There are quite a lot of options for holiday menus, but our goal is not only to feed our guests nourishingly and tasty, but also to try to amaze them. In addition, it is extremely necessary to please the mascot of the coming year - the mischievous monkey, and therefore we simply must find the most original recipes for dishes for the New Year 2020. It is easy to get confused among the abundance of culinary delights, so we have selected the most interesting options for treats that can satisfy any gourmet.
Unusual recipes for salads and snacks for the New Year
Salads and appetizers are perhaps the most interesting and most delicious dishes during the New Year holidays. And how they are not decorated.
Here is the fire monkey - the symbol of 2020 cannot be ignored. Here, in principle, you can take any favorite salad recipe and decorate it in the shape of a primate’s face, in the shape of a banana or coconut, decorate any cold dish with a palm of olives mounted on a bamboo stick with onion feathers at the end.
And even aspic or jellied meat can be poured into a “Christmas tree”, “Santa Claus”, “monkey” mold before cooling, or you can make beautiful jellied balls with bright vegetables (corn, peas, chopped boiled carrots or beets, bell peppers, herbs), which will highlight sophistication of your table.
We have prepared several creative recipe options for the New Year with photos that will highlight the theme of the holiday.
Snack "Monkey"
For this snack we need 0.4 kg of bacon, 3 bananas, toothpicks and butter for frying.
- We cut the banana pulp into 3 cm slices and wrap it in bacon, cut into strips 3 cm wide. To prevent the snack from unraveling, we secure everything with toothpicks.
- After that, put the bacon-wrapped bananas in the butter heated in a frying pan and fry until crispy.
The appetizer should be served on a platter lined with lettuce leaves and lemon slices.
Palm salad
Ingredients
- Beef heart – 0.5 kg;
- Squid carcasses – 9 pcs.;
- Orange – 1 pc.;
- Bavarian mustard – 1 tbsp;
- Mayonnaise – 200 g;
- Beijing cabbage - 1 fork;
- Salt - to taste;
Preparation
- Boil the squid carcasses, well washed to remove the film and entrails, for 3 minutes and cut into strips.
- We also cook the heart until tender (1.5 hours) and cut into strips.
- Finely shred the Chinese cabbage (reserve 3 leaves for decoration).
- Chop the oranges into cubes (reserve the juice that separated during cutting).
- After this, mix all the ingredients and season with mustard, mayonnaise and add salt to taste.
- On the edge of the dish, on one side, we place cabbage leaves, like palm leaves, and we lay out the salad itself in the shape of a trunk.
Salad “In orange”
This snack must be made in portions, where the skin of half an orange will act as a serving plate. To do this, cut each fruit in half with a zigzag and carefully remove the pulp.
For the salad: cut the pulp of 1.5 oranges into cubes, 2 fresh cucumbers and boiled chicken fillet (1 breast) - cut into strips, then mix everything, season with mayonnaise and add salt to taste.
As a decoration, you can take cranberries, red currants or soaked lingonberries.
Banana salad
This salad must be served in the bananas themselves, that is, in their peels. To do this, we make a kind of boat from each banana, the bottom of which is slightly trimmed for stability.
Carefully remove the pulp (we will need it for the salad), and line the inside of the banana “container” with Chinese cabbage leaves.
Now we cut the salad itself: boiled chicken breast (1 piece) and the pulp of 2 bananas, cut into cubes, 1 sour apple and 100 g of hard cheese, grated, then mix everything and season with light mayonnaise and salt to taste.
After preparing the salad, place it in a banana “salad bowl” and serve.
Hit parade of original fillings for tartlets
Tartlets with cheese and tomatoes
Mix crushed tomatoes (2 pcs.), parsley, grated cheese (150g) and egg (1 pc.), season with 1 tbsp. cream and salt to taste.
Korean filling
Mix grated cheese (100 g), chopped ham (100 g), Korean carrots (2 tbsp) and corn (2 tbsp), add salt and season with mayonnaise.
Chicken tartlets
Chop Korean asparagus (200g) and boiled chicken (0.4 kg), mix with green peas (200g).
Season with a sauce of concentrated milk (4 tbsp), melted butter (1 tbsp), white wine (30 ml), 1 tbsp. starch, lemon juice, salt and black pepper.
Sea tartlets
Mix finely chopped boiled egg with chopped smoked salmon, torn lettuce, chopped dill and mayonnaise.
Place the salad in a tartlet and decorate the top with “beads” of salted red caviar.
What should the New Year's menu be like?
