Summer is an energetic, cheerful and easy period! A person needs a strong enough energy boost to accomplish everything that is planned for this time. This means that food during the hot months of the year should be special. Not only tasty and satisfying, but healthy and energy-intensive.

It is in the summer that there are practically no products that are “out of season.” A huge number of vegetables, fruits, and herbs are available, various combinations of which will add a special aroma and taste to each new culinary homemade delicacy.

But, in the hot season, poisoning is very dangerous! This means that you should be even more careful about the correct purchase, storage and processing of products!

Below, the following summer snacks will delight all gourmets: both vegetarians and meat eaters. The dishes presented have only one thing in common: they don’t take a lot of time to prepare and don’t require professional cooking skills.

How to make summer snacks - 15 varieties

There are no food delights in this recipe! But, such an appetizer will look gorgeous on the dinner and holiday tables!

Compound:

• Bread (mostly black, but choice at will) - 1 loaf;
• Herring fillet - 2 pcs.
• Beets - 300 gr.
• Garlic - 4-5 cloves;
• Sunflower oil for frying - 100 gr.
• Greens, tomatoes, cucumbers - to taste and desire.

How to cook:

Let's cook the beets and, once cooled, peel and grate them on a fine grater.

Add the garlic pressed through the garlic press and mix thoroughly.

Let's prepare portioned pieces of bread. The pieces of bread should be lightly fried in sunflower oil.

It’s better to buy ready-cut: less hassle, and all the pieces are neat and uniform.

Herring fillet into portioned pieces the size of a bread crouton.

Place a layer of beetroot-garlic mixture on each crouton and a slice of herring on top. You can decorate with dill leaves, sprinkle with ground black pepper, make a special layer between beets with garlic and herring from a slice of tomato, cucumber, herbs - anything is possible for the housewife’s imagination!

What’s attractive about this appetizer is that it’s filling and delicious! And it only takes about 10-15 minutes to prepare!

Compound:

• Puff pastry - 1 package;
• Any fish (salted, smoked, fried) - 350 gr.
• Hard cheese (but can be replaced with processed cheese) - 200 gr.
• Egg - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Thaw the dough and unroll it into one layer. Cut into rectangles 7x7 cm.

Prepare portioned pieces of fish: remove bones and cut.

Place a piece of fish and a small cube of cheese on the dough, roll it into an envelope or triangle. Brush with beaten egg.

Place everything on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and greased with oil. Bake in a well-heated oven for no more than 10 minutes (until golden brown).

Can you name a more favorite treat than potatoes + herring? Yes, there is nothing surprising, but you definitely won’t find anything tastier!

Compound:

• Herring fillet - 300 gr.
• Boiled potatoes - 500 gr.
• Dill greens - 1 bunch;
• Onion and ground black pepper - to taste.

How to cook:

Boil and cool the potatoes. Peel and cut crosswise into slices up to 1.5 cm thick.

It is more convenient to cook potatoes “in their jackets”, since this way they will crumble less during further cutting.

Cut the herring into portions, finely chop the dill, chop the onion.

Place the potato ring on a flat dish, drizzle melted butter on top, sprinkle with ground pepper and sprinkle with chopped dill. Place a piece of herring on each piece of potato and garnish with onion on top.

The appetizer is prepared quickly, but is quite a filling dish. Excellently transportable, i.e. Suitable for a snack on the road or in nature.

Compound:

• Canned fish in oil - 500 gr.
• Wafer cones for stuffing - 20 pcs.
• Boiled rice - 1 glass;
• Onion - 2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
• Spices - dill, pepper;
• Vegetable oil for frying.

How to cook:

Chop the onion and fry in oil until golden brown.

Remove the fish from the bones and crush it finely with a fork.

Mix fish+onion+mayonnaise+rice+spices.

Fill waffle molds and fry them in oil for 2-3 minutes.

After just 2-3 minutes, the filled tubes lend themselves well to easy changing of shape.

At first glance, it is very difficult to understand what such “sweet” cakes do on the table from fish and meat dishes. After all, this is an excellent dessert. But, having tried it, you understand that the main ingredient of these “sweets” is fried fish with vegetables!

Compound:

• Fish fillet - 500 gr.
• Onion - 200 gr.
• Carrots - 150 gr.
• Tomatoes are small and hard - 200 gr.
• Mayonnaise and sour cream - 100 g each.
• Flour - 100 gr.
• Boiled and raw eggs - 3 pcs.
• Vegetable oil for frying - 100 gr.
• Greens for decoration and 2-3 cloves of garlic.

How to cook:

We make minced fish fillet and onion. Add ground black pepper, salt, flour, raw eggs - mix everything well.

Place the formed minced meat cakes in a frying pan with heated oil and fry on both sides until cooked.

Separately mix mayonnaise and sour cream.

Mode for tomatoes into mugs up to 1 cm thick.

Prepare the carrot layer: lightly fry the grated carrots in oil and add 1 spoon of sour cream and grated garlic.

Separately three yolks and whites.

Place a carrot-garlic layer on the fried fish cake, place a tomato ring on top and cover with the second cake. Grease the ends of the cake with sour cream and mayonnaise sauce and dip in grated egg white. We also grease the top with sauce, but dip it in grated yolk.

That's it, the main composition of the fish cake is ready. You can decorate and complement the appetizer to your liking: with caviar, herbs, olives, etc.

For this recipe you should use pork or beef, because... other types of meat do not tend to hold their shape when cooked.

The dish is quite filling, so complement it with light salads or just raw vegetables.

Compound:

• Meat (fillet) - 500 gr.
• Marinated mushrooms (or fresh) - 200 gr.
• Garlic - 1-2 heads;
• Processed or hard cheese - 150 gr.
• Sour cream 20% - 150 gr.
• Dill and parsley - 1 tbsp each.
• Salt, spices, pepper.

How to cook:

Cut the meat into portions lengthwise (thickness up to 1 cm) and beat. Salt, pepper, add 2-3 cloves of crushed garlic.

On a layer of spices and garlic, place chopped mushrooms and a cheese cube (91.5 x 1.5 cm) in the center of a piece of meat.

Secure the meat with toothpicks to form a pouch.

Separately, we make bases for each bag from foil in the form of a bowl with high sides. Place the meat pouches in these bowls, cover the top with a layer of foil and place in a hot (t=200C) oven for 15-20 minutes.

After this time, you should take out the baking sheet with meat for a control check. And then put it in the oven again for 20 minutes until the meat is cooked and a golden crust appears on it.

The sauce for such meat pouches is prepared simply: mix sour cream with dill and parsley, salt and pepper.

Liver must be included in the diet at any time of the year, since it is a unique product necessary for high vitality and energy in the body.

Beef, chicken, turkey, and pork liver are suitable for this recipe.

Compound:

• Liver - 500 gr.
• Onion - 200 gr.
• Flour - 100 gr.
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Processed cheese - 3 briquettes;
• Mayonnaise - 100 gr.
• Garlic - 1 head;
• Salt, spices, herbs.

How to cook:

Grind the liver together with the onion. Add salt, spices, flour (until the consistency of sour cream), eggs and bake pancakes in butter from the resulting dough.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add crushed garlic, finely chopped herbs and mayonnaise.

Coat each pancake with the cheese mixture and roll up. You can secure the shape with green onions. Trim the ends with a sharp knife for a neat appearance.

These mini liver cake alternatives look great on the table in both summer and winter. A moderately high-calorie and immensely healthy dish!

Compound:

• Liver - 500 gr.
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
• Flour - 150 gr.
• Carrots - 200 gr.
• Onion - 200 gr.
• Vegetable oil for frying - 150 gr.
• Garlic and herbs - to taste;
• Spices (salt, pepper)

How to cook:

Prepare the carrot-liver mixture: grind the liver, half the volume of onions, grate half the volume of carrots on a fine grater, add salt/pepper, add flour and eggs.

