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What to prepare for the New Year's table? Probably the most important question that remains a few days before the holiday. You need to surprise your guests so that everything is tasty, simple, fast and not very expensive. We have selected 15 unusual recipes for simple holiday dishes for you, and we hope this will help you in preparing for the holiday.

You can change all instructions for grams and servings at your discretion, as well as remove or change some ingredients.

Ham and cheese rolls

You will need:

2 tbsp. l. olive oil
2 tsp. tablespoons lemon zest
1 tbsp. l. lemon juice
170 g cream, curd or goat cheese
2-3 cloves of garlic (optional)
12 slices ham
1/2 cup arugula
1/2 cup fig jam (optional)

How to cook:

In a small bowl, mix olive oil, lemon zest and lemon juice; set aside.

In another bowl, mix cheese and garlic.

Apply a thin layer of cheese to each slice of ham, then coat with a layer of jam. Place arugula leaves on top, drizzle with a mixture of butter and lemon juice, and season to taste with ground black pepper. Roll the ham and place it seam side down. Place all the finished rolls on a plate and serve.

Snack "Christmas balls"

You will need:

300 g chicken fillet
200 g hard cheese
1/2 cup walnuts
garlic (to taste)
small bunch of dill
small bunch of parsley
a few olives for garnish
mayonnaise (can be replaced with another sauce to taste)

How to cook:

Wash the chicken breast fillet and place in boiling salted water. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Remove and cut the cooled meat into small cubes.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Wash parsley and dill, pour boiling water over them and chop finely. Pass the garlic through a garlic press or three on a fine grater. Mix everything and season with mayonnaise. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes.

While the mixture is infused, grind the walnuts in a mortar or blender and set aside for a while. Form the resulting mixture into balls and roll in chopped walnuts.

We cut the olives and place them on top of the ball - it turns out to be a “holder” of the ball. From the stems of greenery we make loops for our “Christmas tree balls”. Can be served.

Tomatoes with shrimp and cream cheese

You will need:

20 cherry tomatoes
20 boiled frozen shrimp
200 g cream cheese
salt

How to cook:

Wash the cherry tomatoes and dry with paper towels. Cut off the top of each tomato and carefully remove the pulp. Instead of cherry tomatoes, you can use regular small tomatoes; they are usually much cheaper.

Lightly add some salt to the inside of the tomatoes and turn them upside down on a paper towel to drain the juice.

Boil the shrimp in salted water and drain in a colander. We clean and remove the heads. You can leave the tails to make it more beautiful.

Fill the tomatoes with cream cheese. This is conveniently done using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the tip cut off. Stick the shrimp, tail side up, into the cheese. The appetizer is ready.

Chicken salad with pineapple

You will need:

1 large pineapple (optional)
400 g chicken fillet
handful of walnuts
small bunch of cilantro
several green onions
4 tbsp. l. mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. curry
salt, pepper to taste

How to cook:

Wash thoroughly and cut the pineapple into 2 halves. Using a sharp knife, scoop out the pulp and cut it into cubes. Pineapple cut in half is then used as a "plate", but to save money, you can simply buy canned pineapple, cut into pieces, and add it to the salad.

Boil the chicken fillet, cool and cut into cubes. Chop the onion and cilantro leaves. To enhance the spicy taste of the nuts, fry them in a dry frying pan for 3 minutes and chop them too.

Mix chicken, pineapple, herbs and nuts in a bowl. Separately mix mayonnaise with curry and salt. Place the salad in the pineapple half and lightly pepper.

Salad "Nicoise" with chicken

You will need:

300 g chicken fillet
250 g frozen green beans
4 eggs
5 small potatoes
50 g pitted olives (kalamata)
150 g cherry tomatoes (or regular tomatoes)
100 g salad
3 tbsp. l. olive oil
2 tsp. grainy mustard (optional)
1 tbsp. l. lemon juice
2 cloves garlic

How to cook:

Boil the chicken fillet until cooked. Cool and cut into 1.5 cm wide pieces. For the dressing, peel the garlic and chop. Whisk the butter and mustard and add the garlic and lemon juice. Whisk again.

