Ah, girls! How familiar is the situation when time is short, and the guests, as they say, on the threshold. And in general ... I did not plan anything, but suddenly it turns out that it is necessary to prepare a festive dinner. And look how interesting! A festive breakfast is a concept from a number of fiction - we do not celebrate holidays in the mornings. A festive dinner is usually an event that is planned in advance, and we approach it with a feeling, with sense, with arrangement. But a gala dinner in a hurry sooner or later have to cook almost any woman. Well, this is reality. Therefore, let's reserve some recipes that will help to easily solve this problem and quickly make a decent holiday dinner.
What does that require
First, be prepared for the fact that such a dinneryou will have to cook not only in a hurry, but also on a fast foot. In such situations, it always turns out that there are no necessary products at home, and you need to run to the store urgently. Well, if you know about a sudden holiday and the need to cook dinner on this occasion on the way home (or almost on the road), then everything can be bought along the way. And if not? Here for this case you always need to keep a house:
- Frozen chicken (the bird is getting ready very quickly);
- A packet of frozen vegetables;
- A can of canned peas or corn;
- Canned fish;
- Mayonnaise.
Well, flour, vanillin, eggs, a set of traditionalSpices should be in the house of any self-respecting hostess. Naturally, other products can be found in the refrigerator. Believe me, only this will be enough to prepare a decent gala dinner in a hurry. In addition to the on-duty set of products for such a case, always keep a clean tablecloth and napkins ready at hand (you can even pack paper napkins). It is desirable that you have a set or a set of beautiful plates, pies or a dish. If you have pots or coconuts - great! Then you can always not only quickly cook hot, but also effectively serve it. In general, a beautifully decorated table is the key to the success of your festive dinner in a hurry. And if you give hot to this table, a couple of salads or a cold snack and a dessert for tea or coffee, then the dinner will be delicious! Well, now, the promised recipes.
For hot
The easiest way is to hurry up a bird. If you have a microwave, then the chicken can be defrosted quickly, and if not, then it will be easy to put out the frozen chicken. Chicken in its own juice Ingredients:
- Chicken meat;
- Salt and pepper;
- Any spices for meat or poultry.
Preparation: Quickly thaw the carcass or even chop the slightly chuffed chicken. It is quite easy to do this. First cut off both legs, then both winglets. Now separate the breast from the back and cut the breast into three parts, and the backrest into two. From the breast, first cut off a third from its sharp edge, and then divide the remainder along the sternum in half. The back is cut across the spine. Take a large brazier with a lid and sprinkle its dry bottom with salt and pepper. Now tightly put in the brazier all the pieces of chicken, and on top also sprinkle them with pepper and salt and any seasonings: curry, Italian or French herbal mixture or just put a couple of leaves of laurel. All! Put the brazier on a slow fire, and after half an hour your fragrant, tender and juicy chicken in its own juice is ready! You can serve such chicken with any side dish or even with a normal vegetable salad. Cutlets "Swallow's Nest" Ingredients:
- A pound of any minced meat;
- 3 slices of a loaf;
- 3 garlic cloves;
- 2 eggs;
- 100 g of cheese (solid);
- Head of onions;
- A large fresh tomato;
- A punch of Bulgarian pepper;
- Mayonnaise;
- Ketchup;
- Salt, pepper and greens.
Preparation: Turn on the oven, and grease the large baking sheet with vegetable oil. Stuffing is mixed with eggs and soaked in milk or water with a loaf, season it with spices, herbs and salt and mix it well. We form out of ground meat twelve flat pellets-flat cakes and put them on a baking sheet. Mine and cut the tomatoes in circles, and peel the Bulgarian pepper from the seeds and cut into rings. We cut the rings and the onion. Now we grease cutlets with ketchup, we put onion rings, mayonnaise, tomato slices and cheese slices from above. Now for each cutlet "put on" a ring of pepper and send the pan to the oven. Bake for half an hour at 180 degrees. Roast in pots Ingredients:
- Chicken or pork;
- Potatoes;
- Bow;
- Carrot;
- Garlic;
- Bay leaf;
- Salt and spices.