You need to add enough flour so that the dough looks like thick sour cream.

Form small cakes with a spoon and fry in well-heated oil in a frying pan.

Separately, prepare the filling: grate the second half of the carrots on a coarse grater, chop the remaining half of the onion finely, fry all the vegetables in oil until slightly golden brown. At the end of frying, add crushed garlic and mayonnaise to the mixture.

Grease the finished pancakes with the filling and cover with another one on top. This “liver hamburger” can be colored on top like this: spread with a thin layer of filling, add a slice of tomato (cucumber) and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

Tomatoes, ham and cheese - everyone loves this combination! And the look of this snack is so original - well, just “table decoration”.

Compound:

• Cherry tomatoes - 500 gr.
• Ham - 300 gr.
• Hard cheese - 200 gr.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Garlic and herbs

How to cook:

Prepare the base: grate the boiled eggs and cheese, mix with mayonnaise, garlic and herbs.

Cut the ham into round slices, and then cut each circle in half, i.e. make semicircles.

A cut in the semicircle is necessary so that the stuffed rolls stand confidently exactly where they are cut.

Twist each semicircle into a tube, tie with a feather of green onion at the base and install like little men as shown in the photo.

Fill the resulting half-tube with 2/3 of the filling, and put a cherry tomato on top (like the “head” of the resulting little man). You can even draw eyes with mayonnaise. Decorate the figures with greenery.

We can say about this snack in two words: fast and tasty!

Compound:

• Hard cheese - 500 gr.
• Processed cheese - 300 gr.
• Sausage - 250 gr.
• Hulled walnuts - 100 gr.
• Greens - to taste.

How to cook:

Hard cheese should be cut into three equal parts and placed in water heated to 100C for 20 minutes.

Chop the sausage and greens finely. Do not mix!

After 20 minutes in hot water, each piece of cheese became soft and can be easily rolled out.

Be sure to gently cover the board on which we will roll the cheese with cling film so that the melted cheese does not stick to the surface and then easily wrap the prepared rolls in the same film.

So, on each rolled out layer of cheese we put a layer of soft processed cheese, and on top we put sausage, herbs, nuts (one for each layer). And we roll each layer into a roll, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator until it cools completely.

Once cooled, the rolls will take their shape well and can be easily cut into portions and served to guests.

This recipe is universal, since the filling can be absolutely anything: meat, fish, vegetable, fruit, salty, sweet. Not for everyone!

The secret to the success of this snack is that there are no food delights here: only what is at hand. And in the summer everyone has zucchini, tomatoes and herbs.

Compound:

• Young zucchini - 1 pc.
• Tomatoes are small and fleshy - 0.5 kg.
• Greens and garlic - to taste;
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Sunflower oil for frying - 150 gr.
• Flour - 5 tbsp.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.

How to cook:

Beat the eggs in a container.

Pour flour into a bowl and add salt/pepper.

Cut the zucchini into slices (up to 1 cm thick). Dip each piece first in the egg, then in flour and fry in oil until golden brown.

Place the fried zucchini from the frying pan on a paper napkin so that all excess fat is removed.

Mix finely chopped herbs, crushed garlic and mayonnaise in a container.

Cut the tomatoes into slices.

Grease each piece of zucchini with mayonnaise sauce made from herbs and garlic, place a piece of tomato on top and decorate with herbs. The “Summer” sandwich is ready!

The aromas of fresh cucumber, bell pepper, and tomato gently combine with each other, giving this dish a special summer mood of freedom.

To prepare these rolls, you need to stock up on skewers and toothpicks, because... Only with their help can you secure the shape of unruly cucumbers.

Compound:

• Cucumbers (long and thin) - 2 pcs.
• Cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs.
• Green olives - 10 pcs.
• Bell pepper (bright) - 3 pcs.
• Lemon juice - 2 tsp.
• Salt\pepper - to taste.
• Fetta cheese (pigtail will also work) - 200 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 150 kg.

How to cook:

Finely chop olives, peppers, cherry tomatoes (5 pcs) and fry in a frying pan with lemon juice. Cool, add chopped cheese and mayonnaise.

Cut the cucumber into thin slices lengthwise. Grease each cucumber slice with the filling and roll it up.

Cut cherry tomatoes (5 pcs) in half and, piercing them in the middle with a skewer, make a cucumber roll.

This appetizer is for those who love spicy and aromatic dishes.

Compound:

• Eggplants - 1 pc.
• Parsley - 1 bunch;
• Garlic - 1 head;
• Salt, spices, frying oil

How to cook:

Do not peel the eggplants, but cut them into thin strips.

In order to remove the bitterness from the eggplants, you need to sprinkle them with salt and leave them for a while, and then rinse them thoroughly.

Fry each slice in well-heated sunflower oil on both sides until golden brown.

Separately, finely parsley mode and garlic mode.

Place all the fried eggplants in a mold in layers, each one sprinkled with garlic and herbs. Place in the refrigerator for half a day.

When we take it out, all that remains is to simply roll the fried eggplants, already soaked in garlic and aromatic herbs, into rolls (if you cut them along the fruit) or you can decorate the top with a slice of tomato and herbs (if you cut the eggplant into slices) and eat.

This is an exclusively vegetarian dish, but it is so beautiful and unusual that even a notorious meat eater will not resist the temptation to try it. And when he tries it, he will definitely fall in love with this culinary masterpiece!

Compound:

• Tomatoes (dense and fleshy) - 6 pcs.
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves;
• Processed cheese - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Greens - a bunch of parsley and dill.

How to cook:

Grate the processed cheese, finely chop the herbs, squeeze out the garlic and mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise.

Peel the tomatoes from the pulp and fill them with prepared minced cheese and herbs.

To carefully peel the pulp from tomatoes, start from the tail: cut it off slightly into the tomato, then cut off the “fly agaric cap” from the side and take out all the pulp and juice along the perimeter of this cut for the cap.

Decorate the resulting appetizer “like fly agarics” and add greens.

This dish is prepared extremely quickly, but has a quite appetizing and presentable appearance, i.e. It is quite suitable for both the daily diet and holiday tables.

Compound:

• Tomatoes - 6 pcs.
• Eggplants - 2 pcs.
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves;
• Soft processed cheese - 200 gr.
• Olive oil and herbs

How to cook:

For the filling: mix melted cheese, garlic and finely chopped herbs. Mix everything.

Cut the eggplants: first in half, and then each half into slices (thickness up to 0.5 cm). Fry the slices in olive oil.

Be sure to salt the chopped eggplants before frying: this will give them extra juice and remove unwanted bitterness.

Cut the tomatoes: cut 1/3 off from the tail side, then scoop out the pulp from most of it with a spoon, and cut the smaller part into thin slices.

Spread most of the tomato from the middle with a thin layer of filling.

We form a flower from fried eggplant slices and tomato slices: the first layer is eggplant, on top are several tomato slices, and carefully roll the two resulting layers into a roll.

Place the flower-shaped roll in the stuffed tomato. You can decorate the top with grated cheese or chopped herbs.

Well, what could be easier than preparing snacks for the holiday table, you might think? It just seems like everything is so easy and simple. Exactly until the moment when you find yourself face to face with a huge amount products and meager supplies of the recipes themselves. When they talk about cold appetizers for the holiday table, what do housewives usually think about? Of course, about sandwiches. Classic recipes with bread, butter and sprats are infinitely outdated. This won’t surprise anyone, and to be honest, no one wants to eat anymore. The soul and stomach require something new. And this is where our website and its section “Delicious snacks for the holiday table” will help you, where you will find all kinds of original, simple and complex, salty and sweet snacks.