New Year is a special holiday. What to cook for the New Year, how to decorate the table, how to surprise guests with an unusual dish. You will find the answers in this article.
Holiday table decor
To decorate the holiday table, it is recommended to use a plain tablecloth. Colored napkins and original candles will help to create an accent and create a New Year's atmosphere. Choose dishes that are not too bright. As a snack for alcoholic drinks, you can serve mushrooms, a cheese plate, vegetables, olives, fruits, decorated in the form of canapés.
Interesting dessert dishes for the New Year 2020
Both adults and children love desserts, but for the New Year's table this sweet menu item needs to be thought through thoroughly.
For example, no one in the middle of the night after heavy libations will want to fuss with a huge cake, or gobble up rich cream cakes on both cheeks after a hearty dinner. And the monkey is unlikely to favor something like that at his celebration.
So the final stage of the feast is an excellent opportunity to bring to life the most daring and interesting ideas for New Year's delicious dessert recipes for the festive table.
Salad "Fruit Palm"
- Along the edge of the dish we place peeled tangerines or oranges cut into slices - this will be our “sand”.
- Next, in the form of a palm tree trunk, lay out a banana cut lengthwise and then sliced across.
- Finally, cut the peeled kiwi into semicircles and place it on top in the form of a crown.
So we have an original tropical cut of fruit.
Dessert “Snow”
For dessert we need sour cream 20% (0.4 l), curd mass (3 tbsp), granulated sugar (3 tbsp), a pinch of vanilla, 50 ml of water, 1 tbsp. gelatin and any berries for decoration;
- Using a blender, beat sour cream and cottage cheese with vanilla for 2 minutes.
- Then add sugar and continue whisking until the sweet crystals are completely dissolved.
- In a separate cup, dilute gelatin with hot (60-80°C) water, stir and infuse. Then we pass the gelatin liquid through a sieve to avoid lumps, and introduce it gradually, stirring into the curd mass.
Now all we have to do is pour the dessert into bowls and put it in the refrigerator to harden. Before serving, decorate with berries.
Banana popsicle
Ingredients
- Bananas – 4 pcs.;
- Milk chocolate bar – 1 pc.;
- Nuts – 1 tbsp.;
- Coconut flakes - 100 g;
Preparation
- We cut the peeled bananas in half and place each half on a skewer or ice cream stick, after which we place the fruit in the freezer for 2 hours.
- After 120 minutes 2 in a water bath, we need to melt the chocolate bar to a liquid state, after which we pour chocolate over the frozen fruit and immediately sprinkle with coconut flakes and crushed nuts.
Chocolate on frozen bananas hardens very quickly, and the dessert looks exactly like a delicious popsicle. It should be stored in the freezer until serving.
Fish fillet in sour cream sauce: a new and original recipe for the New Year 2020
Baked fish will appeal to lovers of traditional Russian cuisine, and besides, such a dish fully satisfies the needs of the patroness of the coming year. The fish turns out very tender and juicy.
To prepare the dish you will need:
- 1 kg fillet of any fish
- 2 small onions
- vegetable oil
- lemon juice
- spices – pepper, salt, seasonings for fish
- 250 ml sour cream
- greenery
- some flour
- Cut the fish fillet into portions, rub them with spices, salt and pepper. Pour lemon juice over the pieces and leave to marinate for 1-2 hours.
- Cut the onion into half rings, grease the mold with vegetable oil and place the onion in it. Place the fish skin side down on top of the onion. Place the mold in the oven, preheated to 185 degrees for 25-35 minutes.
- After this time, pour sour cream sauce with salt, pepper and flour over the finished fish.
- Place the pan back in the oven until browned.
Serve baked fish in sour cream sauce with a side dish: rice or potatoes. Garnish the dish with lettuce leaves or chopped herbs.
New Year's drinks
Iceberg cocktail
Chilled milk (0.2 l), 200 g of creamy ice cream, 2 egg yolks and 50 ml of cherry syrup must be whipped in a blender for 2-3 minutes until the liquid foams.
After this, pour the cocktail into glasses and decorate with an umbrella, a straw and 2 cherries.
The same cocktail can be prepared with any other syrup, for example, strawberry or blueberry.
Non-alcoholic cocktail "Majito"
In a bowl, grind with 1 tsp. granulated sugar 1 slice of lemon, 3 leaves of fresh mint and dilute with 2 tbsp. water.
After this, pour the resulting syrup into a glass with ice and fill the container with chilled sprite. As a decoration we use mint leaves and a slice of lemon on the edge of the glass.