Bring the chicken broth to a boil, boil the beans in it until soft. Drain in a colander and cool.

Boil the potatoes in their skins, cool and cut into quarters. Boil the eggs in a bag for 5–6 minutes, peel and cut into halves. The olives can be cut into slices, or you can leave them whole; cut the tomatoes into halves.
Combine lettuce, beans, potatoes and tomatoes, season with half the dressing, stir. Place on a plate, top with pieces of chicken, olives, and half eggs. Drizzle with remaining dressing.

Danish style pork

You will need:

Pork ham (boneless) - 2 kg
carrots - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
ginger - 50 g
lime juice (lemon) - 8 tbsp. l.
brown sugar (honey) - 2 tbsp. l.
cloves - 30 pcs.
lemon - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Peel the carrots, onions and ginger and chop coarsely. Place the pork butt in a large, comfortable saucepan, add water, add the onion, carrots, ginger and 6 tablespoons of lime juice, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2.5 hours until the meat is tender. Remove from heat and let cool slightly in the broth.

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Remove the ham from the broth, place it on a baking sheet and carefully remove the skin without damaging the fat layer. Using a knife, make diamond-shaped cuts in the top layer of fat, and insert a clove into the joints of the cuts. Cut the lemon lengthwise into 4 pieces and add to the baking sheet with the meat.

Mix together the brown sugar (honey) and the remaining lime juice and pour it over the entire surface of the ham. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the surface of the ham is caramelized.

Potato salad

You will need:

Potatoes - 2 kg
carrots - 2 pcs.
celery root - half
parsley root - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pcs.
egg - 2 pcs.
unsweetened yogurt (or sour cream) - 100 g
mayonnaise - 100 g
sweet and sour apples - 2 pcs.
mustard - 1 tbsp. l.
salt, pepper - to taste

How to cook:

Boil all the root vegetables, under no circumstances allowing them to become overcooked. Let cool.

Cut everything into small cubes. Mix mayonnaise in a one-to-one ratio with yogurt (sour cream) and add a spoonful of mild mustard to the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste, and as a final touch - grated apple. The salad is very similar to Olivier, but its taste is completely different - not an alternative to the boring salad.

Famous gingerbread cookies

You still don’t know how to make those colorful and beautiful cookies from Christmas cards? It's actually not difficult at all.

You will need:

Honey - 3 tbsp. l.
sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
ginger and cinnamon - 2 tsp each.
ground nutmeg and coriander - a pinch each
soda - 1 tsp.
butter - 70 g
egg - 1 pc.
flour - 1.5 cups.

For the glaze:

Powdered sugar - 180 g
protein - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Place honey, sugar and all the spices on the bottom of the pan. Stir and melt over low heat, stirring until bubbles form. After boiling, add soda to make the mixture rise, add butter and stir until it is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.

Add the egg and stir well. Add flour and knead the dough. Let him rest for 10-15 minutes.

Roll out the dough, cut out shapes and place on a baking sheet with parchment. Bake gingerbread cookies for 10-13 minutes at a temperature of 180-190 degrees.

Making the glaze. Mix the powdered sugar and egg whites in a deep bowl and beat with a mixer until soft and fluffy. Pour the resulting mass into a pastry bag or disposable plastic bag and color the finished gingerbread cookies. If you are afraid of eating raw eggs, you can put the gingerbread cookies back in the hot oven for a couple more minutes so that the glaze warms up.

Olivier (classic recipe)

You will need:

7 pcs. boiled potatoes
5 pieces. boiled carrots
6 pcs. pickled cucumbers
1 can of canned green peas
6 pcs. hard boiled eggs
300 g doctor's sausage (or any boiled meat)
100 g sour cream
200 g mayonnaise
salt to taste

How to cook:

Cut all the products into small cubes, mix and season with mayonnaise and sour cream.

Quick snack with chips

You will need:

Potato chips
300 g tomatoes
100 g cheese
2 cloves garlic
mayonnaise
greens / olives / black olives

How to cook:

Finely chop the tomatoes and herbs, grate the cheese on a fine grater. Mix everything and add garlic squeezed through a press.

