I've been picking up recipes for New Year's Eve all week. Meat, by the way, is not necessary, because the dog is Earthly, which means...

Although the bells outside the window are not ringing yet, I am already planning the New Year holidays. As this year passes Earth DogI want to please her and bring good luck to our house.





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Many people think this is superstition, but I don’t see anything strange about it. For me, every year is like a new quest – new plans, old traditions and careful preparation. A special place in planning takes place Christmas menu.

Everyone writes that it is necessary to cook exclusively meat dishes in the year of the Dog, but this is not quite so, the Dog is Earthy! The element of the attacker is the earth, and everything that grows out of the earth is under its protection. This information was a revelation for me, because for the holidays I am waiting to visit my sister, who has been a vegetarian for 14 years, and my mother is fasting. Therefore, my New Year’s table will be adapted for all loved ones and, hopefully, everything will turn out very tasty!

I don’t like New Year’s mayonnaise madness, so I recommend cooking simple and light dishes for New Year’s dinner. You can make beautiful meat or cheese slicing, vegetables on the grill or fresh, a side dish of baked potatoes, for dessert - fruits. Baking, cake, cakes and sweets should be left on January 1.





New Year's table menu is very important party-tableIt should be in restrained and calm tones. Pay attention to tablecloths of yellow, golden color or brown shades. Avoid red in the design, but candles will be very useful. Take care of the figure of the dog, which should be placed in the center of the table.

Magic tartlets The cooking time is 60 minutes.

Instead of traditional sandwiches, I advise you to prepare delicious tartlets with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes. As for the filling: it can be any, variations are welcome. The only thing you'll need is a uniform. You can use a special or do with silicone molds for cupcakes.

Test ingredients

• 150g flour
• 100g cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp cold water
• pinch
• lubricant

Filling ingredients

• 400g soft cottage cheese or feta cheese
• 3 eggs
• 500g tomato
• salt, pepper, spices to taste

Preparation



First, make dough: rub the oil on the grater, add flour, salt and mixes crumbly dough. Add the egg and cold water. Keep kneading until the dough stops sticking to your hands, you can add some flour or water if necessary. Send it to the fridge for half an hour.

While the dough is cooling, start filling. Beat the eggs, add cottage cheese, cheese and salt with your favorite spices. Lubricate the mold with oil and distribute the dough about half a centimeter thick on the bottom and edges. Prick the bottom with a fork, lay out the filling on 2/3 forms, place tomatoes in the center. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

Decorate tartlets at your discretion, any greens will suit. Instead of a tomato, you can use mushrooms, vegetables, olives, spinach, fish. Experiment, this is a universal recipe, it can be modified to suit itself.



Fruits with herring and beet pesto The cooking time is 30 minutes.

This is a great replacement for the traditional coat. It is very simple and the taste is incredible! The biggest difficulty is to bake or boil beets.

The ingredients

• 3 small beets
• fillet
• 1 rye bread
• 1 small bulb
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 cup of walnuts
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• pepper, salt to taste

It is better to bake beets or boil them in advance. Roast the nuts in the pan for 3 minutes, cool. Mix in a blender all the ingredients except onions and herring. Dried bread in a toaster or dry pan. Put a beet pesto on it, and a piece of fish on top, decorate with onions, greens. For a vegetarian version, do not use fish, but decorate the toast with toasted pumpkin seeds.



Salad "Christmas" cooking time - 30 minutes.

The ingredients

• 1 grenade
• 10 seedless olives
• 200g soft cheese or mozzarella
• 3 medium tomatoes
• 1 small Beijing cabbage or any green salad, arugula
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp mustard in grains
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• salt

Preparation



Salad is best cooked just before serving. In a large plate, put crushed lettuce leaves. If you have Peking cabbage, we only need its upper green part, separate it from the white central vein. Cut tomatoes into 8 pieces, olives in circles, cheese in cubes. Sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top.

Mix separately butter, mustard, salt, sugar and lemon juice. Just before serving the salad fields with this dressing.



New Year salad with sprats The cooking time is 60 minutes.

This salad comes in portions, but I advise making it on a big plate like a real cake! It is very tasty, and most importantly accessible to everyone.

The ingredients

• 4 medium potatoes
• 1 can of sprat in butter
• 1 salted or fresh cucumber
• 1 can of olives (250g)
• 2 tbsp sesame
• green
• salt

Cooking Potatoes in uniform or bake whole in the oven, cool and rub on a large grater and put on a flat plate, salti. Break half the sprat into pieces of medium size and lay on top of the potatoes. Cover the sprats with another layer of potatoes, salti and quite a few fields of sprat oil.

Cut cucumbers with stripes of 2-3 cm, they will be the next layer. Cover them with potatoes, over which chop olives and sprinkle them with sesame. Decorate with greens and whole sprats! Try to form layers evenly, without reducing them in diameter.



Pork steering in the oven Cooking time - 3 hours.

Do not be too lazy to cook meat according to this recipe. It will be a real decoration of the table, you need to bake it for only an hour, the meat turns out tender even at beginner cooks. As a side dish, I recommend using baked or boiled potatoes.

The ingredients

• 1 low-fat pork handlebar weighing 1.5 kg
• 50g spices for meat
• 3 big bulbs
• 1 head of garlic
• 1 tbsp dry mustard
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 100ml soy sauce
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar or lemon juice
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp salt

Preparation



Let's get the marinade ready first. It is better to pickle the steering wheel in a film or bag, so it will absorb the aroma of spices well. Mix all ingredients except garlic and onions. Place several layers of food film on the table, put on it an onion cut with rings. Poke the meat in different places with a knife, sprinkle whole cloves of garlic and thoroughly rub the marinade. Wrap the steering wheel in a film with onions, put in a bowl or pan and put it in the refrigerator for a day.

Bake the meat in the oven at 200 degrees 1 hour. Then reduce the temperature to 140 and hold for 2-3 hours. Turn the meat over to the other side every half hour. Determine the readiness of the dish with a knife - the meat should be soft and well separated from the bone.



Chicken wings with oranges The cooking time is 40 minutes.

A very simple recipe, my favorite on most holidays. The dish is fragrant, tasty and looks beautiful.

The ingredients

• 1kg chicken wings
• 1 bag of spices for chicken without salt
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp honey or sugar
• 4 oranges

Preparation



First prepare marinade: squeeze the juice from 2 oranges, add spices, salt, honey, butter to it. Marinate his wings for at least an hour. The oranges that are left, cut with slices. Place your wings alternately with orange slices. Bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Chocolate fruit cooking time is 20 minutes.

On New Year’s Eve, there is little time and space in the stomach for dessert. Chocolate fruits are ideal for a light dessert, and their preparation does not require much time. Use slices of mandarin, kiwi, banana and any other favorite treats. You can sprinkle chocolate with nuts, make fruit kebabs, a million options.





New Year's menu for the year of the dog It can be very diverse. The main thing is to find time to prepare everything planned. Do not dwell on olives, fur coats and caviar sandwiches, you can always find an original recipe that will be loved in your family for a long time.

I will definitely be preparing a great cake for the New Year, it is simply adored in my family. What do you have planned for the festive table?

Show this article to your friends, they will definitely like the recipes of delicious and simple New Year dishes.