Appetizers are easily digestible dishes that are served before the main course or those that complement a variety of alcoholic drinks. Such snacks on the table are not just a tasty prelude to a luxurious lunch, they promote increased secretion of digestive juice, which is very beneficial for the stomach before eating heavier food. Simple snacks for the holiday will help your guests satisfy their hunger while you are setting the table hot, or will highlight a bouquet of expensive wine during a banquet. In our section offering recipes for appetizers for the holiday table, you will learn which appetizers are best suited to a holiday table or buffet table, what and how best goes with a variety of alcoholic drinks, you will learn how to prepare dozens of types of canapés, tartlets and appetizers on skewers , learn recipes for mixed salads and rolls, learn how to bake mini-pizzas and create fruit slides and much, much more.

We tried to collect on our website the most delicious snacks for the festive table, with photos of each stage of preparation. Here you will find quick snacks for an idle table for literally all occasions and from any product. We will teach you how to prepare not only simple sandwiches for the holiday table, but those that use delicacies such as red and black caviar, sausages, boiled and pickled vegetables and mushrooms.
You will learn how to prepare the most delicious sandwiches, tartines, snack cakes, skewers, pates and mincemeat, sushi and cocktail salads. Snacks for the festive table are not complete without preparing original sandwich mixes and pastes, desserts from fruits and creams, puddings and soufflés. You can prepare all this - look at the recipes and choose which one you like best.

03.01.2019

Chicken galantine

Ingredients: chicken skin, minced meat, olive, mushroom, onion, butter, rosemary, parsley, thyme, gelatin, semolina, salt, pepper

Chicken galantine can be prepared both on weekdays and on holidays - it will always come in handy. In addition, as a rule, everyone really likes this dish, so housewives are happy to make it.
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken skins;
- 700 grams of minced chicken;
- 10 pieces of olives;
- 120 grams of champignons;
- 0.5 onions;
- 1.5 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- a few sprigs of fresh rosemary;
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley;
- 1.5 tsp. thyme;
- 1.5 tsp. gelatin;
- 3 tbsp. semolina;
- salt;
- pepper.

03.01.2019

Beef basturma

Ingredients: beef, salt, sugar, fenugreek, garlic, paprika, pepper

You probably love basturma - tasty, aromatic... We suggest that you do not buy it in the store, but make it yourself, at home, using our detailed recipe.

Ingredients:
- 1 kg of beef;
- 55 grams of salt;
- 15 grams of sugar;
- 3 tsp. ground fenugreek;
- 1.5 tsp. garlic powder;
- 2 tsp. ground sweet paprika;
- 0.5 tsp. hot ground chili pepper.

30.11.2018

Mussels in shells

Ingredients: mussel, garlic, pepper, oil, wine, tomato, salt, parsley, bread

For lovers of the unusual, today I suggest cooking mussels in their shells. Preparing the dish is not difficult, but you still need to know some subtleties.

Ingredients:

- 1 kg. mussels in shells,
- 1-2 cloves of garlic,
- hot peppers,
- 1-2 t.l. olive oil,
- 80-100 ml. white wine,
- 1-2 tomatoes,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- 2-3 sprigs of parsley,
- 3-4 slices of white bread.

30.11.2018

Salted silver carp pieces

Ingredients: silver carp, water, vinegar, onion, bay, pepper, sugar, salt, oil

I really like salted fish. My husband is a fisherman, so I often salt the fish myself. What I like most is salted silver carp in pieces. Today I will teach you how to cook this delicious appetizer.

Ingredients:

- 1 silver carp,
- 1 glass of water,
- 2 tbsp. vinegar,
- 1 onion,
- 5 bay leaves,
- 7 pcs. black peppercorns,
- 1 tbsp. Sahara,
- 1 tsp. salt,
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil.

23.10.2018

Delicious homemade salted salmon crust

Ingredients: pink salmon, sugar, salt, pepper

Having bought one pink salmon, you can pickle pink salmon yourself at home, which will taste like salmon. The recipe is very simple and quite quick.

Ingredients:

- 1 pink salmon;
- 1 tsp. Sahara;
- 3 tbsp. salt;
- 20-25 black peppercorns.

05.08.2018

Marinated porcini mushrooms

Ingredients: mushroom, juniper, cloves, tarragon, thyme, garlic, herbs, salt, sugar, vinegar, water

Today I will tell you how to cook delicious pickled porcini mushrooms. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 600 grams of white mushrooms,
- half tsp juniper,
- 4 cloves,
- a sprig of dry tarragon,
- 2 sprigs of thyme,
- 3-4 cloves of garlic,
- 3 sprigs of parsley,
- 2 sprigs of dill,
- 2 tbsp. salt,
- 1 tbsp. Sahara,
- 80 ml. vinegar,
- 800 ml. water.

23.07.2018

Homemade goat's milk cheese

Ingredients: goat milk, sour cream, lemon, salt

You can make very tasty homemade cheese from goat milk. I have described the cooking recipe in detail for you.

Ingredients:

- 2 liters of goat milk,
- 5 tbsp. sour cream,
- 1 lemon,
- salt.

19.07.2018

Pollock marinated with carrots and onions

Ingredients: pollock, carrots, onions, tomato paste, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, bay leaf

Recipe for fish lovers. We prepare a delicious hot appetizer - pollock with vegetable marinade. Simple, affordable, tasty and healthy for the whole family.

Ingredients:
- 1 kg pollock,
- 4 onions,
- 4 carrots,
- 3 tablespoons of tomato paste,
- 2 tablespoons table vinegar (lemon juice),
- pepper to taste,
- salt to taste,
- Bay leaf.

17.06.2018

Turkey in sour cream sauce in a frying pan

Ingredients: turkey fillet, onion, carrots, garlic, sour cream, water, bay, salt, pepper, herbs, butter

Turkey in sour cream sauce in a frying pan will be an excellent decoration for any holiday table. It's not difficult to prepare.

Ingredients:

- 300 grams of turkey fillet;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tbsp. sour cream;
- 70-100 ml. water;
- spices;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

17.06.2018

Mackerel in onion peel

Ingredients: mackerel, onion, water, salt

I suggest you prepare a delicious fish dish - mackerel in onion skins. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 1 mackerel,
- from 5 bulbs of onion peel,
- 1 liter of water,
- 5 tbsp. salt.

16.06.2018

Fried mussels with garlic

Ingredients: oil, garlic, mussel, sauce, pepper

If you love seafood, then I advise you to fry mussels with garlic in soy sauce with ghee.

Ingredients:

- 1 tbsp. ghee,
- 2 cloves of garlic,
- 300 grams of mussels,
- 3 tbsp. soy sauce,
- black pepper.

16.06.2018

Korean herring with tomato paste

Ingredients: herring, carrots, onions, lemon, oil, tomato paste, vinegar, salt, pepper, seasoning

Korean herring with tomato paste is a very tasty unusual dish that you can easily prepare.

Ingredients:

- 1 herring,
- 1 carrot,
- 2 onions,
- half a lemon,
- 100 ml. vegetable oil,
- 1 tbsp. tomato paste,
- 25-30 grams of vinegar,
- half tsp salt,
- a pinch of cayenne pepper,
- 1 tsp. khmeli-suneli,
- half tsp black pepper.

31.05.2018

Cauliflower in batter

Ingredients: cauliflower, egg, flour, breading, salt, pepper

Cauliflower can be deliciously fried in batter. I’ll tell you how to do this now. You can serve cauliflower with sauce and fresh vegetables.

Ingredients:

- 1 cauliflower,
- 1 egg,
- 1 tbsp. flour,
- 3 tbsp. spicy breading,
- salt,
- black pepper.

31.05.2018

Liver in sour cream with onions

Ingredients: liver, onion, butter, flour, salt, pepper, paprika

Ingredients:

- 300 grams of liver;
- 1 onion;
- 10 grams of green onions;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 2 tbsp. flour;
- salt;
- pepper;
- paprika.

