What to cook for a new table. Hot dishes for the new year

New Year is a holiday for every person, associated with an elegant Christmas tree, sparklers, of course, gifts and delicious food. Some recommendations will help make the New Year's table memorable. We advise you to decide in advance what dishes should be on the New Year's table. In this article we will tell you what dishes to cook for the New Year 2017, we will give step by step recipes as well as photographs.

The main nuances of the menu

AT recent times many try to please the coming symbol of the year with the delicacies presented on the festive table. In 2017, this is the Fire Rooster.

The rooster has always been the master of the house and its hens. He will appreciate simple and natural dishes. In the year of the Rooster, it is better to cook a lot of homemade cakes, for example, pies. Special attention should be given to greens and vegetables. Sandwiches with meat ingredients and vegetables can serve as an appetizer. From drinks it is better to choose cocktails, wines or tinctures. To dishes that can be seasoned with alcohol, it is better to add sweet liquor or wine from various fruits and berries.

Note! The highlight of the table should be a small plate with grain.

When people are already gathering in the house, you should offer them a snack. As a snack, a cocktail salad can be suitable, which will immediately give the holiday an appropriate atmosphere.

Cooking for the holiday table

No New Year is complete without New Year's salads. As a rule, the table accommodates meat salads, delicious fish dishes and vegetarian food. It is worth choosing which dishes to cook, focusing on who will eat them. In the New Year, you can try and surprise everyone with your skill, cook dishes that no one has tried before. In addition to traditional salads, which are associated with the New Year, several other dishes are added to the table.

Air

This gourmet dish will appeal to everyone: both women and men. It is very nutritious and helps to cope with the feeling of hunger. To cook it correctly, you need to follow the following instructions:

Take a pound of champignons and fry in a hot pan with onions. It must be remembered that it is better to put them in hot oil, and cut the onion into small pieces. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Then cut 10 crab sticks cubes.
6 boiled eggs should be grated on the smallest grater and add all the previously prepared ingredients.
Next, you need to season the salad with mayonnaise.
Arrange the prepared salad on a beautifully decorated platter.
Top with grated soft cheese.

This salad does not take much time, so you should take note of this recipe, besides, it is delicious. It will appeal to people who like salads "with a sharp start."

Korean salad

For the correct preparation of the dish, you must follow the correct sequence of actions:

It is necessary to take 100 grams of green string beans and fry in hot oil until golden brown.
Place the beans on a paper towel, cool, let the oil drain.
Fry six mushrooms and place on a paper towel.
After cooling all the ingredients, you need to mix them in a deep bowl.
Next add 150 grams Korean carrots and eight olives.
Salt the salad to taste.
Add pepper if needed.
Toss the salad and let stand for about an hour in the refrigerator.

The prepared dish should be put in a salad bowl and garnished with herbs or pine nuts.

holiday mood

As another festive dish, a salad with a delicious taste will perform. For this you need:

Take three boiled eggs. Cut them into strips.
Add three chopped tomatoes to the eggs.
Cut 150 grams of crab meat product.
Grate 100 grams of hard cheese.

Garlic sauce is used as a dressing. For cooking, take two cloves of garlic and push them through the garlic. It is worth focusing only on your own taste. Remember that housewives often overdo it with this dressing.

Note! Such a dish is laid out in the form of rings or other figures. You can decorate it with lettuce leaves, various herbs, pine nuts.

New Year's table rules

No need to focus on the chicken. The rooster may be offended and deprive the hostess of good luck in the coming year.
The main dish should not be cooked with a lot of oil and fat.
Dishes with greens and vegetables, lean meat will look great on the table.
Don't cook too much spicy food.

Note! It is best to pay attention to foods such as cheeses, olives, spices, fish. You can cook baked fish. As it is suitable trout, salmon. Potatoes can be a side dish.

Drink and don't get drunk

In the New Year, cocktails will be relevant, because the word "cocktail" is even translated accordingly as the tail of a rooster.

Cocktail "Mood"

You can make a cocktail "Mood". For this you need to take:

coca-cola;
red wine, preferably cherry;
dark rum.

This taste will attract friends and acquaintances with an unusual peculiar taste. A wine drink will add zest in the form of tart notes. The procedure for preparing the drink is as follows:

Grab an elegant cocktail glass. Don't forget to wash it appearance the cocktail is also important.
Put ice on the bottom.
Mix three parts wine and one rum.
Add soda to the mixture.

A lemon or a berry can act as a decoration. The straw will also look amazing. It only takes a couple of minutes to make a cocktail.

Cocktail "Champagne"

It takes half an hour to prepare. It is the main drink of the holiday. Contains champagne, lemon, vermouth, sugar, ice and a dash of fantasy to decorate the prepared drink.

First you need to mix champagne, vermouth and sugar. All in equal amounts. Add lemon juice and stir. Then the drink should be cooled in the refrigerator. Next, you need to pour the cocktail into prepared glasses, decorate them with an umbrella and lemon. Wine glasses are better to choose a New Year's theme, for example, with snowflakes, stickers or hand-painted. Don't forget the ice cubes.

Such recipes will be liked by guests and relatives who have come, they will create a festive mood.

According to the eastern calendar, the year of the Red Rooster is coming. The element that will dominate throughout the year is fire. To attract health, love and prosperity to your home, you need to appease the Rooster. It is believed that the patron of the coming year has a cocky character, but also respects traditions. In preparing the New Year's table, everything is taken into account, to the smallest detail. The menu for the New Year in 2017 is also compiled taking into account the preferences of the symbol of the year.

