What to cook for the New Year 2020? TOP 5 recipes for decorating the table. Metal Rat preferences and what should not be at the feast. Table setting. Video recipes.
So 2019 is coming to an end. The Yellow Earth Pig will be replaced by the White Metal Rat in 2020. This is an omnivorous animal, which greatly facilitates the task and you can cook absolutely any dish. However, there are still some recommendations that should be considered when drawing up a menu for the New Year's table. The feast should delight both friends and family and the patroness of the year. If you still do not know how to set the table, we will help you create an extraordinary and original festive menu with main courses, salads, cold appetizers and desserts.
Taste preferences of the metal Rat
The rodent is almost harmless, and happily absorbs everything that is offered. However, the hostess of the year is quite voracious. Therefore, there should be plenty of food to last for several days.
The Rat has a particularly favorite food that makes you feel full - chicken eggs (raw, boiled, or fried). They carry a charge of energy - nuts. The list of delicacies includes lean meat, fruits, herbs, berries. A nice bonus for the Rat is cereals and grains. Among the favorites are cottage cheese and seafood. It is important to use high-quality and natural products, this is good for health and will appease the Rat.
The more different salads, the more favorable the Rat will become. The symbol of the coming year will coax the traditional versions of the most delicious salads: Olivier, Monomakh's Hat, Greek. Chicken, poultry, pilaf, mashed potatoes, champignons are topical for hot dishes. Beef will make wonderful roast beef, and lamb and veal will be baked meat with sauce. In terms of appetizers, it is worth making mini-sandwiches canapes. Desserts are easy to solve: Napoleon, chocolate cake, fruit and berry pies. The drinks are classic with a low alcohol content.
The main thing is to remember that you need to include new dishes in the menu. Recipes can be checked, you just need to change the shape, filling, side dish, decoration … For example, do not put cold snacks in a salad bowl in a shapeless mass, but form them in separate layers inside the serving rings. Take care of the outdoor decoration of salads, this is a real art.
What should not be on the holiday table 2020
Despite the fact that the Rat is an omnivorous animal, there are still restrictions on the preparation of treats.
No coffee, neither as a drink, nor for a pastry filler. It is strictly forbidden to serve spicy and exotic dishes on the table. This anti-rating includes fatty meat, cabbage, semolina, strong alcohol, and, surprise, cheese! Since rodents are fed up with cheese and do not consider the product a delicacy. The explanation is simple: in ancient times, food was hidden from pests, and cheese lay free, because cheese heads matured for a long time and they needed fresh air. The smell of the cheese is quite sharp and repulsive, so the rats don't like it, but they ate it every day from hunger so as not to die.
New Year's table setting
Not a single feast can be imagined not only without delicious treats, but also a beautiful setting. The style of the New Year's interior 2020 should be cozy, homely and simple, while luxurious. A white tablecloth made of linen or other cotton fabric is ideal, the main thing is no synthetics. Replace paper napkins with plain linen napkins. Discard plates with paintings and gilding in favor of clay pots. Ceramics are generally a cozy kind of tableware. Therefore, all elements can be made from it.
Wooden classics are also suitable. Decorate the empty seats on the table with pine cones, arrange bouquets of dried cereals, arrange bags of cereals. A lamp with essential oils will create a special atmosphere. The main thing is to be comfortable, warm and fun.
New Year's puff salad "White Rat"
Delicious and interesting layered salad in the shape of a "rat" will decorate the festive New Year's table with an original presentation.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 215 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 400 g
- Ground salt and pepper - to taste
- Mayonnaise - for dressing
- Fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- Olives - 1 pc. for decoration
- Eggs - 5 pcs.
Cooking puff New Year's salad "White Rat":
- Boil the chicken fillet in salted water, cool, disassemble into fibers, place on a flat salad bowl in the shape of a "rat" silhouette and brush with mayonnaise.
- Wash the cucumbers, grate on a coarse grater, lay on top of the meat and brush with a layer of mayonnaise.
- Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool, peel and separate the whites from the yolks.
- Grate the yolks, put on cucumbers and make a mayonnaise mesh.
- Cut the whites from one egg in half and set aside.