30.05.2018

Draniki with ham and cheese

Ingredients: potatoes, egg, ham, cheese, dill, salt, pepper, butter, flour

Prepare the hash browns with ham and cheese and I assure you they will come out within 5 minutes maximum. The dish is tasty and filling.

Ingredients:

- 2 potatoes,
- 1 egg,
- 70 grams of ham,
- 60 grams of hard cheese,
- 5 grams of dill,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- vegetable oil,
- 1 tbsp. flour.

Appetizers for the holiday table are an integral part of every celebration. Every housewife wants to surprise her guests, please them with delicious dishes and, perhaps, share the recipe with a friend. After all, no matter how food brings us a lot of pleasure, especially if it is healthy, light and satisfying.

The list of snacks is varied and, very conveniently, many ingredients are stored in our refrigerator. It is advisable to prepare all products in advance, because each individual product is an integral part of any dish.

Appetizers can be both cold and hot, which should be taken into account both when serving and during preparation. Hot appetizers will take a little longer.

Preparing snacks specifically for the holiday table requires a lot of patience, because it is not enough to prepare the dish, you need to be able to present it beautifully. Therefore, in order to produce not only a “taste effect” on guests, but also an emotional one, you should be more careful when serving.

How to prepare snacks for the holiday table - 17 varieties

A tasty and light dish that can decorate any table. The egg roll has an amazing ability - you can experiment as much as possible with the filling. In this recipe we use melted cheese and garlic, which gives the dish a delicate and extravagant taste.

Ingredients:

• Base (omelet):
• Eggs 6
• Mayonnaise 150 g
• Flour 1 tbsp. l.
• Semi-hard cheese 150 g.
• Ground black pepper
• Vegetable oil (to grease the pan).

Filling:

• Processed cheese 3 pcs.
• Garlic 3 pcs.
• Dill
• Mayonnaise 100 g.
• Spices (salt, pepper)

Preparation:

We prepare the products that we will need at the very beginning: eggs, garlic, cheese, mayonnaise, flour, butter and the spices listed in the list of ingredients.

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs.

Add mayonnaise, flour, grated cheese, salt, ground pepper. In order to give the snack an unusual taste, as well as to decorate it decoratively, you can add sweet pepper, initially cut into small cubes.

Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and coat it thoroughly with oil. Pour the resulting mixture onto a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven for 5 to 7 minutes at 180°C.

While the base is baking, grate the processed cheese and chop the peeled garlic, add chopped dill, mayonnaise and mix everything.

Mix cheese and garlic, add mayonnaise. At your discretion, you can add spices.

The omelette prepared in the oven is carefully separated from the parchment. We don’t bend anything, we leave it intact.

Spread the prepared filling (steps 5-6) over the entire surface, and then carefully roll it up, pressing tightly. We leave our roll in the refrigerator for 25-40 minutes.

Cut the egg roll into small pieces.

Not only charming, but also a delicious appetizer that will pleasantly surprise all guests. A small list of simple ingredients, a little effort, 30 minutes of time and you have an original appetizer for the holiday table! Get ready to ask your friends about the recipe for this dish.

Ingredients:

• Minced turkey 150 g (however, if turkey is not available, you can replace it with another)
• Green onion 1 bunch
• Ground white pepper 1 pinch
• Salt 2 pinches
• Yeast-free puff pastry 275 g

Preparation:

Prepare puff pastry, minced meat and onions.

Since the minced meat is ready, all we have to do is add finely chopped onion, as well as salt and pepper to taste. Carefully move the resulting mass.

Lay out the dough and cut into small squares. The ideal option is 9x7 cm.

Place the minced meat in small quantities in the middle of the square.

When the minced meat is spread out, we gather the edges of the dough towards the center, you get a small bag.

Before putting our wonderful bags in the oven, just in case, you can tie them with culinary string. Usually the dough holds quite tightly, but if there is little time left before the start of the celebration, in order to avoid such an incident, you can use this advice.

Brush the bags with egg and place in an oven preheated to 200°C for half an hour.

Original, simple and tasteful. The recipe for this snack will bring a good mood not only to your stomach, but also to all guests. Just a little effort and an amazing hot appetizer will already decorate your holiday table!

Ingredients for 10 servings:

• Sandwich bun 10 pcs.
• Chicken fillet 500 g
• Onion 1 pc.
• Refined sunflower oil 3 tbsp. l.
• Butter 35 g (1.5 tbsp)
• Nutmeg 0.25 tsp.
• Wheat flour 1 tbsp. l.
• Ground black pepper 2 pinch
• Milk 300 ml.
• Salt 0.75 tsp.
• Hard cheese 300 g
• Fresh champignons 500 g

Preparation:

Let's prepare the buns for work. To make it convenient, cut off the top and cut out the flesh from the inside. Place the prepared buns in an oven preheated to 200°C for 10-15 minutes. (When the time is up, leave it aside to cool)

While the buns are browning in the oven, prepare the filling. Peel the onion and cut into cubes, then fry in a frying pan, pre-greased with sunflower oil.

Cut the fillet into small pieces. When the meadow is slightly golden, add the meat, salt and mix. While the fillet is frying, chop the champignons finely.

When the meat is almost ready, we will add the champignons. Fry for a few minutes until the champignons are fried and reduced in size. After that, add butter and flour, mix everything well.

Add nuts, pour milk and stir. Be sure to add salt. When the filling thickens, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese.

When the cheese is slightly melted, carefully place the prepared filling into the buns. Sprinkle cheese on top again.

Cook in an oven preheated to 180°C until the cheese melts (about 4-5 minutes).

The holiday should surprise! Salad in tartlets is an original replacement for regular sandwiches. An incredibly simple appetizer that will not only decorate the table, but will also delight all guests.

Ingredients:

• Sand tartlets 10-12 pcs
• Red caviar 6 tsp.
• Crab sticks 100 gr.
• Eggs 2 pcs.
• Canned corn 4 tbsp. l.
• Poppy poppy 1 tsp.
• Mayonnaise 3 tbsp.
• Green salad

Preparation:

Defrost the crab sticks in advance, boil the eggs hard and cool.

Cut the eggs and crab sticks into cubes and place in a separate bowl. Add corn, poppy seeds, salt and pepper to taste and season it all with mayonnaise. Let's mix.

To decorate our appetizer, put 3-4 leaves of green salad on the bottom of the tartlets, and then proceed to evenly distribute the salad among the tartlets with a teaspoon.

We finish our appetizer with the final touch - distributing red caviar into tartlets.

Tasty, appetizing, beautiful, and most importantly - simple!

Anyone who eats salad with bread has simply never tried a sandwich with salad! Original? Not that word! And how pleasantly surprised your guests will be when they try this appetizer! Run for more...

Products (for 4 servings):

• Loaf 200 g
• Crab sticks 100 g
• Fresh cucumber 1 pc.
• Processed cheese 90 g
• Fresh dill 2 sprigs
• Butter 10 g
• Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. spoons
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

Cut the cucumber into small cubes (you can leave the peel). We also cut the crab sticks into cubes. Mix the two ingredients.

Grate the processed cheese (for best results, it is advisable to let the cheese steep in the freezer for 15-20 minutes in advance).

Chop the dill and add to the bowl. Salt to taste and season the entire filling with mayonnaise.

Cut the loaf into slices and lightly dry on each side in a preheated frying pan greased with butter.

Gently spread the filling onto the toasted slices of bread. You can decorate with dill.

One of the simplest and most traditional appetizers for the holiday table. While your guests are climbing the stairs and taking off their shoes in the hallway... you can already prepare a hearty and tasty appetizer for the table.