Add mayonnaise and mix everything. Spread the resulting mixture onto the chips. It is better to make the snack just before serving, as the chips may get soggy.

Tomatoes with cheese and garlic

You will need:

2–3 medium sized tomatoes
2 processed cheese
2 cloves garlic
mayonnaise
greens to taste

How to cook:

Grate the cheese on a fine grater and add the garlic squeezed through a press. Add mayonnaise and mix everything. Cut the tomatoes into slices and place the resulting mixture on them. You can decorate the appetizer with herbs.

Eggplants with walnuts

You will need:

2 eggplants
2 cloves garlic
200 g walnuts
vegetable oil
mayonnaise
salt

How to cook:

Salt the eggplants cut into slices and leave for half an hour. At this time, chop the nuts and stir the resulting mixture with mayonnaise. Add chopped garlic and mix everything.

Rinse the eggplants with cold water, dry a little and fry on both sides. Place the fried eggplants on a paper towel to remove excess fat, then transfer to a plate. Place the nut mixture on top of them. It is advisable to put the snack in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

Goose with apples or cranberry sauce

You will need:

Goose - 3.5-4 kg (you can use duck or chicken)
onions - 2 pcs.
carrots - 1 pc.
aromatic apples - 2-3 pcs.
cumin - 1 tsp.
salt and ground pepper - to taste
strong aromatic alcohol (brandy, rum, cognac) - 1 glass
flour - 2 tbsp. l.
pepper - to taste

For the cranberry sauce:

cranberries - 200 g
red onion - 2 pcs.
apple - 1 pc.
garlic - 3 cloves
ginger root - 3 cm
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.
sugar and salt - to taste
cold water - 1/2 cup.

How to cook:

It is better to soak the goose in strong salted water in the evening - this way it will be softer. We cut off excess fat from the carcass (from the neck and tail), cut off the last phalanx of the wings, and gut it. Wash and dry.

For the filling, coarsely chop 1 onion and apples, add cumin, mix.

Rub the carcass on all sides with salt and ground pepper (salt is not needed if you pre-soaked the goose). Using wooden skewers or toothpicks, close the goose's throat with skin. Stuff the goose with apples and onions with cumin and sew up the hole (skewers or toothpicks will do). We tie the legs with non-synthetic thread. Using a skewer or other sharp object, we make punctures in the skin of the carcass so that the fat can be better rendered out of it. Place the goose with apples in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50-70 minutes. The goose should lie on its chest, back up.

After the specified time, carefully turn the carcass over and fry the same amount, periodically pouring the rendered fat over the goose. Next, we bring it to readiness (when the meat is pierced, the juice from the carcass should flow clear) depending on the oven and the size of the bird.

While the goose with apples is cooking, you can make the sauce. First the broth. Place the cut wings, giblets, trimmed fat, spices, chopped carrots and a second onion fried in a dry frying pan into the pan. Fill with water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Approximately 10 tablespoons of goose fat, rendered during the roasting of the bird, mix with a couple of tablespoons of flour, put on fire, add a glass of alcohol, salt, a couple of ladles of goose broth and cook together, stirring, until the sauce thickens.

Let the finished bird stand for 10-15 minutes, covering it with foil to make it juicier. Serve with sauce, and the filling can be used as a side dish.

You can also make poultry with cranberry sauce. In this case, we prepare the bird according to the recipe; inside we simply put onion cut into rings and lemon slices. And pour cranberry sauce on top. How to make it:

Peel the apple and remove the core. Cut the pulp into small cubes. Cut the onion into feathers, garlic into thin slices. Grind the ginger. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan. Put onion in it and fry, add garlic, ginger and apple. Cook for another 5 minutes. Add cranberries, pour in water. Bring the sauce to a boil over high heat and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with sugar and salt to taste. Cool before serving.

Stuffed champignons

You will need:

Large champignons - 10 pcs.
onion - 1 pc.
cheese - 150 g
breadcrumbs - 1 tbsp. l. (without slide)
salt
freshly ground pepper

How to cook:

Wash and dry the champignons. Carefully separate the stems of the mushrooms so that the caps remain intact.