- Grate the rest of the whites on a fine grater and sprinkle evenly over the yolks.
- Attach the remaining proteins with a toothpick to the body in the form of "ears".
- Cut the olives in half. Insert one part in place of the nose, and cut the other in half and shape it in the form of "eyes".
New year goose with apples
Excellent festive New Year's dinner - baked goose. The meat will surprise you with its aroma, delicate taste and appetizing appearance, and apples will add a piquant sourness.
Ingredients:
- Goose - 3.5 kg
- Apples - 13 pcs.
- Prunes - 50 g
- Dried apricots - 50 g
- Dark raisins - 50 g
- Pears - 5 pcs.
- Potatoes - 1.5 kg
- Shallots - 200 g
- Dry white wine - 300 ml
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Black peppercorns - 5 pcs.
- Spices to taste
Cooking New Year's goose with apples:
- Turn salt, spices and black peppercorns into crumbs in a mortar.
- Wash the goose, dry it and rub with the resulting mixture.
- Core the apples with seeds, cut into medium-sized cubes, mix with dried fruits and fill the carcass.
- Send the bird to bake in the oven for half an hour at 200 degrees.
- Take out the bird, pour in the wine and send it to bake in the oven for another 2 hours.
- Remove the carcass again and spread the potatoes, chopped onions, shallots and garlic around it.
- Return the goose and vegetables to bake in the oven for 1 hour.
Sliced boiled pork
Juicy and aromatic boiled pork is a favorite New Year's meat dish, which will make the holiday not only successful, but also cheerful and homely cozy.
Ingredients:
- Pork - 1 kg
- Water - 0.5 l
- Mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons
- Salt - 1 tsp. L
- Sugar - a pinch
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Spices (bay leaf, ground black pepper and allspice peas, marjoram) - a small pinch
Cooking boiled pork slices:
- Mix spices, sugar and salt in water.
- Place the washed meat in the prepared brine, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and leave the pork in the brine to cool for 8 hours.
- Put the meat on the fire again and cook for 5 minutes after boiling.
- Cool the meat again in brine to room temperature, remove and dry from the brine.
- Wrap the pork in foil and refrigerate.
New Year's cake "Herringbone"
The most important symbol of the New Year is the Christmas tree, which accompanies us everywhere: in the form of home decor, on postcards, as souvenirs and even on the New Year's table! A real New Year's masterpiece is the herringbone cake.
Ingredients:
- Eggs - 3 pcs.
- Pistachios - 100 g
- Sugar - 75 g
- Flour - 25 g
- Starch - 25 g
- Sugar - 3 tablespoons
- White chocolate - 100 g
- Salt - a pinch
- Peeled almond kernels - 100 g
Cooking New Year's Elochka cake:
- Prepare baking cones. Cut out circles with a diameter of 15 cm from parchment, twist them into cones and fasten with paper clips. Insert the assembled cone shapes into small diameter circles.
- Separate the whites from the yolks.
- Whisk the whites into a stiff foam, add sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Beat the yolks separately and gradually combine with the whites.
- Peeled almonds, dry in a clean skillet over medium heat and chop with a blender.
- Add a pinch of salt, flour and starch to the egg-sugar mixture.
- Knead the biscuit dough until smooth and fill the molds.
- Send the molds to a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Check the readiness of the test with a toothpick. Then remove the cones from the mold and cool.
- In a water bath, melt the white chocolate and brush over the Christmas tree with a culinary brush. Dip them in pistachios pre-chopped in a blender.
New Year's punch with citrus
An original low-alcohol cocktail with liqueur, spices and citrus fruits - New Year's punch. The drink does not leave anyone indifferent, and the hostess of the year will like it.
Ingredients:
- Water - 700 ml
- Honey - 50 ml
- Lemon - 3 pcs.
- Oranges - 500 g
- Liqueur - 0.5 l
- Thyme - 1 sprig
- Ice - for serving
Making New Year's Citrus Punch:
- In a saucepan, heat the water to a warm temperature, add honey and stir.
- Wash oranges with lemon, cut into wedges, squeeze the juice and put in honey water.
- Refrigerate punch for 2 hours.
- Then pour in the liquor and add a sprig of thyme.
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