23.12.2016 20.01.2018 by Scull

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

We are trying to find out better what to expect from next year. We read horoscopes, trying to figure out how the Symbol of the Next Year can affect our lives. And of course, first of all, we are preparing for the New Year, considering what the Master of the Year loves! Based on this, we will help you compose the "correct" menu for the New Year 2017 in order to appease and bribe the Fire Rooster, and will tell you what you can and cannot cook for the New Year's table, so as not to anger a sacred creature with a hot-tempered character.

When drawing up a menu for the Year of the Fiery Rooster, the following features should be taken into account:

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

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

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

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

5) Use the products that our Rooster loves. And this is seafood, fish, meat, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, nuts.

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

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

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

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

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

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We need:

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

Preparation:

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

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

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

4. Thinly chop the salmon (you can also use the salmon), and roll up in the form of a rose.

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

It turns out a beautiful, tasty and quick snack that will certainly please your guests.

The same appetizer can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, you can decorate them with boiled shrimps.

Seashells with red and black caviar

We need:

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

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

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

Cottage cheese and cheese paste "Snowman"

What about the New Year without winter characters. Therefore, we are preparing a delicious snack "Snowman". such a snack will not leave indifferent either adults or children!

We need:

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

Preparation:

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

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

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

4. Grind the cottage cheese and the remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic, butter. Season with salt and stir.

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

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

7. Cut the caps out of black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry French fries and make handles. Decorate. Put on the cookie circle.

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

How to beautifully arrange meat, fish and vegetable plates

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

For example, here's how you can arrange a fish plate.

How do you like the meat plates ?!

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

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

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

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

• It should be relatively simple.
• It should look bright and colorful.
• It is necessary that it must be tasty.
• It must correspond to the Symbol of the coming Year!

Olivier salad - recipe for the New Year

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

This salad is as simple as it is delicious. Everything in it is balanced, nothing can be subtracted or added.

Everyone knows the classic set of ingredients, these are:

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

Preparation:

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

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

3. Cucumbers for salad can be used both fresh and canned. We also cut cucumbers into cubes.

We try to cut all the ingredients for the salad to about the same size and shape. This will make it look more attractive.

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

5. Add chopped green onions to the salad.

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

7. Add salt and pepper to taste, mix.

8. Before serving, add mayonnaise and mix gently, trying to keep the "cubes" intact.

If you make mayonnaise with your own hands, then the taste of the salad will turn out to be simply impeccable!

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

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

Place a glass in the center of the dish. Put the salad mixed with mayonnaise around the glass. Press down lightly with a spoon and shape. Remove the glass and decorate the salad as you like. You can put a thick layer of dill on top of it, on which you can put melted cheese carved in the shape of stars. Garnish with pomegranate seeds, canned corn and grated hard cheese.

Or cut bells from cheese, ribbons from pickled cucumber. Form the salad in the form of a cake, and decorate it the way you want.

And here is a beautifully decorated salad, which reminds us that summer will certainly come after a long winter. And ladybugs running out onto the meadow will delight everyone with their bright appearance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Preparation:

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

1. Grate vegetables and eggs on a coarse grater.

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

3. Lay out in layers - beets, carrots, eggs, potatoes - herring - potatoes, eggs, carrots, beets.

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

We decorate as fantasy tells.

"Herring under a fur coat" in gelatin

We need:

• herring - 1 piece
• salmon - 150 gr
• egg - 5 pieces
• beets -2 pcs
• carrots - 2 pieces
• gelatin - 20 gr
• water -0.5 cups
• sour cream - 1 glass

Preparation:

1. Dissolve gelatin in water. Let stand to swell the gelatin, about 30 minutes.

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

3. Peel the herring from bones and skin. Cut into small cubes. Cut lightly salted salmon a little larger so that the pieces are more palpable. You can, of course, take two herrings instead of salmon. But we have a New Year, so we don’t skimp and prepare a truly festive salad.

4. Put the gelatin in a water bath and heat it well. You should get a homogeneous mixture without lumps. In no case bring the mixture to a boil, you just need to warm it up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Decorate with dill sprigs, pomegranate and corn.

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

"Herring under a fur coat" in a roll

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

We need:

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

Preparation:

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

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

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

4. Place the correct size cling film on the table.

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

6. Put the carrots in the next layer. Step back two centimeters from the edge with the beets, and lay out in a separate square. Salt this layer again and coat it with mayonnaise. Do not grab the edges with beets.

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

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

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

10. Roll everything into a roll with plastic foil.

11. Refrigerate overnight.

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

This salad is very beautiful and tasty. And we are always loved by our guests!

Grenadier salad

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

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

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

We need:

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

Preparation:

Boil the meat, salt the broth for half an hour until tender. Cool down. Cut into strips.
Boil vegetables.
Vegetables can be grated on a coarse grater, or cut into small cubes (optional)
Arrange in layers either in a transparent salad bowl or on a large platter lined with green lettuce.
Lay out the layers in the following sequence. Put potatoes down, then carrots, then meat. Lightly salt the potato layer and brush with mayonnaise.
You can lubricate each layer with mayonnaise, or through a layer. Whoever loves.
Cut the prunes into strips, leaving a few whole, for decoration. We spread it on the meat.
Chop the nuts, also leave a few pieces for decoration. Sprinkle on top of the prunes. Then sprinkle some raisins, leave some for decoration.
Put the beets on top. Salt a little.
As mentioned above, you can coat as many layers as you like with mayonnaise. You can apply a beautiful mesh to the top layer and decorate with the remaining prunes or nuts.
Also, the top of the salad can be greased with mayonnaise, sprinkling the top and sides with raisins and chopped nuts.
Remove the salad for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator so that it is better saturated and infused.
Place on plates in layers.

