Find out what to cook for the festive table in order not only to deliciously feed the guests, but also to appease the Monkey - the hostess of 2016, who will give you her patronage in gratitude. Content:
- Features of cooking
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Dish recipes
- Olivier with shrimps
- Duck dishes
- Baked salmon
- Beef rolls
- Tiramisu
- Mandarin jelly
New 2016 will be held under the leadership of the Red Fire Monkey. It is important to remember that she loves naturalness in everything, so the main highlight of the festive table should be a rather large number of tender and low-fat snacks, fresh and light salads. The monkey will appreciate your efforts and will reward you with luck and success that will accompany you throughout 2016.
Features of cooking for the New Year 2016
On New Year's Eve, there should be a lot of different dishes on the table. To make the festive table not only beautiful, but also relevant, you should heed the following tips:
- For the festive table, you must use only fresh and natural products. A variety of canned and semi-finished products are strictly prohibited, but dried fruits are allowed.
- It is not recommended to put too high-calorie and rich dishes on the New Year's table. The ideal choice would be to prepare light snacks and salads, serve a lot of fruits and fresh juices to the guests.
- Don't forget about sweet desserts and fresh fruits. Be sure to prepare fruit juices and light alcoholic drinks.
- Do not forget to decorate the dishes beautifully and in an original way, and set the table festively. Use a lot of herbs to decorate your meals.
- You do not need to serve hot dishes on a large plate, as it would be best to spread them out in portions right away.
- In beautiful bowls, you need to serve salads, but do not use one deep plate for this.
- The food looks interesting and original, which is served in edible cheese cups, avocado halves, lettuce leaves, etc. The main thing is that such "dishes" are chosen taking into account the products that make up the salad.
- For New Year 2016, you should serve snacks in small portions. Salads in tartlets, pita rolls, etc. will be an excellent choice for a festive table.
- When wondering what to cook, we must not forget about fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits, which must be on the festive table in order for the Fire Monkey to be satisfied.
- For dinner, be sure to prepare an interesting tropical dish.
- Do not forget to buy good wine, but do not overuse stronger alcoholic drinks, because the Monkey does not welcome drunk people.
- For non-alcoholic drinks, place natural fruit juices and still water on the table, to which you can add lemon juice.
When drawing up a festive menu, you need to think carefully about everything so that not only the Monkey is satisfied, but also the guests are not hungry. If you decide to cook high-calorie and fatty meals, then distribute them on the table in such a way that they alternate with a variety of light snacks.
Recipes for the Year of the Fire Monkey
The festive table should contain not only salads and snacks, but also hot, meat, fish dishes, unusual exotic dishes, fruits, berries. Don't forget to use seafood and fresh herbs.
New Year's salad "Olivier" with shrimps
Ingredients:
- Boiled frozen shrimp - 480-500 g;
- Dill - 0.5-1 bunch;
- Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.;
- Salt - 1 pinch;
- Boiled eggs - 3-4 pcs.;
- Mayonnaise - 1, 5-2 tbsp. l.;
- Carrots - 2-3 pcs.;
- Sour cream - 1, 5-2 tbsp. l.;
- Pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pcs.;
- Capers - 2-3 tbsp l.;
- Onions - 1 head;
- Canned green peas - 1 can;
- Whole shrimps, olives, red caviar, dill, capers - for decoration.
Preparation:
- Boiled shrimps are poured over with boiling water and left for a minute in hot water, then the liquid is drained.
- The shrimps are peeled from the tails, and the small ones are left intact. Large shrimps need to be cut into several pieces.
- Vegetables are washed and boiled until cooked. Then the peel is peeled and crushed.
- It is necessary to marinate the onions in a mixture of salt, sugar and vinegar (the onions are left in the solution for 30 minutes).
- Boiled eggs are peeled and chopped on a coarse grater.
- Cucumbers are peeled, cut into small cubes.
- A jar of peas is opened, all the liquid is drained.
- The dill is thoroughly washed, dried, and finely chopped.
- Sour cream is mixed with mayonnaise, part of the dill is added, and the rest will be used to decorate the salad.
- All components of the dish are combined together and seasoned with sauce.
- The salad is garnished with dill, shrimp, red caviar, capers and olives.
Meat dishes with duck for the New Year of the Fire Monkey
Ingredients:
- Duck carcass - 1 pc.;
- Boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
- Sour cream - 1, 5-2 tbsp. l.;
- Spinach - 300 g;
- Adjika - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Ground pepper - to taste;
- Bread - 2 slices
- Salt to taste;
- Milk - 0.5 tbsp.
Preparation:
- The duck carcass is thoroughly washed, an incision is made in the back area. Together with the wings, the skin is carefully removed.
- Cut carrots and eggs into small cubes.
- Duck meat is separated from the bones and crushed in a meat grinder, a crumb of bread, pre-soaked in milk, is added.
- Eggs, carrots and spinach are added to the minced meat, the mixture is seasoned with pepper and salt.
- The duck skin is filled with minced meat and the edges are neatly sewn together.
- From above, the duck is rubbed with sour cream and adjika, laid out on a baking sheet, covered with a sheet of parchment.
