The New Year's table should be full of dishes, since it is believed that the richer the feast, the more successful the coming year will be. That is why many housewives begin to think about the menu in a few months and include at least one hot dish, a couple of snacks, several salads and a dessert.
General recommendations
In 2020, the White Metal Rat will be the main totem. This is an omnivorous animal, which greatly facilitates the task of the hostesses. Therefore, you can cook any dishes you want. It is important that on the New Year's table in 2020 there is diversity, which will greatly please the Rat. Cooking should be of high quality and natural products, as it is good for health, and will rattle the Rat, who likes to eat deliciously. It is recommended to use cereals that the patroness of 2020 likes so much for the table. If the hostess does not plan to cook porridge, then it will be enough to put on the table a beautiful plate with grain to your taste.
In 2020, Rats should not use products for the New Year holiday, such as cabbage, radishes and legumes. Of these, it is not recommended to cook holiday dishes. The patroness of the year does not love them and may be offended. Better pay attention to simple christmas recipes.
Main dishes
According to the Eastern calendar 2020, the metal Rat protects. The rodent is not picky about food, so you can serve fish, meat, chicken, and vegetables for hot.
Baked mackerel
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- mackerel - 2 medium-sized fish;
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l .;
- lemon peel - 1 tsp;
- aromatic herbs: rosemary, thyme, oregano;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt and pepper;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l
In a separate bowl, mix the oil, all seasonings, finely chopped garlic and lemon zest. Set aside for 10 minutes.
Fish must be cleaned: remove the entrails, cut off the head and tail, clean the skin with a knife. Rinse well. Then coat generously with a mixture of oil and seasoning on both sides and inside. Place the fish in a heat-resistant dish with high sides, covered with parchment (for example, ducklings). Bake for 20 minutes in an oven at a temperature of 200C. Pour the finished cooled fish with lemon juice.
Vegetable Lasagna
You will need:
- carrots - 3 pcs.;
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- onions - 1 pc.
- zucchini - 1 pc.;
- Bulgarian pepper –1 pcs.;
- lasagna sheets - 350 g;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. l .;
- tomato paste - 1 tbsp. l .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- curd cheese - 150 g;
- hard cheese - 130 g;
- spinach - 1 bunch;
- basil - 1 small bunch;
- spices to taste.
Cooking method:
- Carrots, zucchini and my pepper. Cut into small cubes.
- In a blender, grind tomatoes, olive oil and basil until smooth.
- Fry vegetables into cubes and fry in olive oil until golden brown, after adding a few spices to them.
- At the end we put chopped spinach.
- After the cooked vegetables have cooled, grind them in a blender. Add cottage cheese. Mix.
- We collect the dish. At the bottom of the baking dish, put a little tomato sauce, lasagna leaves, filling, then tomato sauce again, pasta sheets. Alternate until all ingredients are in the container. The last layer is lasagna leaves.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese. We send it to the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for 40-50 minutes. We divide the finished lasagna into portioned pieces and decorate with basil leaves.
Meatloaf
You will need:
- pork tenderloin - 2 kg;
- ham - 0.3 kg;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- pears - 2 pcs.;
- pickled cucumber - 1 pc.;
- walnuts - 1 cup;
- White wine;
- spice;
- vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
- My meat. We are drying.
- Marinate pork in a mixture of wine and spices for 2 hours.
- With a sharp knife we cut the meat in the shape of a book.
- Fry the walnut kernels in a dry pan for 10 minutes.
- Half the walnuts and chop into crumbs and mix with raw eggs until smooth.
- We send the remaining nuts, pears, sliced, and chopped cucumbers to the eggs.
- We put ham slices on the meat, on top - egg-nut filling.
- Wrap a roll. We fix the culinary thread.
- Lubricate with sunflower oil on top.
- Wrap with cling film and leave for a quarter of an hour.
- After the specified time, we send the roll into the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for 1 hour. In the process of baking, it is not superfluous to periodically water the roll with the allocated juice.
Baked pork
You will need:
- pork tenderloin - 1 kg;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l .;
- seasonings to taste;
- vegetables (broccoli, carrots, potatoes, garlic, etc.) - for garnish;
- olive oil.
Cooking method:
- My meat. We are drying.
- Rub with spices and mayonnaise.
- My broccoli. Divide into inflorescences.
- We clean the carrots. We cut in cubes.
- We clean potatoes. Cut into medium sized cubes.
- We add spices and vegetable oil to the vegetables. Mix.
- We spread the meat and vegetables on a baking sheet and put in the oven for an hour and a half.