Mascot of the Year Preferences - Rooster

The main colors that should be present in the decor of the festive table in the year of the Rooster are red and gold. For Chinese culture, these colors are traditional, so it is believed that in 2017 it is necessary to adhere to other traditions. In our country, it is customary for the table to burst with treats during the holiday.

Traditionally, the menu consists of the following categories:

cold snacks;
hot main dishes;
beverages.

Red table decor

There are certain restrictions in compiling the menu for the New Year's table in 2017. Firstly, the Rooster will not like it if chicken or chicken dishes are served. Secondly, the use of chicken eggs should be avoided, which can also offend a proud bird. You can replace traditional eggs in salads with quail eggs. Instead of chicken meat, it is better to serve pork, beef, fish or seafood.

The symbol of the coming year does not tolerate intricate and too refined dishes. He likes simple homemade food without the use of hot spices or unnatural additives. In general, it is not difficult to please a feathered one, there would be a desire. And he, according to Eastern beliefs, will not remain in debt and will patronize the owners of the house in the new year.

There can only be such a cockerel on the table

An ordinary salad turns into a festive one in tartlets

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New Year's appetizers

The first category of dishes that are necessarily present in any menu of the New Year's table is snacks. It is here that the hostess can show her imagination in the design of dishes. The usual sandwiches with sausage and sprats are already tired of everyone. But unusual canapes will appeal to both guests and Cockerel.

Canapes are convenient for any table

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Potato canapes with salmon

Ingredients:

medium-sized potatoes (for baking) - 1 kg;
butter (melted) - 100 g;
flour - 100 g;
soda - 0.5 tsp;
cream cheese (philadelphia, mascarpone) - 280 g;
salmon - 200 g;
cream - 100 ml;
lemon (its juice and zest) - 1 pc.;
capers for decoration - 50 g.

Beautiful and neat canapés with salmon will surprise guests

Prepare the base for the canapes. This recipe uses baked potato pads instead of bread. Potatoes should be washed and dried. Bake until soft inside and crispy baked crust.
Peel and mash the cooled potatoes. Then add fat, flour and soda. Roll out the resulting potato dough and transfer to a baking sheet. Ideally, if the thickness of the dough is no more than 1 cm.
Lubricate the potatoes with melted butter and put in the oven a second time for 45 minutes. The resulting potato cake should be cooled.
In the meantime, you can get on with the filling. Cream cheese should be beaten until the mass acquires a shine. Then add cold cream and lemon juice. For piquancy, you can use ground pepper.
Grease the cooled potatoes with the resulting creamy mass. Cut the dish into even serving squares. Place a piece of smoked salmon on each square. Garnish each serving with dill leaves, lemon zest and chopped capers.

Cream cheese should be well whipped

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Olive king penguins

Ingredients:

large pitted olives - 18 pcs.;
small pitted olives - 18 pcs.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
cream cheese - 1 pack. (250 g).

Cute penguins for table decoration

First you need to prepare large olives. This will be the body of the penguins. Make a slit on each olive. Place 1 tablespoon of cream cheese inside each olive.
Cut carrots into slices 3-4 mm thick. Cut out a quarter circle from the circles - this will be the penguin's beak. The rest is paws.
Put all 18 carrot "legs" on a plate for serving snacks. Place a large olive with the filling on top, hole down. Position the olive so that the incision with the cheese is in front - this is the penguin's tummy. Put a small olive with a hole on a large one. Insert a carrot beak into it. In order for the design to be stable, and it was convenient to take the snack with your hands, each figure must be put on a skewer.

Penguin parts before assembly

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New Year's salads are not only Olivier

Olivier and herring under a fur coat are perhaps the main symbols of the New Year. But it is difficult to call these salads original and healthy. The hostesses are trying to get away from stereotypes and come up with an unusual menu for the New Year. Salads are the highlight of the holiday table.

Such Christmas trees will decorate the table

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Salad "Oriental Tale" with persimmon

Ingredients:

dried cranberries - 1 tbsp.;
dry wine - 0.5 tbsp.;
Brussels sprouts - 300 g;
Iceberg lettuce - 300 g;
persimmon - 2 pcs.;
pumpkin seeds - 0.5 tbsp.;
pomegranate seeds- 0.5 st.
for refueling:
linseed oil - 100 ml;
Dijon mustard - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
weak vinegar (apple, wine) - 2 tbsp. l.;
salt pepper.

The salad looks very appetizing.

Mix cranberries with wine and put on moderate heat. Simmer until almost all of the liquid has evaporated.
In a large bowl, mix shredded cabbage and lettuce, diced persimmons and cooled cranberries. Add pomegranate seeds and pumpkin seeds. Leave a little for decoration.
Then prepare the dressing. The dressing should stand for about half an hour in order for all the spices to reveal their aromas.
Dress the salad, mix and garnish by sprinkling seeds on top.

I use pomegranate seeds and seeds in the preparation of the salad, you will definitely please the hero of the occasion - the New Year's Rooster

Even without mayonnaise, you can cook a New Year's dish

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Italian salad with prosciutto

Ingredients:

prosciutto - 150 g;
salami - 150 g;
Romano or Iceberg lettuce - 1 head;
olives (a mixture of black and green) - 0.5 tbsp.;
hot or salad pepper, pickled - 0.5 tbsp.;

For the Italian dressing:

olive oil - 2.5 tablespoons;
garlic clove - 1 pc.;
weak vinegar (apple, wine, balsamic) - 1.5 tbsp. l.;

Light and fresh Italian salad will decorate any table

To prepare the Italian dressing, press the garlic through a special press or chop with a knife, and then mix with the rest of the ingredients.
Cut salami into small cubes. Finely chop the lettuce leaves into strips. To give the salad sophistication, prosciutto can be rolled up.
Prepare the pepper. If there is no pickled pepper, you can use fresh, after frying it in a pan. Cut the finished pepper into large slices or leave in halves if it is small.
Mix all ingredients, dress salad with dressing.