Place the champignon caps on a greased baking sheet (or in a baking dish) and add a little salt.

For the filling, chop the onion (finely or into quarter rings), chop the mushroom stems, and grate the cheese on a medium grater. Fry the onion in a frying pan with vegetable oil (about 2-3 minutes). Add mushroom stems to the pan with the onions, salt and pepper and fry the mushrooms and onions for about 5 minutes (you can add finely chopped garlic). Add breadcrumbs or bread crumbs to the pan with the mushrooms and onions and stir to combine. Cool the mushrooms with onions and breadcrumbs a little. Then mix with half the grated cheese.

Place the prepared filling into the champignon caps and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Bake the stuffed champignons in the oven for about 10-12 minutes at a temperature of 190-200°C.

Meat in French

You will need:

hard cheese - 200-300 g
pork - 400-500 g (you can also use chicken)
onions - 3-4 pcs
mayonnaise - 400 g
freshly ground pepper
salt
greenery

How to cook:

Wash the meat, dry it and cut it across the grain into layers approximately 1 cm thick. Beat each layer of meat well, add salt and pepper. Peel the onion and cut into rings or half rings. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Place the meat on a greased baking sheet. Place onion on top of the meat (not in a very thick layer), pour mayonnaise on top and sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180°C. Let the finished meat sit for 10-15 minutes. Serve hot, sprinkled with herbs.

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If you want to surprise your guests with pretentious snacks that don’t take up much time, then go ahead: here are three delicious and not very complicated recipes, the preparation of which requires only good ingredients and quite enough hands, growing from where necessary. Don't be fooled by the names and long list of ingredients - size doesn't affect complexity.

1. Chicken Cordon Bleu

A great easy dinner that only requires a few ingredients and one large frying pan. You won’t have to go through the ordeal, spend a lot of time, or build unimaginable food structures. But if everything goes according to plan, the crispy breading, ham, cheese and wine form the correct food structure, then no one will guess that you spent 20 minutes on this gastronomic masterpiece.

Ingredients:
– 6 small pieces of chicken fillet (1.5-2 kg);
– 1 cup breadcrumbs;
– ¼ cup of grated cheese (ideally Parmesan, but in these harsh times any hard cheese will do);
– 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
– 6 slices of ham;
– 6 slices of cheese;
– ½ glass of white wine (for those who do not tolerate alcohol in any form, we recommend replacing them with chicken broth);
- parsley to taste.

Preparation:
1. Coat the chicken pieces in breading. Salt and pepper.
2. Heat 2-3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet covered with a lid over medium heat.
3. Place the boned chicken pieces in a frying pan and fry on each side for 3-4 minutes until the chicken corpse, stained with breadcrumbs, is covered with a golden crust.
4. Place a piece of ham and a slice of cheese directly in the pan on each nugget. There is no need to lay it out in any special way. Just plop them on top.
5. Carefully pour wine (or broth) into the pan, cover with a lid and keep this wine-chicken-ham-cheese mixture on the fire for no longer than 3-4 minutes.
6. Cordon Bleu can be served as a separate dish or with a side dish (rice, French fries - anything will do).

2. Caprese mushrooms stuffed with garlic butter

It may seem that this beauty came off the menu of a Michelin restaurant. But you don't really need to be a chef to make a stylish and delicious mushroom cap appetizer. By the way, for Italians this is the same traditional snack as sauerkraut is for us.

Ingredients:
– 2 tablespoons of butter;
– 2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped or put through a garlic press);
– 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley;
– 5 large champignon caps;
– 5 thinly sliced ​​mozzarella balls;
– 1 cup finely chopped cherry tomatoes;
– fresh basil for decoration;
– ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar;
– 2 teaspoons brown sugar.

Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven (up to 200 degrees), set the rack to the middle position.
2. While the oven is warming up, mix the garlic with butter and place the aromatic mixture in the cap of each mushroom.
3. Place slices of mozzarella and tomatoes in each cap, place them in the oven and keep until the cheese has melted (on average, about 8 minutes).
4. Remove the mushrooms, garnish with basil, sprinkle with salt and drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Everything, of course, is to taste.
For those who find the dish too simple, we recommend approaching the final stage more thoroughly and making a balsamic glaze.
Combine sugar and vinegar in a small saucepan and bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Turn the heat down to low and simmer for 5-8 minutes until the mixture thickens. Then fill the mushrooms and serve.

