Time flies fast and every year we get older and older. Every year we face the same question. Should you celebrate a birthday? If you celebrate, then whom to invite, where to celebrate and what to cook? If you invite friends to a cafe or restaurant, then there will be no problems with cooking. But if you decide to celebrate your birthday at home, in the country or somewhere in nature, then the problem of compiling a menu will be especially acute. ›

In order to create a festive menu, it is not at all necessary to spend incredible amounts of money. Dishes from affordable products, prepared with fiction, some kind of “zest”, will please your guests and at the same time will not pose a threat to your family budget. ›

As you know, the menu for the New Year's table includes snacks, salads, a hot dish, a side dish, various drinks, fruits and, of course, desserts. imagine without them New Year just impossible. The main rule of the menu for the New Year's table: food should be varied, tasty and beautiful! ›

Have you already chosen a place for a romantic evening, thought out decorations and entourage, and bought cute gifts? Now is the time to think about food. And it does not matter where the festive breakfast, lunch or dinner will take place, the main thing is not to miss the choice of dishes. ›

Men now have the hottest days - chasing gifts and compiling a menu for a romantic breakfast-lunch-dinner (underline as necessary). Moreover, the fuss in the kitchen of some representatives of the stronger sex is much more frightening than running around the shops! But it is not in vain that it is men who are the best cooks. ›

Menu planning for any festive table the matter is long and complicated. And if we are talking about New Year's Eve, smoothly turning into morning, the task becomes more complicated at times. No, of course, you can just prepare a whole table of proven dishes or, conversely, try to impress the guests by composing something exquisite or exotic, but all your work can go to waste if you miss some important points. ›

We have compiled the Christmas table menu according to traditional recipes Russian cuisine, published in the Big Book of Christmas. It turned out to be really big - 20 recipes, but you don’t have to cook all the dishes at once, because according to tradition, the Christmas table should consist of 12 dishes. ›

The bright holiday of Easter is approaching. On this day (and throughout the entire holiday week), we want to surprise our loved ones with a rich, magnificent festive table. Someone uses time-tested recipes, while someone scours the Internet in search of unusual or even exotic dishes. Maybe our recipes will suit you? ›

With full confidence, we can say that every housewife has already compiled at least an approximate menu for the New Year's table 2015, which includes both snacks and variety of salads, and original hot dishes and, of course, dessert. There is still time to make some adjustments to the menu, replacing a couple of dishes from the list with more original and interesting ones. ›

Morning holiday should be special. It is the morning that can give you and your dear men a great mood for the whole day. The brunch menu that we offer you is simple, but you should think about the products for it in advance. ›

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In summer, you want to celebrate your birthday with special dishes, because there are so many fresh fruits and vegetables around.

Mayonnaise salads and meatballs let them stay in the winter, and in the summer we will prepare a festive treat with sun glare. What to cook in the summer for a birthday, a summer holiday menu especially for you, read on.

Summer holiday - BIRTHDAY

In summer, the festive table shines with bright colors of summer: emerald greens of parsley and dill, ruby ​​bell peppers and tomatoes, juicy apples and pears, amber bunches of grapes and...

Yes, there are many things that you want to try or cook. Indeed, lucky those who were born in the summer. All the richness of nature is available in the most incredibly fresh form and taste.

It remains only to set the table and call the guests. And what to surprise them at a summer banquet for a birthday will tell you What to Prepare.ru and, of course, me.

What to cook for a birthday in the summer?

Don't forget fresh vegetable salads.

Video recipe "Fresh vegetable salad"

You can also make a simple and quick Caesar salad recipe from salads.

Snack "Von Bismarck"

Ingredients:

• medium ripe tomatoes
• ground pepper
• dried basil
• olive oil

Cooking method:

1. Cut the tomatoes into slices, 0.5 cm thick or slightly thicker. Dry with napkins.
2. Pour olive oil into a preheated pan, put circles of tomatoes on it.
3. Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side.
4. Transfer to a dish lined with lettuce, salt, pepper and season with dried basil. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar to taste. Great snack for various wines. Perfectly sets off the taste of wine and cheeses.

For hot, you can cook pork stuffed with vegetables.

Recipe Baked pork "Meat Book"

Mediterranean chicken recipe

Ingredients:

• big chick
• 2 lemons
• 2 goals garlic
• 1 b. dry white wine
• thyme
• olive oil
• ground pepper

Cooking method:

1. Wash the chicken, dry it with a towel, rub with salt and pepper.
2. Squeeze juice from one lemon, mix with wine and 3 tbsp. l. olive oil.
3. Put the chicken in a tall dish, pour over wine marinade.
4. Peel the head of garlic, pass the cloves through a press and add to the chicken.
5. Leave the chicken in a cool place to marinate for about 3-4 hours. Then cut across the breast and unfold like a book.
6. Cut the second lemon into slices, lay half on the bottom of the baking dish.
7. Drizzle lemons with olive oil, lay sprigs of thyme and chicken. Spread the remaining lemon and thyme over the chicken.
8. Crush the head of garlic with a knife and crush with your hands into a mold.
9. Drizzle with the remaining marinade and place in the hot oven for an hour. Baste periodically with marinade. You can submit in the same way.

I also advise you to learn from the famous chef Uriel Stern and cook Moroccan chicken, just from the Mediterranean cuisine!

Video recipe "Moroccan Chicken"

Sea tongue with bell pepper

Ingredients:

• sole fillet
• red bell pepper
• 1 hot red pepper
• mayonnaise
• greens to taste

Cooking method:

1. Thaw the sole fillet, put on paper towels for greater dryness.
2. Rub with salt and place on a greased baking sheet.
3. Grill the bell pepper, remove the skin and chop with a knife.
4. Wash the hot pepper, remove the seeds and chop finely.
5. Lubricate the sea tongue with mayonnaise, put the peppers on top and grease with mayonnaise again. Bake in a hot oven for about 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

And another recipe that you can cook in a slow cooker while you cook other dishes!

