We will prepare salads and snacks, baked meat, fish in pastry, a sweet pie and poppy seed roll so that our holiday table bursts of food!
Stuffed lamb
Cooking time: 2 h 15 min
For 8 servings: • lamb leg (1.5–2 kg) • ½ bunch of cilantro and basil greens • 300 g of homemade cheese or cottage cheese • 3 onions • 3 cloves of garlic • 2 tablespoons. tablespoons canned pitted olives • 200 ml of meat broth • 200 ml of dry red wine • salt • ground black pepper
1. Heat the oven to 220 ° C. Wash and dry the lamb leg. Carefully cut the bone, put the pulp upside down. Grate with salt and pepper. Wash and dry the greens, set aside a few twigs for decoration, chop the rest finely. Mash cheese and mix with herbs. To fill the resulting mixture with a ram leg, chop the edges of the cut with toothpicks. Lay in a roasting pan.
2. Peel and cut onions into quarters. Peel and chop the garlic. Heat vegetable oil and lightly fry onions and garlic. Transfer to meat. Throw the olives on a sieve, add to the meat. Put in the oven for 1 hour.
3. Pour in hot broth, wine and bake for another 40−50 minutes, periodically pouring the resulting sauce. Put the finished leg on a dish with vegetables. Garnish with greens.
CANAPE WITH CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES
Cooking time: 35 min
For 4 servings: • 250 g chicken fillet • 1 pinch of grated nutmeg • 1 table. spoon of vegetable oil • 1 clove of garlic • ½ pod of red bell pepper • 100 g of cheese • 80 g of mayonnaise • 1 teaspoon spoon of mustard • 2 pickled cucumbers • 4 slices of wheat bread • several pitted olives • sprigs of parsley • salt • ground white pepper
1. Grate the fillet with nutmeg and chop. Heat the oil and fry the fillet for 15 minutes. Allow to cool and pass through a meat grinder. Chop the garlic. Dice the pepper. Grate the cheese. Mix mayonnaise with mustard.
2. Mix everything, add salt and pepper. Cut the bread into squares, spread with the resulting mass, decorate with greens, slices of olives and cucumbers.
SALAD WITH CARBON MEAT, APPLE AND AVOCADO
Cooking time: 60 min
For 4 servings: • 250 g canned crab meat • 2 fresh cucumbers • 1 sour apple • 1 table. spoon of lemon juice • 1 avocado • 3 eggs • 80 g of red caviar • 3 tables. tablespoons of mayonnaise • 2 cloves of garlic • salt • fresh herbs for decoration
1. Remove chitinous plates from pieces of crab meat, put pieces on paper napkins and allow to dry a little. Wash cucumbers, dry and cut into thin strips. Wash the apple, dry it, peel it, cut into strips and sprinkle with lemon juice.
2. Wash the eggs, pour cold water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Then remove from heat, drain the water, add cold water and allow to cool. Then peel and chop finely or chop with a blender. Stir cucumbers, apple, eggs and 1 table. a spoonful of mayonnaise. Peel and chop the garlic. Wash avocados, cut in half and remove the stone. Remove the pulp with a tablespoon and chop it with a blender. Combine avocado, minced garlic and 1 table. a spoonful of mayonnaise.
3. In a bowl, lay out a mixture of cucumbers, apples and eggs, avocados and crab meat in layers. Put 1 table on top. spoon of mayonnaise, garnish with red caviar and herbs.
Salmon in the test with savoy cabbage
Cooking time: 1 h 15 min
For 4 servings: • 500 g of frozen puff pastry • 1 salmon filet (approx. 1 kg, without skin) • 2 egg whites • 500 ml cream • salt • pepper • 3 tablespoons. tablespoons of lemon juice • 1 head of savoy cabbage • 2 tables. chopped dill • 1 egg yolk • 3 onions • 4 tables. tablespoons butter • 2 tablespoons. tablespoons mustard • 200 g pickled pumpkin
1. Thaw the dough. Wash the fish, dry, cut off the abdominal part and the end of the tail to give it a rectangular shape. Chopped sliced pieces, mix with egg white and 300 g cream. Put in the refrigerator.