3. Beef with broccoli

A fairly simple (at least not requiring additional skills) and incredibly aromatic recipe for one of the most popular Chinese dishes. No gluten or exotic ingredients, everything is extremely simple.

Ingredients:
– 1 kg beef, finely chopped;
– ¼ cup brown sugar;
– 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar;
– 1 teaspoon sesame oil;
– 3 cloves of garlic (chopped);
– ½ teaspoon ground ginger;
– ½ teaspoon red pepper (however, if you like it spicier, add more);
– 4 cups of broccoli;
- soy sauce;
– 1 red pepper, seeded and finely chopped;
– ¼ cup of water;
– 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
– boiled rice (as much as you like);
– sesame seeds (for decoration);
– green onions, finely chopped.

Preparation:
1. Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, ground ginger and red chili in a bowl, submerge the meat pieces in the mixture and marinate for two hours.
2. Light the hottest fire your oven can handle, place a frying pan on it, add a little water and oil and add the broccoli. Fry the broccoli for 2-3 minutes, then add and repeat the procedure with the bell pepper.
3. Add oil and place pieces of meat into the frying pan. Don't forget to fry over the same high heat as before.
4. When the meat is ready, remove it from the pan and place it on a plate with the broccoli. Put the fork down! The dish is not ready yet!
5. Pour the marinade sauce (we hope you didn’t pour it out) into a frying pan, throw in the broccoli and meat and simmer for a few minutes.
6. The dish is ready, all that remains is to place it on a plate, garnish with sesame seeds and green onions and serve with pre-boiled rice.

Bon appetit!

Every couple planning a wedding wants the holiday to be remembered for a long time. So that the memories are bright and extraordinary. We have collected several ideas on what you can surprise your wedding guests with. Starting from budget options and ending with expensive show programs.

Flash mobs and dancing

Modern newlyweds are liberated people who live in the rhythm and constant updates of society. A flash mob is an original way to touch and surprise guests quite inexpensively.

There are several ideas you can use to implement this:

• Friends of the bride and groom prepare a dance as a surprise. Music is usually turned on immediately after the first dance of the newlyweds. And right in the midst of the guests, they begin to move to the beat.
• Waiters are specially hired dancers. At one point they begin to dance synchronously.

The groom's dance for the bride is a pleasant surprise for all guests. Especially if it is well prepared and planned. A joint composition, a dance of the bride for the groom, is a good opportunity to entertain the guests.

Surprise song

One of the most budget-friendly options is a song performed by the newlyweds, dedicated to their parents. Often, self-composed words are superimposed on a popular motif. Of course, it is advisable to work thoroughly on execution. To not only surprise guests, but also give them the opportunity to enjoy singing.

Raffle

Wedding pranks are a fairly new form of entertainment. They are prepared by the host and one of the guests or the bride and groom themselves. The main thing is that the prank is kind and cheerful. Then the positive attitude will remain for the whole day.

An example is the option of falling pseudo-cake. The waiter brings a cake into the hall to the solemn music, stumbles and falls. The cake can be made of papier-mâché, filled with small balls and confetti. Of course, all the guests will gasp from such a surprise.

In 2019, it is becoming fashionable to continue changing wedding traditions. Instead of kidnapping the bride, the groom is kidnapped at weddings. This is also a kind of joke. Especially if the guests are not aware of the upcoming event.

A more expensive option is to invite a comedy show to your wedding. The main thing is to look through the repertoire and be aware of the draws for the guests.

Fireworks

A planned fireworks display is suitable as an unusual idea for an evening banquet. It is advisable that it be organized and conducted by professionals. To avoid unpleasant situations.

It could be a simple fireworks display, or it could be an unusual show.

The emergence of young

Guests will also be surprised by the newlyweds' unconventional appearance at the wedding. It could be a carriage, boat, sleigh, hot air balloon or even a helicopter.