Cocktail “Insolent Monkey” low alcohol
To make the cocktail emphasize the atmosphere of the New Year's celebration, we wet the edges of the glass with water, after which we dip the wet rim in a saucer with powdered sugar.
After this, fill the container 1/3 with ice and mix 50 ml of champagne and 50 ml of orange juice in it.
Salads
The New Year's table cannot do without salads; every year housewives look for new and interesting recipes to please and surprise their guests. This year's lady loves light vegetable salads with lean meat, so our selection contains recipes that will pamper guests and not exactly appease the mascot of the year.
Salad with ham, eggs and radishes
For 4-5 servings of salad you will need:
- 1 head of lettuce or 300-400 g of any lettuce leaves;
- 150 g ham;
- a bunch of parsley;
- 1 green apple;
- 4 eggs;
For refueling:
- natural yogurt;
- 2 tbsp. olive oil;
- 1 tsp lemon juice;
- salt pepper
Or you can simply replace it with mayonnaise.
Preparation:
- Boil the eggs hard, peel and cut in half or quarters.
- Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands or cut them, cut the radishes into slices, the apple into thin slices, and the ham into strips. Place everything in a salad bowl and mix.
- Prepare the dressing if you chose it instead of mayonnaise.
- When serving on the New Year's table, place eggs in the salad and pour over dressing or mayonnaise.
Potato salad with chicken and pineapple
A fresh, crispy, tasty salad will delight all guests. For 3-4 servings of salad you need to take:
- 400 g potatoes;
- 1 chicken fillet;
- 1 cucumber;
- 1 apple;
- 3-4 slices of fresh or canned pineapple;
- Iceberg lettuce or other lettuce leaves.
For refueling:
- 100 ml. sour cream;
- 75 ml. mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
- salt pepper.
- Boil the potatoes until tender, cool and cut into cubes.
- Boil the chicken fillet until tender for about 15 minutes. Cool and cut into pieces the size of the potatoes.
- While the potatoes and chicken are cooking, you can make the dressing: Mix all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl.
- Cut the cucumber, pineapple and apple into cubes the size of the potatoes. Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands.
- Place all the ingredients in a large salad bowl, pour over the dressing and mix gently. New Year's salad recipe with chicken and pineapple is ready!
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New Year's mulled wine: a recipe for every taste
Mulled wine is not only a very pleasant drink, but also very healthy if prepared correctly. And, of course, what would New Year be without this warm, invigorating “nectar”.
Option 1: alcoholic mulled wine
- In a container we put 100 g of cane sugar, 2 cinnamon sticks, a pinch of ground nutmeg, 1 bay leaf and pour in 700 ml of semi-dry red wine.
- Over low heat, stirring regularly, heat the mixture until the sugar dissolves.
- Next, add 2 oranges, cut into pieces, into the saucepan and heat the drink to 70°C.
- Now turn off the heat and leave the mixture for 10 minutes under a closed lid, then add gin (200 ml) and pour the mulled wine into glasses.
Option 2: non-alcoholic mulled wine
Ingredients
- Cranberry juice – 0.7 l;
- Apple juice – 0.4 l;
- Apple – 2 pcs.;
- Cinnamon – 2 sticks;
- Cloves – 5 pcs.;
- Honey - to taste;
- Orange - 1 pc.;
Preparation
- Mix fruit drink and juice in a saucepan, add sliced apple, cinnamon sticks and cloves, then heat the drink to 60°C and leave covered for 20 minutes.
- Then add honey to taste and pour the finished drink into glasses, garnishing with orange slices.
Red, orange, yellow. It is these colors that should include the most original recipes for New Year 2020 dishes to attract the fire monkey. An abundance of tropical fruits, fresh vegetables and sweets will also please this big-eared hooligan!
New Year's menu 2021 with step-by-step recipes
Popular wisdom says: “How you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it.” Therefore, you should prepare well for the Year of the Ox in 2021, taking into account all the subtleties of the New Year's menu. According to the Chinese horoscope, the Ox is an unpretentious animal, but it loves when the table is “full” of food, so on New Year’s Eve there should be a lot of different dishes on the table. The most desirable things for the patron of the coming year will be:
- cheese;
- fish;
- vegetable;
- sausages;
- fruit treats.
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Under no circumstances should dishes containing veal meat (beef) be placed on the table. Such a treat will anger the Ox, and all next year he will take revenge for such an insult and disrespect. As an alternative, you can use pork and poultry.