Baked meat in a slow cooker - fragrant marinade

Quick marinated champignons

Ingredients:

• 1 kg small fresh whole mushrooms
• 1.5 st. l. salt
• 2 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar
• Bay leaf
• peppercorns

Cooking method:

1. Wash the mushrooms, cover with water and bring to a boil. Drain the water from the mushrooms and pour fresh. Add salt, pepper and bay leaf.
2. Boil mushrooms for 15-20 minutes over low heat. Then drain the liquid into a separate bowl.
3. Pour vinegar into the mushrooms, mix and transfer to a sterilized glass jar or food container. Pour in the marinade so that the mushrooms are covered with liquid. Top the mushrooms with vegetable oil.
4. Place in refrigerator for 3-5 hours. Serve the mushrooms chilled, with onions and dill.

Birthdays, February 23, March 8. May 1, New Year, family holidays - an occasion to set the table. All self-respecting housewives try to please relatives and friends with a variety of dishes. Of course, every chef has his own signature recipes. But sometimes you want to cook something new, unusual. In this article, I publish a sample holiday menu of 14 simple but tasty and original dishes which may give you ideas of your own. And for dessert, you can bake an unusual one.

Salads and snacks without eggs

Puff salad with pineapples

Products:
- 6 items boiled potatoes;
- a can of pineapples about 560 grams;
- 3-4 cloves of garlic;
– hard cheese about 300 grams;
- mayonnaise.

Cooking:
Mix mayonnaise with garlic squeezed through a press. Grate boiled potatoes on a coarse grater, salt. Lay the layer on a flat dish. Spread with mayonnaise-garlic sauce. Place sliced ​​pineapple on top. Cover with sauce too. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. Simple but very delicious salad ready. You can arrange as in the picture.

A simple salad that even a novice in cooking can handle, see.

Black bread croutons with herring mousse.

The mousse itself can be prepared in advance, and croutons (croutons) will have to be made immediately before serving.

Products for 4 pieces of Borodino bread:
– 1 herring fillet or half of a whole herring:
- 2-3 pieces of green onions;
- processed cheese;
- 2 boiled carrots;
- ground black pepper;
- 4 slices of black bread.

Cooking:
Cut off the crusts from the bread and send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees to dry. This will take 5 - 7 minutes.

Cut herring and onion into small pieces. carrots and processed cheese grate on a coarse grater. Put everything in a blender, pepper and mix well. Don't have a blender? Use a meat grinder, just insert a fine mesh. Is the mousse dry? It depends on the herring. Add a tablespoon of mayonnaise or vegetable oil and mix well.

Gently form a mousse with two spoons and place on the croutons. Garnish with dill and leek, or as you wish.

Pancakes with salmon.

Products:
For pancakes.

- flour 400 gr;
- eggs 2 pcs.;
- milk 1 liter;
- vegetable oil 2 tablespoons;
- a pinch of salt;
- vanillin.

For filling.
- slightly salted salmon about 100 gr.;
- hard cheese is also about 100 gr.;
- pickled cucumbers 2 pieces;
- mayonnaise 2 tbsp. spoons;
- ground black pepper;
- green onion feathers.

Cooking:
If you know how to bake pancakes, you can make them according to your own recipe. And for the rest, I will continue. If you have a blender, put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. If not, use a whisk or fork. First mix the eggs, then add milk and all other products except flour, mix well. Then add a little flour, mixing the dough thoroughly so that no lumps form.

Be sure to heat the pan well and grease it with oil.

I think that for the holiday it is better to bake intricate pancakes in the form of snowflakes. This is done quite simply. Pour the bulk of the pancake into the middle of the pan, and, turning it slightly, let the dough spread a little.

Then you scoop some dough into a spoon and draw patterns around. You can collect the test in a small plastic bottle and draw from it. This is somewhat more convenient, but the test is spent more.

When all the pancakes are ready, cover them with a plate or cling film to make them softer.

For now, let's get on with the filling. Cut salmon into small squares. Cheese grate on a fine grater. Finely chop the pickles too. Pepper, add mayonnaise and mix everything.

Divide the onion into feathers and steam with boiling water to make them more elastic.

In the middle of each pancake, put a tablespoon of the filling, form a bag and carefully tie with onion feathers. During this procedure, it is better to involve children or a husband, let them also take part in the preparations for the holiday.

These bags are served cold to the table, but if you are making them on the eve of the holiday, it is better to warm them up in the microwave for a few seconds so that the pancakes are not harsh.

Meat rolls with cucumber and mustard.

Products:
- pork 400 grams;
- pickled cucumbers 2 pcs.;
- red onion 1 pc.;
- mustard grains 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt pepper;
- flour for breading.

Cooking:
Cut the meat into thin plates, cover with a film and beat well, salt and pepper. Cucumbers and red onion cut into strips. Put grain mustard, pieces of cucumbers and onions on each piece of meat.

Roll into rolls and secure with toothpicks to keep them from unraveling. Gently roll in flour. Put seam side down first in a well-heated pan with vegetable oil. Fry on all sides until golden brown.

Cut the rolls in half at a 45 degree angle. Drizzle with lazy tartar sauce.

Sauce “Lazy tartare”

Products:
- pickled cucumbers 2-3 pieces;
- head of red onion;
- garlic 2-3 cloves;
- half a bunch of parsley;
- salt pepper;
- mayonnaise 2 tablespoons;
- granular mustard.

This sauce is prepared very simply, and most importantly, quickly, but this requires a blender. Cut all the ingredients, put everything except mustard in a blender and beat until homogeneous mass. Now add mustard to taste and stir with a spoon. You can, of course, finely chop everything, but it will take time, and during the New Year's troubles, it is just not enough.

Herring under a fur coat in a roll

Products:

- herring - 1 pc.;
- potatoes - 4 pcs.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- beets - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise - 200 g;
- bow - 1 pc.;
- vinegar for pickling onions.

Cooking:
Pre-cut the onion arbitrarily and marinate in vinegar for 2-3 hours. But you can put raw, at your discretion.

Boil potatoes, carrots and beets, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater or cut into small cubes.

Peel the herring, separate from the bones, cut into small pieces.