Ingredients:

• Ham 300 g
• Cheese 200 g
• Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. l.
• Garlic 3-4 cloves

Preparation:

Grate the cheese and place in a separate bowl. Cut the ham into thin slices.

Chop the garlic very finely and add it to the cheese. Season everything with mayonnaise and mix.

Gently place our cheese and garlic filling on each piece of ham with a teaspoon. We twist the roll and secure it with a canapé skewer or a toothpick.

Let's leave the snack in the refrigerator for half an hour so that it is thoroughly soaked and infused.

Lavash is a very optimal option for any table. One simple option is crab sticks and cheese. Both the hostess and the guests will be satisfied after trying this miracle.

Ingredients for two rolls:

• Lavash 2 sheets
• Processed cheese 175 g.
• Crab sticks 240 g.
• Eggs 4 pcs.
• Cucumbers 2 pcs. (you can use pickled cucumber)
• Bunch of greenery

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Finely chop the crab sticks and the greens. Peel the cucumbers and cut into thin strips.

Lay out one sheet of lavash on the table. Carefully coat its entire surface with processed cheese.

Sprinkle the surface with previously chopped crab sticks, eggs, cucumbers and herbs.

Carefully roll the pita bread into a roll and put it in the refrigerator for one hour so that it is thoroughly soaked. This will make it easier to slice the roll before serving.

Well, what could be more interesting and wonderful than an appetizer on skewers? Ideal for a holiday! You just need to prepare the necessary ingredients, find cute skewers and decorate the table with a wonderful snack!

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet 1 pc.
• Pineapple 3-4 rings
• Orange 1 pc.
• Garlic 1 clove
• Salt (to taste)
• Ground black pepper (to taste)
• Spices for meat (to taste)
• Dry mint 3 sprigs
• Vegetable oil (for frying)

Preparation:

Clean and wash the chicken fillet, add seasonings to taste: salt, pepper, meat seasoning.

Heat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil and add mint and garlic.

Place chicken fillet in a frying pan and fry with garlic and mint until golden brown.

Remove the garlic and mint when a golden crust appears on the fillet.

Transfer the fillet to the oven and cook the meat for 20 minutes at 180°C.

Peel the orange, divide it into slices and cut into cubes. We also chop the pineapple.

We also cut the cooled chicken fillet into cubes.

The final touch: take skewers (or toothpicks), prick pieces of chopped pineapple, then orange, a piece of chicken, add pineapple again and finish with a piece of chicken.

Appetizing and incredibly tasty canapés with pineapples, chicken and oranges are ready.

An original cold appetizer that will decorate your holiday table. The tasty filling goes perfectly with chips. Shall we crunch?

Products:

• Tomato 1 pc.
• Garlic 3 teeth.
• Hard cheese 100 g
• Dill 100 g
• Mayonnaise 100 g
• Olives 50 g
• Chips (large, same shape) 10 pcs.

Preparation:

Cut the tomato into small cubes, then chop the dill and place in one bowl. Add grated garlic and cheese. Season with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Carefully spoon the filling onto the chips with a teaspoon.

The filling should be added to the chips only before serving, otherwise the chips will become soggy and the whole dish will lose its “crispy flavor.”

The finished appetizer can be decorated with olives.

Juicy, bright and tasty sandwiches with sprats will become the most popular of all snacks on your holiday table! A combination of crispy bread, delicate filling and, of course, the expressive taste of fish. What could be better than this very traditional dish?

Ingredients:

• Loaf sliced ​​15-18 slices
• Sprats 190 g
• Boiled eggs 3 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber 1 pc.
• Cherry tomatoes 5-7 pcs. + for decoration (optional)
• Mayonnaise 150 g
• Green onion 1 small bunch
• Fresh parsley 1 small bunch
• Fresh dill 1 small bunch
• Lettuce (optional) - for decoration

Preparation:

Dry the pre-cut loaf slices on a dry baking sheet in the oven at 200°C for 15-20 minutes. You can also do this in a frying pan, grease it with butter and fry until golden brown. However, the best option is to use a toaster.

Finely chop the greens: onion, dill and parsley.

Boil the eggs hard, cool, peel and crush in a separate bowl with a fork until they form fine crumbs. Mix together with chopped herbs.

Spread the resulting filling onto slices of toasted bread in a layer of about 1 cm.

Let's get straight to the sandwiches. For each piece of bread we place 1 slice of cucumber and tomatoes, 2 fish. For beauty, add a sprig of dill on top.

Salad with croutons "Royal"

A quick, juicy and original salad will become a real decoration on your holiday table. Crackers will add a special taste and... crunch. It is prepared as quickly as possible and consists of a minimum number of products.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• Chicken eggs 4 pcs.
• Crab sticks 240 g
• Hard cheese 300 g
• Crackers 100 g
• Garlic 2-3 cloves
• Tomato 1 piece
• Lemon (juice) 0.5 pcs.
• Mayonnaise (to taste)
• Black pepper

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut into cubes along with crab sticks and tomatoes. Put everything in a bowl.

We grate the cheese on a coarse grater, and the garlic on a fine grater. Add everything to the bowl.

Sprinkle pepper over all ingredients, chopped and placed in a bowl. Squeeze lemon juice. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise, as desired, and mix everything thoroughly.

Crackers should be added to the salad immediately before serving, otherwise they will become soggy and will not be noticeable.

Each of us has tried this appetizer, because it is considered truly traditional on any holiday table! A delicious filling of cheese and eggs on a slice of tomato... the irreplaceable taste of a stunning and simple dish.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes 1-2 pcs.
• Processed cheese 90 g
• Egg 1 pc.
• Garlic 1 clove
• Fresh dill 1 bunch
• Mayonnaise 1 tbsp. l.
• Salt (to taste)

Preparation:

Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool, peel and grate along with the melted cheese. (To make the cheese grate better, you need to put it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes).

Add grated garlic and finely chopped dill. Season with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Wash the tomatoes, cut into rings and place on a separate plate.

Carefully place the cheese filling on top of the tomatoes.

Don't know how to surprise your guests? The savory filling on crackers will definitely drive you crazy (in a good way, of course) with its simplicity and taste. You will have to run for more more than once...

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes 2 pcs.
• Crab sticks 100 g.
• Processed cheese 90 g
• Garlic 2 cloves
• Dill 1 bunch
• Ground black pepper
• Mayonnaise 2 tbsp. l.
• Cracker cookies (not sweet) 100 g

Preparation:

Finely chop the crab sticks and processed cheese (for greater convenience, it is advisable to keep it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes). Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Mix everything.

Add finely chopped dill and grated garlic to the filling. Sprinkle with pepper. Pour in mayonnaise and mix.

Carefully distribute the resulting appetizer with crab sticks, cheese, garlic and mayonnaise onto crackers, up to 1 tablespoon per cracker.

We decorate the festive appetizer with a sprig of dill.

Not a single holiday table is complete without potatoes, but the key to a real housewife is to present an ordinary dish in an original and tasty way! In our case, potatoes will serve as the main ingredient for making pancakes. By decorating this dish with sour cream and salmon, we will get an exquisite, satisfying and very pretty dish!

Ingredients:

• Potatoes 500 g.
• Onion 1 head
• Red onion 1 head
• Egg 1 pc.
• Flour 3 tbsp.
• Sour cream 200 g.
• Smoked salmon 200 g.
• Vegetable oil
• Salt, pepper (to taste)

Preparation:

Wash the potatoes, peel and grate them. Squeeze thoroughly, mix and squeeze again. Finely chop the onion and add to the potatoes. Beat the egg and add to the potatoes along with the flour. Salt, pepper to taste and mix.

Grease a heated frying pan with vegetable oil. We spread our potato dough in small portions onto the frying pan like pancakes. Fry for a few minutes on each side until golden brown.

Immediately after our pancakes are cooked, you can put them on a paper napkin so that all the excess oil is soaked up, and then put them on a separate plate.

