What should be the festive menu for 2017 Cock: recommendations and delicious recipes

The symbol of 2017 is Rooster. To deserve the favor of this cheerful bird, you need to properly meet the New Year. When forming the menu, take into account that the dishes should be tasty and varied, but it is better to give up frills. This is due to the nature of the totem of the coming year: The Rooster is not greedy, but economical. When cooking it is recommended to use simple and useful products. After a feast, guests should not feel heaviness and discomfort. In moderation should be salt, spices and spices. It is recommended not to abuse alcohol. But when you design the dishes you can show all your imagination. It is very good if the dishes turn out bright and colorful like the Rooster's tail.

What should not be in the New Year's menu-2017

To meet the Rooster's year with chicken on the table is not the best idea. Eastern astrologers recommend generally to refuse a New Year's Eve from poultry. Therefore goose, turkey and duck and put for another holiday. But this does not mean that the menu should be vegetarian. When preparing dishes, boldly use red meat and fish. As for eggs, the question is controversial. On the one hand, astrologers do not recommend feeding eggs in their entirety as an independent snack (stuffed, filled, figurines from eggs). On the other hand, this product can be part of other dishes. There is no categorical statement on this score. The rooster prefers everything natural, therefore it is better not to use semi-finished products and products with artificial flavors and dyes. To exotic fruits and culinary delicacies the symbol of the year is neutral.

Recommendations for the preparation of the New Year's menu 2017

To cuss Rooster is not difficult. When buying, give preference to natural products, if possible farm. To the drinks, the symbol of the year 2017 does not make any special demands, but he will certainly like bright cocktails. Among other recommendations:

1. When planning garnishes, stop choosing cereals and cereals. Of course, the usual porridge is simple for a New Year's feast, but from rice or corn it is possible to cook delicious, non-local dishes.
2. When choosing a salad, be guided by the composition. Products should be simple and traditional.
3. On the table should be a lot of vegetables in any form: boiled, fresh, pickles, stewed. Be sure to pay attention to the greenery. It can be used for cooking, decorating, and also put on a separate plate as a snack.
4. If possible, use seeds and nuts.
5. Do not neglect the purchase of bread. In the year of the Rooster on the table it is recommended to put whole grain bread. Ideal - home-made products.
6. When making the menu, include a dessert in it, for example, sweet pastries and dishes from cottage cheese.

Examples of dishes for New Year's Eve 2017

Snacks

When making a list of snacks, consider that they should be simple and easy. Instead of the usual sandwiches, you can serve canapés. They look at the festive table and do not interrupt the appetite. Canapes take on a decorative task and play a snack role in anticipation of the main course. Also suitable are traditional assorted:

• a cheese plate is recommended to be made in such a way that it contains fruits and nuts (grapes, strawberries, pears, almonds, cashews, walnuts);
• together with the meat cut, put bright vegetables (cherry tomatoes, colored bell peppers);
• Assort the fish assorted greens, sliced ​​lemon and olives.

Salads

Adherents of the classic Russian menu can leave in the list of vinaigrette, olivier and herring under a fur coat. Those wishing to avoid stereotypes are advised to use the selection:

1. Vegetable salads ("Greek", "Caprese", beetroot with raisins and nuts, carrots in Korean)
2. Salads with fish and seafood ("Caesar" with salmon or shrimps, salads with canned fish, squid, he)
3. Meat salads ("Nest of wood grouse" with boiled meat, "Pomegranate bracelet" with tongue, "Cap of Monomakh").

Cock Fire Pikuch any salad, consisting of products of red and orange flowers. For example, the next colorful and very tasty dish will appeal to the symbol of the year, and your guests.

Tbilisi salad

Ingredients:

• Boiled beef - 250 g
• Red canned beans - 1 can
• Red Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Violet onions - 1 pc.
• Fresh coriander - 1 beam
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves
• Hot pepper - 1/2 pod
• Walnuts - 8-10 pieces.
• For filling: wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l., vegetable oil, hops-suneli and salt - to taste.

Preparation:

• Wash the conserved beans under cold water and put them in a deep bowl.
• Bulb chop thin half rings.
• From sweet and hot pepper remove seeds, cut vegetables with thin straws.
• Meat is divided into thin fibers or cut into small cubes.
• Combine all ingredients from items 1-4.
• Cilantro and garlic finely chopped, put in a bowl.
• Nuts slightly dry in a pan, chop and add to the rest of the ingredients.
• Add spices and salt to taste.
• Combine the vegetable oil with the wine vinegar. Season the salad carefully and let it brew for 20 minutes.

Hot dishes

As already mentioned, it is better to refuse a bird on the table. How to replace the traditional fried chicken? Those who have not yet decided on the main menu can use the following selection:

1. Fish dishes are suitable for baked steaks (salmon, coho salmon, chum, catfish), stuffed or stewed fish (pike, carp, sea bass), rolls with vegetables.
2. Surprise guests with hot seafood. For example, a useful and tasty risotto, paella, pasta or even pelmeni with shrimps.
3. Meat main dish should not be too heavy and fat. For the basis, take lean pork, veal or rabbit. Combine them with any vegetables, sauces or dried fruits.

Meat in a generic way

Ingredients:

• Pork without bone (neck, loin, shoulder blade) - 1 kg.
• Carrots - 400 g
• Potatoes - 300 g
• Onion - 300 g
• Cheese - 200 g
• Mayonnaise - to taste
• Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Pork cut into steaks 1 cm thick, beat off, salt and pepper.
2. Cut vegetables: onions - thin rings, potatoes - thin straws. Grate the carrots on a small / medium grater.
3. Grease the baking tray with vegetable oil, lay pork on it in one layer. On top of each chop sprinkle onions, put the potatoes and carrots.
4. Cheese grate on a large grater, sprinkle meat. Top with a little mayonnaise.
5. Put the pan in the preheated oven. Bake for 40-45 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
6. Finished meat in a general way to serve with greens. Garnish: mashed potatoes, fresh or baked vegetables.

Dessert

On New Year's Eve, dessert is not the most popular dish. But, according to astrologers, it is necessary. Pleasure the Rooster with homemade pastries with fruit and berry stuffing, curd casserole or cheesecake, ice cream, milkshakes.

Cottage cheese and cream

Ingredients:

• Low-fat cottage cheese - 400 g
• Sour cream 20% - 100 g
• Frozen or fresh berries (cranberries, strawberries, raspberries or blueberries) - 200 g
• Sugar powder - 100 g
• Vanilla sugar - to taste

Preparation:

• Cottage cheese mix with sour cream, add half the sugar powder and vanilla sugar.
• Beat with a blender.
• Separately whip the berries with the second half of the powdered sugar.
• At the bottom of a wide glass or kremanki pour berry puree, about 1/3 of the capacity. Top with creamy curd mass. Layers can be interleaved. Decorate with a mint leaf, fresh berries or chopped nuts. Remove the cream in the refrigerator for at least an hour.