It is better to squeeze the beets through gauze to remove excess moisture. If your carrots are also juicy, then it is better to squeeze it out.

To make a roll, we spread cling film on the table, a cut plastic bag or foil, whoever has what. Mix the beets with mayonnaise and spread evenly on the film. Cover again with clingfilm and tamp the layer well. Remove this top film. You can salt the beets a little. Try to make each subsequent layer slightly narrower in width than the previous one. We do the same with carrots, only now we smear them on beets. The third layer - potatoes with mayonnaise, is smeared on carrots, respectively. Don't forget to salt it. Next, put the onion, if you pickled it, then you need to let it drain so that it is not too wet. And the last layer is herring. It is better to lay it not over the entire surface of the roll, but with a long log in the middle. We tamp all layers in the same way with the help of cling film.

Gently roll the roll around the herring log. We tamp the edges well. We wrap in the same film. We put the snack in the refrigerator, until the arrival of guests. Before serving, remove the film and cut into portions.

Snack "Calla"

Products:
- 100-200 gr. ham or any boiled sausage;
- 100 gr. any cheese or fatty cottage cheese, it must be salted;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
-mayonnaise.

Cooking:
Grate cheese and carrots on a fine grater. Squeeze the garlic through a press. Mix everything and season with mayonnaise. If you use cottage cheese, then the taste will be different. I usually make half with cottage cheese, half with cheese.
Cut sausage or ham into thin slices. Roll into a ball and secure with toothpicks to keep it from unrolling. Fill with salad. Decorate with greens, pieces of red bell pepper, olives or just ketchup.

stuffed peaches

The appetizer has an interesting taste due to sweet peaches and salty filling.
Products:
- small, 200 grams, a piece of turkey meat;
- a can of canned peaches in halves;
- a can of canned corn;
- any spicy cheese, 200 grams;
- mayonnaise or sauce own cooking;
- salt, pepper to taste.

For sauce:
- a jar of yogurt;
- lemon;
- mustard.

Cooking:
Boil the meat in salted water, cool.

While preparing the sauce. In yogurt, add a teaspoon of mustard, a tablespoon of lemon juice and add a little. Mix all ingredients well.

We take out the peaches from the jar, lay them on a towel. They need to be dried well. To do this, you can put them upside down to drain excess juice, or blot each piece with a napkin.

Then the bottoms for stability must be cut off, but be careful not to make a hole.

Now we cut the turkey into small pieces, three cheese on a coarse grater and add 3-4 tablespoons of corn without juice. Carefully put the sauce or ready-made mayonnaise. Salad should not be wet. Sauce or mayonnaise is used here simply to bind products. Salt, pepper, if necessary.
We stuff the halves of peaches and lay them out on a flat dish.

See also another article.

Salads and appetizers with eggs.

stuffed crab sticks.

I want to warn you right away, the appetizer is a big success, so make more.
Products for 10 pieces of chilled (do not take frozen) crab sticks:

Grate the cheese on a fine grater, set aside a third for sprinkling. Leave the yolk of one egg, too. Grate eggs or crush with a fork. Squeeze the garlic through a press. Finely chop the greens. Add sour cream and mayonnaise. To mix everything. If you like pepper, you can also add.

Gently unfold the crab sticks and put the filling on the edge. Now the sticks must also be carefully rolled up. Put 4 sticks on a plate, 3 on top, then two and put the last one on the very top. We got some kind of hut. Sprinkle it with "snow" - cheese and egg yolk or protein, as you like. The snack is ready.

Cheese balls

Products:

• boiled potatoes 4 pcs.;
• boiled eggs 4 pcs.;
• crab sticks 10 pcs.;
• hard cheese 200 gr.;
• mayonnaise 2 tbsp. spoons;
• pepper.

Cooking:
Grate cheese on a fine grater and set aside. Cut potatoes, eggs, crab sticks as small as possible, season with mayonnaise and pepper. Salt, in principle, is not necessary, but if you really want, you can. Mix everything well. Roll into small balls with clean hands. chicken egg. Roll them in cheese. Insert skewers or toothpicks.

Method number 2

Products:

• processed cheese 2 pcs.;
• hard cheese 100 gr.;
• a bunch of dill;
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 boiled eggs;
• paprika;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking:
Wash the dill and dry well.
We rub the eggs and cheese on a fine grater, squeeze the garlic through the press and add a little mayonnaise so that the mass is not too wet. We mix everything thoroughly.
Finely chop dry dill. We set aside. Three, too, on a fine grater cheese. And we leave too. Pour paprika into a bowl. As in the previous recipe, we form balls and roll one at a time in seasonings. We got funny multi-colored balls.

Method number 3

Products:

• a large package of crab sticks;
• 150-200 grams of cheese;
• 5-6 garlic cloves;
• 4 boiled eggs;
• 3 art. spoons of mayonnaise.

Cooking:
We rub the crab sticks on a fine grater and set aside - this is our sprinkling. Cheese and eggs are also three on a fine grater, garlic is passed through a press. Add mayonnaise, mix everything well. We make balls, as in previous recipes. Roll each ball in shavings of crab sticks.

As a decoration for all three methods of cooking Rafaelok cheese, you can use pickled champignons, pinned with skewers or toothpicks.

Recipes for hot holiday meals

Pork meat and potatoes in the sleeve.

Products:

• pork meat, neck is better, 1 kg;
• pitted prunes 200 gr. It can be replaced with dried apricots, cherries, any berries or mushrooms. For the marinade:
• a wig and a half teaspoon:
• mustard beans 2 teaspoons;
• ordinary mustard one and a half teaspoons;
• garlic 3-5 cloves;
• vegetable oil 4 tablespoons;
• honey not bitter 1 teaspoon;
• salt 1 teaspoon;
• ground black pepper to taste.

For potatoes.

• potatoes of medium size 1 kg .;
• vegetable or olive oil 3-4 tablespoons;
• salt about half a teaspoon;
• any dry to your taste half a teaspoon.

Cooking:

Steam prunes with boiling water. Dry.

Wash the meat and pat dry with a paper towel. Make deep incisions not completely at a distance of 1-1.5 cm.

