Festive recipes for the new year. What to cook for the New Year: the best recipes with photos

The upcoming 2018 year of the Yellow Dog promises a calm and peaceful life, as well as a lot of success for those who are ready to work hard. And in order to celebrate such a year with dignity, you need to take care of the right holiday menu.

What dishes and drinks can rightfully decorate the New Year's table

The dog does not like excessive brightness and idleness. This being is rational. And she will appreciate the appearance on the New Year's table of the same rational dishes:

satisfying;
delicious;
containing meat and vegetables.

And as drinks it is best to choose wine and ordinary tea or coffee. However, the Dog cannot be called picky, so you can cook any dish and drink.

Guests can enjoy barbecue, fried steaks with berry sauces and other meat delicacies. For the children's menu, steamed or stewed dishes in the oven are suitable.

For a festive dessert, you can use berry salads or pastries with chocolate and nuts.

What foods will especially like the Yellow Dog

Like any predator, the Dog will especially appreciate the meat. Therefore, meat dishes on the New Year's table 2018 should be a must. But people who do not eat pork or beef can supplement the festive menu with poultry and fish dishes.

Since the coming year is the year of the Yellow or Earth Dog, care can be taken to include yellow and brown vegetables, such as peppers and potatoes, on the festive menu. Mushrooms and nuts, as products growing on the ground, can also be on the New Year's menu.

Particular attention should be paid to bread. This hearty product can also be part of the treat on the festive table. To do this, you can cook bread with spices or garlic.

What to cook for the New Year 2018: recipes

The menu on the festive table in 2018 can be very diverse.

Salad for children "Cheerful Puppy"

You can please children on New Year's Eve by arranging a table for them with special treats. As a snack, children can be offered a salad decorated in the form of a funny dog.

Cooking method:

Vegetables need to be boiled in a peel, peeled, doused with cold water, and then finely cut into cubes;
Eggs need to be hard-boiled, peeled, the proteins separated from the yolks and the yolks crumbled into a salad;
Add corn or peas, finely chopped greens to the mass. Mix all this and add mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste;
From the finished salad, you need to form a sleeping dog on a baking sheet;
Egg whites and boiled sausage should be grated on a coarse grater. You need to rub into different cups so that these ingredients do not mix ahead of time;
With grated squirrels and sausage, you need to decorate the skin of the dog so that you get a “puppy” of spotty coloring;
Olives can be used as an eye and nose for a dog. And the tongue can be made from a piece of sausage.

This unusual salad will appeal to children not only for its appearance, but also for its taste.

"Bunch of grapes"

You can please guests with a festive treat if you offer them a salad with the poetic name "Bunch of Grapes". This meat dish will be a wonderful decoration for the New Year's table in 2018.

Have to take:

ham - 300 g;
hard cheese - 200 g;
chicken eggs - 3 pcs;
rye crackers - 80-100 g;
grapes (any variety without seeds) - 200-300 g;
salt, pepper and mayonnaise - to taste.

Cooking time - 24-30 minutes.

Calorie content in 100 g - 148-165 kcal.

How to cook:

Instead of grapes, you can use olives or black olives. If desired, the number of ingredients can be increased and spread the salad in layers, rather than mixing them.

Braised duck in prunes

What delicious hot dish can be served for the New Year 2018 and at the same time surprise all the guests? Of course, duck stewed according to an old recipe in prune sauce.

What is needed for this:

duck of medium size - 1 pc;
onions - 1-2 pcs;
carrots - 2 pcs;
prunes - 1 glass;
cognac, port wine or dry sherry - 100 ml;
vegetable oil for frying;
salt, sugar and pepper to taste;
water for stewing and boiling.

Cooking time - 1-2 hours.

Calorie content in 100 g - 243 kcal.

How to cook delicious duck?

The cleaned duck carcass is cut into small pieces and fried in a pan until golden brown. In order for the duck to be juicier, it is better to fry it under a closed lid;
After that, the pieces of duck are transferred to a cast-iron pan or any other pan with thick walls;
Carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater, and onions are cut into small cubes. Vegetables are fried separately in vegetable oil, while first the onions are breaded until golden brown, then carrots are added to it and they are fried together over medium heat until the carrots soften;
After that, the fried vegetables are added to the duck and everything is poured with boiled hot water. The water should be level with the duck. Then all this is left to stew over low heat under a closed lid;
At this time, the prunes are washed and boiled until soft. Then the water is drained;
When the duck is cooked, the broth is poured from it into a blender, prunes are added there and mashed. Then the puree is rubbed through a sieve and added to the duck. If the sauce is not enough, then it is diluted with hot water;
A little sugar, salt, pepper and alcohol are added to an almost ready dish. Then stew for another 5-10 minutes.

The cooked duck is served hot. As a side dish, boiled potatoes, pasta or rice are used for it.

If desired, the duck can be replaced with a large chicken. Such a dish will be less spicy, but also very tasty and satisfying.

Meatloaf "Refined"

This dish is perfect as a main delicacy in the form of cold cuts on the New Year's table 2018.

To prepare the dish you will need:

pork - 2 kg;
ham - 300 g;
chicken egg - 2 pcs;
pickled cucumber - 1 pc;
pear - 1 pc;
walnuts - 1 cup;
white wine for marinade;
vegetable oil for coating the roll;
spices and salt to taste.

Roll preparation time - 4 hours plus cooling time.

Calorie content in 100 g - 150-204 kcal.

Cooking roll "Exquisite":

Pork should be washed, dried and marinated in a whole piece in wine, spices and salt for at least 2 hours;
After that, the pork must be cut with a “book”;
Walnuts should be peeled and fried in a dry frying pan for 10 minutes;
After that, half the nuts need to be crushed and mixed with a raw egg. Then you need to add whole nuts, finely chopped pieces of pear and cucumber to the mixture;
A layer of thinly sliced ham should be laid on top of the meat, then an egg mixture with nuts, pear and cucumber should be laid on top of it;
All this needs to be salted and peppered. Then - twist into a tight roll and tie with culinary thread;
The resulting roll should be greased on all sides with vegetable oil and wrapped in a plastic bag. Leave it for 15-20 minutes until the oil is absorbed;
After that, the roll must be baked for 1 hour in the oven, heated to 180 degrees. Before you put the roll in the oven, the bag must be removed from it.

To make the resulting dish as juicy as possible, when frying it should be watered with the juice that stands out from it.

Jellied carp

Those who want to please themselves with fish dishes on New Year's Eve can cook aspic from carp or any other desired fish.

What to take:

fresh or frozen carp - 1 piece (about 3-5 kg);
dried white mushrooms - 50-100 g;
gelatin for aspic - 30 g;
onions - 1 pc;
carrots - 1 pc;
bell pepper - 1 pc;
salt, pepper and bay leaf - to taste;
fresh herbs - optional.

Cooking time for jellied carp is 8-10 hours.

Calorie content in 100 g - 112 kcal.

Cooking steps:

If necessary, the fish must be thawed, then washed and cleaned of scales and entrails;
Then the skin and fillet must be separated from the bones;
The head of the fish and bones should be poured with cold water. There you need to add peeled vegetables. Then all this must be salted and peppered and put to boil;
Carrots and peppers will cook earlier than other foods. As they cook, these vegetables must be carefully pulled out with a spoon or slotted spoon;
Mushrooms should be soaked for at least 1 hour. During this time, the water must be changed several times. After an hour, the mushrooms must be boiled in fresh water;
Strain the fish broth from the bones and pour it over the prepared fillet. Boil the fillet in the broth over low heat for half an hour;
The finished fillet must be cooled and cut into pieces. Then spread out in a form, add boiled mushrooms and beautifully chopped boiled vegetables and herbs to it to taste;
Gelatin must be diluted in accordance with the instructions on the package. Add spices and pour the fish with the resulting gelatin solution;
After that, the fish must be removed in the cold. Preferably overnight.

Optionally, olives, cherry tomatoes and green peas can be poured along with the fish. Serve the fish to the table after the gelatin hardens.