Turkey in the oven
You will need:
- turkey - 1 carcass weighing 5 kg;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml;
- coarse salt - 200 g;
- sugar - 100 g;
- broth (vegetable or chicken) - 3.5 liters;
- water - 3.5 l;
- ice - 1 glass;
- sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary, Provence herbs - 1 tsp each;
- grapes, apples and / or oranges - for the filling.
Cooking method;
- In the broth we put the herbs, salt and sugar listed in the list.
- Simmer for 10 minutes after boiling over low heat.
- My turkey. We are drying.
- We spread it in a large container.
- Fill with cooled broth, water and put ice cubes. Leave for 10 hours in a cool place. Make sure that the carcass is completely immersed in the marinade.
- After the specified time, wash the pickled turkey with water. We are drying. We start with pieces of fruit and / or grapes.
- We spread the bird on a baking sheet. Lubricate with vegetable oil. Pour half a liter of water.
- We send it to the oven, heated to 230 degrees.
- After half an hour, reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and bake until fully cooked. The total time is calculated using the formula 40 minutes per kilogram of weight. Transparent juice, which stands out if you pierce the carcass with a skewer, says that the bird is ready.
- Before serving, the turkey should be held under the foil for half an hour. Then put on a plate and decorate as desired.
Baked carp
You will need:
- carp - a carcass weighing about 2 kg;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- champignons - 200 g;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs.;
- greens (parsley or other) - to taste;
- vegetable oil;
- spice.
Cooking method:
- We clean the onion. Cut into half rings.
- We clean the mushrooms. Finely chop.
- Stir onion. Take out.
- In the same oil, fry the mushrooms until soft.
- We send chopped herbs and spices to vegetables. Mix.
- My fish. Gutted. We remove the gills.
- We rub the carp with spices and stuff the cooked filling. We fasten the edges with toothpicks or sew.
- Outside, in the carcass we make cuts and insert slices of lemon into them and sprinkle it with citrus juice.
- Sent to the oven. Cook at a temperature of 200 degrees 25 minutes.
Salads
In addition to hot, there should be a salad on the festive table, preferably not one. We advise you not to be limited to the standard Olivier and Herring under a fur coat, because there are other interesting and equally tasty recipes.
Christmas tree toy
You will need:
- ham - 200 g;
- hard-boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
- Dutch cheese - 100 g;
- walnuts - 5 pcs.;
- apple (varieties Simirenko) - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- parsley - 1 bunch;
- mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. l .;
- salt and black pepper;
- pomegranate seeds.
Cooking method:
- We chop the walnut kernels in a blender.
- Cut the ham into strips.
- Rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
- We clean the eggs. Separate 2 proteins. We rub the remains on a coarse grater.
- The leaves of my parsley. We are drying. Finely chop.
- Rub the apple on a grater. Mix with other products.
- Peel and pass the garlic through a press. Sent to the salad. Solim. Pepper Dress with mayonnaise. Mix thoroughly.
- On a flat plate or dish, put the salad in the form of a hemisphere.
- Sprinkle with grated proteins.
- Decorate with pomegranate or optionally (corn, peas, herbs or yolk).
Red Riding Hood
You will need:
- boiled potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- boiled small carrots - 2 pcs.;
- hard-boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
- boiled chicken fillet - 200 g;
- cheese - 100 g;
- walnuts - 50 g;
- mayonnaise;
- spice;
- pomegranate seeds.
Cooking method:
- We clean potatoes. Grate. Spread on a plate. Season with spices. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
- We cut the chicken into cubes and spread it on the potatoes. Salt, pepper and grease with mayonnaise.
- We chop the nuts. Spread on the chicken.
- Grate the cheese. We remove a small amount to the side, it will be needed for decoration, the rest is distributed on nuts. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
- Now it's the turn of grated carrots.
- The final layer is grated eggs.
- Abundantly grease the salad on top with mayonnaise, giving the salad the shape of a hat.
- We decorate with pomegranate seeds, and we make the “fur edge” and “pompom” from cheese.
- We remove the salad for a while in the refrigerator for impregnation.
Chimes
You will need:
- champignons - 200 g;
- ham - 150 g;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil;
- mayonnaise;
- salt pepper;
- carrot.
Cooking method:
- Dice the mushrooms. Fry.
- Add chopped onion to the mushrooms. Fry for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- My tomatoes. Cut into cubes. We send to the cooled fried vegetables.
- Cut the ham into small pieces.
- Mix all the ingredients. We put the garlic, spices and mayonnaise passed through the press. Mix.
- We spread it on a dish. Sprinkle with grated cheese. From carrots we cut the dial.