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade well, squeeze the garlic through a press.

It is good to coat the meat with marinade, not forgetting the pockets.

Put all the prunes in each pocket. Carefully transfer the meat to the roasting sleeve. The sleeve should be 2 times longer than the piece. Fasten the sleeve on both sides and refrigerate for a day or a little less.

When you need to cook, take a potato, cut off the bottom on one side.

Mix the oil, salt and seasoning well and pour the potatoes on top, not forgetting to get into the holes. Now we place the finished potatoes together with the form in the baking sleeve and fix it on both sides.

Remove the rack from the oven so that it is cold. Preheat the oven itself to 200 degrees. Now put the mold with potatoes and the mold with meat on the grate. Bake for an hour.

When the potatoes and meat are ready, when they cool down a little, put them on a dish, after tearing the sleeve and cutting the meat into portions.

meat cut large pieces, salt, pepper and fry hot pan on both sides until golden brown. Place in a saucepan.

Cut the onion into half rings and fry until golden brown in the oil that remains after frying the meat. Put the cooked onion in the pan on top of the meat.

Top up hot water so that it does not slightly cover the meat. Simmer for an hour on low heat.

Fry the walnuts in a pan or in the oven for about 3 minutes.

Add to stew tomato paste, diluted in a glass of warm water, seasoned with salt - a tablespoon without a slide and sugar - a tablespoon with a slide, and pepper to taste. We put lavrushka, prunes and nuts. Close the lid and bring the meat to readiness, this is about half an hour. Do not forget to try the dressing in order to correct the taste in time if something does not suit you. Serve with any side dish.

Bon Appetit! Wish you have a good holiday!

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There are hostesses who always know what to cook for guests.()

For the reason that a traditional set of dishes will be served on the table, for example, Russian salad and herring under a fur coat, jelly, baked ham, stuffed fish ...

Dishes from different countries and styles will look spectacular on the table. Easy-to-follow recipes are selected so that all guests are satisfied.

Salad "Orange slice"

Always want to holiday salad was not only delicious, but also beautiful. Why not make it in the shape of an orange slice? The best part is that the composition of this dish includes the most ordinary products, but it is guaranteed to decorate the New Year's table.

Ingredients

• 1 carrot
• 1-2 bulbs
• 1 potato
• 1 chicken fillet
• 1-2 pickled cucumbers
• 150 g hard cheese
• 100 g mayonnaise

Cooking

1. Boil a potato and grate it on a coarse grater. Put on a crescent-shaped dish (orange slices). Cover the potatoes with mayonnaise on top.
2. Boil the fillet and chop it. Put the chicken on the potatoes and again cover with mayonnaise mesh.
3. Cut the onion into cubes, put it on top of the chicken and cover with mayonnaise.
4. Grind the pickled cucumbers, put them on the onion and brush with mayonnaise.
5. Boil the carrots and rub it on a fine grater. Lay the carrots on the outside of the orange slice.
6. Cover the rest of the slice with grated cheese, and make segments from the remains of the carrot.
7. Put the salad in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, and then serve it to the table!

Salad with nuts

An exquisite salad for those who want to surprise. Pear, cheese, nuts, balsamic... Gourmets, it's your choice!

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 2 packs of spinach leaves or lettuce mix
• 150 g blue cheese (can be replaced with regular hard cheese)
• 2 pears
• 1 st. walnut kernels
• 1 st. l. Sahara
• 0.5 tsp vegetable oil

Dressing Ingredients

• 200 g thick plain yoghurt
• 3 tsp grain mustard
• 1 st. l. balsamic vinegar

Cooking

1. Toast the nuts in a dry frying pan over medium heat until a pleasant, characteristic aroma appears. Be careful not to burn the nuts.
2. Add the sugar to the nuts and continue to roast for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly, until the nuts are caramelized and glossy.
3. Put the nuts on a plate greased with vegetable oil, trying not to let them touch each other.
4. Cut the pear into thin slices, the cheese into small pieces.
5. Prepare the dressing by mixing yogurt, mustard and balsamic.
6. Arrange the lettuce leaves on a wide, flat plate and arrange the rest of the ingredients on top. Serve the sauce separately.

Snack "Chickens"

This themed appetizer will be met with delight by both adults and children! Simply form your favorite salad recipe into balls, roll in grated cheese and garnish with carrot slices.

Beef Wellington

The classic English dish will take center stage at its true value. New Year's table! The secret of success is in unconditionally quality meat. Properly cooked, it will remain tender and juicy inside the crispy dough.

Ingredients

• 700–800 g beef tenderloin
• 400 g champignons
• 6-8 slices of bacon or Parma ham
• 500 g ready-made puff pastry
• 1–2 tbsp. l. not too hot mustard
• yolk for brushing
• salt pepper
• vegetable oil for frying
• a handful of flour
• 40 g butter

Cooking

1. Mushrooms chop finely-finely (you can use a food processor), and then fry in butter until the moisture has completely evaporated. Cool down.
2. Clean the beef from fat and films, if necessary, wash, dry with a paper towel. Bend the thin part of the tenderloin to the center so that you get a cylinder. Fasten with twine.
3. Season the meat and fry on all sides in a very hot frying pan in vegetable oil until a golden brown appears. Cool, and then remove all the threads, salt and coat mustard. Wrap beef with slices of bacon or ham.
4. Sprinkle the work surface with flour, roll out puff pastry up to a thickness of 3 mm. Put the mushrooms on the dough layer, and meat on top. Lay so that after wrapping the mushrooms completely cover the meat. Wrap the beef with an overlapping dough, and cut off the rest.
5. Put the meat on a baking sheet, seam down, brush with beaten yolk. From above, the dish can be decorated with curly stripes from the remnants of the dough and also smeared with yolk. Put in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes, and in the meantime, turn on the oven and heat it to 200 ° C.
6. Place meat in the oven for 30 minutes., after the set time, turn off the oven and leave the dish there for another 15 minutes with the door ajar.
7. Serve the Wellington beef whole.