Chocolate pistachio cake

To treat family and invited friends on New Year's Eve 2018 with a delicious holiday dessert and please everyone at the same time, you need to make a chocolate pistachio cake. This delicate dessert will be appreciated by both adults and children. It goes well with any drink and will be a great addition to both hot tea and cold wine.

Cake Ingredients:

chicken eggs - 3-4 pcs;
wheat flour - 60 g;
butter - 60 g;
dark chocolate - 60 g;
granulated sugar - 70 g;
powdered sugar - 30 g.

Chocolate Cream Ingredients:

cream 33% fat - 250 ml;
milk chocolate - 60 g;
chocolate-nut paste or Nutella - 50 g;
granulated sugar - 50 g;
vanilla sugar - 15 g;
gelatin - 8 g.

Pistachio Cream Ingredients:

pistachio paste or ground pistachios - 30 g;
cream 33% fat - 140 ml;
milk - 100 ml;
chicken yolk - 1 pc;
marzipan - 30 g;
cognac - 10 ml;
granulated sugar - 20 g;
gelatin - 6 g.

Impregnation Ingredients:

raspberry syrup - 50 ml;
cognac - 18 ml.
frosting ingredients:
cream 33% fat - 65 ml;
honey - 100 ml;
water - 50 ml;
granulated sugar - 100 g;
dark chocolate - 100 g;
gelatin - 10 g.

Cooking time - 6-8 hours.

Calorie content in 100 g - 468 kcal

Steps for making a dessert cake for the New Year 2018:

You need to start by baking cakes. To do this, take 3-4 eggs and separate the whites from the yolks;
Melt chocolate for biscuit together with butter in a water bath, then add icing sugar to them and mix. Allow this mass to cool, then stir in the yolks;
Proteins need to be beaten separately with sugar until a strong foam, then mixed into the dough in parts. You need to stir with a spoon or a mixer at low speeds;
After that, add the sifted flour to the dough and also gently mix with a spoon;
The finished dough is poured into a mold with a diameter of 24 cm. The mold must first be covered with parchment paper;
Cakes are baked for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Then they are allowed to cool. At the same time, after baking, the cakes cannot be immediately pulled out of the oven - they must be infused for another 20 minutes;
After the cake has cooled, it is pulled out of the mold, the top crumbling crust is carefully cut off and smeared with impregnation. To do this, the syrup is stirred with cognac and immediately the cake is poured with this mixture;
This cake base is placed in a special form with high sides. While the cake is being soaked, pistachio cream is being prepared - milk is poured into a saucepan, mixed with yolk and sugar, and all this, stirring constantly, is heated in a water bath until the base for the cream thickens;
At this time, gelatin must be poured with water and squeezed out, then added to the base for the cream;
Then cream is mixed in there, and brandy is added at the end;
Pistachio cream (or finely ground pistachios) and finely chopped marzipan are mixed into the resulting mass. All this is constantly mixed and kept in a water bath until the cream becomes thick and homogeneous;
The soaked cake is smeared with the finished cream, after which the base for the cream cake is put in the refrigerator;
While the cake is cooling, prepare the chocolate cream. To do this, mix softened chocolate, paste and vanillin. 80 ml of cream is heated and added to the resulting mass, after which it is thoroughly mixed again;
Gelatin is poured with water, squeezed and poured into a warm base of chocolate cream. The resulting mass is stirred and left to cool;
The remaining cream for the cream is whipped with sugar, and then poured into the cooled chocolate cream;
The finished cream is poured on top of the cake, after which it is put in the refrigerator for 4 hours. After this time, the cake is freed from the mold and poured over with chocolate icing;
For glaze, gelatin is poured into 50 ml of water, allowed to swell and dissolve. In this case, the glaze water is mixed with sugar, honey and cream, and then heated to a boil. After that, the base for the glaze is removed from the heat, chopped chocolate and dissolved gelatin are added there;
The icing is stirred and left to cool to room temperature. After that, she is poured over the finished cake.

On top of the icing, the New Year's cake can be decorated with an inscription made with icing or whipped cream.

New Year's cocktail "Mimosa"

You can complement the 2018 holiday menu with a spectacular alcoholic drink that is easy to prepare on your own.

Ingredients for 1 serving:

orange liqueur - 15 ml;
orange juice - 45 ml;
champagne - 125 ml.

Cooking time - 1 minute.

Calorie content of 1 serving - 138-189 kcal.

Cooking method:

At the bottom of a tall glass you need to pour liquor;
Top with orange juice, then champagne;
You don't need to mix layers. The drink is served to the table immediately.

You can complement the cocktail with a slice of an apple, and preliminarily the glass can be decorated with a sugar edge.

Liquor can be excluded from the recipe, and juice and champagne can be mixed in proportions of 1 to 1.

To please guests and yourself on New Year's Eve, the festive table must be served according to simple rules:

The dog, as a sign of the Eastern horoscope, is responsible for order. She demands the same order from everyone. Therefore, on the festive table there should be a beautiful serving, taking into account all the knives, forks and special wine glasses necessary for each dish;
The dog loves wealth. Therefore, one should not be shy about putting the best dishes, porcelain and crystal on the table;
Yellow color, as the color of the symbol of the year, will delight the eye and bring a bright touch to the design of the festive table. Napkins or special bows and decorations for dishes can be yellow;
Instead of yellow, you can use all warm shades from ocher to dark brown;
The decoration of the festive table will be completed by the symbol of the year, placed under the Christmas tree.

A beautifully set table will delight the eye and attract good luck in the New Year 2018.

There is very little time left before the New Year 2018. And there is still so much to do! For example, to think over the New Year's menu 2018. Our hostesses know for sure: the success and mood of a magical and long-awaited holiday depend on how well it is thought out.

It just so happened that this time, when compiling the New Year's menu 2018, we will look back at the preferences and passions of the owner or hostess of the next year. In the coming year, the Yellow Earth Dog, a reliable, devoted and beloved friend of man, takes the reins of government from the vociferous Rooster, which means that it will be much easier to please this animal than any exotic one. The hostess of the year loves homemade food, simple and satisfying. So, this holiday will not take us by surprise. We already know how to please the Dog, and we will start by compiling the New Year's menu 2018, of course, with appetizers and salads.

How does it usually happen with us? “We won’t cook a lot, but we’ll limit ourselves to a couple of salads and several types of appetizers” ... Be prepared for the fact that the number of amendments in this part of the 2018 New Year’s menu will grow exponentially. Well, how else, if you want to try something new and don’t forget about your favorite snacks?!

sandwiches

What is the New Year without caviar sandwiches? You just can't do without them! Tartlets with red caviar, what you need on the New Year's table. Or take at least sprats, the most budget option, but very tasty. It would seem that now you will not surprise anyone with sprat sandwiches. An, no! Add a couple of ingredients to the sprats (boiled eggs, greens or bell peppers, fresh or pickled cucumbers) - and you will get an excellent New Year's snack with an interesting taste. And how wonderful the filling of sprats in tartlets looks, words cannot convey. By the way, since we are talking about tartlets, they are a real find for modern housewives, especially since there are so many fillings for tartlets that you can set more than one holiday table.

Snacks

Favorite stuffed eggs should not be left aside either, being rightfully one of the most popular holiday snacks. The choice of toppings for preparing this appetizer is huge, and it is they who turn a seemingly familiar dish into a bright, delicious appetizer. A word of advice: if you are preparing stuffed eggs in advance, before placing them in the refrigerator, where they will wait for their high point, carefully place the plate with the snack in a plastic bag. If this is not done, then the filling and the eggs themselves will dry out, and they will not look very appetizing on the New Year's table.

Since the Dog is very respectful of meat products and cheese, why not cook ham rolls or Christmas balls appetizer? And beautiful, and tasty, and original - three in one, if you want.