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

Mimosa salad with saury - a classic of the genre

The “Mimosa” salad, which appeared in the distant 70s, still breaks all records in popularity. This salad is so simple and tasty that it is prepared, as they say, both at the feast and in the world.

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

Such a salad will be good on the New Year's holiday. And don't be confused by its spring name. Giving it a New Year's look, and decorating it with improvised Christmas tree decorations, it will not go unnoticed on the festive table.

We need:

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

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

Preparation:

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

Canned Tuna Salad with French Fries

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

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

We need:

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

As you can see, this composition of products is as simple as two or two. You don't even need to buy anything on purpose. All products are quite affordable, and almost everyone has in the refrigerator. Unless everyone has tuna, but it doesn't matter. You can buy it without any problems in any store.

Preparing such a salad is also easy, simple and fast enough. Even someone who has never cooked anything can handle it.

Preparation:

1. Grate carrots for Korean carrots. And salt it a little. Give it a try. Carrots should be salted, but not salted. Stir and squeeze a little. Top with pepper. Leave for 1 hour so that the carrots are well salted.

2. Cut the onion into half rings.

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

If acidic foods are contraindicated for you, then just cut the onion into small cubes and fill it with water to release the bitterness.

Leave the onions to marinate also for 1 hour.

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

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

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

Optionally, the peeled potatoes can be boiled first, and then chopped and fried.

But I prefer the first option. These potatoes seem more delicious to me!

5. In either case, remove the fried potatoes with a slotted spoon, allow the oil to drain slightly and then put on paper towels. To prevent excess oil from getting into the salad.

6. Allow the potatoes to cool.

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

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

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

10. Now begin to collect the salad in a dish or large flat plate. And it is in such a dish that we will form our beauty! So that everything is in sight!

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

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

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

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

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

16. Squeeze the juice from half of the lemon into the juice from the fish. Mix. Pour the resulting sauce over the salad.

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

17. Decorate, as your fantasy tells you.

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

19. Eat with pleasure.

Capercaillie's Nest salad

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

We need:

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

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

For pancakes:

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

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

Preparation:

1. Make pancake dough. Let it stand for 30 minutes to combine all the ingredients.

2. Fry 2-3 thin pancakes.

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

4. Cut the cucumbers into thin strips.

5. You will also need to boil the meat in advance. Simmer it over low heat. There is no need to salt throughout the entire cooking process so that the salt does not draw out all the tasty juice from the meat. Salt 10 minutes before the end of cooking. Cool the finished meat and cut into thin strips.

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

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

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

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

To do this, cut the raw potatoes into very thin strips. It is sometimes recommended to grate potatoes for Korean carrots.

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

10. Combine cucumbers, meat, mushrooms, egg whites and pancakes in a large bowl. Add canned green peas there, from which the brine has been carefully drained.

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

12. Gently mix everything. Is there enough salt to try. We have pickles, mushrooms, meat, green peas and mayonnaise. Therefore, I no longer salt anything. You can add one or two pinches of ground black pepper for piquancy.

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

14. On a fine grater, rub hard cheese, I use Russian. Chop the garlic and mix with mayonnaise. Put some mayonnaise in a small cup. Dip the yolk in mayonnaise and roll in the cheese and garlic mixture.

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

Capercaillie's Nest salad - how to decorate and decorate

To make the salad look the most impressive, it is best to lay it out on a large flat dish. Then it will look exactly like a nest. Only more beautiful and brighter. If the real nest is discreet, disguised as tree branches. That is our "nest" - bright, screaming, just to match any holiday!

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

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

3. Cover the entire surface of the ingredients with French fries. Do not forget the edges, spreading them on them, slightly press down the potatoes so that they do not fall.

Here is what a beautiful and cozy "nest" we have.

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

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

6. Remove the prepared salad from the refrigerator, decorate with halves of cherry tomatoes and put on the festive table. A must-see for our wonderful culinary masterpiece. And eat to your health!

Salad "Roses for a loved one"

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

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

There is one peculiarity in this salad that cannot be forgotten if you decide to cook it. In the original, it is made from chicken fillet. Therefore, we will cook it unconventionally, replace chicken with meat, or smoked sausage, or brisket. You can use boiled tongue, or even take a little of everything.

We need:

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

For pancakes:

We need:

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

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

Preparation

Pancakes for Roses:

1. Mix eggs with sugar.

2. Add salt and soda to flour, mix.

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

4. Stir in the milk.

5. Let stand for a while so that the lumps disperse.

6. Bake 4 thin pancakes.

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

8. Roll the pancakes tightly into a roll with the greased side inward.

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

Cooking salad "Roses for a loved one"

Now we start laying out the salad. We take a salad bowl with high sides and line it all with cling film.