New Year's salad is ready

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Hot dishes - how to replace chicken

Tasty cooked hot sets the tone for the whole feast. To please all guests without exception, it is advisable to offer several types of hot dishes. As the main dishes in the menu of the New Year's table, it is better to include fish or beef. The main thing is not to serve chicken or chicken.

Any meat will do except chicken.

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Chinese baked spicy fish

Ingredients:

fresh non-frozen fish (cod, tilapia, pike perch) - 1 pc.;
mushrooms (you can use shiitake, mushrooms or oyster mushrooms) - 200 g;
vegetables (onions, shallots, chili peppers) - 1 pc.;
spices (cumin, zira, red and black peppers) - 1 tsp each;
garlic - 2 teeth;
ginger - 1 tsp;
greens - 0.5 bunch.

The fish looks very festive

Gut and clean the fish from scales, rinse and dry. Make several shallow transverse cuts on the sides. Rub the fish inside and out with salt.
Prepare vegetables and herbs. Finely chop the onion, pepper, garlic, and grate the ginger. Rinse the mushrooms, chop finely and dry.
Pour a few tablespoons into a hot skillet. vegetable oil. Saute vegetables and mushrooms. When you feel the aroma of fried mushrooms, add spices to the frying.
Put the fish and the resulting hot fried sauce on a baking sheet. Leave for an hour so that the fish is saturated with vegetable juice and the smell of spices. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
Transfer the finished dish to a plate and sprinkle with herbs.

Cover fish with vegetables

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Festive country-style beef with vegetables

Ingredients:

boneless beef - 1 kg;
broccoli - 1 large head;
small potatoes - 0.5 kg;
garlic - 1 head;
balsamic vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
vegetable oil - 100 ml;
salt pepper.

Juicy and fried meat with vegetables

Place the beef in a plastic bag with a zipper, add half the olive oil, vinegar and 4 cloves of garlic. Salt and pepper, then leave to marinate in a tightly closed bag for 15 minutes - 1 hour.
In the meantime, work on the vegetables. Wash potatoes thoroughly and cut into halves. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put the potatoes prepared for baking on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, add broccoli to potatoes. First, it must be disassembled into inflorescences, combined in a bowl with the remaining olive oil, garlic and spices.
Put the marinated meat on the grill on top of the vegetables. So the vegetables will be cooked in beef juice and fat, and the steaks themselves will be cooked on the grill. You need to bake the meat until the temperature inside is about 125 degrees, according to a food thermometer. On average, it takes 20-25 minutes.
Ready beef can be served directly on a baking sheet, or you can transfer it to a beautiful dish. Before cutting the meat into slices of 0.5 cm, you need to let it cool for about 20 minutes.

On the grill, the meat turns out very tasty.

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Desserts for the festive table on New Year's Eve

The final part of the meal is dessert. To make the symbol of the year, the Rooster, like sweets, use seeds, grains and other products that birds like in cooking. You will definitely be inspired by these two simple and tasty desserts for the New Year's menu-2017, taking into account the taste preferences of the Rooster.

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Baskets "Golden Lily" with pumpkin filling

Ingredients:

puff pastry - 1 pack;
pumpkin puree - 1 tbsp.;
brown sugar - 0.5 tbsp.;
butter - 100 g;
quail eggs- 3 pcs.;
vanillin;
dried cranberries - 0.5 tbsp.;
pumpkin seeds - 0.5 tbsp;
salt.

Appetizing baskets with sweet filling

Roll out the dough very thinly - up to 3 mm. Cut out 10 even circles with a diameter of 25 cm. Cover the baking dish with dough.
Prepare the filling. To do this, mix pumpkin puree, sugar, butter, salt, eggs, vanilla and cranberries in one container. Roast the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan and add to the rest of the ingredients. Divide the resulting mixture into baskets.
Bake in the oven at 180 degrees with convection on for about 20 minutes. Decorate with the remaining seeds and cranberries.

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Almond Banana Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients:

flour - 1.5 tbsp.;
baking powder - 1 pack;
allspice, cinnamon, salt - 0.5 tsp each;
quail eggs - 6 pcs.;
overripe banana - 2 pcs.;
almond milk - 0.25 tbsp.;
butter - 100 g.

For the streusel:

butter - 3 tablespoons;
oatmeal or corn - 1 tbsp. l.;
sliced almonds - 3 tbsp;
granulated sugar - 2 tablespoons;
flour - 2 tablespoons;
ground cinnamon - 0.5 tbsp.

Banana muffins with sweet streusel

Preheat oven. You need to bake at 180 degrees. Grease 12 muffin tins with butter.
Prepare the streusel. Mix all the above ingredients and knead the mass with your hands.
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, baking powder, sugar, spices. Mix eggs, banana, almond milk and vanilla in another bowl with a whisk. Sift dry ingredients into egg mixture.
Fill the forms halfway with the resulting test. Gently spoon the streusel on top with a teaspoon. Bake for at least 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

The muffins are fluffy and very flavorful.

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New Year's alcoholic drinks

The signature drink on every menu for the New Year is champagne, but in the year of the Rooster, a cocktail plays the main role. This is because the word "cocktail" is translated as "rooster's tail", which is the best fit for the theme of the New Year's party. You can prepare a wide variety of cocktails, the main thing is a bright decoration.

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New Year's Gin and Tonic

Ingredients:

gin - 30 ml;
tonic - 100 ml;
frozen cranberries (you can try the version with currants) - 15 pcs.;
fresh rosemary - 1 sprig.

