We offer a universal set of products that will allow you not to waste time on expensive ingredients and prepare a maximum variety of delicious dishes.

For the festive event we will prepare: baked potatoes and meat on skewers, cake pizza, julienne sandwich, Olivier roll, chicken legs and other interesting dishes from a completely standard set of products.

Transformable dishes. What is this?

It’s convenient when the same ingredients are used to prepare a variety of dishes, and at the end we have completely independent dishes.

It’s good if it’s not too bad, because the New Year holidays are quite long, and there’s still more than one feast ahead.

It’s great if the dishes are prepared quickly, some of them can be done in advance so that the hostess can be free during the holiday.

So, we propose to compose menu of transformable dishes. What it is? We suggest creating a complete menu from a small number of ingredients.

Each housewife determines for herself the threshold of financial extravagance to which she is ready to celebrate the New Year.

Starter set products may look like this:

1. chicken breast - 800-900 gr.,
2. meat affordable - 0.7-1.5 kg,
3. ham - 300 gr,
4. cheese - 350 gr,
5. bread, flour,
6. chicken eggs - 10-20 pcs,
7. mayonnaise, sour cream,
8. onions, potatoes, carrots, pickles,
9. mushrooms - 300 gr.
10. herring.

We will use these products to set the festive table: varied, tasty and economical.

If it is possible to increase the budget, we can additionally take:

• olives - 1 jar (for pizza and salads)
• canned green peas (Olivier, pizza), canned sweet corn, beans, canned mushrooms.
• canned pineapples (for salads and pizza)
• squid (salad) or crab sticks.
• fruits and marshmallows (on the table and fruit canapé)
• etc.

From the basic set of products

Dish 1

Traditional pizza in the form of an open pie or cupcake pizza, where ingredients are mixed into a batter and baked in muffin tins. For the filling we use small portions of chicken breast, ham, fried onions and mushrooms, and cheese.

But you can’t spoil the porridge with oil, if your budget allows, we also add olives, cherry tomatoes, pineapples, seafood, corn, etc. Then this pizza will become more festive and “richly decorated.”

Dish 2

The set: ham, chicken, cheese, bread, boiled eggs - gives us the opportunity to creatively approach the production of various canapes. Additionally, we use olives, pineapples, cucumbers, etc. - depending on the budget of the party.

Canapes can be fruity and marshmallow. It will turn out to be economical, because you can make a plate of fruit canapes from several bananas, marshmallows, apples, pears, etc.

This dish has several advantages: an interesting presentation on the table with skewers, food savings by combining different ingredients in modest proportions, creating different flavor combinations for “one bite.”

Dish 3

"Olivie", where would we be without him for the New Year? Budget Olivier can be made according to a primitively cheap scenario: boiled potatoes, carrots, eggs, onions, ham and pickles. If desired, add other types of meat, canned green peas, fresh herbs, fresh cucumber, Chinese cabbage.

But the culinary passions around Olivier do not subside. Numerous minds are literally working day and night on the invention of a new subspecies of “Olivier”, and for good reason!

Can be cooked Olivier rolls. When the ingredients of the dish are wrapped in pita bread, a thin slice of green cucumber, ham, a piece of cheese.

Dish 4

Fantasies on the topic "Julienne." From “chicken-mushrooms-cheese” we can prepare classic julienne and serve it hot to the table. But other options are also possible.

Can be prepared in a hurry bread baskets with filling, crossing “Julienne” with hot sandwiches. To do this, we cut out round pieces from pieces of bread, “roll” them with a rolling pin, cover the molds with this dough and put our filling of “mushrooms-chicken-cheese”, etc., bake in the oven - so that the cheese melts. We get a new interpretation of a famous dish.

The Julienne filling can also be wrapped inside pita bread or thin pancakes. This very successful combination of ingredients will be “new” in every dish. Pancakes or mini lavash rolls Heat in a frying pan on both sides so that the cheese has time to melt, and serve. They are good both hot and cold.