Vegetarian Olivier
You will need:
- potato - 3 pcs.;
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- green peas - 100 g.
For the sauce:
- sour cream - 200 g;
- vegetable oil - 30 g;
- lemon juice - 1 tsp;
- mustard - 1 tsp;
- black Indian salt, black pepper, turmeric - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Boil potatoes and carrots until tender. We clean. Cut into cubes.
- My cucumbers. Dice.
- Mix the vegetables. Add the peas.
- Combine the ingredients for the sauce. Dress the salad. Immediately serve to the table.
Snacks
In addition to salads, at least one snack should be present on the table. It is better to serve portioned.
Oven Chicken Nuggets
Usually this dish is associated with unhealthy fast food. However, if you approach the cooking creatively, you can get a very healthy and nutritious snack.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- kefir - 250 ml;
- little vegetable - 2 tbsp. l .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- black pepper;
- salt;
- Provencal herbs;
- breadcrumbs - 200 g.
Chicken fillet cut into medium rectangular pieces (approximately 5X3 cm). Then they must be marinated so that they are not dry.For marinade, kefir, pepper and salt to taste, garlic (finely chopped or chopped using garlic ginger) and herbs are used. Mix everything and place the fillet pieces in the marinade for 20-30 minutes.
Next, each chicken nuggets must be rolled in breadcrumbs. They are laid out on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. The sheet is also lubricated with vegetable oil using a cooking brush. Bake in the oven at 200C for about 15 minutes.
Stuffed pancakes
A fairly simple dish that can be used not only for the holidays. Beautiful design and interesting filling will make this appetizer the main decoration of the table. The dish can be served with different sauces or sour cream.
Ingredients:
- milk - 500 ml;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- flour - 250 g;
- vegetable oil - 60 ml;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
- a pinch of salt;
- minced chicken - 500 g;
- medium onion;
- red bell pepper - 100 g (you can use frozen);
- canned corn - 100 g;
- grated hard cheese - 200 g;
- salt and spices to taste.
Cooking the pancakes themselves:
Beat the eggs in a tall bowl. You can use a mixer or do everything manually. Add milk, sugar, salt to the eggs. Mix everything well. Gradually add flour sifted through a sieve. Add vegetable oil at the very end. The consistency of the test corresponds to liquid sour cream. It is better to bake pancakes in a special pancake pan.
Filling:
Minced meat to fry in a pan with onions. Add salt and spices (e.g. black pepper and paprika, oregano, dry garlic). Pour red bell pepper. Add corn and cheese to the prepared meat.
Put the filling on the pancake and roll it into a roll. Each roll is reported to turn out approximately 7-10 cm, so that it can be conveniently taken in hand. Therefore, a twisted pancake can be cut in half.
Fold the rolls in a circle, similar to the sun with rays. To make the pancakes crispy, they are placed in the oven for 5 minutes at a temperature of 180C. In the center of the circle you can put a bowl with sauce.
Croutons with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
- dark bread;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
- fat cottage cheese - 300 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- yogurt or sour cream - 1 tbsp. l .;
- parsley - a small bunch;
- salt.
Cut the bread into rectangles or triangles. Spread oil on both sides with a cooking brush. Bake for 5 minutes in the oven or on a grill pan.
From cottage cheese, garlic and parsley, make a homogeneous mass using a submersible blender. Spread the bread with the resulting mousse.
Beetroot Christmas trees
You will need:
- small beets - 6 pcs.;
- soft feta cheese - 150 g;
- avocado 1 - pcs.;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- thick sour cream - 1 tsp;
- salt pepper;
- greenery.
Cooking:
- Boil the beets. We clean. Cut into rings with a thickness of 0.5 cm. Salt.
- Brynza mix with zest, chopped garlic and spices.
- We clean the avocado. Add a couple of drops of lemon juice, sour cream and black pepper. Puree.
- We lubricate each beet ring with filling (we, as you understand, have 2 types).
- If desired, the cream can be precipitated using a pastry bag.
- We form Christmas trees. Fasten with skewers. Decorate with herbs.
To cook such an appetizer should be half an hour before serving!
With red fish
You will need:
- slightly salted salmon - 150 g;
- curd cheese - 150 g;
- pickled cucumber - 1 pc.;
- parsley.
You will need:
- We cut cucumbers into cubes.
- Mix with curd cheese.
- We cut the fish into thin slices and spread them on a plastic wrap in a continuous layer.
- On the fish, we distribute the curd mass with cucumbers.
- Put the parsley leaves on the cheese.
- Turn the roll. We clean for an hour in the refrigerator.
- Cut the finished roll into pieces. We serve to the table.