It is difficult to refuse traditional Olivier and herring under a fur coat, and, in fact, it is not necessary! Dream up over them: decorate and decorate in an original way: appetizer "Olivier roll" and salad roll "Herring under a fur coat". Or, for example, serve in orange roses or in glasses so that each layer can be seen through the transparent glass, as in the Romantic salad. You can also prepare a new salad, the main thing is that it contains a meat component: boiled or smoked chicken breast, boiled pork, boiled or smoked sausage. And with what to combine these ingredients, we will be happy to tell you. Our New Year's menu 2018 is replete with salads for the new year for every taste and budget.

Main course

Here we have reached the main dish of the table - New Year's hot. What is hot to bring to the New Year's menu 2018? Most of us are puzzled by this question. Why torture yourself like this? The answer is simple: if you decide that there will be only one hot dish on your table, give preference to the dish you have already tried and loved, traditional for your family.

And what it will be: stuffed chicken or baked chicken fillet, pork pork, meatloaf with bacon or delicious pork ribs - it's up to you. The dog will gladly approve any of your choices, because she loves meat very much.

They say that this year you should not put fish on the table, they say, the Mistress of the year does not like her. Every dog, like every person, has preferences. So why deny yourself the pleasure and not cook delicious fish baked in the oven? Or stuffed pike under a vegetable coat under a cheese crust?

If you still plan to cook several hot dishes, cook one of your favorites, and you can experiment with others - you will find plenty of ideas on the pages of our website.

Desserts and sweets

New Year's menu 2018 can not do without sweet dishes. For some, the New Year is homemade cake or pastries, gingerbread or New Year's cookies, pies or chocolate roll, and someone cannot imagine a magical night without ice cream, fruit salads and all kinds of desserts.

The dog is a big fan of sweets, so the abundance of sweets on the festive table is a 100% success and luck that she guarantees you in 2018!

The drinks

Not only for sweets, but also for other dishes, it would be nice to serve New Year's drinks, but not carbonated, but homemade, natural: compotes, fruit drinks, juices and better. It is better to forget about vodka this year. Everyone knows that the Dog does not tolerate alcohol. Therefore, champagne, light wines, homemade liquors, cocktails - this is just what you need!

Many families have a tradition of walking on New Year's Eve. Frozen households and guests will be warmed by aromatic, spicy drinks prepared by you, which will complement the impressions of the walk and give warmth and comfort.
When compiling the New Year's menu 2018, think over every moment, but do not forget: no matter how beautiful and tasty the dishes you prepared are, without your smile, good mood, your spiritual care and love that you have invested in each of them, without your boundless faith in a miracle is just ordinary food, albeit a festive one.

Give your family and friends a real culinary fairy tale! Happiness to you, kindness and joy in the New Year!

Larisa Shuftaykina

The year of the Rooster is coming to an end and very soon the Dog will enter into its legal rights. She will become the “hostess” of 2018. Preparations for the New Year's Eve always begin in advance, because you need to think through every detail: choose a festive outfit, come up with congratulations, buy gifts and think over treats. Each hostess is “puzzling” over what to cook for the New Year 2018 and is looking for outstanding recipes with photos, so we decided to prepare an article that will help create an appetizing and original New Year’s menu.

The dog belongs to the active, cheerful and gluttonous animals. Therefore, it is better to meet the year of the dog in 2018 with a full festive table, then the next 365 days you will be lucky. Efforts must be made so that no one remains hungry, so that everyone present can taste their favorite dish.

Mandatory products on the table in the year of the yellow earth dog

Beef, veal, lamb or rabbit should be included first when listing foods. It is recommended not to fry the meat, but to boil or bake it. In this form, the meat will be easier to digest, then everyone will feel light and active, which is what you need. But the choice, of course, is yours! :)
Poultry meat can also be present in the festive dishes. You can use not only chicken, but also the meat of goose, turkey, duck and other types of birds.
Fish, seafood and mushrooms can diversify meat abundance.
2018 is the year of the yellow dog, so look for meals that include vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains that are brown or yellow. You can use potatoes, pumpkin, peppers, yellow tomatoes, corn, beets, pineapples and other ingredients.

How to please and appease a yellow dog?

The basis of New Year's dishes should be meat dishes. They can be anything, it all depends on your personal taste preferences. You can also treat with aspic, pork knuckle, boiled pork, grilled steaks, chops, meatballs, kebabs, jellied meat, baked duck, grilled chicken, pates, julienne and many others. Salads based on boiled meat can diversify the menu. Any meat cuts, which may include any sausage, balyk, ham, jamon, basturma, dried chicken, and so on, will also be appropriate. Each ingredient must be thinly sliced so that a three-dimensional composition can be formed from the slices. Classic sandwiches with red caviar or salted red fish will also be useful. Pickled mushrooms, olives, etc. can complement the gastronomic variety.

The new 2018 will undoubtedly be remembered by the representatives of the strong half who love meat dishes. But for fragile girls there are many interesting recipes that will not affect the figure.

What should not be on the holiday table

The future hostess of the year will not appreciate fish dishes, in which there are a lot of small bones, so pike, carp and other river fish should be excluded from the festive menu. The animal will not like the “herring under a fur coat”, beloved by many. When preparing cold cuts, make sure that it does not contain horse sausage. It is known that dogs do not like to eat these animals. Admirers of Korean cuisine should give up exotic dishes and do not cook dishes from dog meat. According to Feng Shui experts, it is worth removing broken noodles from the menu, as it turns out that its length affects longevity. Do not tease the dog with fast food dishes (hot dogs, burgers).

It is not advisable to serve too carbonated drinks on the table - kvass, lemonade, beer. An earthen dog will not be delighted with strong drinks either.

New Year's menu for the New Year's holiday table 2018

So, as cold appetizers, you can serve "Christmas balls", small sandwiches with boiled pork and cucumbers, meat rolls with cheese, eggs stuffed with red caviar, profiteroles with crab, mushroom or cheese filling, meat fingers with bacon or cheese, boiled pork and more.

In the form of hot meat in French, pork rolls with pineapple, julienne with chicken, mushrooms and cheese, meat in Provence, rabbit baked with herbs, pork with berry sauce, chicken breast in marinade, etc. can be served.

For the main one, you can cook chicken fricassee, baked duck, roast pork, beef in pots, baked salmon, baked squid with tomatoes, stewed lamb with vegetables, chicken tobacco, chicken with oranges or vegetables, and more.

Desserts for the holiday table choose to your taste. The yellow dog does not limit you in the choice of sweets. Therefore, you can “walk around” here 🙂 You can bake cookies and cakes on your own or order a small one decorated in accordance with the main symbol of the year. Don't forget to use jellies and creams to complement your desserts. Decorate finished products with fruits and nuts.

You can serve vegetables and fruits on the table in any quantity and any form. An earth dog willingly eats vegetables and will not refuse to eat fruits. So you can safely include any vegetable and fruit snacks in the menu. For a large company, you can prepare fruit salads. The ingredients, cut into large pieces and laid out in small transparent salad bowls for each guest individually, will look very stylish and beautiful.

Recipes for New Year's Eve

In addition to various holiday menus, we have prepared a selection of the best recipes with photos for meeting a yellow earthen dog. These recipes are suitable for every zodiac sign, whether you are Libra, Scorpio, Pisces or any other sign. After all, it doesn’t matter whether the menu is compiled according to the horoscope or not, when a huge company gathers at the table.

Salad “Dog Joy”

- 1 avocado,

- 150 g of peeled shrimp,

- 2 chicken eggs,

- canned pineapple

- 150 gr hard cheese,

- mayonnaise,

- spices to taste.

Cooking process:

Dip the peeled shrimp in boiling salted water for 5-7 minutes. Then put them in a colander and let cool.
Peel the avocado, remove the pit and cut into small cubes.
Grate hard-boiled eggs on a coarse grater.
Grate some of the cheese on a coarse grater, and leave some for decoration.
Drain the liquid from the canned pineapple and cut it into small cubes.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, add spices to taste and season with mayonnaise.
On a flat dish, lay out the salad with shrimp and avocado in the form of a bone, as shown in the photo above. Sprinkle the bone on all sides with grated cheese or egg white. That's all the original salad is ready!