Dish 5

We will bake potatoes in the oven. It's tasty, healthy, and budget-friendly.

Dish 6

Together with potatoes you can bake and hot meat dish. This approach saves time and space in the oven, plus the potatoes get extra points from the meat juices.

What do we do? There are several options. Can be baked chicken legs with cheese. To do this, place chicken legs with “cheese” cuts on top of the potato layer. The chicken can also be baked in a separate “compartment”.

Together with potatoes, you can bake meat on skewers or lula kebab- fried meat sausage on a skewer. You can add onions, fresh herbs, and bell peppers to the minced meat. Don't add eggs or bread. The fattier the minced meat, the better for lula kebab. The classic option is lamb, but other minced meat will do. To prevent the sausage from falling apart on the skewer, the minced meat must be kneaded very well and refrigerated for 2 hours. Bamboo skewers are pre-soaked in cold water for 20 minutes. The sausage is pressed tightly onto the skewer with hands dipped in cold water, and placed in the oven, baked for 25 minutes at 200 degrees. And the fragrant homemade sausages are ready!

Can be cooked chicken legs and surprise your guests. Any minced meat is suitable for this. We knead it thoroughly and, like a kebab, put it on an edible stick-straw. Then we “roll” a layer of dough and bake in the oven until done. It turns out tasty, original and inexpensive - not a lot of meat is used.

Dish 7

For those who are “lazy” on New Year’s, it’s worth adopting salads that do not require careful preparation: laying out in layers, maintaining a strict and ornate shape, designer decorations. Here it will be enough to chop vegetables, open cans of “canned food” or add meat products.

Open a jar of canned champignons and a jar of red beans. Drain the juice and place in a bowl. Add grated boiled egg and garlic - amount to taste. Delicious salad is ready!

Dish 8

A traditional and quite economical salad that can be prepared in advance - Herring under a Fur Coat, but this time we are serving it in a new way. Well, how about without an upgrade! It's New Year!

We serve a standard dish with humor, like, indeed, an absolutely logical “herring under a fur coat.”

Another serving option is a salad roll. For its production, stretch film is used. The usual “composition” of the salad is laid out on it in layers, and then “combined” into a roll and tightly wrapped with film for a while to give it shape.

Dish 9

Some more classics. Sandwiches with sprats can be aesthetically pleasing and neat. Fry triangular slices of black bread and cool. Lubricate with mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated egg white and yolk separately - dividing the bread in half, and place the fish in the center. What a new read!

Dish 10

So, what do we have for dessert? Of course, on a good holiday you may not get there... But there are still so many holidays ahead that something tasty will be very useful.

We will get ready!!! And we will do many different ones. These cute cupcakes can be made from any dough. A traditional sponge cake will also work. The main thing is themed New Year's decorations.

Drinks are not included in our menu. We provide them separately.

Practical example:

If you are going to celebrate the New Year with a large company, then all 10 dishes will literally fly off the table. If this is a family holiday, then the “deliciousness” can be extended over the whole day, that is, lunch, seeing off the old year and welcoming the New Year.

Dinner: light chicken noodle soup - use broth from boiled chicken breast. Traditional pizza from a standard set of products and 1 salad. The holiday is already starting to feel like it!

Farewell to the old year - late dinner: baked potatoes with meat, 2 salads. Here we don’t stay hungry until midnight, and we can finally eat up the long-awaited salads with mayonnaise. This is an option not to throw away perishable foods, but to eat them for pleasure.

Midnight - New Year's Eve: light snacks - for example, a variety of canapés, pita rolls with cheese and mushrooms, sandwiches, sliced ​​cheese, fruit, cupcakes with tea. These are lower calorie dishes that are good even cold. They go well with strong drinks and can be left “for tomorrow.” Or eat it right away in the New Year.