This cocktail is easy to make. It is enough to take 5 cranberries and defrost them. Mash the berries and squeeze out the juice.
Mix gin and tonic in a tall glass. Add thawed cranberries to color the drink pink.
Top the drink with the remaining frozen berries. The final touch is a sprig of rosemary for decoration.

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Apple bourbon with tonic and peach

Ingredients:

peaches - 2 pcs.;
apple bourbon - 50 ml;
tonic - 100 ml;
crushed ice;
rosemary or mint for garnish

A cold cocktail is the perfect drink for a party.

Cut peaches into thin slices. You need to cut with a sharp knife so that the peaches retain their juiciness and look neat. If there are no good fresh peaches, you can use canned ones, but this will change the taste a little.
Place peaches and crushed ice in a tall thin glass.
Pour in bourbon and tonic. Thus, the alcohol will cool and acquire a peach flavor.
Decorate with a green branch.

Fruit smoothies for kids

What to serve on the New Year's table to surprise guests and please the symbol of 2017 - the Rooster, is up to you. The proposed menu for the New Year 2017 is just one of the options. Whatever you cook, may the Fiery Red Rooster be favorable to you this year and give you the fulfillment of all desires.

There is just a little bit left before that long-awaited day when gifts unfold, the air is filled with the aromas of tangerines and pine needles, the refrigerator bursts with goodies, and champagne flows like a river.

In order not to have to feverishly think on the last day, how to please the household for the holiday, we solve this issue in advance. True - taking into account the preferences of the symbol of the next year - the Fire Rooster.

Dishes for the New Year 2017 - what to cook for the New Year's table for the Year of the Rooster 2017?

The tradition of preparing dishes, according to the “wishes” of the patron of the year, appeared not so long ago. It is a selection of products and dishes, corresponding to the taste preferences of one or another animal from the Eastern calendar , according to which it is necessary to take into account the characteristic features of not only the symbol of the year, but also its elements.

So, what dishes will please the Red Fire Rooster?

On the chicken and poultry meat - hard taboo.
Eggplants, beets, red onions, berries and their juices, grapes, plums, carrots we take it out of the "bins" and put it on the festive table.
Rooster - follower simple and healthy food . Therefore, fruits with vegetables and grains should be mandatory. Colors - red and orange, pink, purple and burgundy - are preferred on the table and in the design.
Do not scare away the Rooster zucchini and peas, spinach, bell pepper salad, cucumbers, avocado with kiwi .
For hot: meat beef, rabbit, lamb, pork dishes, as well as a wide variety of cereals, casseroles and pastries .
As for the table setting, this year there should be metal . For example, metal utensils, hand-painted golden trays, etc. We decorate dishes herbs and spices , originally arranging them in vases and on plates.

A variant of the New Year's menu for the year of the Rooster 2017 - what to cook for the festive table?

Stuffed eggplant
Required products:
- Eggplant - 3 pcs.
- Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- Onions - 2 heads.
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- 1 carrot.
- Cheese (hard) - 70 g.
- Salt, pepper, butter, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
- Soak washed, cut lengthwise and salted eggplants in salted water to eliminate bitterness for 30 minutes, rinse again and cut out the pulp.
- Cut onions, carrots, peppers and eggplant pulp, fry, add tomatoes, simmer until excess liquid has evaporated.
- Season with salt/pepper/garlic.
- The cooled “minced meat” is laid out in eggplant halves, greased with mayonnaise, sprinkled with cheese and baked for 35 minutes.
Root vegetable salads
It all depends on the scope of the imagination. We take potatoes and carrots, beets, celery root, a wide variety of herbs, fragrant spices and spices, and prepare something original, which will delight both the Fire Rooster and the household.
canape
Well, where without them - without these delicious tiny sandwiches on skewers. They decorate the table and are suitable as an appetizer. To decorate sandwiches for “one tooth”, you can use grapes, mushrooms, small cucumbers and olives.
Salad - fireworks of taste for the Rooster
Required products:
- Potatoes, carrots and beets - each 300 g.
- Cabbage - 200 g.
- Pork fillet - 250 g.
- Salt, mayonnaise, butter.
- Greens (more) and 1 pomegranate.
Salad preparation method:
- Cut (in the form of straws), fry the pork.
- Cut (also), fry potatoes.
- Grate the beets with carrots and chop the cabbage.
- Separate the pomegranate seeds from the skin and chop the greens.
- Cut the fried potatoes with pork into cubes and put them in slides on a plate along with vegetables. Pomegranate - in the very middle. Mix before use.
Beef under the "fur coat".
Required Ingredients:
- Beef - 700 g.
- Onion - 1 head.
- Salt pepper.
- Vinegar - 50 ml.
- Butter 100 g (butter).
- Ground coffee - 2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Mix vinegar with coffee and spices, rub the meat with the resulting mixture and hide in a container in the refrigerator for 5 hours.
- Next, fry the meat until golden brown, put it on a baking sheet on top of the onion cut into rings, bake for half an hour.
- Grind the baked onion in a blender, mix with a couple of tablespoons of flour (dilute in water) and meat juice - for the sauce.
cold cuts
Required products:
- Beef - 300 g (dried).
- Pork brisket - 300 g (boiled and smoked).
- Boiled beef tongue - 1 pc.
- Leaf lettuce, greens (in a bunch - all traditional).
- Spices, mustard.
Whatever dishes you put on the festive table, remember that the main component is attention to loved ones!

home distinguishing feature Red Rooster, host of 2017, is pedantry. He loves classics, elegance and simplicity. Therefore, during the preparation New Year's dishes his tastes must be taken into account.
Recipe content:

most loved Orthodox holiday is the New Year. When one year gives way to another, many people cherish the hope that a magical night will bring a new and happy life. They believe that the past year will take away old worries and problems, and the new one will allow a lot to start from scratch. Therefore, there is a special approach to the holiday: they put on the most fashionable outfits, put the best appliances on the table, and prepare the most delicious dishes. For this reason, the preparation of the New Year's menu requires a special approach and compliance with a certain number of rules.