Salad with heart and green peas

- pork heart 500 gr.,

- canned green peas 1 b.,

- chicken eggs 4 pcs.,

- carrots 1 pc.,

- onion 1 pc.,

- vinegar 2 tablespoons,

- garlic 2 cloves,

- greenery,

- vegetable oil 1 tbsp,

- mayonnaise,

- spices (sugar, salt, black pepper, bay leaf).

Cooking process:

Rinse the pork heart thoroughly under running water and clean, removing all veins and vessels. Cut into small pieces and put to boil in salted water.
Hard boil the eggs.
In the process of cooking the heart, the first cloudy water will need to be drained, and instead, pour the same volume of clean water and cook the offal for 30 minutes.
Cut the onion into half rings and marinate.
When the heart is boiled for half an hour, drain the water again and add a new one, continue to cook for another hour until it becomes soft. 30 minutes before the end of the process, add 4-5 black peppercorns and a few bay leaves to the water.
Peel the carrots, grate on a coarse grater, sauté in vegetable oil.
Cut the cooled heart into neat cubes, eggs into cubes, chop the greens with a knife, finely chop the garlic.
Open a jar of peas, drain off excess liquid.
Put all the chopped ingredients in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise and set aside for 1-1.5 hours. That's all the tasty meat salad for the New Year's table is ready!

Meat salad with champignons and ripe pomegranate seeds

- beef or veal 200 gr.,

- pomegranate 1 pc.,

- champignons 150 gr.,

- walnuts 50 gr.,

- lettuce leaves 3 pcs.,

- purple onion 1 pc.,

- mayonnaise,

- garlic 1 clove,

- vegetable oil for frying

- spices.

Cooking process:

Rinse the meat well, dry and chop coarsely. Then put it on a preheated pan, greased with vegetable oil, fry on both sides until cooked.
Fry the mushrooms in another pan.
Place the cooked ingredients on a paper towel to absorb any excess oil.
Peel the onion, cut into half rings and pour over with boiling water.
Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands.
Chop the walnut kernels with a knife.
Prepare dressing: add chopped garlic and ground black pepper to mayonnaise.
Peel the pomegranate and take out the whole seeds.
Put lettuce leaves, then meat, mushrooms, sprinkle everything with nuts and onions, make a few large drops of sauce and add everything with pomegranate seeds.

Meat salad with beef and pomegranate is ready! The yellow earthen dog will certainly be delighted with such a dish and a bright serving of the dish. Take note and experiment! J

Buns “Funny dogs”

- flour 450 gr. + 100 gr. for bedding

- milk 150 ml,

- dry yeast 8 gr.,

- eggs 2 pcs.,

- butter 70 gr.,

- sugar 2 tablespoons,

- salt 1 tsp,

- yolk 1,

- sausages 2-3 pcs.,

- raisins 50 gr.

Cooking process:

Sift the flour and pour warm milk into it, add yeast, sugar, salt, eggs, melted butter. Knead the dough and leave it for an hour in a warm place.
After the time has elapsed, divide the dough into 15 small pieces, round them and leave for 15 minutes.
Cut the sausages diagonally.
Roll each ball into an oval cake, make a small cut on top, and put a piece of sausage on the bottom part and roll the dough so that the top cut is on the sausage. Make incisions on the side and slightly push them apart - these will be the “ears”.
Use raisins as eyes and spouts. Lubricate yeast buns with egg. Put the baking sheet in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

That's all the yeast buns are ready for the new year 2018.

Stuffed chicken drumsticks

- chicken drumsticks 5 pcs.,

- tomatoes 2 pcs.,

- hard cheese 5 slices,

- mayonnaise,

- vegetable oil,

- mustard 1 tsp,

- fresh parsley

- garlic 1 clove,

- salt, pepper h. they say.

Cooking process:

Wash the shins, remove the remaining feathers, put on a paper towel and dry. With a knife, cut the skin and meat with a “pocket”, try not to damage the skin. The meat that is left without the skin, chop off the bone.
In a bowl, mix chopped garlic, mayonnaise, mustard and spices. With the resulting mixture, rub the shins on all sides.
Cut the meat into small pieces, we do not need the bones.
Add chopped tomatoes, cheese, herbs and 1 tsp to the meat. mayonnaise.
Stuff the drumsticks with stuffing.
Fry the resulting legs until golden brown.
Transfer the drumsticks to a baking dish, put in the oven for 15 minutes at 180-190 degrees.

Pork medallions in oranges

- pork 500 gr.,

- vegetable oil,

- large orange 1 pc.,

- shallot,

- purified water,

- turmeric

- salt, pepper h.mol.,

Cooking process:

Cut the pork into medallions 0.5 cm thick, salt and pepper and place in a preheated pan, greased with vegetable oil.
Fry pork on both sides until golden brown.
Add juice squeezed from one orange and some crushed zest. Add also chopped shallots, a couple of tablespoons of honey, a little water and sprinkle everything with turmeric.
Cover the pan with a lid and let the meat simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Look under the lid from time to time and stir the medallions.

That's all! Delicious, soft and fragrant pork is ready!

Salad “Doggy” with smoked chicken breast and champignons

- 1 smoked chicken breast,

- pickled champignons 150 gr.,

- potatoes 5-6 pcs.,

- carrots 4 pcs.,

- eggs 3-4 pcs.,

- processed cheese 1 pc.,

- mayonnaise,

- spices,

- cloves, dill and a small piece of meat or sausage for decoration.

Cooking process:

Boil potatoes, carrots and eggs until fully cooked. Clear.
Finely chop the smoked chicken breast and mushrooms. Leave a couple of whole mushrooms for decoration.
Grate potatoes, carrots, egg whites and yolks on a fine grater.
Take a flat plate and lay out the first layer of grated potatoes, form the ears and future muzzle of the dog. Lubricate the layer with mayonnaise.
Put the chopped breast, squirrels, a layer of champignons, processed cheese on top and grease everything with mayonnaise on top.
Now it's time to lay out the carrots.
From above, start laying out the potatoes, so that all the previous layers are hidden under it. As a result, you should get a white muzzle of a dog, which still needs to be smeared with mayonnaise on top.
With grated yolk, mark the muzzle of the dog, leave the ears white.
Line the dog's nose and cheeks with egg white.
Cut out eyes and nose from mushroom caps, mustaches - cloves, tongue - a piece of meat or sausage.
You can put a sprig of dill around the muzzle. Carefully wrap the salad in cling film and refrigerate to soak.

Such a New Year's salad "Doggy" will appeal not only to adults, but also to small guests.

Festive table decoration

If you want to decorate the festive table in accordance with the predilections of the main symbol of the year, then you should pay special attention to details. Each element should be festive, evoke pleasant emotions and create a New Year's mood.

It is worth picking up a tablecloth and napkins in yellow or brown. You can put golden candles on the table, in the same color it is worth picking up small figures of dogs. In addition to the always relevant salads in the form of Christmas trees, cones and Christmas balls, you can arrange dishes in the form of dog faces and bones.

It is advisable to finish the table decor and the cooking process by lunchtime, so that on the eve you can fully relax and look 100% ready for the New Year 2018. The hostess of the year should be met in high spirits and with sincere emotions.

On the eve of the New Year, housewives have a lot of reasons for a headache. Buy gifts for family and friends. Plan a holiday menu. Serve the New Year's table. Choose an outfit. Take care of the hairstyle... And it is also desirable to do all this in accordance with the tastes of the new talisman - in this case, the Yellow Earth Dog. Well, we’ll talk about gifts and outfits another time, but today we’ll talk about what to cook for the New Year of the Dog 2018 and how to organize a feast so that the guests are full, the oriental hostess is happy, and you don’t get off your feet, scurrying between kitchen and living room 5 minutes before the chiming clock.