- The duck is baked in the oven for 15-25 minutes, until fully cooked.
Baked salmon for the New 2016
Ingredients:
- Salmon steak - 500 g;
- Rosemary - 1 sprig;
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.;
- Salt to taste;
- Natural yogurt - 100 g;
- Ground coriander - 1 pinch;
- Olive oil - 1 tsp;
- Ground red and black pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Salmon is well washed and cut. It is left for a while to dry well.
- The fish steaks are sprinkled with a little fresh lemon juice and marinated for about 5-7 minutes.
- The baking sheet is covered with foil, which is greased with olive oil on top.
- Pickled salmon steaks are laid out on foil. During baking, fish oil will be released, thanks to which the salmon will not burn.
- On top of the steaks are greased with yogurt (without flavors and other additives), sprinkled with a small amount of salt and spices, put a sprig of rosemary.
- The steaks are wrapped in foil and the baking sheet is placed in an oven preheated to 200? C.
- The fish is baked for no more than 20 minutes, otherwise it will be covered with a too hard crust.
- Salmon is served hot. It is recommended to cook rice with vegetables and herbs or potatoes as a side dish.
Beef rolls for the festive table 2016
Ingredients:
- Beef tenderloin - 500 g;
- Sweet chili sauce - 2 tbsp l.;
- Sweet peppers - 2 pcs.;
- Sesame oil - 0.5 tsp;
- Lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Grated ginger - 0.5 tsp;
- Olive oil - 1 tsp;
- Rice vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Ginger root - 1 cm;
- Garlic - 1 clove;
- Soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l.;
- Sesame - 1-2 tsp;
- Honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
- Salt to taste;
- Ground black pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- The beef is cut across the grain into thin slices (no thicker than 3 mm), slightly beaten.
- Ginger is peeled and rubbed on a fine grater, salt and pepper and fresh lemon juice are added. Olive oil is introduced and everything is well mixed.
- Grease the meat with the prepared sauce, leave for about 10 minutes to marinate well.
- The bell pepper is cut into halves, the seeds are removed, then crushed into long strips.
- A little olive oil is added to a preheated skillet, and the bell peppers are fried for a few minutes until lightly browned.
- For the marinade, honey with soy sauce is slightly warmed, chili and rice vinegar are added. Peeled garlic is crushed, added to the rest of the ingredients, grated ginger is laid out.
- After about 15 minutes, the sauce is filtered and 0.5 tsp is added. sesame oil.
- The meat is fried in a frying pan (1-2 minutes for each side).
- A strip of pepper is placed on each piece of meat and a roll is carefully wrapped so that it does not fall apart, fastened with a skewer.
- Rolls are served hot, combined with marinade.
Tiramisu for New Year 2016
Ingredients:
- Mascarpone cheese - 400 g;
- Cookies - 1 pack;
- Eggs - 5 pcs.;
- Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Powdered sugar - 0.5 tbsp.;
- Cognac - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Strong coffee - 250 g.
Preparation:
- The whites are separated from the yolks.
- The yolks are whipped with a mixer with the addition of powdered sugar - their volume should triple.
- Mascarpone is added to the whipped yolks and mixed well together.
- The whites are whipped until foamy, then added to the mixture of yolks and cheese - everything mixes well.
- Freshly brewed coffee is blended with cognac. Cookies are dipped in this mixture, but do not hold for too long, so that they do not have time to get wet.
- Cookies are laid out on the bottom of the bowl, on top - a layer of cheese mixture, then you can repeat the layers.
- For 2-3 hours, bowls with cookies are placed in the refrigerator, and immediately before serving, tiramisu is sprinkled with cocoa powder.
Mandarin jelly for the New Year of the Fire Monkey
Ingredients:
- Mandarins - 4 pcs.;
- Saffron - 1 pinch;
- Orange - 1 pc.;
- Gelatin - 3 plates;
- Brown sugar - 4 tablespoons l.
Preparation:
- Orange and tangerines wash well, juice is squeezed out of the fruit. The orange peel is thrown away, and the tangerine is put on a plate and sprinkled with sugar, crumpled. Juice should start to stand out, which will come in handy in further cooking.
- Gelatin is soaked in cold boiled water. Taking into account the amount of juice obtained, it is determined how much gelatin is needed - for example, for 500 g of juice, 2 times more gelatin is taken.
- The resulting syrup from tangerine skins is added to the juice, and all the ingredients are transferred to a saucepan, which is placed on the stove. Saffron is added and the mixture is warmed up a little. The main thing is not to bring it to a boil.
- The gelatin is squeezed out and injected into hot juice, everything is well mixed until it is completely dissolved.
- Juice is poured into pre-prepared glasses (it should be still hot), cooled, then placed in the refrigerator overnight.
- Finished jelly is garnished with ground chocolate or saffron.
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Thus, when composing a festive menu, give preference to a variety of dishes - for example, it can be stuffed slave or eggs, meat. The monkey loves beautifully and originally decorated dishes, while she is a very famous sweet tooth, so you should definitely put desserts and a lot of fresh fruits on the table.