In addition to these ingredients in the fry you can putfresh mushrooms, tomatoes, green beans or green peas (not canned). Preparation: Turn on the oven. We prepare pots according to the number of supposed guests and rub the pots from inside with garlic and put them on the bottom of the leaves of the laurel. Now we are cleaning potatoes, onions and carrots. The number of potatoes is also calculated from the number of guests - one (two) potatoes per guest. Meat cut into small pieces, chicken can be chopped with bones (as for pilaf). Potatoes cut slices, carrots cut into circles, and onion semirings. Now lay out the pots of meat, salt it and pepper. At the top of the meat lay a layer of onions, carrots on top of it and spread potatoes. Once again we salt and pepper the roast, cover the pots with lids and put them in the oven. Half an hour later, the roast can be served on the table.
For a snack
Salads and snacks can also be cooked very quickly. This can be done while the hotter is preparing. Salad "Blonde" Ingredients:
- 3 large potatoes;
- 2 large fresh tomatoes;
- 100 g of cheese;
- Garlic clove;
- 150 g of boiled sausage;
- Mayonnaise;
- Vegetable oil.
Preparation: My potato, peel and grate for a Korean carrot. Now we wash it in cold water and spread it on the towel to dry it. For a quick drying process, potatoes can be soaked with a paper towel. Then fry the potatoes in deep-frying (a lot of hot vegetable oil) and put in a colander or a layer of paper napkins. On a dish or a large plate lay a layer of chopped tomatoes and lubricate them with mayonnaise, mixed with grated garlic. We put the sausage cut into thin strips from above, sprinkle with mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese chips. Cheese is also lubricated with mayonnaise, and we put fried potatoes on it. Leave the salad soaked for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Cheese salad with olives Ingredients:
- Olives canned (without pits) - 10-15 pieces;
- Fresh tomatoes - 2 pieces;
- Cheese - 100 g;
- Leaf salad;
- Salt and pepper;
- Olive oil.
Preparation: Lettuce leaves are mine, dried and shredded. Hard cheese and washed tomatoes cut into cubes, and cut olives in half. Spread all the ingredients in a salad bowl, salt, season with pepper and mix. Top with olive oil. Mayonnaise Pie Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- 5 tablespoons of sour cream;
- 3 eggs;
- 6 tablespoons of flour;
- A bag of baking powder for dough;
- A bunch of dill;
- A pound of white cabbage;
- Sesame.
Preparation: Turn on the oven. Shinkle cabbage (the smaller, the better), grind it with salt and mix it with finely chopped dill. For the dough, beat the eggs, add sour cream, mayonnaise, flour and knead the batter. In the end, add the baking powder and mix thoroughly. In a greased form, we spread the cabbage and fill it with dough. Sprinkle with sesame and send to the oven. We bake the cake at 180 degrees for half an hour.
For dessert
If you want to save on dessert,then buy a tasty creamy ice cream, serve it in kremankah, sprinkle with grated chocolate and (or) nuts, watering with any syrup or jam or simply decorating with fresh fruit from above. If you love and know how to bake, prepare a sweet pie for tea. Cake on wine Ingredients:
- Half a glass of white wine;
- Half a glass of vegetable oil;
- A glass of flour;
- A glass of sugar;
- Three eggs;
- Vanilla sugar;
- A bag of baking powder;
- Packing of frozen cherries.
Preparation: Turn on the oven. Eggs grind with sugar and vanilla sugar, add oil, wine, flour and baking powder. Knead the batter. The form is lubricated with oil, sprinkled with flour and poured into it dough. From the top we put the frozen cherry and put the form in the oven. After twenty or thirty minutes, our cake is ready! Cake pastry Ingredients:
- Any cookie is square or rectangular;
- A pack of soft curd or curd mass;
- Bank of condensed milk;
- Canned or fresh fruit (soft) or berries;
- Sweet, cold tea.
Preparation: Cottage cheese weed with condensed milk (you can use boiled condensed milk). Fruits (oranges, kiwi, mango, peaches, strawberries) cut into small pieces. We prepare the dish or cake and start collecting the cake. Each cookie dipped in tea and put the first layer on the dish. Lubricate with curd cream and sprinkle with fruit. The second lay out in checkerboard pattern with respect to the lower layer. Also we smear it with cream and spread it with fruits. Thus, we collect the cake to the desired height, lubricate the top and sides with cream and sprinkle with crumbs from the biscuits. These recipes can be used to prepare a festive dinner in a hurry. Well, a bottle of good wine (cognac, whiskey, champagne, liquor), candles, a vase of flowers will make your meal not just solemn, but also beautiful. Cook with pleasure, even if you have to do it in a hurry. Enjoy your appetite and success in the culinary field!