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

2. Finely dice the potatoes and mix with mayonnaise.

3. Take 2/3 of the potatoes and put them on top of the "roses". Crush a little with your hand and coat with mayonnaise.

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

5. We spread everything in layers in this order - chicken breast, cucumbers, green peas, carrots, green onions and the remaining potatoes.

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

7. Cover the top with cling film and refrigerate for 12 hours. Now let it insist and gain strength.

When serving salad, use a large flat plate or platter. Peel off the top of the film. Place a flat plate on a salad bowl and simply turn over. Remove the film from the "roses" and garnish around the edge of the plate with finely chopped herbs and the remaining onions. That's it, your "Roses for a loved one" salad is ready! Nice and tasty! May your loved one be happy.

The next few salads are based on chicken fillet. But don't be tempted, change it decisively for meat.

Pomegranate bracelet salad with walnuts

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

What do we need for this:

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

Cooking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When the vegetables have cooled down, they must be grated on a coarse grater. All in separate plates. Peel and disassemble the pomegranate into grains.

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

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

10. On top of the meat (chicken) is the next layer - carrots. When laid out, season with salt and pepper to taste.

11. Now is the time for nuts. Only half of them need to be laid out, the rest will still be useful to us. Now a layer of mayonnaise again. Yes, a mesh would just be appropriate here.

12. We've done the job with mayonnaise. Now we spread the potatoes. Salt and pepper it to taste. and of course also grease with mayonnaise.

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

14. Put the fried onions on top of the beets, gradually moving them evenly downward. And the leftover nuts. Again, you will have to suffer and smear mayonnaise on the naughty nuts. But you be more careful, get the mayonnaise in advance, then you will just draw the mesh and all the work.

15. So what we still have - eggs! We spread them, do not forget to salt. It's good that you don't need mayonnaise.

16. Lay out the remaining beets, distribute them well over the entire circle. Now we lay out the last layer of mayonnaise. It shouldn't be too much and too little. If there is too much of it, then the most important decoration in the form of pomegranate seeds will drown in it, and if there is not enough, then they will not stick and fall off. Therefore, grease a little at first, put a few grains, if it holds well, then there is enough mayonnaise.

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

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

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

"Pomegranate bracelet" is quite worthy of our attention, and we put a big thick tick in front of this recipe!

"Mushroom meadow" salad

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

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

We need:

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

Food preparation:

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

2. Boil potatoes, carrots and eggs.

3. When the vegetables are cool, grate the potatoes and carrots on a coarse grater.

4. Eggs either also grate, or cut into small cubes in an egg cutter.

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

6. Cheese also grate.

7. Cut the meat into small strips.

8. Finely chop the dill.

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

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

Preparation:

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

1. Select the champignons and form the mushrooms directly in the meadow. We spread them with their caps down directly on the film, you can place larger mushrooms in the center, and smaller ones to the edges. In general, as your fantasy tells you.

2. The next layer we have is green, this is the same mushroom meadow.

3. Then cheese, eggs. Lightly add some salt to the eggs and grease this layer with mayonnaise. Someone loves mayonnaise more, someone less, so we add it to our liking.

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

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

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

Let's say this is a classic version. But I also add one layer between the carrots and the meat. I make this layer from canned mushrooms, which I collected in the summer in the forest and pickled.

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

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

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

7. Cover the last layer with foil. And put it in the refrigerator. The salad must be infused for at least 10 hours.

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

Innings:

Before serving, prepare a large flat dish. Put green lettuce leaves on it.
Holding them with your hand, cover the salad bowl and turn over.
Cut the fresh cucumber into slices and decorate the salad with it on the sides. You can add a little more dill or other herbs.
If you made a salad with honey agarics, then you can decorate the salad and so on. Or as fantasy tells.

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

Sunflower salad with chips and mushrooms

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

Also, as you know, the Rooster values ​​simplicity very much and does not waste money. In the composition of the products, everything is the simplest. But the salad does not suffer from this at all. The ingredients are carefully selected and balanced. Everything is perfectly combined, and "Sunflower" turns out like no other!

We need:

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

Preparation:

1. Boil chicken breast (meat) in slightly salted water. Cool, remove the skin if you are using uncooked fillets, and cut into small cubes or small strips. Whoever wants to.

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

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

As the water boils, time it out and boil with light salt for 10 minutes. During all this time, we remove the foam.

4. Then put the mushrooms in a colander and let the water drain.

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

6. Fry onions until slightly golden brown, do not overcook. And add the mushrooms immediately. Reduce heat and fry the onion and mushrooms for another 10 minutes. Place in a flat plate to cool down quickly. Then cut into small cubes.

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

8. Grate the cheese on a coarse or medium grater.

9. Cut the olives into two halves. We will have the "seeds" of our sunflower.

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

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

Well, everything has been prepared, it remains to prepare only a large flat plate or dish. The salad cannot fit on a small plate, I warn you right away, pay attention to this!

Preparation:

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

This will allow each bite to soak in the sauce when the salad is infused. If you stir right away on a platter, it will be ugly, greased and smeared.

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

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

You do not need to press the layers. We spread the ingredients freely, as they lay down. The layers themselves will be compacted while they are soaked, the way they need it!