To properly compose the menu, one should take into account the tastes of the Red Rooster in order to appease him in every possible way. After all, in a magical new year's eve working miracles believe both children and adults. To satisfy the animal, one should take into account that the creature is not greedy, but moderately economical. However, this does not mean that the feast should burst with abundance. Everything should be on the table in abundance, but the dishes should be prepared simple.

All New Year's dishes should be colorful and bright, like the Rooster himself. The bright ingredients involved in the recipe will help achieve this effect. The animal will be pleased with the presence of fruits and vegetables on the table. It would be useful to have a container with grain in the center of the feast, because. This is the bird's favorite delicacy. The owner of the year will be glad to have a sweet: a cake or a pie. The animal on the New Year's table will not forgive chicken dishes. Another forbidden product of the New Year's menu are chicken eggs. However, adding them to New Year's dishes is not prohibited. In addition, they can be replaced with quail. You should not just use them explicitly - stuffed or in the form of snowmen on skewers.

The New Year's table should be filled with a wide selection of dishes and drinks. Be sure to hot dishes, snacks, salads, dessert and drinks. The rooster, as a native of the village, is used to simple food, so you should not “bother” with complex recipes from chefs. However, this does not mean that it will be possible to get by with the on-duty Olivier and Fur Coat. Without them, of course, nowhere, but you need to cook a dish without exotic ingredients.

hotter. Recall - the feathered symbol will upset if they eat its relatives - the chicken. It is better to choose dishes from fish and seafood.
Garnish. Stewed and fresh vegetables will look good. And like a true villager, a rooster will be delighted with potatoes.
Salads. Their circle is rich enough. A salad in the form of a Christmas tree or a New Year's toy will help to emphasize the solemnity of the moment.
Snacks. Since the rooster is a very bright character, snacks need to be selected bright and expressive. It can be vegetable and meat cuts, canapes, mini-sandwiches ...
Beverages. Life-giving moisture is only natural: juices, fruit drinks.
desserts. Here fantasy allows you to do anything.

How to set the table?

Tablecloth- monophonic soft tones. The best option is white, pink, gold, made of linen or cotton.
Service- naturalness: glass, wood, clay, and no plastic. It will be beneficial to shade bright dishes from porcelain dishes.
Napkins- in the tone of the tablecloth, but can also be bright red - after all, the Fire Rooster. Place paper napkins on a plate, linen and cotton - under a plate.
Glasses- depending on the type of alcohol provided. Don't forget the water glasses.

There should be more accessories made from natural materials on the table - a wicker basket for bread, a wooden tray or a salt shaker. You can greet the Fire Rooster by placing candles in red candlesticks on the table. This will perfectly complement the New Year's interior, give an atmosphere of mystery and elegance. You can safely take out candles and candlesticks left over from last year, because. the fiery theme remains relevant. Last year's red decorations are suitable: figurines, compositions ... Decorate dishes: The rooster loves elegance and beauty. It is advisable to decorate the treat with something red - tomatoes, red caviar, pomegranate. A small bowl with sprouted grains would be appropriate in the center of the table.

What delicious and beautiful to cook - recipes for the New Year 2017

Greten is a great side dish for a main course. This is the oldest dish in French cuisine. Bright, festive, easy to prepare, and given the rustic theme of 2017, it can be made in clay pots.

Calorie content per 100 g - 143 kcal.
Servings Per Container - 6
Cooking time - 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 8 pcs.
Sour cream 20% fat - 150 g
Cream 25% fat - 300 ml
Garlic - 3 cloves
Champignons - 5 pcs.
Nutmeg - 1/3 tsp
Cheese - 200 g
Greens (parsley, cilantro) - bunch
Bacon - 100 g
Olive oil- 1 tbsp
Provence herbs - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
Ground black pepper - a pinch or to taste

Step by step preparation:

Peel the potatoes, cut into 1.5 cm circles.
Freeze the bacon slightly so that you can cut it into thin slices.
Wash the mushrooms and cut into thin strips along the legs.
For the sauce with a blender, beat sour cream with cream until smooth, add nutmeg, salt, pepper, spices, chopped garlic cloves.
Cheese grate on a fine grater.
Lubricate 6 clay pots or special disposable holiday foil molds with oil.
Lay the ingredients in layers in molds. Alternate layers as follows: potatoes, bacon, mushrooms.
Pour sauce over all products and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake the gratin in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes until golden brown. Serve hot, garnished with herbs.

Pork and prunes are a great food combination. Fragrant, juicy, tender, tasty... The dish will be to the taste of both the guests and the owner of 2017.

Ingredients:

Pork rump - 1.5 kg
Pitted prunes - 20 pcs.
Garlic - 5 cloves
Red dry wine - 1 tbsp.
Mustard grains - 4 tbsp.
Thyme - 1 tsp
Salt - a couple of pinches or to taste
Black pepper - pinch or to taste

Step by step preparation:

Wash the meat and pat it dry with a towel. Make cross cuts every 1.5 cm, without cutting to the end of 3 cm.
Pour the wine into a deep and wide container and heat it to a temperature close to boiling, but do not let it boil.
Remove the wine from the stove and dip the chopped prunes into it. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
Coarsely chop the garlic and mix with the prunes that you extract from the wine.
Salt the meat thoroughly, pepper, rub with thyme and sprinkle with mustard seeds.
Fill each cut with prunes and leave the meat in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours.
Wrap the pork in food foil and place it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Leave to cook for 30 minutes. Turn the package over and continue baking for another 30 minutes. Then carefully unfold the foil so that the meat is browned for 10 minutes.