Show programs

Very popular entertainment for guests while the newlyweds are waiting are hired artists with their own shows. Depending on the budget and theme of the wedding, these could be:

• Huge giants on stilts are a fashion trend that is gaining popularity.

• Dancers according to the style of the wedding event.
• Soap bubbles show. Professional animators will not only brighten up the wait, but also give a short performance.

• Guest artists, singers, musicians and dancers. Popular presenters, comedians.
• Circus performances with animals.
• Sand show - when pictures are painted on the sand.

• Ebru show - painting with paints on water. An original way to surprise guests.

Static areas for guests

It is becoming popular to create special themed areas to entertain guests. This:

• A photo booth is a specially designed booth where you can take a photo. A photo zone created in the style of a wedding will also be a good place to spend leisure time during the event. A great idea is to prepare attributes for creating unusual photos.

• Flower area or gazebo. This idea is for weddings in the warm season. The gazebo is decorated with floral compositions. They also offer wreaths and other accessories for those who want to take photos.

• Wall of wishes. A screen or wall is decorated with photographs of the newlyweds. There is room for wishes on it.
• Thematic zone - shooting range. You can prepare prizes for the most successful shooters.
• Relaxation area - hookah bar. Many young people love to sit in the relaxing atmosphere of a hookah bar.
• Sweet zone - candy bar or chocolate fountain.

Video entertainment

An interesting idea is to show the video “Love Story”. The newlyweds prepare it in advance and show it to the guests before the banquet.

One of the latest trends in the wedding video industry is the display at the end of the banquet of an edited video about how the wedding went. All guests watch this film with pleasure. Everyone enjoys feeling like a movie star.

Active recreation

It could be a summer horseback ride. In winter - sledding and sledding. It would be good if, for the convenience of guests, replacement shoes, helmets, mittens, and scarves would be prepared in advance.

For those who get tired of playing in the fresh air in winter - a meeting not with a buffet table, but with a cup of warm broth or hot chocolate.

A boat trip will also be a great surprise.

Gifts for guests

The most pleasant surprises for guests are small gifts for everyone. In addition to the usual bonbonnieres filled with candies, you can use the following ideas:

• For an outdoor ceremony, you can prepare sun umbrellas, blankets, and sunglasses as gifts.
• In the evening, take out a basket filled with fun slippers - for women tired of walking in heels
• Coins with the wedding date, magnets with photos of the newlyweds or personalized photos of guests
• Jars of jam, spices, sauces - decorated with stickers with the wedding date.

Some are ready to undertake the most daring experiments, while others do not want to take risks and try to make an already familiar dish unusual. In any case, you need to think about the fact that the invitees should still leave well-fed and you need to surprise the guests in a tasty way, and not just aesthetically. If your dish is beautiful but inedible, it's unlikely to be a pleasant surprise. So we have selected dishes and snacks that do not require any special ingredients, but will look great on the table and please both the eye and the stomach.

What is common in one country is a curiosity in another, so we suggest serving it to the table traditional light Mexican snack "Taco".

• First we make the salad base, which then needs to be placed in portions into tortillas or corn chips. To do this, mix assorted salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, corn from a jar and avocado pulp.
• Pepper and salt our salad and sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese.
• Place in tortillas and serve with sour cream or Mexican guacamole sauce.
• For guacamole sauce you will need: garlic, onion, peeled tomato, avocado pulp, salt, chili pepper. Blend it all in a blender and you’re done.

A more satisfying dish, but also suitable for an appetizer, it already has Italian roots. These are mini lasagnas.

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Step-by-step preparation:

• Mix half a kilo of minced meat with half a kilo of sausage, cut into pieces, and fry until brown.
• Pour spaghetti sauce into cooked meat.
• Add a pinch of salt and pepper to one and a half glasses of Ricotta cheese.
• Cut the lasagna dough into squares and place in muffin tins.
• Place cheese on the dough, then mince with sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese.
• Next, cover again with a piece of dough and repeat the combination: cheese, minced meat, grated cheese.
• Bake at 200 degrees until golden brown (10-15 minutes).