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On New Year's Day, the whole family gathers at the festive table and, as if summing up the annual results of their well-being, makes a lot of effort to ensure that everything is the best, most beautiful, tasty, the best gifts, beautiful and fashionable outfits, and the New Year's feast menu to the maximum possible.

Did you know that the eastern symbol of the coming 2019 is the wild boar, which will begin its annual watch, replacing the dog in January 2019. If you believe Eastern astrology, the boar has become famous for its generosity, energy, desire for personal and career growth and family, which, according to interpreters of Eastern symbols, is fully consistent with the elements of this year. In the same direction, the boar loves red and gold, symbolizing confidence and luck, which, as it were, needs to be embodied in the interior and in clothing.

In the holiday menu, orientalists recommend taking into account the “tastes” of the Yellow Dog, for whose sake you even need to put a saucer with treats on the New Year’s table. The dog is kind and not greedy, but judiciously economical. In this light, it is better to organize a feast that is rich, but the dishes are simple and without unnecessary luxury. All kinds of fruits and vegetables are appropriate on the New Year's table; the sweet menu is also extensive, including desserts.

There is a superstition that the wild boar will not forgive the presence of the wild boar, but I hasten to reassure those who are very suspicious that it will “not forgive” only from January 28, 2018. They say that when setting the table, rustic-style dishes are preferable: ceramic pots, wooden spoons, at least in common salad vases.

Features of New Year's table setting

If you nevertheless decide to follow and try to make friends with the Yellow Dog, then some rules will have to be followed to some extent in setting the table. A dog is a simple and humane animal, so simplicity and naturalness should prevail in any choice.

Dishes: ceramic, wooden, preferably brightly painted - if not for use, then for decoration; plastic utensils are prohibited. Napkins and tablecloths made of natural fabrics: linen, calico, cotton. The most avant-garde followers of the Eastern tradition are even going to put a samovar with bagels on the New Year's table.

Copper, gold and orange colors are considered symbolic for the Year of the Yellow Dog. There is no need to go to extremes in following this rule, especially since all shades of red are on trend. In addition, its combination with the festive white color of the tablecloth and napkins, dishes and festive red candles is quite appropriate. Use more red in your Christmas tree decorations set. You can place a clear glass vase filled with shiny red Christmas balls in the middle of the table.

It is suggested to choose a tablecloth and dishes in a combination of white and red as follows: if the tablecloth is red, then the white color should predominate in the dishes. If, on the contrary, it is white, then, naturally, let there be more red colors. Compositions made from New Year's figurines of snowmen, a Christmas tree, the Snow Maiden, Santa Claus or the symbol of the Yellow Dog can look good and stylish on the holiday table.

Rules for serving the holiday table:

• Whatever tablecloth you choose for your holiday table, the main requirement for it is that it is fresh and proportionate to the table: its edges on all sides of the table should hang no more than 30 centimeters.
• The first front when setting a table is the dishes, immediately after the tablecloth, and the cutlery is laid out behind it.
• The color of the napkins should not merge with the color of the tablecloth, but also should not be contrastingly tacky.
• Drinkware should be to the right of the plate.
• If decorating items are used when serving a festive feast, they should fit harmoniously into its overall festive composition.

Features of the New Year's menu 2019

No radical changes are expected - nothing threatens tradition. As always, everything is in a rich assortment: various cuts, main - 1-2 and New Year's dessert. The preferred drinks include natural juices, fruit drinks, etc. Hot ones are at your discretion.

When choosing a hot dish, you yourself, knowing the tastes and preferences of the guests, may not limit yourself to one dish, for example, fish or seafood, since some people do not eat fish in any form at all.

As a side dish, you can offer vegetable options from stewed or fresh vegetables - from the same beloved potatoes. There are no special restrictions on this from the Yellow Dog. Habitual salad recipes can be lightened up with at least one new thing, albeit in design, by making a cone out of it, covering it with parsley leaves, and placing a cherry tomato star on its top.

