New Year is exactly that holiday, loving everyone, young and old, which is impossible not to love, even with great desire. In all the turmoil surrounding it, the festive feast remains unchanged, which is customary to see off the old and celebrate the new year. Times go by, but it remains an integral part of a fun and fleeting New Year's Eve.
Traditions are made to be followed
New Year, as you know, is a family holiday, so most people celebrate it at home in a narrow family circle. It is these gatherings that are distinguished by the greatest sincerity and emancipation, because there is no dress code and official toasts. And yet the festive table remains the center of what is happening.
The classic "set" in this case consists of several salads, including "Olivier", "Herring under a fur coat", "Monomakh's Hat", aspic or aspic, garnish in the form of boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes, as well as a hot dish made from pork or chicken. All this is generously flavored with a variety of cold appetizers, pickles, fruits, among which tangerines play the leading role that night, as well as alcohol with a traditional bottle of champagne, which must be uncorked and drunk for twelve strokes of the clock.
New Year's menu planning
The menu for the New Year 2014 should be planned taking into account the requirements put forward by the patron saint of the coming year. In general, it is much more convenient to purchase the necessary products in advance, because the New Year's table is an extremely costly event, especially since the earlier the products are bought, the cheaper it will cost you, and save time and nerves. Plus, if all the necessary products have already been purchased in advance, then there is no need to feverishly search the shops in search of ingredients on the last day.
Try to make the maximum variety in your New Year's banquet, while using the most common and familiar products. If this task turns out to be feasible, then one might be surprised to learn how extensive the range of dishes that can be prepared from the same gastronomic set. But do not shock, especially in the family circle. Experiments should be in moderation.
For starters, it's worth working on snacks. An original solution for serving ordinary chicken can be pistachio roll.
2014 is the year of the Horse according to the eastern horoscope. As you know, these animals do not particularly favor chickens and mushrooms, but this is not a reason for the family to crunch carrots and cabbage leaves all evening. Chicken roll may well be served as a festive dish and even with a side dish of rice.
Chicken roll with mushrooms and pistachios
For cooking, you will need one chicken carcass, three hundred grams of champignons, two hundred grams of pistachios, salt and pepper. Remove the skin and bones from the chicken, and then cut the meat into portions. Mushrooms in parallel with this need to be fried with spices. Peeled pistachios, along with mushrooms and meat, are thoroughly mixed and wrapped in pre-prepared chicken skin. Next, the workpiece must be given the appearance of a roll and wrapped in foil. You need to bake at a temperature of 220 degrees for two hours.
Pork in the oven with figs and apples
Guests will be delighted with the unusual combination of meat and fruit offered in this recipe.
To prepare this dish, you will need one and a half kilograms of pork, four apples, six figs, two onions, a lemon, half a teaspoon of dried thyme, as well as ground pepper, rosemary and salt.
Before cooking, the meat must be washed and thoroughly dried, then grated with spices. The bulbs need to be peeled and cut into six equal parts. Cooking is best in a saucepan, where meat and onions are laid out.
In the oven, the dish should spend one hour at a temperature of 180 degrees, covered with foil. During the roasting of the meat, you need to prepare the fruit - peel and cut apples and figs, and also grate the lemon zest. All this is sent to the stewpan exactly one hour after the start of baking. With the added fruit, the dish is cooked for another fifteen minutes, after which the pork can be laid out on a dish and served to guests. And the horse, of course, will appreciate the dish with apples.
Favorite recipes for the New Year 2014 should be taken into account, as there are different situations, and the planned dish may be in jeopardy. In this case, it is necessary to have a fallback option that can solve the current situation and save the festive banquet. Most often, such troubles happen with the main course, so I hope our recipe for cooking pork in the oven with the addition of apples and figs will not be superfluous at all.
But it is worth noting that when choosing a recipe, it is important not to overdo it. Firstly, you need to take into account the tastes of all the guests at the festive table, and secondly, remember that in the year of the Horse it is advisable to refuse to serve horse meat on the table. Thus, stewed horse meat with garlic and horseradish or boiled in batter in Lenin style will not only be inappropriate, but even offensive. And if there are superstitious people among the guests, then they will associate all the failures of the next year precisely with mistakes in choosing dishes.
Happy New Year 2014!
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