Baked Mackerel

Baked mackerel in a mustard marinade sauce turns out to be especially tasty: tender, juicy, with a slight sourness. Guests will ask for the recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 medium sized mackerels
• 1 bulb
• 3 art. l. soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. l. mustard
• 2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise

Cooking

1. Mackerel wash, clean from the insides, cut into portions. culinary secret: Butchering and cutting fish will become easier if you do not defrost it completely.
2. Bulb clean, cut into half rings. Mix mustard, mayonnaise and soy sauce.
3. Put the fish in a mold (you can line it with foil), add the onion, fields prepared mustard sauce . Leave to marinate for 20-30 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and bake the mackerel for 20-30 minutes. To form a beautiful crust, periodically pour the sauce over the fish.

Dauphinois Potatoes

The poetic name of this dish comes from the historical region of France, Dauphine, which belonged to the royal heirs - the Dauphins. At home, food is loved and appreciated, but it is served as in institutions haute cuisine, and in the bistro on the streets of the working quarters. Believe me, it turns out very tasty!

Ingredients

• 5 st. l. butter
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 kg potatoes
• 500 ml cream 10% fat
• salt, black ground pepper
• a pinch of ground nutmeg

Cooking

1. Peel and wash potatoes. cut it up manual vegetable cutter with a long slit (mandolin). If there is none on the farm, you will have to try and cut circles no more than 3 mm thick, because the slices after baking should literally melt in your mouth.
2. Lubricate the baking dish with oil, spread the chopped garlic evenly over its bottom.
3. Lay out the potato circles in the form with a little overlap, imitating fish scales. The first laid out layer is lightly salted, pepper and add a pinch of nutmeg. Pour in some cream. Next, lay out the potatoes in layers, remembering to salt and pepper each time. Cream stripped so that the last layer left most of them.
4. Place the rest of the butter on top of the layer.
5. Cover the form with foil and send to the oven to bake for 30-40 minutes at 180 ° C.
6. Remove the foil and leave to brown for another 15-20 minutes. Serve on the table in the same dish in which the dish was prepared.

jelly cake

What's a Christmas party without dessert! In order not to overload the already high-calorie menu, "So simple!" offers to cook delicious and beautiful jelly cake: it will be the perfect finishing chord of a festive feast.

50 g gelatin

1 sachet of vanilla sugar

900 g sour cream

1 st. sugar for cream and 0.5 tbsp. sugar for biscuits

3 eggs

1 tsp soda

200 g flour

Cooking

1. Dissolve first gelatin in water according to package directions. After 40-60 minutes, heat up, stirring until completely dissolved, but do not boil!
2. From eggs, 0.5 tbsp. sugar, flour and soda knead the dough for a simple biscuit.
3. Zaley batter to any suitable shape and send to bake for 15 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C. Cool down.
4. cooled down biscuit cut into cubes 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
5. Tangerines, oranges, peel banana. Cut the oranges into circles, sort the tangerines into slices, cut the banana into cubes. If canned pineapple you have in the form of rings, cut them also into cubes.
6. Whisk sour cream with 1 tbsp. sugar, add vanilla sugar and chilled gelatin. Mix well.
7. To the bottom detachable form start laying out the fruit nicely. Then lay out part of the biscuit, and fruit again on it. Pour in half the cream. Now lay out the biscuit and fruit again, pour the remaining cream on top.
8. Cover the cake with cling film and refrigerate overnight. The next day, you can easily take it out of the mold by turning it over and opening the sides.

You can supplement the proposed menu with tartlets with various fillings, meat and cheese cuts, another original salad.
Make the necessary purchases in advance so as not to waste time and energy standing in lines in the race. Distribute the cooking process over several days, for example, boil vegetables for salads, marinate meat, fish ... And then you will celebrate the holiday with full energy and in a good mood!
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Making a menu for 15 people: recipes and cooking

SNACKS

SALADS

HOT MEALS

GARNISHES

BEVERAGES

DESSERTS

And again a holiday! Good friends and relatives are invited home! A man of commercials 15 ... Again, a luxurious feast is planned, which will abound with delicious and hearty meals. But what? What to cook and what menu to choose if there is a banquet for 15 people? Tired of the standard Olivier, herring under a fur coat and mashed potatoes… I want something original. And at the same time, it is necessary that all dishes are not only tasty, if possible useful, but also beautiful. Therefore, we highlight the basic principles and recipes for a good modern menu:

• dishes must be tested by experience;
• quite simple and not very long to prepare;
• look aesthetically pleasing (be presented beautifully designed);
• be universal (suitable for both adults and children).

So, let's make an approximate festive menu for 15 people. Consider six sections: appetizers, salads, hot dishes, side dishes, drinks, desserts. Let's start with snacks.

SNACKS

one). 101 canapes

Of course, the point is not to cook 101 pieces of canapés (usually impaled on skewers). It’s just that this recipe is so versatile that for each new feast, you can surprise your guests again and again with one such dish.

The basis for the canapes will be:

• cracker,
• baked puff pastry slices,
• hard cheese;
• White black, gray bread, cut into curly slices (for example, triangles, rhombuses, circles - using a glass);
• toast;
• ready-made baskets from unleavened dough.

Filling for canapes (can be combined to taste):

• salted curd, butter, cheese, curd cheese;
• salted red fish, herring;
• red, black caviar;
• shrimp, mussels;
• ham, boiled pork, boiled meat, sausage;
• hard cheese;
• boiled eggs (chicken or quail)

Canape decoration:

• greens (lettuce, parsley, cilantro, spinach, dill, etc.);
• slices of lemon, lime, tangerine, kiwi;
• olives;
• grape;
• cherry tomato halves;
• slices of radish, cucumber;
• cumin, coriander, sesame seeds;
• other.

As an option, you can serve small rolls of pita bread to the table. They look just as elegant and appetizing as the usual ones. For example, put cucumber slices, lettuce leaves and salmon slices sprinkled with lemon on a pita leaf smeared with cream cheese. Roll up the roll and refrigerate for an hour. Cut into small pieces before serving.

1. Cheese roll with pistachios and chicken

Very tasty dish medium difficulty. It is worth working on it, because the result will certainly delight guests with excellent taste.