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

By the way, you can prepare a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream in advance by mixing everything in a separate bowl. Stir not very much so that there is not left. It is always best to mix in some extra.

And it's also very important not to overdo it. We have salad with mayonnaise, not mayonnaise with salad. Sometimes they put so much mayonnaise in a salad that nothing else is tasted. And the salad almost floats in it. Everything is good when everything is in moderation.

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

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

I prefer egg yolk because it doesn’t require additional lubrication.

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

6. Put the olives cut into halves in a circle. These are our "seeds" of a sunflower, so we place them in the appropriate order. We lightly press down each half so that it holds well.

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

I do not salt any of the layers of salad. Chicken breast and mushrooms were boiled in salted water. There is salt in mayonnaise and chips. And there is even more of it in chips than it should be. I only slightly pepper the chicken layer and that's it.

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

7. Put the salad in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, but better for 4 hours. During this time, the layers are well saturated with the dressing, infused and slightly cooled.

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

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

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

New Year's salad "Santa Claus"

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

We need:

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

Preparation:

1. Boil rice in salted water and cool it down.

2. Finely chop the crab sticks. Leave some for decoration.

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

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

Spread mayonnaise on the layer.

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

This layer should also be coated with mayonnaise.

6. The next layer is to spread the tomatoes and bell peppers. Leave free space where Santa Claus will have a face.

Coat this layer with mayonnaise too.

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

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

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

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

11. Decorate a bag with gifts with ribbons from crab sticks. Make a staff using them.

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

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

Here it is, how beautiful it turned out!

Seafood salad "Sea caprice"

We need:

• shrimps (tiger) - 10 pcs
• squid - 200 gr
• mussels without shells - 200 gr
• scallops - 200 gr
• olive oil - 100 gr
• garlic - 1 clove
• rosemary - 1-2 branches
• thyme - 1 sprig
• dill - 3 branches
• lettuce -150-200 gr

For the sauce:

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

Preparation:

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

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

4. Allow to cool.

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

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

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

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

We need:

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

For gravy:

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

Preparation:

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

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

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

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

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

6. Boil the gravy over low heat until thickened.

7. Divide the duck into portions. Place on a platter and pour over the gravy.

8. Decorate with fresh herbs, tomatoes and apples.

This recipe can be used to cook duck without gravy. In this case, when ready, just take it out, put it on a dish and decorate, as your imagination tells you.

But I'll tell you right away, with the gravy, the duck turns out to be much tastier. And what is important, she does not have her specific smell at all. The dish itself turns out to be chic and truly festive.

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

Wellington beef is a classic English dish

This gorgeous recipe caught my eye quite recently. This is a recipe by the famous British world-class chef Gordon Ramsay.And for the New Year this dish will be just a real culinary masterpiece!

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

We need (for 8 servings):

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

Preparation:

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

2. Fry in a hot skillet until crusty.

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

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

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

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

7. Close the edges of the dough very carefully so that the juice does not flow out. It must saturate the meat during the cooking process. Place on a baking sheet, seam side down. Brush with egg yolk.

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

• veal - 800 gr
• bacon - 300 gr
• sausages - 150 gr
• bell pepper - 2 pieces
• meat broth - 1 glass
• dry white wine - 1 glass
• pickled cucumbers - 5-6 pieces
• mustard - 2-3 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil - 50 ml
• greens - a bunch
• spices - thyme, rosemary, paprika
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

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

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

3. Boil the sausages until tender, cool.

4. Cut the cucumbers and peppers into long strips.

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

6. Roll up the meat. Tie with culinary thread.

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

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

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

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

Pork - accordion "New Year's accordion"

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

We need:

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

Preparation:

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

2. Mix mayonnaise and mustard, season with salt and pepper.

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

4. Cut the cheese into slices. Sliced ​​tomatoes.

5. In pork, make transverse cuts every centimeter. We do not cut it to the end, we leave the meat in such a form that it resembles an accordion.

6. Insert a slice of cheese and a slice of tomato into each cut. Wrap the meat in foil.

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

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

We make potato mushrooms for decoration.

Rinse small potatoes thoroughly with a brush. Allow to dry. Make a deep cut in the middle of the potato.

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

Bake in the oven until tender.

Sturgeon baked in the oven "New Year"

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

We need:

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

Preparation:

1. Peel the sturgeon from the entrails and rinse thoroughly. Pat dry with paper towels.

2. Rub with salt and pepper on the outside and inside. Then sprinkle with lemon juice outside and inside. Grease with vegetable oil and let sit for 20-30 minutes.

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

Lubricate the sturgeon with oil.

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

5. We bake for 20 minutes. Then open the foil and bake for another 15 - 20 minutes until a beautiful golden brown crust is formed.

6. Gently spread the finished sturgeon on a large flat dish and decorate with tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, olives, cranberries and lemon. We also decorate the head and tail with mayonnaise or sour cream.

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

But if you didn't manage to buy a sturgeon, then it doesn't matter. There are tons of other delicious fish that you can also bake in the oven.

Fish in batter "Delightful"

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

We need:

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

For the test:

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

Preparation:

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

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

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

The dish has its name for a reason. The fish is really delicious. And getting ready is not difficult at all!