1. Homemade creamy salmon recipe

Salmon in this preparation, if the whole company loves fish food, can be designated as the main hot dish, but if one of them does not eat fish, then it would be wrong to limit it to just one hot dish.

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet - 1 kilogram;
• cheese - 100 grams;
• cream 10% -300 milliliters;
• onion - 1 piece;
• vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
• sesame - 2 teaspoons;
• spices and salt - to taste and preference.

Salmon with cream according to a homemade recipe is prepared as follows:

1. If the salmon is frozen, let it thaw, dry with a paper towel and cut into portions.
2. Make a sauce from cream and selected seasonings by mixing them.
3. Place pieces of salmon fillet on a baking sheet pre-greased with vegetable oil and pour over creamy sauce with spices and salt.
4. Place the peeled onion and cut into half rings on top of the fish.
5. The last layer is sprinkled with grated cheese, then cover everything with foil. All that remains is to place the baking sheet with the salmon in an oven preheated to +180° C for 25-30 minutes.

Place the finished fish in a common serving dish, decorate the top with fresh dill or onions, sesame seeds, strips of sauce or mayonnaise, and a beautiful, tasty and light fish dish will take its rightful place at the New Year's feast. This fish is best served with a festive side dish of potatoes.

2. A simple potato side dish recipe

It would seem that what to do with the side dish? But we are talking about a holiday side dish, where the potatoes should be at their best. And this look will be given to it during the baking process by whipped chicken whites.

Ingredients:

• fresh potatoes - 10 tubers;
• chicken egg whites - 2 pieces;
• olive oil;
• spices - according to preference;
• table salt - to taste.

According to a simple recipe, prepare a side dish of potatoes as follows:

1. Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut into slices.
2. Prepare a fluffy sauce from egg whites, whipped until foamy.
3. Add this sauce to the chopped potatoes and stir, adding salt and spices.
4. Place potato wedges in egg whites evenly on a baking sheet greased with olive oil and place them in an oven preheated to +220°C for baking for half an hour. These potatoes need to be stirred periodically

The potatoes turn out golden brown and look good as a side dish for any dish. In our case, salmon baked in sour cream sauce.

3. Original recipe for festive salad “Christmas tree”

Any salad at a feast is in demand as a spicy, appetizing appetizer, but if it is also decorated in an original way, then interest in it increases.

Ingredients:

• canned salmon - 1 jar;
• hard cheese - 250 grams;
• lemon juice - 1 lemon;
• tomato or carrot for star - 1 piece;
• fresh parsley and dill - a couple of sprigs.

Prepare decorative salad “Herringbone” according to the original recipe as follows:

1. Remove the salmon from the can and let the broth drain into a separate bowl. Grind it with a fork and combine with pre-grated cheese.
2. Add seasonings to the resulting mass and look at its consistency. If it is viscous enough, then there is no need to add broth.
3. From the resulting mass, place a Christmas tree shape on a plate.
4. Cover the resulting salad mixture with dill or fresh parsley leaves, to taste. A star for your New Year's beauty can be cut out of a tomato or carrot, and instead of toys, place pomegranate seeds and corn all over the “Christmas tree”.

The salad will turn out to be unusual - very picturesque and bright, it can certainly claim to be the main dish of your New Year's table.

4. New Year’s appetizer “Motley Balls” according to grandma’s recipe

A salad is like a salad, but all its beauty is in the form in which it is served according to this grandmother’s simple recipe from ingredients that are always on hand.

Ingredients:

• cod - 300 grams;
• chicken egg - 3 pieces;
• fresh potatoes - 500 grams;
• fresh cucumber - 2 pieces;
• hard cheese - 400 grams;
• red paprika for decoration;
• mayonnaise - 200 grams;
• green onion - 1 bunch;
• dill - 1 bunch;
• salt and spices - to taste.