Ingredients:

• 700 g of cheese "Russian";
• 100 g of peeled pistachios;
• 400 g of cottage cheese;
• 1 PC. yellow sweet pepper;
• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 4 tbsp canned corn;
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp curry powder;
• parsley;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process:

• 1. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and put it on a baking sheet, on parchment (evenly distribute). Place in preheated to 90 degrees. oven for 10 minutes (until the cheese is completely melted). Take out, let the cheese mass cool;
  2. Pour chicken fillet with hot salted water and cook until tender (about 25 minutes);
  3. Put the paper with the cheese mass on the work surface and roll out with a rolling pin, covering with a second sheet of parchment paper. Form a rectangle;
  4. Chilled boiled chicken fillet cut into strips, season with pepper and curry;
  5. Cut the sweet pepper into cubes, chop the pistachios with a knife;
  6. Mix cottage cheese with pistachios, sweet pepper, parsley and corn. Salt the mass to taste;
  7. Put the prepared filling on the cheese layer, distribute evenly. Roll up the roll and wrap it in food foil. Place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours;
  8. Cut into slices and arrange beautifully on a dish.

1. Antipasti - puffs with olives

Bring some Italian flair into your festive feast. Antipasti is the Italian name for warming dishes before the main dishes. I mean, just appetizers. This recipe will surprise you with its simplicity, and the dish prepared according to it will delight guests with a piquant, rich taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of yeast-free puff pastry;
• 2 jars of pitted black olives (or olives - for an amateur, with them the appetizer is more salty);
• 200 g of sausages;
• greens (for decoration).

Attention: to prepare such an appetizer, you will need long wooden skewers. Soak them in water overnight!

Cooking process:

1. Roll out the dough and carefully cut into strips no more than 1 cm wide.
2. String olives or olives on a skewer alternately with pieces of sausage;
3. Take two strips of dough and fasten them at the base of the skewer on the last olive. Carefully wrap the olives and sausage wedges with the dough, crossing the strips as shown.
4. Fold the cooked skewers on a prepared baking sheet, which is sent to a preheated to 200 degrees. oven for about 15-20 minutes (until baking test strips).

SALADS

1. diner

Snack salads are very easy to prepare, but no less tasty. This salad will be a great addition to the rest. festive dishes. Served with both olive oil and mayonnaise (optional).

Ingredients:

• 600 g of ham;
• 8 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 4 things. tomato;
• 600 g of Beijing cabbage;
• 400 g canned corn;
• 5-6 tbsp olive oil (can be substituted for mayonnaise if desired)
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Boil hard-boiled eggs. Gently grind;
2. Cut ham into strips;
3. Chop Chinese cabbage into small pieces;
4. Wash and cut into slices tomatoes;
5. cook canned corn, draining water from it;
6. Mix all the ingredients, salt and pepper the base, season with oil or mayonnaise.

   Salad-cocktail "Glamour"

This salad, first of all, will surprise guests with its serving. And it is served in portions - in wine glasses with beautifully stacked layers. In addition, the dish will please with its exquisite taste, despite a very simple set of ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 500 g shrimp;
• 4 things. medium apples;
• 2-3 pcs. medium carrots;
• 4 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• 2-3 pcs. cucumber;
• a small bunch of parsley;
• 7 tbsp light mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Boil the peeled shrimp in salted water (no more than 3 minutes). Throw away in a colander. Cool down;
  2. Wash, peel and grate apples, sprinkle them with lemon juice;
  3. Wash cucumbers and carrots, peel and also grate (preferably on a grater for Korean carrot). As an option, carrots can be pre-fried in vegetable oil;
  4. Put cucumbers, carrots, apples in layers in bowls or wine glasses. Lubricate all layers with mayonnaise;
  5. Lay the shrimp in the top layer (small ones do not require chopping, large ones can be cut into 3-4 parts);
  6. Decorate the salad with herbs and cool slightly.

1. Salad "Watermelon slice"

A very elegant, hearty salad will effectively decorate the festive table. It is based on simple available products. And the main "trick" - in the design. If we are talking about a festive menu for 15 people, it is better to prepare two separate servings of salad - let two bright slices of watermelon flaunt on the table.

Ingredients for 2 individual servings:

For the base:

• 1 kg chicken fillet;
• 2 cans of pickled champignons;
• 2 pcs. medium carrots;
• 14 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 600 g of cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

For decoration (top layer):

• 3 pcs. cucumber;
• 5 pieces. tomato;
• 8-9 olives.

Cooking process:

• 1. Cool the chicken boiled in salted water, finely chop;
  2. Eggs and carrots also boil and chop into small cubes;
  3. Cut mushrooms into small pieces;
  4. Cheese grate on a fine grater;
  5. Prepare the salad base by mixing chopped chicken, carrots, eggs, cheese (leave a little grated cheese for decoration). Season the whole mass with mayonnaise and salt to taste;
  6. Put the cooked base on a wide dish, forming an impromptu slice of watermelon;
  7. Finely chop fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
  8. Garnish the outer side of the slice with cucumbers (in the shape of a crescent), and the inner side with tomatoes. On the tomato part lay out the grains from the chopped olives.

HOT MEALS

1. mushroom julienne

Preparing the dish is not very difficult and not very long, but it is one of the favorite dishes of most of us. The only inconvenience of its preparation is the need for a sufficient number of cocotte makers (small portion ladles). In our case, these will require 15 pieces.

Ingredients:

• 900 g of champignons;
• 900 g chicken fillet:
• 5 pieces. large bulbs;
• 750 g sour cream;
• 450 g of hard cheese;
• 150 g butter;
• 6 tbsp flour;
• vegetable oil (for frying);
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Cut well-washed, dried mushrooms into thin plates and fry in vegetable oil, drain;
  2. Beat the chicken fillet, cut, fry in a pan until half cooked (without the formation of a golden crust);
  3. Finely chopped onion fry until golden brown;
  4. Prepare a sauce of sour cream, flour and butter (mix the mass thoroughly);
  5. Put all the ingredients in a frying pan, pour over the sauce, salt, pepper and simmer over low heat until the liquid evaporates;
  6. Grate cheese on a medium grater;
  7. Arrange the prepared mass in cocotte bowls, cover with cheese chips and send to the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Meatloaf "Two in One"

Excellent meat dish- very filling and tasty. A real gastronomic feast, especially for gourmet meat-eaters.