What to put on the New Year's table 2018

It is not difficult to please the yellow guest. Innocent, prone to traditional values and simplicity, the Dog will not require from you either venison on skewers, or fried seal side, or other culinary delights. Most likely, she will not appreciate the less exotic consomme, and squid with mushrooms. It is easier to please an earthen dog by putting a piece of meat on the table, but more: a whole leg of lamb, a knuckle, a weighty piece of beef with prunes and spices ...

Do not like meat, cook the bird, the Dog will appreciate it. But better - a whole carcass, and more appetizing, and more spectacular, and quite in the spirit of tradition.

The four-legged mistress of the year respects fish less, but on occasion she is not averse to feasting on her. Jellied pike perch, salmon rolls, trout steaks on a pillow of vegetables will go with a bang, as long as all this looks attractive and smells seductive.

In addition, be sure to take care of cold cuts. Moreover, the more components it contains, the better: let your guest’s eyes sparkle and salivate at the sight of ham, boiled pork, basturma, jamon, dried chicken breast, smoked and boiled sausages, laid out on a dish with neat fans and decorated with bright greens.

The most well-mannered dog will not resist the meat

The dog loves abundance and hates hoarding, so it is advisable to organize a table that is bursting under the weight of the dishes put on it. To do this with the help of meat dishes alone will be difficult, expensive, and unhealthy, so use a variety of side dishes and salads more boldly. Fortunately, they do not have to buy expensive products - an unpretentious Dog will be completely satisfied with potatoes in the form of mashed potatoes or in a rustic way, the most traditional Olivier, herring under a fur coat.

Use more yellow and orange colors. Put a snack of chopped vegetables on a flat plate, among which yellow bell pepper will occupy the dominant place; boldly use carrots as a decoration for hot dishes, put a vase with pickled squash on the table ... An excellent bright touch will be a side dish of pumpkin or corn salad.

Finally, take care of dessert. Here it is worth focusing on dainties made from cottage cheese and milk, which will please the Dog, and on a colorful fruit platter. Two or three types of apples - red-sided, yellow and greenish - will help create a feeling of abundance, tangerines will play the role of bright color spots that attract attention, and grapes, bananas and large pomegranates will create a feeling of abundance.

The choice of drinks is entirely at the discretion of the hosts. The main thing is that at the table there is something to quench the thirst of both adults and children, and convinced teetotalers.

Treat for the Yellow Dog: what exactly is better to cook

Salads. They should be simple, without frills and exotic ingredients. And above all, give preference to dishes with meat components and yellow vegetables. Suitable for you:

merchant salad with pork;
capercaillie nest with beef and quail eggs;
puff salad with ham and mushrooms;
Caesar with chicken;
string bag with tongue;
crab salad...

…and just any colorful hodgepodge of your favorite vegetables, herbs and spices.

The brighter and more varied the salad, the more the Yellow Guest will like it

Hotter. If your financial situation and your culinary skills allow, throw the Dog a bone! Baked shoulder or brisket, ribs, chicken legs and drumsticks should be on the New Year's table. Well, if none of the above appeals to you, turn your attention to fish dishes. What the Dog will like:

veprshova zhebirka - breathtakingly juicy and tasty ribs in a Czech honey-mustard marinade;
Bavarian pork legs;
brisket roll;
shish kebab in a royal way;
chicken stuffed with oranges (the Dog's favorite color is orange);
meat in pots;
stuffed fish in a bacon crust;
Japanese gyoza dumplings with duck and ginger (big plus - they can be prepared in advance);
original served hot dogs - "hot dogs".

Shish kebab is good both in nature and at the festive table

Snacks. Here again, meat comes out on top. But if the adored delicacy of the yellow guest is not in honor in your family, put mushrooms, eggs, cheese and similar mouth-watering products into action. Pay attention to:

pita bread rolls stuffed with cheese and greens;
tomatoes in Italian with garlic, mayonnaise and cheese;
canapés of bread, ham, purple onions, olives, cheese, and whatever you want;
champignons stuffed with chicken and cheese;
aspic from the tongue and jellied meat;
eggplant rolls with nuts;
tartlets with any filling;
baked potato halves stuffed with salmon and cottage cheese.

Options for fillings for holiday rolls are countless

Side dishes. Enough has been said about them today, so we’ll just list the most, in our opinion, suitable dishes for meeting the Yellow Dog:

carrots in a spicy marinade with orange, lemon and coriander - ideal for meat;
fried zucchini with cherry tomatoes;
cauliflower in batter;
potatoes "Idaho" - an original variation on the theme of french fries;
garnish of pumpkin baked with garlic, cheese and nutmeg.

Yellow, crispy, healthy - just what you need!

The drinks. It seems that it makes no sense to recommend that you buy champagne for the New Year's table, this or that wine or something stronger: you will figure it out perfectly yourself, focusing on the tastes of the company that you planned to gather at your place that night. But if you want to surprise your guests with dog-themed cocktails, mix for them:

"Salty dog";
"Red dog";
"Black Dog";
"Stray Dog";
"Dog six".

Well, for those who do not accept alcohol, prepare mineral water, juices, fruit drinks and soda.

Make sure there is something for everyone

Desserts. What would be so original to surprise both the eaters and the Dog? May be…

German pie "Cold Dog" with cookies, coconut oil and cocoa;
sour cream with yellow bananas;
cottage cheese soufflé with chocolate chips;
milk jelly with fruits;
peach parfait;
homemade ice cream;
candied orange and lemon peels?

Abundance on the New Year's table will attract prosperity to the house

But form the fruit table as you wish. The main thing is that it should be varied, cheerful and full of bright yellow-orange spots of tangerines - the most New Year's fruits.

Three important prohibitions

Of course, we do not live in Korea, so we are not in danger of miscalculating and accidentally serving guests a dish prepared from the main symbol of the year. However, astrologers warn: the furry talisman will also react negatively to all kinds of salads and buns in the form of dog faces. After all, you are going to, no less, cut into portions and smash the image of the new mistress of the year! If you really want to fantasize with the shape of the dishes, give them the appearance of a bone, so adored by the Dog, or a booth. Both fun and safe.

In addition, you can’t cook horse meat for the New Year 2018 of the Dog. For some reason, a peaceful pet cannot stand the Horse, so it’s better not to organize a meeting for them at the New Year’s table. No horse sausage and other exotic delicacies from horses!

Since no vegetarians have yet been seen among Dogs, it is safe to say that a completely lean menu will not be to the liking of the beast. If you don’t eat meat on principle, put at least a couple of cut dishes on the table for meat-eating friends who are likely to be found in your company. So the principles will not suffer, and the shaggy patroness will be satisfied.

Recipes are tasty and interesting

And now - the most interesting. We choose what will serve the guests on New Year's Eve. Moreover, both real and "virtual", with four paws and covered with yellow wool.

What would such a treat dear guest?

Meat dishes

No, no, no hints of Korean cuisine and dogs! Just juicy, healthy and unusual meatballs with multi-color filling and oriental flavor. For them you will need:

ground beef - 550 g;
nuts (walnuts, peanuts, cashews) - 50 g;
celery - a few stalks;
large carrots - 1–2 pcs.;
green onions - 20 g;
garlic - 30 g;
corn starch - 20 g;
soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l.;
black pepper;
chilli;
liquid honey - 1 tbsp. l.
sugar - 25 g;
salt - to taste.

The combination of meat, vegetables and nutty notes makes this dish a true culinary masterpiece.

Cooking.