Prepare the New Year's appetizer "Motley Balls" according to grandma's recipe as follows:

1. Defrost the cod, rinse and cook in salted water. Once cooled, remove the pits.
2. Hard-boil the eggs for at least 10 minutes and, after cooling, peel and chop.
3. Wash the cucumbers and paprika, dry with a paper towel and cut into the smallest cubes.
4. Peel fresh potatoes, mash them and cool.
5. All that remains is to put everything crushed into one container and, adding mayonnaise, mix until smooth. Add mayonnaise gradually so that the mass does not become liquid, but remains plastic, because salad balls are made from it.
6. Place finely grated cheese in different plates, put red paprika in the second plate, and finely chopped green onions or dill in the third.
7. All that remains is to divide the number of resulting balls by 3 and roll them in one of the plates so that they turn out colorful and bright.

Place lettuce balls decorated with natural dyes mixed in a serving dish, which will look very festive on your holiday table.

5. An old recipe for New Year’s curd cake

All the ingredients of this cake are as old as the world. Housewives have long been using them to create family sweets. They are all natural and available in all respects, and the cake turns out incredibly tasty.

Ingredients:

• cottage cheese of any fat content - 500 grams;
• granulated sugar - 1 cup;
• egg yolk - 2 pieces;
• butter - 150 grams;
• fresh natural milk - 1 glass;
• gelatin - 30 grams;
• seedless raisins - 2-3 tablespoons;
• fruits - by preference.

Prepare curd New Year's cake according to an old recipe as follows:

Soften the butter, beat the egg yolks and, adding soft butter in portions, continue beating until smooth and fluffy. Add granulated sugar to this mass and continue whisking for a short time. After which the cottage cheese, ground into a paste, is introduced into it. Add the soaked and scalded raisins to the cake mixture last.

First, soak instant gelatin in a small amount of milk, boil the rest of the milk and pour it into a container with gelatin while stirring, wait for it to cool completely. As soon as the gelatin has cooled, combine all the ingredients with it, mix thoroughly and place the cake of any shape on a flat dish. Then put it in the refrigerator, excluding freezing for at least 2.5 hours. After the specified time, a beautiful white cake with ripples of raisins can be decorated with sugar flowers, snowflakes, pieces of candied fruit or fresh fruit. You can use pomegranate seeds and pieces of kiwi to spell out the number 2019.

How to decorate a New Year's table so as not to overload it with details and make it moderately festive? We decided to look through the most beautiful photos of New Year's table setting options

Gifts have already been bought, dishes have already been prepared, the heart is dancing the samba in anticipation of the New Year, which is about to set foot on the threshold. All that remains is to set the table beautifully in order to meet it with dignity and not fall on your face.

Color mood

You can maintain the festive mood or lift it if the New Year's bustle has taken a lot of your energy, using color. Complete your New Year's table with colorful accents in the form of bright balls, beads, and napkins. And if you are preparing in advance, then do not forget about colored glasses, made in the same shade.

Try to stick to one color concept. Traditional colors for the New Year are red, green, blue, light blue and white.

Beautiful dishes

New Year's Eve is one of the most significant of the year; people prepare for it in advance, choosing outfits, decor and beautiful dishes. Where would we be without her? This evening everything should be impeccable, and unusual dishes with festive designs will only enhance the effect of solemnity.

The plates can be painted with patterns traditional for your region, which looks very colorful. Devices with snowflakes, images of New Year's balls, fir branches and cones will also look original. Decorate such a plate with a fabric napkin with the image of Santa Claus, which will remind your friends that the New Year is a time of miracles and gifts.

Tablecloth

A traditional white tablecloth will never go out of style. Ironed and starched, it always looks impressive, making any table look elegant. Although today you can also find specially crumpled tablecloths, which introduce notes of negligence into the interior, thereby diluting the pathos of the New Year's evening and relieving tension.

Our opinion:

The tables are dazzlingly beautiful, decorated with shiny tablecloths. If your choice fell on models with large and bright sparkles, then select dishes in neutral shades, even white plates and crystal glasses will do. If the tablecloth does not attract much attention, then plates with elements that shade or complement it will look good on it.