Recipes for a hot main dish of fish
Fish baked with cheese in the oven
New Year is a family holiday and there will be a homemade festive feast in almost every home. We offer new recipes for fish dishes as the main hot dish instead of meat. Indeed, in addition to the fact that fish has a lot of nutritional properties, baked fish is in many ways healthier than fried fish.
This is a universal recipe for cooking fish. You can use any type: red fish - trout, salmon or salmon in pieces. So do river fish - pike, carp, carp.
Fish baked with cheese in foil is one of the favorite fish recipes for almost everyone. The fish turns out juicy, tasty and incredibly tender.
Products:
- Fresh fish (river, cleaned) - 1 kg;
- onion - 1 head;
- hard cheese (the variety is at your discretion, I choose the one that melts well) - 150 g;
- mayonnaise - 150 g;
- lemon - 0.5 pcs.;
- ground black pepper, salt to taste.
Oven-baked fish with vegetables and cheese - step-by-step cooking instructions:
Wash the fish thoroughly under running water and dry with a paper towel. We place the fish on a cutting board and make cuts into portioned pieces without completely cutting through the fish to the board (our goal is to cut through the spine, but keep one side of the fish uncut, this is what will help us make our fish juicy).
Prepare the marinade. Mix salt, pepper and 100 grams of mayonnaise. Rub the resulting mixture onto our beautiful fish inside and out. Peel the onions and cut them into rings (for those who like onions with a mild taste, you can pour boiling water over the rings).
Place the onion rings in the belly of the fish and put 50 grams of grated cheese on the onion. We close the belly of the fish and sprinkle the carcass with lemon juice (in my opinion, there is a noticeable difference: lemon juice before or after the marinade. I like it better when lemon is poured after, the meat then has a unique aroma and taste.)
Cut a sheet of foil to the size of the fish. Place the fish in the middle of the sheet and wrap the edges of the foil so that the juice does not leak onto the baking sheet during baking; pour a little vegetable oil (1 - 2 teaspoons) into the foil.
Transfer the fish in foil to a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 230 degrees for 30 minutes. Then remove the baking sheet from the oven, pour the remaining mayonnaise over the fish and sprinkle 100 grams of grated cheese on top.
Return the baking sheet with the fish to the oven and continue baking for another 20 minutes until a golden crust forms on our fish. Festive fish baked with cheese in the oven for the New Year's table is ready. Now you have another delicious fish recipe.
Hot fish pieces in the oven for the New Year 2020
How to deliciously cook salmon steaks in a frying pan
An easy and very tasty dish - salmon steak fried in a frying pan with soy sauce and herbs! The main advantage of the cooking process is that it takes very little time to prepare. And you will have enough time to prepare for the New Year 2020. A healthy, fast, nutritious, simple and affordable dish! Have fun cooking and be healthy!
For preparation we will need:
- salmon steak - 2 pcs.;
- cranberries - 100 g;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. spoon;
- soy sauce - 1/2 tsp;
- sugar - 1/3 tsp;
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste;
- dried rosemary - 1/2 tsp;
- mustard beans - 1/2 tsp;
- lime and lemon for garnish when serving;
- cranberries - 50 g;
- starch - 1/3 tsp;
- sugar - to taste;
- rosemary - to taste.
How to cook salmon steaks in a frying pan with cranberry sauce and lemon:
We wash the salmon under running water and remove the skin. For the marinade, grind mustard seeds mixed with soy sauce, olive oil and rosemary leaves in a mortar. Salt the salmon marinade and add ground black pepper to taste.
Rub the fish steaks thoroughly with the marinade and leave to marinate for 10 – 15 minutes. Fry the prepared fish steaks with the addition of a small amount of olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the steaks for 2 - 3 minutes on each side.
To check the readiness, lightly press the steak with a fork and see if the juice flowing out is clear - the fish is ready.
The cooking time also depends on the thickness of the steak; the recipe uses fish pieces about 2.5 cm thick.
If you want to use a non-stick frying pan for frying, you do not need to use oil for frying. In the same way, you can dry-fry steaks in a slow cooker.
Punch the cranberries with a blender. Add sugar, starch and rosemary to it. Once again, carefully beat with a blender - the sauce is ready. Serve the festive hot fish dish with cranberry sauce, garnished with lime and lemon slices. New Year's mood to you!
Hot for New Year 2020: fish recipes
Chocolate dessert without baking
Such a delicious dessert can be quickly prepared for the New Year 2021 so that the guests at the table will not even look at other delicacies.