Salmon is a delicacy that each of us loves. It can be present on the table in the form of cuts, used for salads, but the most delicious option is baked in the oven.

Ingredients:

Salmon fillet - 1 kg
Breadcrumbs - 5 tbsp.
Butter - 30 g
Mustard - 5 tablespoons
Honey - 2 tablespoons
Walnuts - 10 pcs.
Parsley greens - half a bunch
Salt - a pinch or to taste
Ground black pepper - a pinch or to taste
Refined vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
Lemon - 1 pc.

Step by step preparation:

Melt the butter in a saucepan.
Add honey, add mustard, pour washed and dried finely chopped greens. Stir.
For breading, combine crushed walnuts and breadcrumbs.
Cut the fish into portions, removing the vertebral bones. Place it in an oiled mold. Drizzle with prepared sauce and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Place the form in a preheated oven to 190 degrees and cook the fish for 30 minutes. Serve garnished with thin lemon slices.

Dessert! How can you do without it on New Year's Eve? And since in the coming year the host of the celebration is the Cockerel, and not simple, but Fiery, the dessert will be flaming.

Ingredients:

Bitter chocolate - 200 g
Cream with a fat content of 30% - 200 ml
Cognac - 30 ml
Honey - 1 tbsp.
Chopped walnuts and almonds - 1 tbsp each
Any fresh fruit - 100 g
Biscuit cut into cubes - 100 g

Step by step preparation:

Prepare the fondue pot by setting its bowl in a water bath.
Break the chocolate into pieces and melt.
Mix the chocolate mass with cream, honey, nuts and cognac until smooth.
Place the bowl on the stand and light the candle.
Put the prepared fruit and biscuit on skewers, which you dip into the fragrant warm mass and enjoy a delicious delicacy!

Drinks are only natural! Remember? Even an alcoholic drink can be prepared from healthy and delicious food. Mary Christmas - just in harmony with New Year's table 2017 and fits all the requirements of the Fire Rooster: fiery red, bright, natural.

Ingredients:

Vodka - 1 part
Tomato juice - 3 parts
Lemon - 1 slice
Salt - a pinch

Step by step preparation:

In this cocktail, the main thing is to observe the order of the ingredients. In a small pile, first pour thick tomato juice in a ratio of 1: 3 (the juice should be three times as much vodka). The juice must be thick so that it can hold vodka on its surface and prevent it from “plunging into its depths”.
After that, add a pinch of salt to the tomato juice, squeeze out the lemon juice and carefully pour vodka over the knife blade. The amount of vodka should be three times less than juice. It is desirable that the vodka be ice cold. Since the cocktail is prepared immediately before drinking, otherwise all the ingredients will mix.

Video recipes:

New Year's holiday holidays are certainly accompanied by the expectation of a miracle, that the coming year will be more successful and joyful, without worries and troubles. It does not do without a joyful atmosphere, and regardless of age. At the festive table, sincere congratulations and wishes are heard, based on a successful start to the coming year.

One of the main traditions is the solemn presentation of gifts and the preparation of delicious dishes, all kinds of delicacies for the festive table. And the symbol of 2017 is the Fire Rooster, which will bring good luck to stubborn and active people. That is why, even at the preparatory stage for the celebration, it is worth showing imagination, and this applies not only to the choice of gifts or decorating the room, but also in table setting and decoration of signature dishes on the table. What is it - an original and interesting menu on New Year 2017?

According to the already established tradition, it is believed that if it is good to meet and celebrate New Year's Eve, then next year will certainly be successful. That is why, every housewife tries not only to prepare delicious dishes, new salads and snacks, but also to decorate them in an original way. But do not get carried away and forget about interior design, and if you can entrust your husband and even children to install and decorate a Christmas tree and an apartment, then it is recommended that the table setting be done by the hostess herself. And you still don’t know your menu for the new year 2017, what to cook and what products you need to buy?

Making a menu for the celebration of the new 2017 Year of the Fire Rooster

The rooster is a sensible and important bird, a little quick-tempered, but also quickly departs, preferring not pomposity, as is commonly believed, but naturalness. Likes simplicity, versatility and naturalness. Therefore, the dishes on the table should be simple, and the recipes for the new year should be light, but a little playful. It is recommended to put chopped vegetables or pickles on large plates, add fragrant and spicy greens to the vegetable composition.

Meat cuts can be made in the form of canapés by layering pieces of meat with whole grain or bread with the addition of nuts. And in the center of the table, put an elegant and bright plate with poured grain. Moreover, the main dish can be arranged in the manner of the Yeralash salad by spreading cereals and grains in small piles so that the symbol of the year can also taste their favorite treat.

Do not forget about home baking, using not only the first (highest) grade flour, but also other types, such as buckwheat, corn or rice.

Before the start of the meal and feast, while all the guests are gathering, they can be offered to freshen up with light cocktails, and children can be involved in advance in making funny straws with the image of a cock's tail in bright colors.

Decoration and serving of the festive table

To decorate the house and set the table for the new year 2017, you must choose natural materials bright colors. For inspiration, think about the plumage of a rooster's tail, as it is drawn in children's fairy tale books.

For example, table setting rustic style this New Year's Eve can be considered the most original idea, for example, linen tablecloths and napkins, wooden coasters for large dishes and candlesticks, and even dishes. Instead of flowers, dry herbs, various fruit or vegetable compositions, wicker baskets for serving sliced bread, etc. may be present on the table.