Jellied fish
You will need:
- fish - 2 carcasses;
- fish tails and heads - 1 kg;
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- canned peas and corn - 3 tbsp each l .;
- gelatin;
- salt, laurel leaves, peppercorns.
Cooking method:
- Whole carcasses of fish, tails and heads of mine.
- We clean the vegetables.
- Put everything in a pan. Fill with cold water. Add salt, black pepper peas, bay leaf.
- Cook for half an hour after boiling over moderate heat, periodically removing the foam.
- We take out the fish from the broth.
- Cook vegetables, heads and tails for another quarter of an hour.
- We filter the broth. If necessary, salt.
- Pour gelatin. The amount of powder is calculated by the formula 3 tablespoons per liter of broth.
- At the bottom of a deep plate, pour a little broth. Stack chopped carrots. Sliced fish fillet. Peas and corn.
- Gently pour the broth, filling the plate.
- Put in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
- Before serving, immerse the container in hot water for a few seconds, and then turn it over and put the contents on a flat plate.
Dessert
It is impossible to imagine a festive feast without dessert. A cake, cookie or unusual serving of fruit will certainly become its decoration.
Panacota
Ingredients:
- cream (not less than 30% fat content) - 400 ml;
- milk - 120 ml;
- gelatin - 25 g;
- icing sugar - 50 g;
- vanilla pod or vanilla extract.
Pour gelatin into a bowl and pour water at a temperature of about 30C. It is necessary to use a little water so that it only covers gelatin. Leave on for 15 minutes.
Pour cream into a saucepan and put on fire. When they heat up, add milk, sugar and vanilla to them. The resulting mixture must be constantly stirred and well heated. But do not bring to a boil.
Dissolve the swollen gelatin in a water bath or microwave. Add to milk formula. Mix well. Then pour the mixture into jelly molds or glasses. To do this, it is necessary to use a sieve so that the insoluble pieces of gelatin do not spoil the delicate texture of the dessert.
Refrigerate for 4-6 hours until completely solidified. Serve with any berries, syrup, jam or honey.
Hazelnuts tart
Ingredients:
- flour - 150 g;
- cocoa - 2 tbsp. l .;
- icing sugar - 50 g;
- a pinch of salt;
- butter (cold) - 150 (100 + 50) g;
- roasted hazelnuts - 200 g;
- sugar - 150 g;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 50 ml;
- cream (fat content not less than 30%) - 150 (100 + 50) ml;
- dark chocolate - 150 g.
Mix in a blender or manually all the products for the dough: butter 100 g, flour, cocoa, icing sugar and salt. Knead the gingerbread man, wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Take out the dough, roll out and put in a circular shape with a diameter of 25 cm, covered with parchment. The sides can be trimmed with your hands to get an even circle. Pierce the dough with a fork. Cover the dough with parchment, and on top lay the beans, which are used as cargo so that the cake does not rise. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at a temperature of 180C. Allow to cool.
To make caramel, you will need a pan with a thick bottom. It is necessary to put sugar and honey in it. Pour in water at room temperature. Put on fire and simmer until the sweet ingredients dissolve. After that, boil the caramel for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until it becomes amber. Remove from heat and add cream (50 ml) and butter (50 g). Mix well. Return to the fire and cook for another 2 minutes. Add hazelnuts. Pour the caramel onto the cake and let it cool completely, then refrigerate.
Pour cream (100 ml) into the pan and heat very much, but do not boil. Remove from heat and place grated chocolate in a pan. After a few minutes it will melt. The result should be chocolate mousse. Pour ganache on caramel and refrigerate until completely frozen.
Fruit tree
You will need:
- kiwi, strawberries, tangerines, grapes;
- a pineapple;
- apple - 1 pc.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- toothpicks.
Cooking method:
- At the apple, cut off the crown, set it on a flat dish.
- We clean the carrots (preferably long) and vertically fix them in the center of the apple with a skewer. This will be the "stem" of our fruit composition.
- In a chaotic manner, we insert toothpicks into the carrots, like twigs.
- My berries.
- Kiwi cut into rings not very thin.
- We cut out a star from pineapple using cookie cuttings, as well as humans, snowflakes, etc.
- Tangerines are divided into slices.
- Prepared berries and fruits are planted on toothpicks.
- We put a star on the top of the head. Done!
Gingerbread Cookie
You will need:
- flour - 250 g;
- cane sugar - 80 g;
- butter - 70g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. l .;
- ground ginger - 1 tsp;
- grated ginger - 1 tsp;
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- ground cloves - 1/2 tsp;
- soda - 1/2 tsp.