2. Heat the oven to 200 ° C.Cut the fillet in half, drizzle with lemon juice, salt and pepper. 5 cabbage leaves blanch 5 min. Roll out the dough, put on it leaves and fillet covered with minced fish. n sprinkle with dill. Wrap in dough and grease with yolk. Bake for 30 minutes.
3. Chop the onion, fry half the onion on a 2 table. tablespoons butter, add cream and simmer for 10 minutes. Season with mustard, salt and pepper. Fry the remaining onion, add cabbage and pumpkin, simmer for 8 minutes, salt and pepper. Cut the fish and serve with vegetables.
PORK IN ORANGE GLAZE
Cooking time: 2 h 45 min
For 4 servings: • 1 kg of pork pulp with skin and a thin edge of fat • 3 cloves of garlic • ½ tea. tablespoons of nutmeg • 200 g of orange jam • zest of 1 lemon • ½ teaspoon. tablespoons ground cloves • 1 table. spoon of brandy • juice of 2 oranges • 100 g dried apricots • lettuce • grapes • greens for decoration • salt • ground black pepper
1. Heat the oven to 180 ° C. Wash and dry the meat. Remove the skin, cut off the fat, leaving a thin layer. Peel the garlic. Cut 1 clove in half, cut the rest into thin long slices and stuff meat with them. Grate with garlic, salt, pepper and nutmeg, wrap in foil and put in the oven for 1 h 30 min.
2. Heat 100 g of jam, add lemon zest and cloves, bring to a boil. Remove from heat and pour in cognac. Remove the meat from the oven, unfold the foil. Coat 1/3 of the resulting glaze with meat and put in the oven again for 15 minutes. so repeat 3 times. with ok mix with the remaining jam. Boil dried apricots, chop and add to the jam.
3. Put the pork in a dish with lettuce. Garnish with grapes and fresh herbs. Boil the orange sauce with dried apricots until thick and serve separately.
POPULAR ROLL WITH Raisins
Cooking time: 1 h 45 min
For 8 servings: • 30 g of yeast • 60 g of granulated sugar • 400 g of flour • 1 pinch of salt • 2 eggs • 140 g of butter • 2 packs of culinary poppy • 125 ml of milk • 1 teaspoon. spoon ground cinnamon • 50 g raisins • 50 g ground hazelnuts
1. Crush the yeast, mix with granulated sugar and dilute 200 ml of warm water. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, 1 egg, 90 g of melted butter, yeast diluted in warm water and knead smooth dough. Cover the bowl with a clean towel and put in a warm place for 30 minutes.
2. Heat milk, but do not boil. Pour poppy seeds on them, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes over low heat. Add 50 g butter, ground cinnamon, raisins and ground hazelnuts. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
3. Knead the dough well and roll it into a rectangle. Put on it an even layer half of the resulting poppy seed filling and wrap the edges to the middle. Then put out the remaining filling and fold again. Transfer to a greased baking sheet and leave for 15 minutes at room temperature. Heat the oven to 200 ° C. Bake the roll for 1 hour. Let cool. If desired, the finished roll can be coated with white fondant or sugar icing and sprinkled with chopped nuts.
CHRISTMAS PIE
Cooking time: 2 hours
For 12 servings: • 270 g of flour • 200 g of granulated sugar • 1 bag of vanilla sugar • 250 g of ground almonds • 1 teaspoon. spoon of cinnamon • 1 pinch of ground cloves • 250 g butter • 1 egg • 2 tablespoons. tablespoons of raspberry liquor • 150 g of raspberry and currant jam • 1 egg yolk • 1 table. spoon of milk
1. Sift 250 g flour into a bowl, mix with granulated sugar, vanilla sugar, almonds, cinnamon and cloves. Melt the butter, combine with the resulting flour mixture, add the egg and liquor. Knead the dough, give it the shape of a ball, wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
2. Then take out the dough, separate 2/3, roll it into a 5 mm thick layer and put it in a greased mold, making the sides 2 cm high. Paste the dough with a fork so that it does not bend when baking.
3. Heat the oven to 180 ° C. Mix berry jams and put on the dough. Roll out the remaining dough into a 4 mm thick layer and cut out various figures from it. Beat the egg yolk with milk, grease them with figures and put on jam. Bake for 40 minutes.Ready cake can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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