The use of artificial materials is unacceptable, for example plastic tableware, it is worth giving preference to porcelain and clay services. Concerning colors- then look at the red, blue or green range of shades.

A special atmosphere at the table can be achieved by using candles for anointing or even lighting the table. Small candlesticks can be placed next to the plate of each guest, do not forget about spruce twigs and cones.

New Year's patterns can be applied to champagne glasses with a special composition, which is then easily washed off, bright tangerines and small postcards with individual congratulations can be laid out on plates.

Basic rules for serving a New Year's feast:

Glasses and glasses, glasses for soft drinks are located on the right hand of the guest;
It is recommended to start setting the table for the new year 2017 with the arrangement of plates, and only then lay out the cutlery. Last step- goblets.
The knife and fork are on the right, the spoon on the other side, and the convex side is certainly down;
Napkins are recommended to be chosen in such a way that they create a contrast with the tablecloth. Fabric ones are folded, they can be beautifully laid on portioned plates, paper ones are placed under the plates and additionally placed in a beautiful napkin holder on the table;
The tablecloth is not the main attribute of the festive table, so choose one so that it does not distract the attention of guests from delicious meals. It is permissible to cover the table only with a clean and ironed tablecloth, which hangs from each edge by about 15 cm.

Main dishes of the New Year's table

Menu for the new year 2017 what to cook from hot? It is strongly not recommended to serve a bird to the New Year's table as the main dish. The symbol of the year may hold a grudge against you, and the year will be unsuccessful. Fatty dishes are also not recommended, but light and vegetable ones will be just right. When preparing the New Year's menu, try to avoid a large number of unnatural ingredients and seasonings, fatty and spicy sauces, preferring natural herbs and spices.

Meat and fish dishes on the New Year's table 2017

Lamb with garnish as main course:

For lovers of lamb, meat stewed with potatoes and spices is suitable as a hot dish. Guests and relatives will certainly beg for the British recipe for this dish, as the dish turns out to be hearty and not greasy, and tastes good.

You will need:

600 gr. potatoes;
450 gr. lamb;
2 onions;
Carrots - 2 pcs.;
10 seeds of cumin;
60 ml. vegetable oil;
3 cloves of garlic;
2 bay leaves;
A little dry parsley;
Coarse salt and 10 black peppercorns.

Cooking lamb with vegetables:

Peas of pepper and cumin crush in a mortar with the addition of coarse salt.
Cut the lamb pulp into small pieces so that they fit into a dessert (children's large) spoon. Season the pieces of meat with spices.
Pour oil into a deep saucepan with a thick bottom or cauldrons, add meat and fry over low heat.
Cut the onion into thin half rings, chop the garlic and add to the pan with the meat. Continue frying while stirring.
Peel the carrots, cut into half rings.
Wash potatoes, peel and cut into pieces slightly larger than lamb.
Add carrots and onions to the meat with vegetables, not forgetting the lavrushka.
After 5 minutes, pour half a glass of water, wine, tomato juice or diluted tomato paste, at your discretion.
Stew the dish until cooked, shortly before cooking, taste for salt and spices and add dry parsley.

Garnish for the New Year's table:

If you cook meat or fish as the main dish, then potatoes will be an ideal side dish for them. It can be baked together with meat on another baking sheet, whole (cooked a little in boiling water) or halves in spices and seasonings.

Belgian french fries:

But no one will refuse French fries baked in the oven with a minimum amount of oil and seasonings. For cooking, it is recommended to use a mixture of spices for potatoes, with the addition of Provence herbs and paprika.

You will need:

Potatoes - 1 kg.;
4 chicken eggs;
Seasoning bag for potatoes:
50 ml. vegetable oil.

Cooking:

Rinse the potatoes, you can scratch it with a special hard brush. Cut into slices, as in a popular fast food cafe, keeping the peel.
Pour the potatoes on a baking sheet with the addition of vegetable oil, season with spices and, if desired, add coarse salt.
Separate whites from yolks. To prepare potatoes, we only need proteins, and on the basis of yolks, you can prepare homemade mayonnaise or other sauce.
Whisk the whites, salting them a little until lush foam, add to the potatoes and mix.
Put the mold in the oven and bake until tender, golden brown and soft slices.

Vegetable ratatouille from vegetables with cheese and breadcrumbs:

As a side dish, vegetable ratatouille can also be prepared along with potatoes, adding a little cheese to it so that the layers hold their shape. Your guests will definitely like a healthy side dish, almost cooked without oil. Crackers and hard cheese will add a special piquancy to vegetables. There are a variety of recipes for the new year from vegetables.

Would need:

10 large tomatoes;
Zucchini or zucchini;
3 eggplants;
2 heads of red onion;
3 red sweet peppers;
4 cloves of garlic;
Provence herbs - 0.5 tsp;
A little vegetable oil;
100 gr. hard cheese;
A bunch of parsley;
3 slices of white bread;
A little salt and pepper.

Meal preparation:

Chop the garlic cloves through a kitchen press, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil and chopped parsley to it. Add the herbs de Provence and season the sauce with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Rinse vegetables, peel and cut into round slices. Put in a deep bowl, add spicy sauce and mix well.
Dry the slices of bread in the oven, cool and chop in a food processor.
Lubricate a deep form with oil, sprinkle with a small amount of crushed crackers and lay out the vegetables, alternating them with an overlap, imitating “scales”.
Grate any hard cheese on a coarse grater, sprinkle with vegetables, and add the remaining croutons on top.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes until eggplant and peppers are cooked.

Snacks for the New Year's table

If your environment loves Chinese cuisine, then you will surely like shrimp with cream sauce, and other oriental recipes for the new year, as a hot dish for the new 2017. Serve with spicy garlic rice, with the addition of turmeric, then it will be a pleasant golden color.