Ingredients:

• 1.4 kg of ground beef;
• 700 g bacon;
• 1 st. chopped onion;
• 2/3 cup barbecue sauce (homemade or store bought)
• 24 pcs. crackers;
• 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
• 2 tsp chili powder;
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process

• 1. Prepare minced meat, put finely chopped onions into it;
  2. Season the mass with barbecue sauce to taste;
  3. Add mustard and all seasonings, spices;
  4. Break eggs into the meat mass, add chopped crackers (breadcrumbs or crumbs of a dried loaf). Everything is good, mix thoroughly;

• 1. Lay out the slices of bacon, evenly distribute the dressed on them in the center chopped meat. Roll up the bacon slices. Place the resulting roll (or several rolls) on a foil-lined or parchment paper baking sheet (seam down);
  2. Grease the roll prepared for baking again with a little barbecue sauce;
  3. Place the dish in the oven, preheated to 175 degrees. Bake for about an hour;
  4. The finished roll should be allowed to cool slightly, cut into portions.

1. Poultry (chicken) with oranges oven.

This recipe is versatile. It can be used to cook not only chicken, but also other poultry. This dish turns out juicy, fragrant, very tasty. And it looks great on the holiday table.

Ingredients

• 1 large chicken (or other bird of your choice)
• 400-500 g oranges (sweet and thin-skinned);
• 5 tooth garlic;
• salt, herbs, honey and mustard to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Grate the prepared chicken carcass with a mixture of seasonings, spices and salt, coat with honey;
2. Wash the oranges, pour over with boiling water and then with cold water;
3. Peel the garlic, cut each clove in half lengthwise;

1. Put the carcass back down on the prepared baking sheet. Make a pocket on the back side (separating the skin from the meat with your hand). Put orange slices in it. Similarly, make a pocket from the bottom of the carcass (from the back) and also chop it with orange slices;
2. Fill the inner cavity with chopped garlic and oranges;
3. With culinary twine or a strong thick thread, tie the legs of the bird and overlay the carcass on the outside with the remaining orange slices;
4. Send the chicken to preheated to 180 degrees. oven, bake for about 2 hours, periodically pouring over the juice that stands out. The finished chicken should have a golden crust, and when pierced, the liquid coming out of it should be transparent.

Note:

Such stuffed bird you can also cook in a baking sleeve. Only then, for the formation of a crust, should the sleeve be slightly opened about 20 minutes before readiness.

GARNISHES

1. Normandy potatoes

Delicious and, more importantly, very beautiful dish. Such a side dish will dress up a festive feast and will surely please the guests.

Ingredients:

• 15 large potatoes;
• 200 g of hard cheese;
• 5 pieces. egg yolks;
• 5 tbsp sour cream.

Cooking process:

1. Bake well-washed potatoes in the oven until cooked (readiness can be checked with a toothpick);
2. Cut each potato in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh with a spoon;
3. Mash the potatoes with a fork, adding sour cream, egg yolks and salt. Mix everything well;
4. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add to the potato mass;
5. Fill the potato halves with the prepared mixture, apply a pattern on top using a confectionery press with the desired nozzle (or simply lay it out beautifully with a fork). Place in preheated to 250 degrees. oven, bake until golden brown.

1. Rice with nuts and raisins

This side dish goes well with both fish and meat. And it is prepared quite simply and quickly. For 15 small servings you will need:

• 3 cups of rice;
• 2 small onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 7 tbsp raisins;
• 300 almonds or walnuts;
• 200 g butter (vegetable or butter);
• greenery;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process

• 1. Melt a few tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan or cauldron, fry finely chopped onion on it until transparent, add garlic;
  2. Pour rice, mixing well with the toasted mass. Fry it for a few minutes;
  3. Pour in 6 cups of water, add salt and bring everything to a boil. Reduce the heat, leaving the mass to languish for 20-30 minutes (until all the water is absorbed);
  4. Melt a little butter in a separate frying pan and fry raisins, parsley, chopped nuts on it. Fill the rice with the prepared mixture.

1. Garlic lasagna "Ajada"

This is a very unconventional type of lasagna, for which the sauce is very important. It is he who gives the dish the necessary piquancy and richness. The dish is quick and easy to prepare, and on the festive table it will be more than appropriate.

Ingredients:

• 3 packs of lasagna;
• 300 ml of olive oil;
• 200 g butter;
• 300 g of Parmesan cheese;
• 500 g walnuts;
• 9 cloves of garlic;
• 300 g breadcrumbs.

Cooking process:

1. Drop the nuts in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain the water, peel the nuts and chop, mixing with garlic and breadcrumbs(should be a coarse paste)
2. Add olive oil while continuing to beat the mass. You should get a homogeneous sauce. Add salt and pepper to it to taste;
3. Boil the lasagne sheets in water until half cooked (do not drain the water). Prepare baking dishes by greasing them with butter (at least two forms will be required for this amount of dish). Put a sheet of lasagna, pour a little sauce on it, season with butter and sprinkle with grated parmesan. Repeat the process with all of the lasagne sheets. Top layer - sauce and parmesan;
4. Along the perimeter of the puff mass on a baking sheet, pour water from pasta cooking (a small amount);
5. Send to the oven for 15 minutes.

BEVERAGES

1. homemade lemonade

A fresh, tasty and absolutely not harmful (unlike store-bought analogues) drink will harmoniously complement the picture of festive dishes. And it's easy to prepare!

Ingredients:

• 3 liters of sparkling water;
• 2 glasses of plain water;
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 10 lemons)
• 2 cups of sugar.

Cooking process:

• 1. Pour all the sugar into a saucepan with water, heat the mixture over low heat, stirring it until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool the syrup;
  2. Prepared lemon juice add to syrup, strain liquid;
  3. Add soda before serving. Its quantity should be adjusted to your taste.