For glaze:
- icing sugar - 250 g,
- large egg protein - 1 pc. ;
- warm water - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l .;
- food colors, confectionery sprinkles, edible beads, etc.
Cooking method:
- Cut the butter at room temperature into cubes.
- Add sugar and eggs. Beat with a mixer to a white lush mass.
- Pour all the dry ingredients. Knead the dough using a mixer.
- We wrap the dough with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Roll out the chilled dough into a layer with a thickness of about 7 mm.
- Cutting cookies out. We spread them on a baking mat.
- We send it to the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of the mixer we combine the ingredients for the glaze. Beat for 10 minutes. Pour dyes at will.
- We put it in a pastry bag and paint cookies. If necessary, decorate with confectionery sprinkles.
- After the glaze hardens, you can take a sample.
Carrot cake
You will need:
- wheat flour - 340 g;
- sugar - 300 g;
- grated carrots - 275 g;
- odorless vegetable oil - 240 ml;
- walnuts - 10 pcs.;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- soda - 5 g;
- baking powder - 4 g;
- ground cinnamon - 1.5 tsp;
- ground nutmeg - 1 tsp;
- orange zest - optional.
For cream:
- cream of maximum fat content - 100 ml;
- cream cheese - 500 g;
- icing sugar - 70 g.
Cooking method:
- Beat sugar with vegetable oil.
- Gradually add eggs to the mass. Beating thoroughly each time. The result should be a white dense mass.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix with a whisk, saturating with oxygen.
- Combine the mixture. Knead the air dough.
- Put chopped nuts and zest.
- We clean the carrots. Rub on a fine grater or pass through a meat grinder, setting the smallest mesh.
- Squeeze out the extra juice and send the carrots to the dough. Mix.
- We shift the dough into a baking dish with a diameter of 20 cm, first you need to cover it with parchment and grease the sides with oil.
- We send in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for an hour.
- Cool the cake to the grill. After we cut it with a thread into 4 layers of the same height.
- Beat the chilled cream until strong peaks.
- We gradually introduce powdered sugar and cream cheese.
- Grease the cakes with cream. We collect the cake and decorate as desired. Before serving, the dessert should be infused, so for several hours we send it to the refrigerator.
The drinks
The highlight of the holiday will be unusual drinks. Champagne, juice, wine - this is a classic, but if you want to surprise guests, then serve the orancello, pear and / or mulled wine you have prepared.
Orancello
You will need:
- oranges - 4 pcs.;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. l .;
- high quality vodka - 0.5 l.
Cooking method:
- Oranges are thoroughly washed. We are drying.
- Remove the zest (only the orange part). Fill it with vodka. Cork up. We clean for a week in a dark place. Shake the drink daily.
- Oranges are put in a hermetically sealed container and sent to the refrigerator.
- After the specified time, we filter the tincture.
- Squeeze 350 ml of juice from oranges.
- Pour sugar into the juice. Heat over moderate heat until sugar dissolves. Do not boil!
- We filter the orange syrup and mix it with aromatic tincture.
- The finished drink is bottled. We clean in a dark place.
- After a minimum of 3 days you can try. Drink chilled.
Punch
You will need:
- strong tea with bergamot flavor - 1 l .;
- semi-sweet champagne of high quality - 750 ml;
- high quality cognac - 50 ml;
- cane sugar - 170 g;
- oranges - 2 pcs.
Cooking method:
- Oranges are thoroughly washed. We are drying. Cut into thin rings. We spread it in a vase for a punch.
- Pour sugar. Mix. Leave for half an hour.
- Pour in iced tea and cognac.We put it in the refrigerator until everyone gathers at the festive table.
- Before serving, add cold champagne to the container and pour the drink into beautiful glasses.
Mulled wine
You will need:
- semi-sweet red wine - 700 ml .;
- sugar - 6 tsp;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs.;
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- nutmeg - 1/3 tsp;
- cinnamon - 3 sticks;
- fresh ginger - 3 cm;
- anise - 3 stars;
- cardamom - 3 grains;
- cloves - 2 buds;
- allspice - 3 peas.
Cooking method:
- Ginger is clean. Cut into thin plates.
- Remove the zest from the lemon. Cut the pulp into half rings.
- Mix sugar with ground cinnamon and other dry ingredients.
- Fill everything with wine and put on a slow fire.
- Heat up to 80 degrees. Cover with a lid. Remove from the stove.
- Insist a drink for a quarter of an hour. We filter.
- Pour into glasses and treat guests.
We think that now you can easily create a New Year's table menu, and the photos attached to the recipes will make the process of creating culinary masterpieces easier.
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