Would need:

Medium-sized shrimp - 750 gr.;
Butter - 75 gr.;
Garlic - 3 cloves;
Fatty cream - 250 ml;
A little salt and freshly ground pepper;
5 sprigs of fresh parsley

Meal preparation:

Butter should be at room temperature, garlic must be squeezed into it through a kitchen press. Thoroughly mix the creamy mass and put it in a deep frying pan or stewpan.

Add the peeled shrimp to the melted garlic-cream sauce and simmer, stirring for 7 minutes.

Add chopped parsley along with sprigs (stalks).

Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon, add cream to the sauce, and wait until it thickens a little, not allowing it to boil. Put the shrimp back into the sauce and heat, stirring regularly so that the mass does not burn.

If rice with the addition of turmeric is used as a side dish, then this seasoning should not be overdone - a quarter of a teaspoon will be enough to add flavor and color to the side dish.

Traditional Russian cuisine for the New Year's table:

It is simply impossible to imagine the new 2017 without Russian dishes. traditional cuisine- favorite vinaigrette or herring under a fur coat, salad Olivier or mimosa, aspic of fish, aspic, homemade pickles and pickled mushrooms.

However, all these dishes can be served in a slightly different way, showing a little imagination and ingenuity. For example, a saddle under a fur coat or crab salad can be served as a roll rather than a layered salad, and mimosa can be wrapped in Armenian pita bread and cut into portions.

Salad with crab meat is prepared, as a rule, by mixing all the ingredients, but it can be collected in layers and soaked in homemade sauce or mayonnaise.

Salads and snacks for the festive table:

For any celebration, and especially for the New Year 2017, the year of the rooster, the hostesses prepare for a long time, rehearsing new dishes and salads, training in decorating and decorating them. New recipes are searched on the net and in popular magazines, old ones are remembered.

This New Year's Eve is the perfect time to experiment with holiday menus, adding new ingredients to salads, such as pickled or pickled olives, crispy cucumbers, and tender mushrooms.

No less relevant will be small canapes with meat, fish and cheese fillings on toast made from fresh or fried (oven-dried) bread. You can also use tartlets made from unsweetened or puff pastry for filling.

Traditional salads can be laid out in the form of Santa Claus, a round clock with hands made from fresh or boiled carrots, or a puff salad sprinkled with dill sprigs, which will imitate a Christmas tree. Bright toys and garlands will be obtained from vegetables, pomegranate seeds, peas and corn.

From boiled eggs, you can use toothpicks to assemble funny snowmen, with carrot or bell pepper spouts, and seed buttons.

Instead of sandwiches with red caviar, you can cook toasts with boiled carrots, melted cheese and herring. It will be tasty and unusual.

Sauces for hot dishes and salads:

For those who prefer natural products and seasonings for dishes, it is recommended to spend a little precious time and prepare homemade mayonnaise. To do this, just beat all the ingredients with an immersion blender, whisk or using a food processor.

Homemade adjika is also suitable for many dishes on the New Year's table, tomato sauce, lecho and other home preservation. It will not be superfluous and fatty sour cream with lemon juice, garlic and pickled gherkins.

For boiled meat and for baking, you can prepare the sauce in advance if you think over the festive menu, for example, bechamel, cheese or cream sauce. You can diversify sauces and seasonings with hummus, pesto sauce.

Desserts of the New Year's table 2017:

According to established traditions, a couple of days before the holiday, you can bake honey or gingerbread cookies, make holes in them and attach a note with playful rhymes or wishes to each. The shape of the gingerbread can be any, and you can decorate with icing and confectionery sprinkles.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, a huge number of kitchen accessories with a festive theme appear on sale. If you're lucky and get silicone or plastic Christmas tree molds, you can use them to make green fruit jelly or homemade marmalade. Such a light dessert will be the perfect end to a festive dinner.

Alcoholic drinks of the New Year's table:

A month and a half before the feast, you can prepare home-made alcohol based on high-quality vodka with good purification, for example, the famous Baileys or citrus liquor.

After everyone came from a night walk, saw enough fireworks, played enough snowballs and rolled into an ice slide, a spicy warming mulled wine will be in place.

Fans of exotic drinks will love the mango and pineapple punch. A drink is prepared with the addition of brandy or cognac.

But this year it is recommended to drink red wine at the festive New Year's table. good quality, and be sure to take at least a sip of traditional champagne, preferably chilled.

Sweet Desserts:

Tea is considered to be a good end to any holiday. High Quality several types at the discretion of the guests and a sweet dessert. It can be portioned cakes, a large biscuit cake or a juicy homemade roll soaked in syrup and cream, decorated with chocolate.

An ordinary round homemade cake can be decorated in a very original way by depicting chimes from Red Square on it, drawing Santa Claus or a Snow Maiden. As original decoration you can make a pleasant wish to everyone present, or draw an important rooster with bright plumage.

Little secrets and tricks

Cheese lovers and fresh vegetables good news awaits - the Rooster simply loves these products, so give them pride of place on the table.

Add more dairy products to homemade cakes - sour cream, cottage cheese or any kind of cheese.

As an appetizer, you can cook breaded cheese sticks, and it can be both spicy and spicy with the addition of spices and aromatic herbs.

In order not to make mistakes in cooking and leave some time to rest before the feast, try to choose affordable and easy-to-cook recipes. It is advisable to prepare and rehearse them in advance, in case your family and friends do not like the combination of ingredients at all.

Then the New Year's menu of 2017 will be appetizing, original and very tasty. Invited guests will be satisfied with the proposed treat, and will remember a successful feast for a long time.