1 / 8Warm Venetian salad Risotto with sea bassand ricotta Beef stroganoff from marbled beef with wild mushrooms Pasta with Al Pomodoro sauce Mix of salads with chicken liver, wings and raspberry dressing Salad with shrimps and baked pumpkin puree Salmon with crispy celery and saffron sauce The best Caesar salad for guests “Old New Year's” menu, in which the main role belongs, of course, to dumplings with surprises. But if you do not want to observe traditions this year, pay attention to the dishes, after which your friends will elevate you to the best housewives in the world! Chefs of top Rostov restaurants advise: - start your festive dinner with a salad - the traditional "Caesar" with chicken fillet or a warm Venetian salad, or a salad with prawns and baked pumpkin puree, pickled salmon salad with apple and yoghurt dressing. Want to show off the original Olivier? Supply it with veal tongue, capers, tiger prawns and red caviar on top. If you can't pick one, serve up a salad mix with chicken liver, wings, and raspberry dressing. Warm salads will help warm up on a cold winter evening and create a pleasant atmosphere at the table. - Serve something original for a hot meal. If guests love poultry, look for a recipe for duck breast with honey pear or duck fillet sautéed with five peppers. By the way, it is also served with a pear, which must first be darkened in red wine, honey and meat sauce. Instead of bread, you can serve homemade tortillas: with pesto or arugula sauce, olives and sun-dried tomatoes. - For fans of meat dishes, offer beef stroganoff from marbled beef with wild mushrooms and mashed potatoes. A great option is a beef medallion with pickled pepper, rabbit in mushroom sauce, tagliatelle with salmon and red caviar. Fans of meat delicacies will appreciate the shoulder of lamb with pea and spinach sauce. - Do you prefer fish? Roast salmon fillets and serve with crispy celery and saffron sauce or eggplant stew. Or fillet of flounder with young green peas. Guests will definitely like pike perch fillet with porcini mushrooms and baked potatoes - and the preparation of this dish is very simple! Do you like sophisticated simplicity? Dorado baked in sea salt and Italian herbs. However, it doesn't matter whether you are planning to sculpt traditional ones with a surprise for the Old New Year or surprise guests with culinary delights, we advise you to experiment, most importantly - with love!
And how did our great-grandmothers meet Old New Year?
Fun! On January 13, the Cossacks called them “generous evening” - they cooked dumplings and went to “generously” their neighbors. For the good wishes of the host treated the "generous" gingerbread, nuts, candy, money. Coming on a visit, the Cossacks brought simple treat in the form of bagels, seeds, baked taverns or candies from the tavern, as well as wet fruits and vegetables. Only the owners always put wine on the table, they did not bring it with them. The hostess served the dumplings with various fillings on the table, and the filling was judged on what the coming year would be. Dumplings were most often made with cottage cheese or potatoes, but in a few pieces they put flour, salt, coin, beans and other products or objects, and a few were left empty.
Many people love fried dumplingsin the New Year promised surprises in dumplings: flour - to a rich life, but heavy, salt - to chagrin, sugar - to a sweet life, a coin - to a happy and long life, empty dumpling - to the absence of bright events, beans, fish scales or cherry a bone - to add to the family, a ring - to a wedding, a button - to new things or purchases, a thread - to the road, raisins - to a promotion, cranberries or viburnum - to unrequited love, an apple - to a quiet and calm life, a cucumber - to good health, dill - for flirting, walnut - for the love of two fans, bay leaf - for recognition and glory, carrots - for new friends, caramel - a new round of relationships, honey - for health, millet - for troubles, bread - for a satisfying year , rice - to well-being. What surprises are you planning to make dumplings with? Share in the comments!