Well, a lot of recipes have already been written, it's time to move on to desserts.

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

Dessert "Sweet Christmas tree"

We need:

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

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

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

Filling, decoration:

• Strawberry
• packing of pills M & Mdens

Preparation:

1. Take the oil out of the refrigerator beforehand so that it becomes soft. Beat it with a mixer into a thick white mass. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat until smooth.

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

3. For muffins, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in vinegar, mix with a fork. Then oil, and stir again with a fork. No need to whip!

5. Pour in water and continue to beat with a fork until smooth. Do not whisk!

6. Put the dough in tins and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

7. Now let's start decorating. Grease the cake with cream and place the berry in the center so that it stands firmly.

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

9. Starting from the bottom, form spruce branches from the cream. To do this, you need to attach the end of the nozzle to the berry and squeeze out the cream about 1 cm. After you have stopped pressing, we remove the hand. And we make the next branch in the same way.

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

10. Decorate Christmas trees with dragees and asterisks-cookies.

Both adults and children enjoy this dessert. It's delicious and no doubt New Year's! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

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

But cocktails are even welcome. Moreover, the word "cocktail" in translation from French means "cock's tail". So the cocktail will be just right!

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

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

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine the two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Homemade baileys is ready! Can't tell from the real one! And it is made only from some natural ingredients!

Cocktail "Royal Delight"

We need:

• We need:

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

  
  

  Preparation:

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

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

  Children's cocktail "Morozko"

  We need:

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

  Preparation:

  1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip in sugar to make the edge of the glass slightly "snowy".

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

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

  4. Top up with mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. Foam should form.

  
  

  Children love this cocktail very much. So be prepared for them to ask for more, too!

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

  All recipes have been tested and should not let you down! All I have to do is wish you a good mood!

  Happy New Year! And let your festive table be the best!

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As a rule, we all prepare for the New Year what we are used to. But sometimes you really want to get off the beaten track and do something new, without spending a lot of time and effort.

Especially for such an occasion site found 13 interesting and simple, and most importantly - new New Year's recipes!

Mexican salsa

Salsa is a hot sauce that looks a lot like a salad. The spicy dressing makes this tomato sauce a great addition to meat.

Italian pasta salad

Cold pasta salad is a classic banquet dish popular all over the world - from the USA to Italy. It is best to choose a medium-sized pasta for this salad: fusilli (spirals), farfalle (bows) or perline (small shells). Pasta of different colors is perfect.

Salmon and lavash appetizer

Red fish and winter holidays seem to be made for each other! This delicious salmon appetizer is a great substitute for sandwiches.

From the indicated amount, approximately 49 pieces are obtained.

For spread:

• 250 g cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sour cream or yogurt for salads
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• zest of 1 large lemon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup dill

The rest of the ingredients:

• 3 thin pita bread or tortillas (approximately 23 cm in diameter)
• 350 g smoked or salted salmon
• some butter

1. Mix ingredients for spread. Spread half on the pita bread, considering that our sandwich will end up being square and the edges of the pita bread will be cut off.
2. Lay half the salmon on top.
3. Take another pita bread and grease it with a thin layer of oil - this will help the salmon "fix" on the pita bread. Cover the salmon layer with the oil side down. Spread on top with a spread, put salmon and another pita bread, buttered (butter inside).
4. Wrap everything in plastic, press down with a flat heavy object, put in the refrigerator for 4 hours, you can overnight.
5. Use a scalloped knife to trim off excess pita bread and square it into a square shape.
6. Cut the resulting square into 6-7 strips, make squares of them. Pierce each mini sandwich with a toothpick before serving and garnish with dill.

Unusual serving of sausage

Slicing salami or other sausage is a familiar part of the New Year's table. You can beat this appetizer differently if you make rolls or tartlets out of it.

Delicate mushrooms in sour cream

Champignons are great for this recipe. The mushrooms are tender and juicy.

Potato gratin

Potatoes are a frequent guest on the New Year's table. Gratin is a great way to present it in a new way.

A simple pork recipe

This boiled pork is very good both hot and cold. Serve sliced ​​into thin slices.

Turkey roll with sun-dried tomatoes

Turkey is a great substitute for chicken. Turkey meat is perfectly digestible, it contains little cholesterol and a lot of vitamins.

Goose with apples and dried fruits

A rosy goose with a crispy crust - you can't imagine a “New Year's” dish! Contrary to popular belief, cooking a goose is not difficult at all.

Ingredients (for 8 servings):

• 1 goose
• 1 kg sour apples
• 200 g apricots
• 200 g pitted prunes
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• about 150-250 g apricot jam
• 2 tbsp. l. honey
• 700 g dry red wine

1. Apricot Honey Glaze: Whisk the apricot jam and honey in a blender until smooth.
2. Place the goose in a large pot of boiling water and boil for half an hour with any spices and a little salt. This will soften the goose and speed up the browning process.
3. Dry the goose with paper towels. It is advisable to place it in the refrigerator to dry it overnight. But not necessarily - you can fry right away.
4. Rub the outside and inside of the bird with salt and pepper.
5. Push dried fruits and small sour apples into the belly (leave the remaining apples and dried fruits for the end of frying).
6. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
7. Pour in half a bottle of red wine and fry the goose, pouring juice from time to time.
8. After about an hour, place the rest of the fruit in a baking sheet and add more wine.
9. 15 minutes before the end of frying, brush the goose with apricot honey glaze.