Creativity

There is still time before the guests arrive, and do you also like to create various decorations with your own hands? Great! The fastest version of the New Year's composition is made from balls, beads, cones and fir branches. For example, place the balls on a candy dish, complement the composition with several spruce branches or strings of pearls (special New Year's decorative threads are also suitable for these purposes).

Without changing traditions

When decorating the table, do not forget about the traditional New Year symbols: snowmen, gray-haired grandfathers, deer, snowflakes and stars. Place several figures on the table, cut out a couple of snowflakes and hang them from the ceiling above the table, put a spruce “path” of small branches in the middle of the table. Imagine!

Do you have time? Bake gingerbread houses or decorate some dishes in the form of some figures, as, for example, during the Soviet Union they made snowmen from cottage cheese or decorated salads in the form of hedgehogs.

Our opinion:

Fire symbolizes warmth and comfort, so candles will not be out of place on the New Year's table. The main thing is to choose the right candlestick to avoid a fire hazard. Alternatively, place small candles in glasses or transparent glasses. Candles can make your table especially solemn and homely.

2019 will bring with it the Year of the Earth Pig. Of course, there should be no jellied meat, pork ham, or other pork dishes on this year’s New Year’s table. And this is a big headache for housewives. But at the same time, the pig has never been a picky eater, which means it’s not difficult to please. You can use beef, poultry, fish, grains and much more. A special feature of the 2019 New Year's table is the ability to use millet. This is a great option for pleasing guests and pleasing the patroness of the year.

The 2019 housewife herself loves to eat well, so it’s worth preparing a beautiful table with a plentiful amount of dishes.

What to prepare dishes for New Year 2019

Everyone knows that a pig almost always eats almost everything. However, you can’t put everything indiscriminately on the New Year’s table. It should definitely be designed beautifully, and you should think carefully about the menu.

You can put the following dishes on the New Year's table:

• vegetable salads;
• bird in its different variations;
• meat (not pork);
• fish;
• a variety of snacks;
• Dessert.

You should never use pork meat for cooking. At the same time, you can cook all other types of meat.

It is best to make the New Year's table as varied as possible. This means that you shouldn’t make a bowl full of Olivier and eat it for several days. It is better to prepare several salads, but in small quantities.

Eastern astrologers recommend preparing more fish and less meat dishes in the year of the Earth Pig. If you cannot do without meat, then it is better to use chicken in this role. You can make it the main dish of the evening.

The pig loves beauty very much, so the table should be decorated as magnificently as possible. You should also carefully consider the decorations of the dishes themselves. You don’t have to invent much here - the pig loves to eat grass, so you can safely use different greens as decoration.

Don't forget about the quality of the products. The pig is not a picky animal, but it loves only natural food. Therefore, you should not put semi-finished products on the New Year's table. It is better to make each dish yourself, and for this you need to use only natural products.

Well, what would it be like to celebrate New Year without a cake? If you don’t really like sweet food (especially at night), then dessert can easily be made from fruit. Or you can combine these two delicacies and decorate your baked goods with fresh berries and fruits.

What should be on the New Year's table 2019

Menu development plays an important role in planning the New Year's table. This point should be given a lot of attention: select the necessary products, choose dishes that will appeal to both guests and hosts, come up with a beautiful and creative table setting.

It is equally important to choose the right table at which the celebration will take place. It can be either a Chinese table with small legs or a simple, comfortable round table. It is better to choose a tablecloth with a yellowish tint, because the mistress of the year will be the yellow Pig.

There should be a wide variety of dishes on the table. It is best to cook a little at a time, but come up with a large menu. In this case, another problem arises: how to place it all on the table. In this case, you should think creatively - you can put several salads on one plate. If you decorate them correctly, they will turn out very beautiful and creative.