Place the finished pancakes on a plate and coat with sour cream. Then add some red onion, cut into half rings, and a slice of fish.

Lavash is ideal for preparing a wide variety of snacks. You can use many products as a filling - they will all go perfectly together in pita bread. In our case, we will use cheese and herbs. A surprisingly simple and delicious dish!

Ingredients for 5-6 servings:

• Lavash 3 pcs.
• Processed cheese 250 g
• Green onions 1 bunch
• Dill 1 bunch
• Lemon 0.5 pcs.

Preparation:

Finely chop the onion and dill. Add grated processed cheese and mix thoroughly.

Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into a bowl with cheese and herbs, mix well again.

Lay out a sheet of pita bread and spread a thin layer on top of the resulting mixture.

We twist the pita bread, wrap it in foil and put it in the refrigerator to soak for 1 hour.

An appetizing, interesting and very sophisticated appetizer. Ideal for a holiday table if your goal is not only to feed deliciously, but also to surprise your guests! Tartlets with a wide variety of fillings are the leader among snacks.

Ingredients for 10 servings:

• Shrimp 250 g
• Eggs 4 pcs.
• Mozzarella cheese 150 g
• Bell pepper 0.5 pcs.
• Garlic 1 pc.
• Tartlets 10 pcs.
• Red caviar 100 g
• Mayonnaise (to taste)
• Salt (to taste)

Preparation:

Boil, salt the water and add shrimp, cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Then clean carefully. Hard boil the eggs, cool and peel.

Cut the eggs and pepper into cubes, add shrimp and grated cheese, as well as chopped garlic. Pour mayonnaise over everything and mix thoroughly.

Fill the tartlets with filling and serve!

Appetizer "Raffaello"

Tell me at least one person who doesn’t like Raffaello. But when dessert is far away, you can surprise your guests with amazingly tasty and original cheese balls in crab shavings! A dish that should please the eye on absolutely every holiday table, because it is not only beautiful and tasty, but also incredibly simple!

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks 200 g
• Cheese 200 g
• Eggs 4 pcs.
• Garlic 5 cloves
• Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. l

Preparation:

Boil the eggs hard, cool, peel and grate on a small grater. Next, grate the cheese and garlic into a separate bowl.

Mix eggs, cheese and garlic in a separate bowl. Add mayonnaise.

Grate the crab sticks and place in a separate bowl.

Using a tablespoon, take a mixture of eggs, cheese and garlic and dump everything into small balls.

We roll our balls in crab shavings and put them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Cherry tomatoes with cucumber and cheese filling

Ingredients:

Cherry tomatoes - 24 pcs.
Cream cheese - 100 g
Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
Medium cucumber - ½ pc.
Finely chopped green onions - 1 tbsp. l.
Finely chopped fresh dill - 2 tsp.

Cooking original snacks for the table, recipes with photos, simple and tasty:

1. Peel the cucumber and cut into very small cubes.
2. Cut off the top of the tomatoes and carefully remove the pulp. Place on a paper towel, bottom up, to drain excess juice.
3. In a bowl, mix mayonnaise and cream cheese until smooth, stir in cucumber, dill and green onions.
4. Stuff the tomatoes with the filling and put the dish in the refrigerator for a few minutes: this appetizer is tastier when eaten chilled.

Appetizer with cucumber and smoked turkey

Ingredients:

Medium cucumber - 3 pcs.
Pesto sauce - ¼ cup
Slices of processed cheese - 6 pcs.
Smoked turkey or chicken - 170 g
Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
Spinach leaves - ½ cup
Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparing holiday snacks:

1. Cut the cucumbers into slices (thin flat slices) 2 mm thick. Blot the slices with a paper towel to remove excess juice.
2. Cut the cheese slices into strips about 2 cm wide.
3. Cut the turkey into small cubes, pepper into strips, finely chop the spinach.
4. Spread the cucumber slice evenly with pesto sauce (1 tsp per piece is enough), place turkey, bell peppers and spinach on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Roll the roll and secure it in the middle with a toothpick. We serve appetizer recipes to the holiday table right away.

Salmon rolls with curd filling

Ingredients:

Lightly salted salmon or any salmon fish - 120 g
Low-fat cottage cheese - 50 g
Cucumbers (optional) - 100 g
Garlic - 1 clove
French mustard - 10 g
Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparing appetizers for the table:

1. Place the cottage cheese in a bowl, knead it with a spoon and mix it with mustard.
2. Finely chop the cucumber, crush the garlic with the flat side of the knife and add to the curd mass. Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.
3. Place a little filling on the edge of a salmon slice, roll it into a roll and pin it with a toothpick. You can eat it right away, or you can put it in the refrigerator for a while. You get very tasty snacks for the holiday table, recipes with photos.

Bruschetta with sardines and cream cheese

Ingredients:

Fresh baguette - 1 pc.
Can of canned sardines (it is best to take boneless fillets) - 1 pc.
Mozzarella - 300 g
Olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.
Fresh herbs - 1 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Cut the baguette into thin slices, sprinkle with olive oil and lightly fry in a frying pan - half a minute on each side.
2. Preheat the oven (best in the “grill” mode) to 180 °C.
3. Drain the liquid from the sardines and mash the fish a little with a fork. Cut the mozzarella into thin slices.
4. For each slice of toasted baguette, place a piece of mozzarella and 1-2 tbsp. l. sardines
5. Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet and place in the oven under the grill for 2-3 minutes to melt the cheese.
6. Sprinkle with Provençal herbs or herbs and serve. The appetizer for the holiday table is ready.

Omelet rolls with mushrooms and spinach

Perhaps the most exquisite simple and tasty snacks for the holiday table - recipes with photos will be on your table. Bon appetit.

Ingredients:

Eggs - 2 pcs.
Champignons (canned or pickled) - 100 g
Spinach - 1 handful
Olive oil - 1 tbsp. l.
Balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Beat eggs in a bowl.
2. Cut the mushrooms into small cubes, finely chop the spinach and add to the mushrooms. Pour in balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
3. Heat a frying pan with olive oil over high heat. Pour about 2 tbsp into the pan. l. beaten eggs and spread evenly like pancake batter.
4. Fry until done, but only on one side. Fry the omelet pancakes until the eggs run out.
5. Place the mushroom and spinach filling on the pancakes. Roll into rolls, secure with toothpicks if necessary, and serve.

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INGREDIENTS:
For the test:
`79; 4 eggs;
● salt;
● 7 tbsp. l. flour;
● 1/3 tsp. soda;
● 200 g sour cream;
● 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise.
For filling:
● 6 boiled eggs;
● a large bunch of onions;
● salt.
PREPARATION:
Beat eggs with salt. Add sour cream...

Thin Armenian lavash is a surprisingly convenient product for many original recipes. We finally tried out another one, which we had pinned our hopes on for a long time and not in vain. In just 10 minutes, simple ingredients made an excellent, hearty breakfast!
Ingredients:
-Armenian lavash
-Cheese
-Egg
Preparation:
Cut the pita bread into transverse strips. Cut the cheese into slices...

Red caviar 70 gr
Processed cheese 70 gr
Dill 20 gr
Crispbread 100 gr
STEP-BY-STEP PREPARATION
Step 1. Main ingredients.
Step 2. Open the pack of bread. Let's put them on the board.
Step 3. Coat each piece with toaster cheese.
Step 4. Take cling film. Let's put it on the table. To the center...

1. Salmon rolls with cream cheese
Ingredients:
Lightly salted salmon slices - 250 g
Cream cheese - 250 g
Pickled or fresh cucumbers - 1-2 pcs.
Dill sprigs - 3-4 pcs.
Lettuce leaves - for serving
Lemon juice - for serving
Red caviar - for decoration
…

A stuffed lavash roll is a delicious and quick appetizer that can be prepared for a holiday table or a picnic. You can experiment with fillings to suit your taste. This time I made a pita roll with crab sticks and cucumber. It turned out very appetizing and satisfying, and fresh...