Many people, when posing the question “How to surprise guests at the holiday table?” Something sweet comes to mind, because what, if not dessert, can be decorated most beautifully.

So, "Rainbow Cheesecake":

• Grind two glasses of crackers with a pinch of salt, two glasses of sugar and 180 grams of butter. When forming the sides, we put it in a mold, which should be covered with foil to avoid leakage. Place in the oven, preheated to 170 degrees, for 10 minutes.
• Beat 900 g of cream cheese until smooth, and then add two tablespoons of sugar, salt, vanilla, cinnamon and 4 eggs alternately.
• Now comes the fun part: time to make miracles happen. Pour the mixture into six bowls and add a specific color of food coloring to each.
• We pour each color one by one onto the base, in the very center.
• The mold must be placed in a container with hot water reaching 3 cm from the edge of the mold.
• Bake the cheesecake in a water bath for about 1 hour 45 minutes at a temperature of 165 degrees, and then turn off the oven and let the dish stand for about an hour.
• Then put it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
• And finally, the magical moment: we take the frozen cheesecake out of the mold and decorate the table with it. If desired, you can serve it with your favorite fruit sauce.

We hope our dishes will help make an impression. But even if you come up with something of your own, remember that the main thing is a beautiful presentation and a good mood, then even an ordinary dish will become special, and you will no longer have a question about how to surprise your guests.

How to surprise guests at the holiday table? If you do not know the answer to the question posed, then this article is intended specifically for you. In it you will find information on how to make an expensive and very tasty snack, an unusual one with egg filling, as well as a dessert with fruit and ice cream.

By putting the recipes below into practice, you will never again ask the question of how to surprise your guests at the holiday table.

Making a delicious appetizer with red caviar

There are many different recipes for appetizers, but the most popular and popular of them is the one that uses red caviar during its preparation. Thanks to this component, you can make not only a very tasty and beautiful, but also an expensive canape sandwich. For it we will need:

• white sandwich loaf (you can buy a French baguette) - 1 pc.;
• real red caviar - about 100-150 g;
• fresh greens (dill) - medium bunch;
• purple onion - small head;
• thick sour cream, or better yet medium-fat mayonnaise - about 180 g;
• small fresh lemon - 2 pcs.

Ingredient Processing

In this article we will tell you how to make a holiday snack. You can surprise your guests with different dishes. But in order for your table to remain in their memory for a long time, you should try hard.

So, before you make a canapé sandwich, you need to process all the ingredients. First you need to cut the white sandwich loaf into pieces 1 centimeter thick. Next, they should be fried in a dry frying pan or using a toaster. As for it, it needs to be peeled and finely chopped with a knife along with fresh herbs. You also need to separately cut fresh lemon into very thin slices.

Preparing the sauce

Surely you have an idea of ​​what delicious things to surprise your guests with. But finding recipes suitable for the holiday table is not enough. They still need to be implemented.

To make canapés with caviar, you need to prepare a special sauce, which you then need to spread on the loaf. To do this, mix chopped purple onions with chopped herbs, and then add sour cream or mayonnaise to them. If you wish, you can add a little grated cheese to this dish.

Formation and proper serving

Not everyone knows how to prepare a festive table with their own hands. But this can always be learned. So, to prepare a delicious snack, you should take crispy toast made from a sandwich loaf, and then spread it with aromatic sauce based on mayonnaise or sour cream. After this, you need to carefully place a small amount of red caviar on the bread.

Having carried out these steps, you should take a long skewer for canapés and place a thin circle of lemon on it so that it looks like a boat sail (i.e. with two punctures). Next, the same stick must be inserted into the previously formed sandwich. In this form, the appetizer must be placed on a flat plate and served to guests.

Cooking meatloaf with vegetables and egg

What to cook to surprise your guests and also feed them well? We suggest making an unusual meatloaf as a hot dish.

To prepare it we will need:

• lean beef and pork - 300 g each;
• small chicken eggs - 5 pcs. (1 of them - into minced meat);
• white bread pulp - several fistfuls;
• low-fat milk - ½ cup;
• onion and carrot - 2 large pieces each. (1 onion - for minced meat);
• vegetable oil - about 45 ml;
• iodized salt, crushed allspice - use to taste;
• breadcrumbs - a full glass.