Fried Chicken by Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is one of the most celebrated chefs and TV presenters in the world. He suggested his own recipe for baked chicken.

Ingredients (for 8 servings):

• 2 chickens
• sea ​​salt and ground black pepper
• 4 kg potatoes
• 2 lemons or 3 limes
• 2 heads of garlic
• thyme, rosemary
• olive oil

1. Rub the chicken with salt and black pepper, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
2. Cut the potatoes into 4 pieces. Disassemble the garlic into cloves.
3. Preheat oven to 190 degrees.
4. Place the potatoes, lemon, and garlic in a saucepan with plenty of boiling salted water and cook for 12 minutes.
5. Drain and let the potatoes dry for 1 minute over the fire, shaking the pan. Remove the lemon and garlic. Cover the pot to keep the potatoes hot.
6. While the lemon is hot, pierce it about 10 times. Remove chicken from refrigerator, pat dry with paper towel and rub with olive oil.
7. Place the lemon, garlic and thyme in the chicken, then place in a deep baking sheet and cook in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
8. Transfer the chicken to a plate. Place the potatoes with rosemary leaves on a baking sheet and stir. Make a depression in the center and mark the chicken there. Cook for another 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are browned.
9. When the chicken is done, remove the lemon and garlic. Peel the garlic, mash and rub the chicken with it, remove the rosemary leaves.

Ham with honey and mustard

Pork cooked in this way is a real homemade ham, which can be served cold as a snack or hot with a side dish of vegetables and mustard sauce.

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

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

For example, one and the same salad could be with mayonnaise, or it could be unpressed - among our guests, not everyone eats mayonnaise. There were also options without meat, fish and other allergens. Ask your guests' tastes before putting together a menu.

It is also worth including simple recipes in the New Year's menu - after all, it takes five minutes to cook ordinary beets with prunes, and they eat them pretty quickly.

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

Snacks

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

Fried avocados

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe avocados;
• 2 tablespoons flour;
• 2 eggs;
• 100 g of mixture for breading;
• Deodorized oil.

How to cook

1. Beat eggs, add salt to the mixture, pour into a convenient plate. Place two plates next to it - one with flour, one with breading mixture.
2. Peel the avocados, cut them lengthwise into 6-10 slices.
3. Pour oil into a frying pan with high sides and heat, the degree of heating of the oil can be determined with a small slice of bread - it should quickly fry.
4. Dip each piece of avocado in flour, dip in an egg and bread mixture, and then put in butter.
5. Remove all pieces and place on a plate, previously covered with absorbent napkins, drain off excess fat.
6. Serve with a sprig of herbs.

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

Ingredients

• 1 sheet of ready-made puff pastry;
• 10 sun-dried tomatoes;
• 20 olives;
• 1 egg for lubrication;
• provencal mixture of herbs.

How to cook

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

Hot meat dishes

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

Turkey Breast Chops

Ingredients:

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

How to cook:

1. Put the oven to warm up and take care of the meat - cut the turkey breast into 4 pieces, rinse with cool water, dry and beat off.
2. Peppers need to be peeled and then cut into thin strips lengthwise. Divide the chopped peppers by the number of chops, and wrap each piece with a stripe of bacon.
3. Put crumbled mozzarella on top of the beaten turkey meat.
4. Place the peppers and lard on the chops and form a roll.
5. Put each roll on a separate sheet of baking paper, add 2 cherry blossoms to each parchment, pour over with olive oil and add salt, spices, and then decorate with rosemary.
6. Pack each roll in parchment (roll up like candy), tie the edges with coarse thread.
7. Put the bundles in a mold and bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes, then cut the parchment and bake for another 10 minutes - to get a beautiful crust.
8. Serve with fresh tomatoes and any side dish.

When composing a New Year's menu for the 2017 holiday, pick up recipes from a photo. It can be New Year's proven recipes for a holiday in the Year of the Rooster, or just unusual recipes for Christmas and New Year 2017 with a video or photo - so you will simplify the task of preparing the table in advance.

Ginger christmas ham

Ingredients

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

Cooking:

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

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

Unusual fish dishes

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

Fish mousse on black bread

Ingredients

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

Cooking like this:

1. Grind the mascarpone, salmon and lemon juice in a blender until they are pasty.
2. Chop the green onion finely and stir in the fish mass.
3. Using a pastry bag, plant the mousse on slices of Borodino bread, sprinkle with Provencal herbs.

Tuna carpaccio on a pillow

Ingredients:

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

How to cook

1. Rinse the tuna, separate from the skin, dry with paper towels and wrap in foil, then put in the freezer for half an hour.
2. Pick arugula and lettuce with your hands in large pieces, mix.
3. Mix olive oil and lemon juice, add salt and oregano.
4. Remove the tuna from the freezer, cut into very thin slices (using a sharp knife or a special shredder).
5. Form a lush green pillow on a plate (leave a little for decoration).
6. Arrange the tuna so that the slices overlap and garnish a little with lettuce on top.
7. Season the salad.