I associate this incredibly simple recipe with feasts from my distant childhood. The smell of toast rubbed with garlic and sprats are incomparable. This appetizer, despite its simplicity, will always have a place on your table!
Ingredients:
Bread 4 slices.
Chicken egg 2 pcs (hard-boiled)
Sprats...

For you, dear hostesses! Recipes for original snacks for the holiday table of your choice. Try to cook and surprise your family and guests with delicious snacks!
1. NEW YEAR’S SNACK FROM EGGS “SNOWMAN”
You will need:
6 large eggs (for the body), hard-boiled
6 small eggs (for the head), hard-boiled
Peppercorns
1 carrot
1 …

Insanely delicious!
Ingredients:
-1 egg
-1 glass of milk
-1 cup flour
-300 g suluguni (cottage cheese)
-30 g butter
Preparation:
1. Whisk the egg in a bowl.
2. Pour in the milk and beat everything again.
3. Add flour and beat everything.
4. Grate 300 grams of suluguni.
5. Put the grated...

Unwrap the pita bread (thin), put the filling on it and roll it into rolls or envelopes. Let soak for 30 minutes.
Place on a plate and garnish with herbs. Can be cut into slices.
Toppings for lavash:
1. Chop 1 package of crab sticks. Add parsley and dill, garlic and mayonnaise to taste. The filling should not... We will continue the recipes for appetizers for the holiday table in a separate article.

Filling:
- cottage cheese + herbs + garlic on a fine grater + you can add spices to taste.
Preparation:
1. Wash the leaves of Chinese cabbage, dry them well, cut off the white hard part.
2. Place 1.5-2 tbsp in the middle of a leaf of Chinese cabbage. l. filling and carefully roll up.
Let's try light and quick snacks for the holiday table; recipes with photos are simple and tasty!😉

1) CRAB STICKS “CHARMING”
Ingredients:
● crab sticks - 1 package (200 g),
● eggs - 3-4 pcs,
● cheese - 70-100 g,
● garlic - 1-3 cloves,
● mayonnaise,
● dill
Preparing snacks for the holiday:
Boil the eggs. Carefully separate the whites from the yolks and grate into different bowls...

Excellent original snacks for the holiday table from fresh homemade tomatoes!
You will need:
Tomatoes 1 kg
Bell pepper (red) 1 pc.
Onion 180 g
Fresh dill 1 bunch
Garlic 0.5 pcs
Water 1 l
Salt 50 g
Sugar 120 g
Vinegar 9% 100 g
How to cook:
Stage 1.
Tomatoes …

Ingredients:
- 250 g pork
– 50 g mushrooms (champignons)
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 onion
- 30 g flour
- breadcrumbs
- vegetable oil
- greenery
- salt
- black pepper (ground)
Preparation:
1. We begin the work of appetizers for the festive table by preparing an omelet. Fry onions and mushrooms. Beat the eggs, add...

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Buffet: when is it appropriate and irreplaceable?

It was the practical and sophisticated French who coined the term “buffet,” which means “fork.” That is, all the food served at the buffet must fit on one fork. A distinctive feature of a buffet is that people are not seated at tables, but move freely around the room with a glass and a small plate in their hands, which does not prevent them from feeling comfortable and communicating with each other. Before organizing a buffet, you need to familiarize yourself with its first rules, one might say, commandments:

• the number of dishes that will be on the tables (plates, glasses, spoons, forks and napkins) should be two or even three times more than the invited guests;

• sometimes it makes sense to purchase disposable tableware, but only of the same type and decent quality, stylized and aesthetic;
• at the entrance it would be nice to place a “hospitality table” with an aperitif: champagne, cognac, liqueurs or liqueurs;

• tables with refreshments should be located so that they are easy and simple to get to;
• buffet tables should be slightly higher than ordinary kitchen tables: usually their height is a little more than a meter.

Traditional buffet dishes: what appetizers are suitable?

All kinds of cold appetizers are extremely popular at the buffet table: small sandwiches, multi-layered canapés, stuffed vegetables, and especially rolls and mini-rolls with various fillings.

No buffet is complete without exquisitely decorated meat and sausage cuts, cheese plates, and assorted fruits.

Beautifully decorated tartlets with different fillings, various sandwiches, snacks on skewers, slices or chips - all this will not only become part of a wonderful menu for any holiday, but will also be perfect for any corporate event, business buffet or friendly party.

If you want to have a fun holiday, be sure to take care of alcoholic beverages in advance. Basically, guests at the buffet table are offered champagne, table wines, and a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.

What should you not serve at a buffet?

According to the rules of the buffet, all dishes and snacks served at it must be “one bite”, that is, they are decorated very laconically, but capaciously and compactly. The following are not at all welcome at the buffet table:

• various first courses, in particular soups, at least in their usual serving;
• traditional hot dishes - potatoes, meat, roasts, all kinds of stews and casseroles - are strictly not welcome. It should be convenient for the guest to put snacks on a plate and eat them with just a fork;

• the fish must be thoroughly cleaned of bones and thinly sliced: guests should not experience discomfort when picking their hands in the plate in order to separate the bones from the pulp;
• Layered salads in traditional salad bowls are not allowed at a buffet table: there are many other ways to serve your favorite dishes dressed with sauces at such an event.

Cold appetizers for the holiday: a tribute to the classics

Basically, the buffet table consists of cold appetizers, which should be light, unobtrusive, for every taste. At the same time, they should be portioned so that guests do not have to cut or share the dish, trying to take a piece for themselves.

Before the buffet, you should carefully consider the menu and serve universal snacks that will be good both cold and hot, since it is not customary to reheat food at such an event. Food should be in harmony with the drinks offered to guests. So, we offer you several popular and proven options for buffet dishes.

Nslices and rolls for the holiday table

Traditionally, at a buffet table it is customary to serve a variety of cuts: meat, vegetable, cheese and fruit platters. Dishes with slices look very beautiful, especially if you don’t just put meat and sausages on the dish, but combine them with other products, such as olives, wrap them in rolls, and string them on skewers.

A cheese plate looks very advantageous: several types of cheese are cut in a variety of ways: hard cheese is cut into plates or triangles, and soft cheeses are cut into cubes.

Along with the cheese, it is customary to place grapes, honey and nuts on the dish: these products are in perfect harmony with each other.

Cold appetizers for the festive table in the form of rolls are not only nutritious, but also very beautiful dishes that diversify and add originality to the menu of any feast. You can make such rolls from almost any product: pita bread, cheese, fish, zucchini, pieces of meat or ham, as well as wrap all kinds of fillings in pancakes, omelettes and crab sticks.

The most popular rolls at buffets are:

• cheese rolls with meat or mushroom filling;
• ham rolls with “Jewish” salad and herbs;
• rolled lavash or puff pastry (meat, red fish, caviar, processed cheese with salmon or mushrooms are suitable fillings);

• zucchini or cucumber rolls filled with spreadable cream cheese;

• herring rolls with chopped gherkins or Korean carrots as filling. This option for serving herring looks much more original and festive than a banal fillet cut into pieces, and is eaten by guests in a matter of minutes.

A very unusual dish is a cheese roll with chicken and mushrooms. To make it you need:

• boil chicken fillet and one chicken egg;
• chop and fry mushrooms;
• chop all the ingredients, mix them and season with mayonnaise, adding a little herbs;
• grate 500-700 grams of hard cheese, put it in the microwave or oven for a couple of minutes: the cheese should melt and acquire a viscous, pasty consistency;
• Place cling film or baking parchment on the table and “pour” the cheese onto it, smoothing the edges with a spoon;
• After waiting for the cheese to dry a little, spread the filling evenly on it;\
• roll the cheese into a tight roll;
• wrap it in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours;
• beautifully cut into slices and serve.