Cut the green onion into pieces.
Pass the garlic through a press.
Grind the nuts with a meat grinder or grind them in a mortar. 1–2 tbsp. l. set aside for decoration, and add the rest to the minced meat.
Following the nuts, send green onions, garlic, sugar, spices, starch, 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce and 1.5 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.
Salt everything and knead well.
In 50 ml of pure water, dilute 2 tbsp. l. soy sauce, pour in 0.5 tbsp. l. oils and all honey. Stir until smooth.
Peel the carrots and, together with the celery, cut into large strips.
Wet your hands with cold water. Take a little minced meat and knead it in the palm of your hand into an oblong cake.
Put a few sticks of celery and carrots in the center of the tortilla and wrap them with minced meat so that you get an oblong cutlet with filling protruding from both sides. Do the same procedure with the remaining minced meat.
Put the cutlets on a frying pan greased with vegetable oil and fry on all sides until golden brown.
After 10-15 minutes, when the meat is baked, pour the soy-honey sauce into the pan, reduce the heat and simmer the dish for another 10-12 minutes.
To serve, place the patties on a flat plate with chives or lettuce and sprinkle the nuts set aside for garnish on top.

In Korea, royal oyster mushrooms or daikon radish, cut into thin sticks, are added to celery and carrots.

New Year's meat ball

Do you want to surprise and please the Dog for real? Treat her to a spectacular pork meat ball with cheese filling. You will need:

pork fillet - 300 g;
chicken fillet - 100 g;
carrots - 1 pc.;
champignons - 5–7 pcs.;
bulb - 1 pc.;
garlic - 3 cloves;
hard cheese - 80 g;
a bunch of cilantro and parsley;
Italian herbs;
pepper;
soy sauce - 2 t. l.;
mustard - 1 tsp;
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
juice of 1 lemon.

The original dish is the place at the holiday

Cooking

Using a whisk, combine soy sauce with lemon juice, mustard and oil.
Arm yourself with a hammer and beat the pork well, and cut the chicken into finger-thick ribbons.
Sprinkle both types of meat with dry herbs. Pepper and fill with spicy dressing from the first paragraph.
Let the meat brew, and in the meantime, peel and grate the carrots, chop the onion and pass half of the garlic you have through the press.
Carefully separate the caps from the mushrooms and throw them in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, and finely chop the legs.
Lightly fry vegetables (except mushroom caps) in oil until onions are golden brown.
Use the press again to mash the garlic you have left and mix it with the finely grated cheese.
Fill mushroom caps with odorous cheese mass.
Line the bottom of a semi-circular bowl with foil, and overlap the pork so that its edges hang freely outward.
Put half of the browned vegetables on the pork.
Spread mushroom caps "with a surprise" on top.
Cover them with ribbons cut earlier from chicken.
And complete the design with another layer of browned vegetables.
Roll up the free edges of the pork, forming a ball, tightly wrap it in foil and send it to the oven preheated to 180 °.
After 30 minutes, unfold the foil, generously sprinkle the ball with cheese and leave it to bake for another 10-15 minutes.

Bird

Both the Dog and the eaters sitting at the table will be happy with such a “gift”. You will need:

puff pastry packaging;
pigtail cheese;
chicken drumsticks - 6 pcs.;
potatoes - 600 g;
mushrooms - 300 g;
onions - 150;
milk - 50 ml;
butter - 50 g;
vegetable oil for frying;
pepper;
salt.

Gift for each guest

Cooking.

Rinse the drumsticks, pat dry with paper towels, rub with a mixture of herbs, salt and pepper and marinate in wine for 60-90 minutes.
Peel the potatoes, boil and turn into mashed potatoes, adding milk and butter to it.
Peel and cut the onion.
Chop the mushrooms as well, and then fry them together with the onions (15-20 minutes).
Stir onions and mushrooms into mashed potatoes.
Fry chicken thighs in vegetable oil. On average, it takes no more than half an hour.
Roll out the pastry sheets on a floured surface and cut into 15cm x 15cm squares.
Place 2-3 tbsp in the center of each square. l. puree, vertically place the chicken drumstick on top. Gather the edges of the dough into a bag and tie tightly with twine.
Place the bags on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, grease with oil and send to an oven preheated to 180 °. After 20 minutes, the treat will be ready. Remember to remove the twine and tie the bags with thin strips of pigtail cheese.

golden duck

This bird, of course, is not golden, but juicy orange oranges, spicy ginger and fresh apples give it such a piquant and interesting taste that by the end of the evening your duck on the New Year's table 2018 will definitely win the hearts of the guests, and you will be awarded the title of an unsurpassed culinary specialist.

You will need:

duck weighing about 3 kg;
oranges - 2 pcs.;
apples - 1 large or a couple of medium ones;
eggs - 2 pcs.;
breadcrumbs - 100 g;
grated ginger - 20 g;
lemon jam;
chili pepper - 0.5 tsp;
nutmeg - 0.5 tsp;
cinnamon - 0.5 tsp;
black pepper;
salt.

Yellow fruits and an intoxicating aroma will surely lure a yellow guest into your home.

Cooking.

Arm yourself with a sharp knife and remove excess fat from the duck carcass, and then arrange for it to bathe in hot water and dry it with a paper towel.
Remove the core and skin from the apple. Grate the pulp on a coarse grater.
Beat the eggs lightly and add a couple of tablespoons of jam to them.
Combine fruit pulp with beaten eggs and breadcrumbs. Add chili, cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, salt to taste and mix well.
Rub the prepared duck with a mixture of salt and black pepper, put on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and stuff with a spicy mixture of apples with breadcrumbs and eggs.
Fasten the hole in the carcass with toothpicks, connect the legs with twine.
Bake the duck for 40-45 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 °.
Carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven, drain the dripping fat, spread the oranges cut into quarters around the carcass and pour 500 ml of water. Return the golden bird to the oven for 30-40 minutes.
At the end, spread the duck with a thin layer of jam, pour over the orange juice and let it stand at the same temperature for another 10-15 minutes.
Put the carcass on a dish, remove the toothpicks and string, decorate the duck with circles of oranges, apple slices and rosemary sprigs.

Meat and fish salads

If you want to save energy for New Year's fun, feel free to choose this salad. A fun crumble of vegetables and meat is prepared in an elementary way, it looks appetizing, and leaves the most pleasant impressions after itself.

bright salad

You will need:

baked or smoked chicken breast - 500 g;
2 ripe tomatoes;
a couple of cucumbers;
eggs - 23 pcs.;
lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. l.;
pepper;
salt.

Affordable products, easy preparation, excellent results

Cooking.

Boil the eggs, peel, separate the yolks from the whites. Grate both on a fine grater.
Wash vegetables, peel and cut into small cubes.
Cut the breast arbitrarily.
Chop greens.
Combine oil with lemon juice and salt. Whisk.
Layer chicken breast, cucumbers, egg whites, tomatoes and egg yolk in a salad bowl.
Drizzle with dressing and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

White birch

What could be better for a happy dog than a walk with a loving owner in nature - for example, where birch trees rustle in the wind? Remind your guest of this to put her in a good mood.

You will need:

chicken fillet - 350 g;
mushrooms - 200 g;
cucumbers - 200 g;
eggs - 3 pcs.;
bulb;
prunes - 150 g;
bunch of parsley;
mayonnaise;
salt.

Fantasy design is welcome

Cooking.

Boil the chicken fillet in salted water, cool and cut into strips across the fibers.
Boil the eggs, divide into whites and yolks and grate both on a fine grater.
Peel the onion, cut into cubes and fry in vegetable oil.
5 minutes after the start of frying, add thinly sliced mushrooms to the onion. Salt.
Cut prunes steamed in boiling water into cubes. Just don't forget to save 2-3 pieces for decoration!
Slice the cucumber. Yes, that's right, cubes again.
Take a rectangular salad bowl and start sculpting a birch lettuce. Put a thin layer of prunes, on it - mushrooms with onions, followed by strips of chicken fillet. Lubricate the meat with mayonnaise for more tenderness and move on: a layer of yolks, cucumber (slightly salt), egg whites and a new layer of mayonnaise.
Smooth the surface of the salad with a spatula and spread the prunes cut into strips on top of the mayonnaise, imitating birch stripes.