New Year's side dishes

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

Cauliflower with cheese

Ingredients:

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

How to cook

1. Put the oven to preheat, you need about 180 ° C.
2. Wash the cabbage, remove the stems and leaves, and trim so that it lies flat.
3. Place the cabbage in a baking dish.
4. Grate the garlic on a fine grater, mix with vegetable oil, paprika and salt.
5. Coat the cabbage with garlic oil.
6. Grate hard cheese and sprinkle with cabbage.
7. Place the baking dish in the oven and cook for about 1 hour.
8. Check readiness with a sharp knife in the middle of the head of cabbage - the knife should enter easily, without crunching.
9. Whole cabbage looks very impressive, so it is better to cut it at guests, on the table.

Ingredients:

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

How to cook

1. Cut the garlic into thin slices.
2. Cut the celery into slices diagonally.
3. Pour boiling water over the peas (without defrosting).
4. Put butter in a skillet, add thyme and garlic.
5. After the butter has melted, add the peas and celery, season with salt and pepper.
6. Sprinkle with flour and add cream, bring to a boil, stirring gently.
7. Season with lemon zest, mustard, garnish with parsley when serving.

New Year's desserts

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

Banana cheesecake

Ingredients:

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

How to cook

1. Beat egg, cottage cheese and starch.
2. Grind the peeled bananas in a blender.
3. Knead the dough thoroughly and place in a mold.
4. Bake until golden brown.

Carrot muffins

Ingredients:

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

How to cook

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

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

Bonus: delicious drink

Usually, many people just buy alcohol and soda as drinks, but unusual drinks can be prepared - especially since it is quite easy.

Christmas tea

Add some herbs to the prepared tea (did you dry mint when it was summer? If not, you can buy it in the spice department), and pour some rum into the tea and make a special syrup for Christmas tea - from oranges, zest, cloves and ginger. By the way, the smell of this syrup will fill not only the kitchen, but the whole house with a wonderful New Year's aroma.

Now you know what to cook for the new year 2017 and can make a detailed menu. Think over each meal well, study other people's New Year's menus and you will have an excellent festive table for the New Year or Christmas!

New Year is the favorite holiday of the Slavs of all ages. In order for it to go well and be remembered for a long time, you should think over all the details in advance - from an outfit to gifts for loved ones. Let's figure out how to celebrate the New Year 2017 and what menu should be on your table in order to please a proud bird and gain its favor.

The New Year's feast is not an ordinary dinner, but an occasion to bring the whole family together, to show hospitality to both invited friends and the patron of the year - the Fire Rooster. And he, as you know, is a willful and extraordinary bird, and the festive menu should correspond to his tastes in order to attract good luck and prosperity to the house.

Basic principles of table preparation

Thinking over the festive menu, it should be remembered that the Rooster prefers prosperity combined with simplicity. So, the New Year's table in 2017 should be varied, satisfying, but without unnecessary frills and delicacies. It is best to take traditional Russian cuisine as a basis. The menu should be dominated by all kinds of vegetables and herbs. However, this does not mean that you need to give up meat - choose any meat except poultry. Snacks and salads should be light, no mayonnaise added.

The rooster also loves sweets, so dessert dishes must be present on the table, preferably portioned ones. Light cocktails are suitable as an aperitif. For the main course, offer liqueurs, liqueurs, liqueurs and wines to the guests.

Festive snacks and salads for the New Year 2017

Of course, you should not give up the preparation of the beloved salad by all family members "Olivier" or ". Puff salads can be served both in the traditional form and in the form of rolls. But heavy, hearty salads should be on the table as little as possible. The best salad dressing is vegetable oil (sunflower or olive). If you cannot imagine life without sauces, it is better to cook them yourself from natural products, because the Rooster does not tolerate artificiality, and there will be less harm to the body from such food. For the preparation of mayonnaise, beat thoroughly 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons. lemon juice, 1 tsp. mustard, a little salt and pepper and 1 tbsp. olive oil.

We must not forget about the appropriate design of the festive table for the new year 2017, the year of the fiery Rooster. The presence of red elements is a must, be it a tablecloth, napkins or dishes. Place beautiful candles on the table, because fire will be the element of the coming year. At the end of the serving, add red fruits - tangerines, oranges, apples.

Don't be afraid to experiment with your dishes! And bon appetit on New Year's Eve!

Having poured and twisted to us enough, the naughty Monkey is about to leave us, giving up her place of honor to the Fire Rooster - the owner of 2017, a passionate, emotional, active nature and adoring adventure and adventures. But at the same time, according to the stars, the Rooster values ​​family and traditions.

Before we have time to look back, the New Year 2017 will come. We are all already wondering what to cook for the New Year? After all, there are so many things ahead! It's time to draw up an action plan and a menu, think about decorating the house, a table and gifts to loved ones. But for this, you see, you need to get to know the owner of the next year better, study his habits and taste preferences.

Let's start with the fact that the Rooster, although he is Fiery, is a village bird. He gets up early, keeps order with a keen eye, takes good care of his entire household. But thrifty doesn't mean greedy. The owner of the year is hospitable, loves abundance, hearty food, but no frills. Well, this plays into our hands! When planning a menu for the New Year 2017 and thinking what to cook for the New Year, you should not reinvent the wheel. , salads for the New Year, New Year's main courses and desserts for the New Year, will please any company.