Lavash or omelette rolls are made in the same way. You can wrap any products in them that are in harmony with each other to taste.

Don’t forget about fruit slices: fruits and berries must decorate the buffet table, and they can be served in an original and elegant way:

Sandwiches and canapés

The simplest snack at a buffet table is sandwiches. You can prepare countless quantities of them and they will all be completely and irrevocably eaten, the main thing is to serve them beautifully and effectively, using a variety of products for cooking. It is convenient to use different breads as a basis for them:

• white toast - for club sandwiches, sandwiches with caviar, red and white fish;

• black - for sandwiches with herring, bacon and pickles;

• crackers - used to serve canapés: on savory ones, cheese with olives and herbs are served, on sweet ones, sweet cream with berries.

Potato pancakes are suitable as a base for sandwiches: any salted fish goes well with them. Even from simple products such as black bread, lettuce, cream cheese, small tomatoes and olives, you can make very impressive and appetizing sandwiches.

Take note of a few more extraordinary ways to prepare canapés.

Appetizers on skewers and tartlets

The simplest, but no less tasty, are cold appetizers served in tartlets. You can bake them yourself, or you can buy them ready-made at any store. These small baskets can be filled with any salad, garnished with a sprig of parsley or a few eggs, and an original, delicious appetizer is ready.

The following combinations are great as fillings for tartlets:

• processed cheese and seafood;
• liver, carrots and pickled cucumbers;
• chicken, prunes and fresh cucumber;
• cheese with garlic and olives;
• smoked meat or chicken and pickled mushrooms.

These same snacks can be served in another way by placing them on large potato chips of the same size or, alternatively, on unsweetened crackers.

The most popular food for a buffet table is appetizers on skewers, as they are very convenient to eat and very easy to prepare.

You can put any food that goes well together on the skewers. On them you can string cubes of meat, thin slices of ham and cheese, miniature pickled mushrooms and gherkins, cheese with grapes, as well as various seafood - mussels, shrimp and others.

This appetizer is very original and tasty. "Taste of Italy", and it is very easy to prepare. For this you will need:

• 200 g mozzarella in small balls;
• 2 sprigs of cherry tomatoes;
• a bunch of green basil;
• a handful of dried basil.

Remove the mozzarella from the brine, dry it and roll it in dried herbs. Thread a tomato, a green basil leaf and a ball of mozzarella onto a skewer.

Stuffed dishes at a buffet table

Stuffed dishes are an excellent option for cold appetizers, because a lot of products can be stuffed, the contents of which can be taken out and filled with something tasty, resulting in a snack with a harmonious, refined taste. An excellent option for a cold holiday snack would be:

• eggs stuffed with canned salmon and decorated with red caviar;

• tomatoes stuffed with crab salad;
• halves of sweet bell pepper with the core removed, filled with any salad.

An original and elegant appetizer that will decorate any table is “Fly Agaric”. To prepare it you will need:

• several cherry tomatoes, cut in half;
• 200 g ham;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• 100 g cheese;
• 1 large cucumber;
• 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise or sour cream.

Steps for preparing the snack:

• in a separate dish, mix diced ham, grated cheese and eggs;
• season the salad with sauce;
• cut the cucumber into medium-sized rings;
• We collect fly agaric mushrooms: first we place cucumber rings on a flat dish, on them we put balls that we “roll” from the ham and cheese salad, and on the balls we place halves of tomatoes - the caps of our mushrooms.

In order for the appetizer to acquire a finished, believable look, you need to put mayonnaise dots on the caps of the fly agarics.

Mini pastries: what to serve at a buffet?

Baked goods are very welcome at the buffet table, but all of them should be in mini format: if they are pies, then miniature ones, if they are pies, then they should be cut into tiny portions. Eclairs with cheese and liver filling and small puff pastries, which can be stuffed with any salad, are very popular.

At a buffet table, it is customary to serve pancakes stuffed with everything you like, in several serving options:

• roll the pancake greased with filling into a roll, cut into small pieces, decorate with herbs and caviar;
• roll up the filled pancake into a neat envelope;
• Place the minced meat in the middle of the pancake, gather the edges to form a bag, and connect the ends with a feather of green onion.

Today, muffins are very popular at buffet tables - miniature cupcakes with or without filling. This snack successfully replaces even a cake, because you can serve several options for muffins and guests will try them all.

Hot dishes for buffet

Although the format of such a holiday as a buffet does not imply heating food, hot food is required at such an event. The following would be ideal as hot dishes:

• kebabs on bamboo sticks made from chicken or pork;

• mini-kebabs of mussels, shrimp or chicken hearts;
• chicken or seafood julienne in portioned bowls or tartlets;

• meat rolls with various fillings (mushrooms, ham, cheese, bacon);
• As a side dish at a buffet table, you can serve boiled new potatoes, sprinkled with herbs and strung on skewers.

Fondue is perfect for a buffet table: hard or processed cheese is heated in a sauce container and brought to a liquid consistency, to which you can add herbs and spices. Anything can be dipped into this sauce: small sausages, cubes of sausage and cheese, croutons, miniature potatoes, pastries.

Recipes for “fashionable” appetizers for buffets: modern ways of serving dishes

Over time, not only new recipes for buffet dishes become popular, but also the ways of serving them are improved.

Snacks in transparent glasses : a very fashionable type of treat for even the most sophisticated buffets. You can put everything in a glass: from thick sauces (guacamole, sour cream, to which garlic and dill are added, eggplant pulp, mashed with herbs, garlic and cheese in puree, to soups with a creamy consistency).

In these glasses you can dip skewers with lightly salted herring strung on them, boiled or baked meat, ham, croutons with vegetables.

Surprise your guests with an original presentation of simple products, prepare an appetizer "Chinese chopsticks". To prepare it, you will need a package of regular straws and 300 g of lightly salted red salmon. The fish is cut into the thinnest slices and overlapped onto each straw. If necessary, the base of the straw can be tied with a feather of green onion.

You can serve thinly sliced ​​ham and salami in the same way, and use cheese sticks instead of straws. These sticks are served by placing them in glasses.

Club sandwiches - unusual sandwiches made from familiar products. They are prepared from toast bread and any ingredients (ham, meat, fresh cucumbers, processed cheese and others). It is noteworthy that such a sandwich is “multi-story”, covered with bread on top, and cut into several small triangles. Sometimes tiny buns are used to prepare them.

And, of course, rolls are an incredibly popular snack that has simply become a trend at modern buffets.

Buffet table design options

To make your buffet unforgettable, you need to be creative not only in preparing dishes, but also in decorating the festive table. So, we offer you some tips to help you create an unusual, original holiday:

• to save space on the holiday table and to create the effect of abundance, use special multi-tiered dishes, that is, arrange snacks in tiers so that they are easy to take;

• For a buffet table, white or light linen tablecloths decorated with lace or classic cotton tablecloths with or without delicate embroidery are relevant: such a tablecloth is the easiest to choose tableware for, and besides, it will suit any format of celebration;
• Actively use glasses and shot glasses for table setting: not only for drinks, but also for snacks, in particular salads and desserts. Glasses can successfully replace plates and salad bowls, and it looks very impressive;

• Serve dishes in special ceramic spoons. This technique is used at the most sophisticated buffets; “snacks” are usually served in such spoons - beautifully decorated balls rolled from a variety of salads.

We invite you to consider other options for the original design of dishes on the buffet table:

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In certain situations, there is nothing better than a buffet to celebrate significant events. Your guests will arrange their own food and drinks, serve themselves, and the host of the party will be free to accept congratulations and communicate with his friends in a relaxed and easy atmosphere.