1. Ginger drink.

With this drink you wish your guests good health. And you will be very pleased with those who are worried about their figure - after all, ginger is one of the first in the list of products for weight loss! And what a useful spice! Ginger contains 1-3% essential oils and many amino acids, minerals, vitamins.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp grated ginger;

1 PC. lemon;

4 tbsp honey.

Cooking process:

• Boil water with chopped lemon zest in a saucepan;
• Grate ginger on a fine grater and add to the prepared syrup;
• Cool the drink a little, flavor with honey and lemon juice.
• If desired, the taste can be adjusted by adding more sugar.

1. Non-alcoholic mulled wine with apples

Multi-component drink with unforgettable taste. And also a powerful anti-cold remedy. Mulled wine is especially relevant in the cold season. Take the time and effort to prepare it and your guests will be very grateful to you!

Ingredients:

• 6 art. grape juice;
• 1 st. water;
• 1 PC. Apple;
• 4 tbsp lemon peel;
• 4 tbsp orange peel;
• 1 tsp cloves;
• 2 tsp cinnamon;
• 8 pcs. black peppercorns;
• 4 tbsp raisins;
• ginger, cardamom, sugar (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Pour water and juice into the pan, put it to languish over low heat;
2. Add lemon and orange zest, raisins;
3. Peel the apple and cut into small cubes. Pour into a liquid base;
4. Flavor the drink with spices: allspice, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom. Stir and wait until the mulled wine is well heated. But! Do not bring to a boil! (it is important);
5. Turn off the fire, and cover the drink with a lid for infusion. Leave for 5 minutes.

DESSERTS

1. Cake "Rakhat"

Needless to say, this cake is delicious! You just have to try it!

Ingredients:

• 6 pcs. egg whites;
• 385 g of granulated sugar;
• 300 g of peanuts;
• 3 tbsp flour or starch;
• 50 g of water;
• 2 tbsp condensed milk;
• 150 g butter;
• 2-3 tbsp apple jam;
• 1 tsp cocoa powder;
• vanillin.

Cooking process:

1. Ignite in a frying pan and peel the nuts from the husk. Grind them in a blender;

1. It is necessary to separately make three servings of protein-nut paste for three cakes. For one cake take 2 egg whites, beat them into a strong foam, adding a little bit of sugar;
2. 4 tbsp mix peanuts with 1 tbsp. flour or starch. Gently fold this mixture into the beaten egg whites, mixing from top to bottom;
3. Put the resulting mass on a baking sheet, level it with a thickness of 5-7 mm (in the form of a circle - an approximate diameter of about 20 cm);
4. Bake at a temperature of 160 degrees. about 2 hours (you need to make sure that the cake does not dry out, but does not remain wet);
5. Thus, bake three cakes. It is advisable to let them lie down for 12 hours;
6. Prepare buttercream. First boil the milk sugar syrup- Pour 85 g of sugar into 50 g of boiling water, after boiling add condensed milk and bring to a boil. Simmer on a low boil for 10 minutes. Cool the syrup;
7. Beat the butter, after softening it. Add prepared chilled sugar syrup to it in a thin stream, pour in vanillin. You should get an airy, light cream that does not exfoliate.
8. 1/3 of the cream paint over cocoa;
9. Assemble the cake: smear the bottom cake with unpainted butter cream, the second cake - apple jam, and the top - chocolate cream.
10. The sides of the cake can be carefully trimmed (keep in mind that the base is very fragile). And after greasing, sprinkle with nuts. Decorate the top with buttercream.

1. Mini charlotte with pear (portioned)

Portion dessert is very convenient for a large company and fits perfectly into the festive menu for 15 people. You can cook exactly 15 servings or with a small margin. The proposed mini-rolls are prepared quite simply, look very elegant, and delight delicate taste. The recipe is for 16 servings.

Ingredients:

• 15 small pears;
• 6 art. flour;
• 12 tablespoons Sahara;
• 12 pcs. eggs;
• 200 ml sour cream;
• 50 g butter;
• 9 tsp baking powder;
• 5 tbsp breadcrumbs;
• powdered sugar for dusting.

Cooking process:

1. Divide 4 eggs into whites and yolks. Whisk the yolks and the rest of the eggs together with sugar;
2. Add sour cream to the resulting mass, pour flour with baking powder through a sieve, mix;
3. Prepare molds - grease with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs;
4. Pour the dough into moulds. Put a pear in each;
5. Send heated to 180 degrees. oven for 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooking.

1. Sweets "Raffaello"

Delicate, elegant sweets will please every guest.

Ingredients:

• 120 ml of heavy cream;
• 150 g coconut;
• 50 almonds;
• 50 g butter;
• 2 white chocolate bars;
• 1 pinch of salt.

Cooking process:

1. Melt the chocolate poured with cream in a water bath, bring the mixture to a boil;
2. Cool the resulting mass to room temperature, add 30-45 g of coconut flakes, butter and a pinch of salt. Stir, refrigerate (if the base does not thicken, beat it with a mixer and refrigerate again);
3. Form sweets by placing an almond in each and rolling on top coconut flakes. Store sweets in the refrigerator.

And, finally, here are some tips that will help you properly organize a festive feast:

Tip #1: When arranging the menu, select different variants dishes - with fish, meat, mushrooms. Thus, you will prevent a situation when one of the guests for some reason does not eat one of the listed products. For example, your girlfriend does not like fish, let her treat herself to meat. And if you fast - invite her to taste mushroom food!

Tip #2: Part of the dishes should be snacks fast food: sandwiches, cutting and more.

Tip #3: It is advisable to have a grocery holiday NC at home. For example, preparations that, in case of a shortage of food at the table, can be quickly obtained and served as a separate dish. It can be stuffed tomatoes, lecho, salads and other preservation.

In fact, the banquet menu and step by step recipes for 15 people presented in the article are tested on their own experience, you can take as an example and make own version which, in principle, is not so difficult. Modernity offers an immense variety of recipes! There would be a desire to cook delicious homemade holiday food for your loved ones.