish to readiness, reduce the heat and fry for another three minutes on each side.

his majesty cake

To complete a festive dinner at home, there must be a cake on the menu for a birthday. A birthday boy of any age will be happy to make a wish and blow out the candles. Especially if a cake prepared by a person who loves him is decorated with candles. However, a cake is not always easy, it is actually the pinnacle of confectionery art.

If you are not distinguished by culinary talents, then for birthday cake you can use ready-made biscuit, shortbread or waffle cakes. Any cream is suitable for them: traditional oil with condensed milk, or custard, or sour cream.

If you add fruit layers, then the taste of the cake will become even richer. For those who are not afraid of culinary experiments, you can cook the cake from and to on your own.

pancake cake

A glass of flour, one and a half glasses of milk, 3 eggs, a third of a teaspoon of soda and vinegar to extinguish it.

• Shake the eggs, pour in the milk, salt.
• Sift flour into milk and egg mixture.
• Add slaked soda at the end.
• We bake traditional pancakes from the resulting liquid dough.

400 g of cottage cheese, a glass of powdered sugar, a pinch of vanilla.

The ingredients for the filling are mixed into a homogeneous mass.
The cooled pancakes are smeared with cream and stacked on top of each other. The cake should rest in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

Then you can decorate with chocolate chips or chopped nuts.

Cake "Prague"

95 gr flour, 5 eggs, granulated sugar 130 gr, butter 30 g, cocoa 20 gr - a set of products for chocolate biscuit.

Separate the yolks from the whites.
Beat half the sugar with the whites, and the other with the yolks.
Pour cocoa into the yolks, gradually add flour, carefully introduce proteins.

Note! Mixer must not be used!

Melt the butter and carefully pour into the dough.
Bake in a mold with a diameter of 20 cm at a temperature of 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
The biscuit cools down in the form.

1 yolk, 140 g of condensed milk, 10 g of cocoa, a bag of vanilla, 200 g of butter, st. a spoonful of water is all that is needed for the cream.

The yolk is mixed with water, condensed milk is added, brought to a thickening with continuous stirring.
Mix oil with vanilla.
In portions, beat the butter and cooked chilled cream.
Add cocoa and bring with a mixer to a state of air cream.
Cut the cooled biscuit into three layers.
Apply the cream on the first and second layer. Coat the entire surface of the cake with jam or marmalade.

Butter and chocolate 75 gr. - for glaze.

The components are heated over low heat and stirred until smooth, cool.
Drizzle frosting over cake.

Inexpensive birthday menu

Even though a birthday is once a year, it is not always possible to thoughtlessly spend money on a festive feast. To organize a birthday table on a budget, the main thing is to use traditional affordable products, but serve and decorate them in an original way.

Snacks from lavash and crab sticks won't hurt your pocket too much. Salads are better to choose from seasonal products. In summer, it will be economical to prepare a salad of fresh vegetables, and in winter, choose a more satisfying option - classic Olivier or Mimosa.

It is better to take chicken for hot - a minimum of labor costs.

The cake can be made without baking: cut the gingerbread into cubes, prunes and dried apricots into pieces, mix everything and pour sour cream with sugar. After the cake is well soaked, serve it to the table.

All kinds of cuts - a great addition to the festive table

When the menu for the birthday table, celebrated at home, has already been determined, you can add a couple of delicious nuances using sliced ​​​​vegetables, cheese and sausages.

The components fit beautifully on a dish, decorated with carved figures from the same products and greens. You can form roses from strips of vegetables or cheese. Add elegance and circles of olives, sprinkled on top of the sliced.

It is better not to display fruit slices from the very beginning of the evening as the fruit may lose its attractive fresh appearance. It is better to put them on the table closer to dessert.

Ideas for decorating dishes for a festive table

Dishes can be decorated in the most bizarre ways:

• you can lay out salads in an unconventional way, for example, in the form of a ring;
• decorate cuts and snacks with lettuce roses, curls of green onion feathers, just parsley sprigs;
• salads can be served common dish, and in portions in elegant rosettes;
• on the children's day birthday, you can create whole edible compositions from egg mice, mushrooms and hedgehogs.

Experiment! Don't be afraid of new recipes! Cook with pleasure, and any festive feast will delight you and your guests.

Take care of yourself and be healthy!

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