New Year's menu 2019

According to Eastern tradition, it is believed that it is impossible to do without one dish for the New Year. And this is not Olivier at all. These are dumplings or as the Chinese themselves call them – “jiaozi”. According to Chinese tradition, the New Year will bring happiness if there are a lot of dumplings on the table, shaped like old money. Moreover, the Chinese prefer to make New Year’s jiaozi dumplings themselves.

New Year's snacks

More and more people are abandoning the traditional feast and choosing a simple buffet with appetizers. You can prepare several options for snacks, the most common of which is canapés. This is quite understandable, since preparing them is very easy and simple, which is a very positive thing for busy people.

A cheese plate is especially popular on holiday tables. You can place up to a dozen types of cheeses on it. The dish is often decorated with nuts, fruits, honey, dried fruits, bread, etc.

The simplest option is to prepare canapés. This is a very convenient form, since you can put a wide variety of ingredients on a piece of toast or baguette.

For cooking you need the following products:

• 1 loaf;
• 300 grams of red fish;
• 100 grams of cream cheese;
• half a lemon;
• skewers.

Cooking procedure:

• cut the loaf into small discs;
• trim the edges;
• dry the resulting edges in the oven;
• grease the resulting toasts with cheese;
• add a piece of fish, a slice of lemon and put it all on a skewer.

You can use a variety of ingredients to make snacks. The main thing is to combine them correctly.

By the way, we have a large selection of original snacks for the New Year:

Salads for the New Year

It is almost impossible to imagine a holiday table without salads. Of course, the classics (Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat, mimosa) are always good, but sometimes you should try something new.

“Wreath” salad recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 boiled eggs;
• 300 grams of boiled beef (under no circumstances should it be replaced with pork);
• 150 grams of hard cheese;
• 1 onion;
• 1 fresh and 1 pickled cucumber;
• several pieces of cherry tomatoes;
• dill;
• 1 tablespoon each of soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and olive oil;
• a little basil;
• pack of mayonnaise.

The onions need to be peeled and marinated the night before or at least a few hours before preparing the salad. To do this, cut it into small half rings, pour in a marinade of olive oil, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, add a pinch of basil. The prepared onion should be placed in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

The salad is best prepared 4-5 hours before the festive feast. Cooking procedure:

• cut the meat into small cubes;
• Grate cheese and eggs, use a medium grater;
• cut cucumbers into strips;
• take a flat plate and place a glass in its center;
• Place the meat on the bottom of the plate, add a little salt and grease with mayonnaise;
• the second ball is fresh cucumbers, and again pour mayonnaise on top;
• third - cheese;
• Place pickled cucumbers on it, brush with sauce;
• onion, then coat the salad with mayonnaise again;
• sprinkle with grated eggs and add all the remaining mayonnaise;
• after this all that remains is to very carefully remove the glass from the middle;
• decorate the salad with greens.

Before preparing the salad, pickled onions should be squeezed thoroughly. Otherwise, the salad will turn out very watery.

Be sure to check out our cool selections of traditional New Year's salads using non-traditional recipes!

Hot dishes

And although the menu for the New Year 2019 is somewhat limited, since pork cannot be used for cooking, every housewife will be able to surprise her guests with original hot dishes. Among the products for cooking, it is worth using more fish and poultry or beef, a lot of vegetables and fruits.

It is not necessary to prepare soup on New Year's Eve, but you can do it if you wish. It has several advantages:

• the patroness of the year loves him;
• in the evening it will be useful to eat something warm and liquid;
• it is very tasty.

However, the main New Year's dishes have always been chicken or duck. Moreover, chicken can also be baked with apples. It will have an unsurpassed taste and look great.

Chicken baked with apples and vegetables

• chicken, weighing up to one and a half kilograms;
• half a kilogram of sweet and sour apples;
• a teaspoon of honey;
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil;
• a pinch of dry thyme;
• 1 teaspoon salt;
• black pepper to taste.