New Year's table 2017 should be unpretentious, but certainly bright and beautiful. The rooster is a bright bird, who knows a lot about beauty. This bird will like beautifully and unusually cut colorful vegetables (tomatoes, bell peppers, fresh cucumbers, carrots) and greens, laid out on large flat dishes. Snacks in the form of canapes and tartlets, sandwiches, lavash rolls with all kinds of fillings, as well as various meat, sausage and cheese cuts laid on lettuce leaves and decorated with herbs and vegetables will delight you. The Rooster is said to like cheese a lot, so you can experiment with making appetizers and salads with the addition of cheese.

Our Fiery guest is not at all against the presence of homemade products on the table: cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled mushrooms. Therefore, feel free to get supplies from the coveted cellars and put them on the festive table. The rooster is generally a supporter of everything natural, he does not respect chemical seasonings and overly spicy and fatty dishes.

Salads on the festive table, as some culinary horoscopes advise us, must be prepared completely without eggs and chicken meat. An incredible requirement in our Russian realities, don't you think? How to do in New Year 2017 without the traditional "Olivier", "Herring under a fur coat", "Mimosa", salads with boiled or smoked chicken and many others? No way! By the way, the Chinese New Year will only come on January 28th. And also, chicken is the most affordable meat in Russia, and we cannot do without it. So the Rooster will hardly be offended at you if you use chicken or eggs in cooking. And we all understand that a rooster is not a hen, and a hen is not a rooster.

Be sure to lay out one of your favorite salads in the form of a cockerel, make a tail in the form of colorful and bright vegetable strips, or, generously sprinkle the salad with chopped herbs, seat the cockerel made from a chicken egg in the center of the salad. Make the beak, wings and tail from multi-colored bell pepper, the scallop from fresh carrots, and the eyes from black peppercorns. Well, can our Cockerel resist such beauty ?! By the way, both snacks and New Year's salads can also be served on the festive table in boats made of vegetables, fruits or in dough tins.

New Year's second budes, now let's talk about them. What to cook for the New Year? You can serve pork, lamb, and beef on the table. In a word, whatever you want, the main thing is that it is not too fat. Those who are wary of upsetting the symbol of the year are unlikely to cook their favorite baked chicken for the New Year's table. But in vain! First, the Year of the Rooster will truly come almost at the end of January. And secondly, here you can also compromise: you cannot serve chicken, so to speak, "in its pure form", but we will serve it with an intricate vegetable side dish or bake it in the oven with potatoes, bell peppers and eggplants. It seems like a chicken, but no - this is a different dish. Have you decided not to risk it? There are many options for what to cook from poultry for the New Year: cook a duck with apples or a stuffed turkey. Our feathered guest will love delicious vegetable casseroles with mushrooms, stews.

Don't forget about fish dishes. The fish can be baked separately, together with vegetables, to make delicious fish cakes from it. Moreover, if it is not possible to buy salmon or trout, cook mackerel baked in the oven with vegetables and lemon. It turns out to be incredibly tasty, aromatic and will definitely please loved ones and guests.

Remember the saying: "A chicken pecks by the grain"? So, during the whole New Year's Eve, it is worth adhering to one simple rule: do not gorge yourself up to the dump, but eat a little, so that you have the strength to have fun, because the Rooster loves fun.
What can really surprise the Fire Rooster is New Year's baked goods. It can be as much as you like. Pies and pies with various fillings, original cakes decorated with cream, and various cookies in the form of Christmas trees, snowflakes, snowmen, stars are not prohibited. New Year's desserts can also include fruit salads, ice cream, chocolate-coated fruits, meringue Christmas trees and much more. The flight of your imagination in the preparation and decoration of desserts is not limited. There should be a lot of sweet dishes. That is why this magical holiday exists.

A few words about drinks. Traditional champagne this time will take its place of honor on the festive table. In addition to him, you can afford something stronger: vodka, cognac, good wine, original cocktails (by the way, the word cocktail in translation means “cock's tail”), but this does not mean that all this should be drunk in huge quantities, here, as in food, you need a measure. Delicious milkshakes can be prepared for children.

The table also needs to be served to please the Fiery Rooster. For this occasion, a red tablecloth is ideal. If you have blue or green, that's fine too. If possible, also take bright dishes for serving. The Rooster will appreciate this serving. To please him completely, set the table in a rustic style: canvas tablecloths, napkins. Don't use plastic, prefer glass, wood, ceramic, or porcelain. Wooden candlesticks, wicker vases and baskets will give a magical evening a feeling of home warmth and comfort. Put wooden spoons in salads - both beautiful and original. Hot meals can be served directly in clay pots.

And most importantly, when serving the table, do not forget to put a plate with sprouted grain or just some cereal in the center. This is a treat for the symbol of the year. You can put the same plate under the Christmas tree and sit next to it a cockerel - a soft toy, ceramic or wooden - so that the Fire Rooster can see that in this house he is welcome and eagerly awaited. Then he, in turn, will do everything possible to make your holiday bright and unforgettable, and the New Year 2017 - the happiest in your life.

Larisa Shuftaykina