New Year's and Christmas

New Year and Christmas are a magical time. Everyone begins to believe in a miracle. Especially, that next year will bring much more joy, happiness and luck.

However, in this pre-holiday period, there are "terrible" things. People are in the vanity of affairs. Many are looking for gifts to relatives and friends. Others are thinking how to decorate an apartment or a house. Still others begin to puzzle over the preparation of dishes. All these are the components of the holiday.

But still the main problem of the above is cooking. Because every year to cook the same dishes does not give any pleasure. I want something new and unusual.

Olivie

Let's start with the main meal of the holiday. This is Olivier. Its origin dates back to the 19th century. And in the following years there were many different ways of preparing it. To ensure that the festive table was not boring "ordinary" Olivier, I suggest experimenting with its ingredients and serving.

1. The historical recipe for the Frenchman's Olivier

For cooking you need: boiled potatoes (1-2 pcs), boiled chicken fillet or beef tongue (300 g), boiled quail eggs (1-2 pcs), fresh cucumber (1 pc), olives (3-5 pcs), crab Sticks (3-4 pieces), salad leaf (2-3 pcs), mayonnaise.

Salad sheets are laid out on the bottom of the dish, in the center we put boiled potatoes and eggs, cut in half. On the sides, we lay out the remaining ingredients, diced. Top with plenty of watering mayonnaise.

2. Correct Olivier

For cooking you need: boiled chicken fillet or turkey fillet (300 g), blanched zucchini (1 fruit), cucumber (1 piece), low-fat or light mayonnaise.

All ingredients are finely chopped, seasoned with mayonnaise (sour cream) and served on the table, you can sprinkle with greens on top.

Snacks

The second most important dish is snacks. Appetizers are the basis of the entire festive table, as they are served at the beginning, and they are present on the table during the entire festive feast. Usually in the role of snacks are cut vegetables, ham, sausages of various kinds, as well as sandwiches. The main fillings of sandwiches are red fish and caviar. However, banal oiling on baguette and decoration with these products does not cause delight. Therefore, I propose the following feeding of sandwiches:

1. Fish drany

For cooking, you need: potatoes (400-500 gr), onions (1-2 pcs.), Chicken egg (1-2 pcs.), Flour (3-4 st l), salmon or salmon (300 g), sour cream and vegetable butter.

Peel the potatoes on a fine grater, then carefully squeeze the resulting mass from the water. Add the eggs, chopped onions, flour and mix. Next, put a spoonful of the mass on the heated frying pan and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side.

The resulting draniki are smeared with sour cream, from above we put small pieces of fish and decorate with greens.

2. Tartlets (baskets) with cream cheese and fish

For cooking, you need: tartlets empty inside (15 pcs), salmon fillets or salmon (250 g), cream cheese (250 g), caviar.

Finely chopped fish fillets mixed with cheese and spread with a spoon in prepared tartlets in advance. Top with caviar and sprinkle with herbs.

Hot dishes

Preparation of hot dishes takes a lot of time and always causes discontent. This includes dishes from chicken, meat, turkey, fish, as well as garnish. Garnish in the vast majority of cases consists of potatoes, because many people think that rice or pasta is not suitable for a festive table. However, this is an erroneous opinion.

Dishes from rice and pasta can become loved and look more exquisite than from potatoes.

1. Baked pasta

For cooking, you need: pasta (300 g), chicken fillet (500 g), onion (1-2 pcs.), Carrots (1-2 pcs), chicken egg (2 pcs), processed cheese (100 g), milk ( 0,5 l), cheese of solid grades (100 gr).

Chicken fillet cut into small cubes. Chop the onion, and grate the carrots. Then onions and carrots are fried in a hot frying pan until golden brown.

For this dish, you need to prepare a milk-cheese mixture. To do this, blend cheese, eggs, onions and carrots, milk into a blender until smooth.

The form for baking is greased with vegetable oil and we spread macaroni, from above we put chicken fillet, we fill in a dairy-cheese mix. We put in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 200 ° C, then sprinkle with grated cheese of hard varieties and bake for another 20 minutes.

2. The Japanese oyacodon

For preparation, you need: onion (1-2 pcs.), Chicken fillet (400 g), rice (200 g), chicken egg (2-3 pcs), soy sauce (4-5 st l).

First of all, cook rice in accordance with the instructions. Then pour the soy sauce into the heated frying pan. After boiling the sauce we put onion semirings and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Chicken fillet cut into cubes - do not crush heavily, otherwise the fillet will lose its juiciness. Put chicken cubes in a frying pan and mix thoroughly. When the chicken fillet turns white, gently turn over and stew under the lid for 2-3 minutes.

In a bowl, beat the eggs until a light yellow mass forms, then pour it into the pan, trying evenly to cover all the chicken fillets. And we cook for 5 minutes We get in the way only after the eggs are cooked.

The prepared dish can be decorated with greenery.

Table setting

To make the festive table look not just beautiful, but elegant, you need to make some effort.

To decorate the table and spend while not a lot of money, you need to do the following:

1. Use a regular tablecloth and bright paper napkins of large size. It can be just plain napkins or napkins with a colorful pattern. They need to be spread over the entire surface of the table.
2. In the middle of the table, you can put a small decorated Christmas tree, and also put fir cones on the whole surface of the table to give New Year's mood.
3. Put tissue napkins of bright colors next to the dishes. They can not just be folded in half, but figuratively. For example, by using circuits to add. (Http://www.mastervo.ru/ukrashenie-prazdnika/192-ukrashenieprazdnika/277-60-sposobov-skladyvaniya-tkanevoi-salfetki).
4. At the end of the table there must be a straw basket with fruits and sweets.
5. You can also decorate bottles with alcohol and various drinks.

Let's sum up the results

As you have noticed, there are no specific products in the dishes offered. Here are products that are sold in every store and have a low price.

New Year and Christmas are family holidays. This is the time when the house becomes warm and cozy, when everyone is watching your favorite New Year's movies and when this holiday is near only the closest people.

The most important thing is to decide on the dishes. There are a lot of them. Probably everyone has special dishes for his family. The main thing is to cook these dishes with love. Because, no matter what the recipe, if the dish is prepared without the soul's investment, it will be tasteless.

Therefore, the dishes of our parents are always delicious. The warmth and love of parents are invested in cooking for us. As they say: you will not see the most important eye, but you will feel it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!