Mix honey, pepper, salt, oil and thyme in a small bowl. You will need to rub the chicken with this mixture.

Cut the apples into pieces, be sure to cut out the core. You will need to stuff the chicken with apples. You need to stuff enough apples to fill the entire internal cavity. After this it is stitched up.

The chicken's legs should be folded together and wrapped in foil. The same should be done with the wings. This is necessary so that these parts of the carcass do not become too dry. The finished chicken can be placed on a baking sheet and put into the oven. Before this, the oven should be preheated to 220 degrees Celsius. The chicken should be fried for half an hour, after which the temperature is reduced to 180 degrees and the bird is baked for another 40 minutes. 5-10 minutes before the end, remove the foil from the chicken so that its crust browns.

The dish must be served hot. Before serving, remove all strings and foil. You can decorate the chicken, garnish it with herbs and serve with vegetables.

Dessert

On New Year's Eve there must be dessert on the table. In this case, the hostess will be able to finally appease the Yellow Pig. You can use absolutely any sweets for this.

Cake Prague

This is a very simple recipe for everyone's favorite pie. To prepare the biscuit you need to take:

• 150 ml water;
• half a spoon of instant coffee;
• 250 grams of sugar;
• 8 pieces of eggs;
• 200 grams of flour;
• 130 ml vegetable oil;
• baking powder.

To prepare the cream use:

• 6-7 tablespoons of condensed milk;
• 3 chicken yolks;
• a spoonful of water;
• a spoonful of cognac;
• 200 grams of butter;
• up to 100 grams of any jam.

For the glaze you need:

• 2 tablespoons cocoa;
• 20-30 grams of butter;
• 3 tablespoons sugar;
• 100 ml water.

You need to start preparing the biscuit by heating the water. We brew cocoa and coffee in it. Separate the yolks, divide them into two separate bowls of 3 and 5 pieces. Mix 5 yolks with sugar, add vegetable oil and stir again. After this, pour in the dissolved coffee and cocoa and beat.

Mix flour with baking powder, then add them to the prepared mixture. Beat the whites until foam appears, add 50 grams of sugar and beat again. Add the resulting mass to the dough and mix. Bake at 200C for 20 minutes. It is recommended not to open the oven during this time.

To prepare the cream, mix the yolks and condensed milk. Cook in a water bath until thickened, stirring constantly. After this, add chocolate, cognac and butter.

After the cake has cooled, it should be cut into 3 parts. Afterwards they should be applied with cream. Coat the top cake well with jam and place in the refrigerator. After some time, pour glaze over the cake.

We have more desserts for the New Year's table:

Beverages

You can’t do without alcoholic and other drinks on the New Year’s table. Champagne is a must for this celebration. It is often drunk during the chiming clock. It should be served to guests chilled and poured into tall glasses. After this, you can drink any other drinks: both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

For preparation you should use the following ingredients:

• 200 milligrams of orange juice;
• 400 ml dry wine;
• 1 orange;
• sugar to taste;
• 2 cinnamon sticks;
• a quarter of nutmeg.

Peel the orange, chop the zest and place it in a saucepan. Add wine, cinnamon, grated nutmeg and orange juice. Add sliced ​​orange and sugar there. Cook the resulting mixture over low heat until it starts to boil, but do not boil. Cool slightly and strain. You can use slices of orange or lemon as decoration.

Table setting and home decoration

The first step is to decide what colors will be used for serving and decorating the house. You need to choose no more than 2-3 colors. Typically a red, red-gold or silver palette is used.

There must be an elegant tablecloth on the table. It can be chosen in the same palette as other designs. The pig does not particularly appreciate pomp, so you should choose simple fabrics: cotton, burlap or wool. To make the table more original, you can put a so-called track in the center.

And we should not forget about the details. To do this, you can use beads, toys for decorating the Christmas tree, pine branches, cranberries, cloudberries and other winter berries. However, there is no need to go overboard with accessories.

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