Starfish

Why don't you arrange an excursion for your guest ... to the sea? After all, Dogs are very curious, everything new, exotic, and even appetizing smelling of fresh fish will definitely arouse their liveliest interest! You will need:

fresh salmon - 200 g;
shrimp - 300 g;
eggs - 2 pcs.;
hard cheese - 100 g;
tomato;
olives - 100 g;
half a lemon;
sour cream;
mayonnaise;
salt;
lettuce leaves for decoration.

Cooking.

Yellow corn decor will also be in place

Boil the eggs and chop with a fine grater.
Grate cheese on it.
Boil the shrimp, peel and cut into smaller pieces.
Mix everything and put on a starfish-shaped dish decorated with lettuce leaves.
Cut the tomatoes and olives into thin slices. Set the olives aside for now, and cover the prepared salad with tomato slices.
Combine sour cream and mayonnaise taken in equal proportions, acidify with a small amount of lemon juice. If necessary, salt and coat your "star" on all sides.
Lay the salmon, cut into thin slices, overlapping on the salad - it will give the dish the desired color, and at the same time fasten it so that the “star” does not spread ahead of time.
Garnish with olives.

Video: Meat salad for the New Year

https://www.youtube.com/embed/76_pyWGYpYk

Snacks

Homemade foie gras

An exquisite French dessert created in the conditions of a single apartment from more than budget products?! Why not! You will need:

chicken liver - 300 g;
yolks - 5 pcs.;
milk - 200 ml;
bulb;
garlic - 2 cloves;
wheat flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil;
butter;
pepper;
nutmeg;
salt;
cognac - 50 ml.

Homemade foie gras will impress guests with a delicate taste

Cooking.

Peel the onion and garlic, finely chop and lightly fry in vegetable oil so that the onion becomes transparent, but does not darken.
Pour cognac into the pan and let it partially evaporate.
Free the liver from films and grind in a blender.
Combine the minced meat with onion and garlic stewed in cognac, milk, yolks, flour, spices and salt.
After mixing thoroughly, spread the liver mass into molds, put it on a baking sheet, adding water to it on your finger, and send it to an oven preheated to 180 °.
After 1 hour, the dish will be almost ready. Pour the melted butter over the foie gras, cool and refrigerate.
As soon as the impromptu foie gras has completely hardened, remove the appetizer from the molds, cut into slices 1 cm thick and arrange beautifully on a dish.

Zucchini Pea Pod

For this unusual appetizer you will need:

zucchini - 2 pcs.;
chicken fillet - 300 g;
rice (preferably brown) - 100 g;
egg;
50 g of Dutch cheese and parmesan;
champignons - 4–5 pcs.;
carrot;
bulb;
basil;
pepper;
salt.

These boats look very impressive.

Cooking.

Boil rice in salted water.
Turn the fillet into minced meat using a blender.
Wash onions and mushrooms, peel and chop arbitrarily.
Peel the carrots and grate on a coarse grater.
Sweat vegetables in vegetable oil with salt and pepper.
Combine minced meat with rice and egg, salt, pepper, make small balls from the resulting mass and roll in flour. Fry in vegetable oil until nicely browned.
Cut the zucchini in half. Armed with a tablespoon, remove the core with seeds, salt and pepper the resulting "boats" and fill them with browned vegetables.
Put the meat balls on the vegetables and send the whole composition to the oven, bake at 180 °.
After half an hour, sprinkle the almost finished zucchini stuffed with a mixture of cheeses, let stand for 5 minutes at the same temperature, and remove the dish from the oven.
Serve with fresh herbs.

side dishes

Brussels sprouts with bacon

For this simple but tasty and healthy dish you will need:

Brussels sprouts - 500 g;
bacon - 200 g;
butter - 50 g;
salt.

An unpretentious but pleasant dish is perfect for a table served in a rustic style.

Cooking.

Rinse well and sort out the cabbage. It should not have dry leaves and rot spots.
Boil the sprouts in salted water for 15-20 minutes and drain in a colander.
While the cabbage is draining, fry the bacon in butter, then combine both ingredients and continue to fry them for another 10-12 minutes.

Three earthly freshnesses

We already had Korean cutlets. Let's pick them a decent pair of Asian cuisine. For example, a side dish with the poetic name "Di San Xian" - "Three earthly freshnesses." Great idea for the New Year's table 2018!

You will need:

potatoes - 4 pcs.;
medium sized eggplant;
bell pepper - half yellow and half red;
hot red pepper - 0.5 pod;
green onions - 5–6 feathers;
garlic - 2 cloves;
cornstarch - 1 tbsp. l.
vegetable oil - 100 ml;
soy sauce - 4 tbsp. l.;
water - 100 ml;
salt.

Asian cuisine for meeting Dogs from the Chinese calendar? Perfect!

Cooking.

Cut the eggplant into cubes, put in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. This is necessary to remove the bitter taste from vegetables.
Peel and cut the potatoes into pieces about the same size as the eggplant.
Pepper get rid of the core with seeds and stalks, cut the pulp into pieces.
Cut green onion feathers into rings.
Grind hot pepper.
Mix soy sauce with starch and water.
Rinse the eggplant from salt and drain in a colander.
Pour oil into a heavy bottomed saucepan. Let it warm up properly, then throw in the potatoes and fry for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly with a spatula.
Add eggplant.
After 3 minutes, put both types of pepper - Bulgarian and hot - in a saucepan.
A minute later - onions and garlic.
Carefully drain the oil, and instead pour soy sauce mixed with water and starch over the vegetables.
In a minute, the vegetables will be ready. Put them on a dish, sprinkle with chopped green onions and serve hot.

Desserts and drinks

Cake "Cold Dog"

This extremely simple German dessert with a strange name will be mastered even by a novice cook. But it tastes no worse than complex purchased cakes and pastries. Perhaps even better, because you will sculpt a howling sweet masterpiece with all your heart! You will need:

1 st. l. brewed instant coffee;
cocoa powder - 40 g;
sugar - 6 tbsp. l.;
eggs - 3 pcs.;
oil - 250 g;
cookies - 350 g.

In the original recipe, this cake is made in coconut oil, but in the absence of it, you can get by with regular butter.

To prepare such a cake is a couple of trifles

Cooking.

Melt the butter in a water bath.
Beat eggs with coffee, cocoa powder and sugar.
While whisking continuously, pour in the oil. It should not be too hot, otherwise the eggs will curl, and a homogeneous consistency will not work.
Line a muffin tin with cling film or foil.
Put a layer of cookies on it, then a layer of chocolate cream, more cookies and so on until both are finished.
Refrigerate the cake for at least 2 hours, then remove from the mold and sprinkle with chopped nuts or coconut.

Cookies "Sugar Bone"

For a crispy sweet cookie that perfectly matches the theme of the New Year's table, you will need:

flour - 300 g;
butter - 200 g;
sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
sugar - 200 g;
egg;
1.5 tsp baking powder.

Top eater will love it

Cooking.

Combine and thoroughly knead all the ingredients to get an elastic shortcrust pastry.
Divide it into pieces, give each a bone shape and spread on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Bake until the cookies are a nice golden color.

Stir in food coloring if desired.

Cocktail "Red Dog"

When the time comes for desserts, guests will surely have time to kiss more than once a glass of champagne or a glass of a stronger drink. In order not to lower the degree, invite them to evaluate a cocktail, actually dedicated to the new talisman of the year. For this you will need:

ginger ale - 100 ml;
whiskey - 60 ml;
orange vodka - 15 ml;
orange juice - 45 ml;
cranberry juice - 45 ml;
cherry for decoration.

On New Year's Eve it's not a sin to get a little drunk

Preparation. Drain vodka, whiskey, orange and cranberry juice into a shaker.
Shake and strain into a glass with ice.
Add ale and garnish with a cherry. Drink this cocktail through a straw.

Video: sweet New Year's drinks

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSFLOkSUcPo

Festive table without meat

Although the Dog does not accept vegetarianism, you can always negotiate with it. And sometimes even slightly deceive by slipping a clever imitation of a meat dish. Do not worry, the mistress of the coming year loves funny jokes and will not be offended by you for this little prank!