Preparation of minced meat

To understand how to surprise your guests at the holiday table, you should find out what they haven’t eaten yet. If your friends and immediate family have never tried meatloaf with egg filling, then we suggest making this one.

First you need to prepare the minced meat. To do this, you need to grind the meat product (beef and pork) in a meat grinder along with one onion. Next, add the pulp of white bread soaked in milk to the ingredients. You also need to add salt, pepper and a raw chicken egg to the minced meat. By mixing all the ingredients with your hands, you should get a viscous and aromatic base.

Making the filling

Now you know how to surprise your guests at the holiday table. After the minced meat is ready, you should start preparing the filling. To do this, you just need to boil chicken eggs until hard. After cleaning the product, it is advisable to leave it aside for a while.

To prepare a delicious roll, we also recommend frying vegetables. To do this, you need to heat the refined oil in a frying pan, and then add the diced onion and grated carrot. After peppering and salting the ingredients, they should be cooked until slightly reddened.

The process of forming a roll

How to properly form homemade meatloaf for a holiday table? Recipes for such dishes may require the use of different devices. We need to take multi-layer gauze or thick linen fabric. It should be soaked well in water, wrung out and laid on a flat surface. Next, you need to lay out all the mixed minced meat on the fabric and distribute it so that you get a layer 1.5 centimeters thick, 25 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters long. If the base is not enough, then these dimensions can be reduced (except for thickness).

After this, you need to place the sautéed vegetables on a sheet of minced meat, not reaching the edges two to three centimeters. Next, place whole boiled eggs in the center of the layer. Finally, lifting the ends of the gauze, you need to form a roll, tightly connecting the meat edges.

Baking the roll in the oven

The finished semi-finished product with egg filling should be carefully transferred to a plate sprinkled with breadcrumbs and carefully rolled. Next, place the roll on a greased baking sheet and immediately place it in a preheated oven. It is recommended to cook this dish for about 50-65 minutes at a temperature of 206 degrees.

Serve to the table

How should you set the holiday table with your own hands? To do this, you need to cover it with a beautiful white tablecloth, install cutlery and place appetizers and salads.

Once the time is right for a hot lunch, the meatloaf should be removed from the oven and cut into 2cm thick pieces. Having distributed them on plates, the dish must be presented to the guests along with tomato or cream sauce. By the way, when cut, such a roll turns out very beautiful. That is why you will definitely surprise all your guests with it.

We set the festive table. Dessert recipes

Dessert is the dish that absolutely all guests at the festive table expect. And in order not to disappoint your invited friends and relatives, we suggest making a sweet fruit salad dressed with ice cream.

So, we will need:

• soft ripe bananas - 2 pcs.;
• sweet red or yellow apples - 2 pcs.;
• tangerines - 3 pcs.;
• sweet soft kiwi - 3 pcs.;
• ice cream sundae - about 500 g;
• soft sweet pears - 2 pcs.;
• fresh berries - to decorate dessert.

Preparing Ingredients

We talked about how to make an original holiday table. However, it should be noted that no dinner with close friends and relatives is complete without a delicious dessert. And before you prepare it, you need to process all the fruits and berries in advance. To do this, they need to be washed and peeled, as well as stalks, seed pods and other unnecessary elements. Next, you should start chopping all the ingredients. Bananas, apples, kiwis and pears must be cut into cubes measuring 1.2 x 1.2 cm. As for tangerines, they only need to be divided into slices and peeled from the film. You should also cut fresh berries separately. Although they can be left intact. After all, they will be useful to us only for decorating the finished dish.

The process of forming dessert and serving it to the festive table

To form such a sweet dish, all the fruits must be placed in a common container, and then filled with slightly melted ice cream. After mixing the ingredients, the dessert needs to be distributed into glass bowls and frozen a little. Before serving to the festive table, all portioned dishes must be garnished with fresh berries.

This dessert should be served at the table at the very end of the celebration; present it complete with a small spoon.