Vegetarian Recipes

"Sausage"

You will need:

peas - 400 g;
beetroot juice - 3 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - 100 ml;
garlic - 6 cloves;
coriander - 2 . l.;
black pepper;
nutmeg;
salt.

Beetroot juice will give the peas the right color

Cooking.

Peas boil and puree.
Beat beetroot juice with salt and spices using a blender.
Add the spice mixture to the oil, and then combine everything with pea puree.
Quickly mix the mass until smooth, transfer to a large plastic bottle with a cut neck, tamp well, cool and put in the refrigerator.
After a couple of hours, carefully remove the “sausage” from the plastic and cut it into rings.

flowering potatoes

You will need:

potatoes - 4–5 pcs.;
cream - 150 ml;
rosemary;
black pepper;
nutmeg;
salt.

You can eat delicious without meat

Cooking.

Peel and cut potatoes. You want very thin slices, so don't try this with a knife - use the thin long slot on the side of the grater or a potato peeler.
Take a round baking dish, grease it with oil and lay the potato slices on the bottom in a spiral, overlapping, from the center to the edge of the form. As a result of these manipulations, your composition should vaguely resemble a flower.
Add salt and spices to the cream, whisk with a whisk and pour over the potatoes.
Sprinkle the dish with rosemary, cover with foil and send to the oven, bake at 200 ° for 20–25 minutes.
5 minutes before cooking, remove the foil and let the potatoes brown.

Video: vegetarian ice cream

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A little about serving

In the year of the Dog, everything should be simple, relaxed and fun. This is not the time for crispy starched tablecloths and folded perfect envelopes and napkins! Bet on the rustic style of the New Year's table 2018 - with dishes in pots, linen napkins, wicker vases for sweets and bread, ceramic dishes and bouquets of dried flowers. It will be interesting to look at a patchwork path thrown across the table, pieces of coarse linen under the plates, hand-made crafts.

If you prefer something a little more sophisticated, pay respect to the Dog by enduring the table setting in yellow, gold and warm brown. Dishes with golden rims, a tablecloth with glitter, dark napkins with contrasting yellow or golden thread embroidery will add chic to your feast just in moderation so as not to scare away the shaggy guest with excessive pretentiousness.

Do not forget about the figurines reminiscent of the symbol of the New Year. Figurines, soft toys, postcards with the image of the Dog - all this should be enough.

Photo gallery: table setting options for meeting the Earth Dog

Photo gallery: ways to decorate holiday dishes-2018

The only thing that really matters in the year of the Dog is company and a cheerful attitude. It is not so important what color the tablecloth will be on your table as who will sit at it. Surround yourself with loved ones and friends, prepare records with rhythmic music for dancing, think over entertainment that is interesting for everyone. You can meet the four-legged patroness both in the palace and in the forest by the fire, if only it’s fun, with sincere smiles and joyful laughter. Then she definitely will not pass by your friendly company.

It seems that just recently we met 2019, and the next year, 2020, is already on the nose! It's time to think about preparing for this holiday. In addition to the general decoration of the house, you should think over the festive table setting in advance.

According to the Eastern horoscope, we will meet the year of the Yellow Earth Dog, distinguished by modesty and even asceticism. She loves simplicity and comfort in everything. Therefore, decorations are needed without frills.

How to choose holiday textiles?

New Year is a family holiday, but if you have invited friends or relatives and want to create a festive mood for each guest, then start with a table and chairs. Since the dog is more of a country person, he will like everything natural.

Put simple natural wood furniture without any decorations and with minimal processing. Cover the table with a linen, wool, or cotton tablecloth. Choose muted shades of natural colors - yellow, blue, green, white and red. No drawings or prints!

A plain tablecloth is the best option for a 2020 holiday table. But pick up fabric napkins in a contrasting color. For example, green or brown would look good on a yellow background, and white would look good on a red background.

Put covers on the chairs in the same color scheme that was used for the table. To create additional comfort and a warm family atmosphere, you can simply cover them with blankets.

What dishes to use for table setting?

To meet the next New Year, it is better to use earthenware and glassware. Plates should be of the usual round shape, without sharp corners, white. Silver is welcome only in decoration.

Put on the table the most simple-looking wine glasses and glasses. The middle of the table can be decorated with a wicker basket for fruit. Use ceramic salad bowls and bowls.

For cutlery, buy or sew covers made of natural fabrics yourself. They can be sheathed with tinsel or decorated with small embroidery.

An interesting solution is to knit covers in the form of small red socks with white fringe. Use the ideas captured in the photo of the New Year's table, this will allow you to create an original design for your holiday.

Cute baubles and New Year's table decor

We decorate the table in country style. Let everything be simple, but at the same time - elegant. For decor, you need to take more natural materials:

cones;
fir branches;
thin cross sections of trees;
wax candles;
White paper.

The rest depends on your imagination and fantasy. Cones can be laid out on the table between the plates. They will look interesting if the very top is painted white. Sprigs of spruce, laid out near each plate, will begin to exude a coniferous aroma and create an additional festive mood.

The main decoration of the table can be a wreath of spruce branches, decorated with multi-colored tinsel, rain and a red satin ribbon. Tree slices can be used as cutlery coasters.

Candles on the table

Candles are a separate story. They are used to decorate the New Year's table for a large company and for a romantic dinner for two. It is they who create the mysterious mystery of your favorite holiday. From them emanates comfort and warmth.

In a large company, it is desirable that the candles on the table correspond to the number of guests. You can put thick tall candles, decorated with foil and thin ribbons.

Candles mounted on inverted glasses with a thin stem look unusual. Place small Christmas decorations or spruce branches decorated with serpentine under them.

paper decorations

Who among us has not dabbled in carving snowflakes since childhood? Maybe it's time to remember how it's done? Children can also be involved in this activity. They will be happy to help you make a wide variety of paper decorations, some of which will go to decorate the New Year's table.

DIY origami paper figurines make great little gifts for your guests.

Bottle decor

Wrap bottles of liquor in plain burlap and tie with a beautiful satin ribbon in your chosen color scheme. A bottle with a luminous garland embedded in it looks really festive. Put a knitted red cap with a white rim on a champagne bottle.

Holiday menu

A dog by nature is a predator, so meat dishes should prevail in the menu of the New Year's table. Cold appetizers can be served with traditional canapés with red fish, olives and hard cheese. All kinds of rolls with colored stuffing of greens, sausages, eggs and carrots look beautiful.

Olivier salad is a favorite dish of many generations, and is also in demand in 2020. Delight guests, prepare salads according to new recipes to surprise them, create your own signature snacks.

Instead of cutlets, prepare stacks - they are based on the same cutlet, but they look more appetizing. For hot, it is advisable to bake pork ribs with potatoes in the sleeve, you can cook chicken or stuff fish.

Beautifully arrange the cut, sorting it by color. Decorate each dish with herbs and boiled vegetables. For decoration, place a Christmas tree in the center of the table, made of sausage, cheese and decorated with olives. The basis for it can be pineapple.

In any case, tables should not burst with food. Let everything be simple and concise, but tasty and beautiful. The white rat will definitely appreciate this and make your life interesting and prosperous.

What about sweet?

The dessert table, as always, is replete with overseas fruits - bananas, pineapples and oranges will decorate the celebration and delight the children. Multi-tiered cakes are out of place this year, it is better to cook light airy cakes with butter cream, colored jelly with a bright strawberry or a piece of kiwi.

A surprise for guests will be home-made sweets. How to decorate a sweet table for the new year 2020? Create beautiful fruit and grape arrangements on a wicker dish or in a basket.

Create a separate fairy-tale world for children. Lay out on the table small unbreakable toys, napkins depicting characters from your favorite cartoons. Prepare cakes in the form of snowmen, cottage cheese desserts and chocolates.

Encourage your children to create beautiful things with their own hands. Let them help you decorate the festive table and create an atmosphere of family warmth and prosperity.

Photo of the New Year's table 2020

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