Ingredients:
- cookies – 600 g;
- cocoa powder – 50 g;
- butter – 220 g;
- sugar – 220 g;
- milk – 200 ml;
- vanilla extract – 1 tsp;
- salt – ¼ tsp;
- walnuts – 180 g;
- candied fruits – 100 g.
For the ganache:
- dark chocolate – 120 g;
- cream 33% – 100 g;
- butter – 15 g.
Preparation:
- Place the cookies in a spacious container and break them into very large pieces.
- Lightly fry the nuts in a dry frying pan, chop them coarsely, and add them to the cookies. We also send candied fruits there.
- We prepare chocolate filling for dessert, for which we mix sugar, salt and cocoa in a prepared container, add a little milk and stir everything thoroughly. Having received a homogeneous mass, pour in the remaining milk.
- Place the container with the chocolate mixture on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes, turn off the heat.
- Add vanilla extract and butter to the hot chocolate filling, stir everything thoroughly until the butter dissolves.
- Pour the resulting filling into a container with cookies, nuts and candied fruits, mix everything thoroughly and place in a mold greased with butter or lined with parchment.
- Cover with cling film and place in the refrigerator to soak for a couple of hours.
- To prepare the ganache, melt the chocolate pieces in the microwave, removing and stirring every 10 seconds. Add butter to the melted chocolate mixture.
- We take the dessert out of the refrigerator, cut it and pour it with ganache, sprinkling nuts on top.
- We serve a delicious chocolate dessert, prepared according to a simple recipe with a photo, to the New Year's table.
Any proposed dish is quite worthy of being included in the New Year's menu; all that remains is to make a choice of the ones you personally like the most.
Festive hot minced meat for the New Year's table
Potatoes stuffed with meat, baked in the oven
We are preparing for the upcoming holidays. We remember interesting recipes, look for new delicious ideas, train in advance and make our wildest fantasies come true. Prepare potatoes stuffed with minced meat.
Products:
- Potatoes (medium size) - 1.5 kg;
- minced pork - 250 g;
- minced beef - 250 g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- bay leaf - 2 pcs.;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- dill greens - 20 g;
- vegetable broth (water) - 1 liter;
- your favorite seasoning.
Preparation:
Mix the minced meat in a bowl, add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Peel 1 onion, finely chop and place in minced meat, beat in 1 egg. We wash and peel one carrot, grate three and put it in the minced meat. Add chopped dill. Mix thoroughly.
Wash the potatoes under running water. Peel off. Use a special knife to cut holes. (I have a special knife for stuffing vegetables. This can be purchased at a kitchen supply store, or you can carefully cut through holes in the potatoes with a thin knife.)
Heat ghee in a cauldron. Clean and chop the remaining carrots and onions. Place in a cauldron and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Stuff the prepared potatoes with minced meat. Place the stuffed potatoes in a cauldron in layers, add 1 liter of vegetable broth or water. Simmer over moderate heat until done.
Five minutes before readiness, add chopped dill and bay leaf. If you wish, you can add your favorite seasoning.
Now you have a new recipe for the holiday table, “Potatoes Stuffed with Meat.”
The story of the old new year
Where did the holiday come from, the very name of which is paradoxical? From time immemorial and thanks to the communists. The Great Emperor Peter the Great in 1700 ordered to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in accordance with European standards. Since then, on the first of January, with a Christmas tree in the house, we have been celebrating a holiday that is incomprehensible to a believer.
After all, this is the height of Lent. The time when you should think about high things, cleanse yourself spiritually, physically, observe the prohibitions on overeating, having fun, singing/dancing. A time of prayer, humility, solitude. And here is NG. How to be? In the last century, the young Soviet government approved an additional winter celebration: Old New Year. It is timed to coincide with the pagan beginning of the year, which was celebrated by the Slavs before Peter’s innovations.
January 14th is Vasiliev's day, and the 13th is a generous evening. Time to sing carols, congratulate each other, visit each other and rejoice at the renewal of history. Those who did not allow themselves earthly pleasures during Lent may well do so on January 13-14. After Christmas, Lent ends and you can treat yourself.
Traditional dishes
Of course, the table should be crowded, but the main dishes on this holiday are kutia, vzvar, baked pig, dumplings with surprises. What to cook for the old New Year 2020 - this question torments every conscientious housewife. We will advise you, we will tell you.
- Kutya - a special porridge made from wheat grains was prepared in the morning before the holiday by the eldest woman in the family and the eldest man in the house. Wheat filled with water was placed in the melted stove, and after a while the cast iron was removed with bated breath. After all, if it burst, it promised trouble, and the mess that came out of it also did not bode well. But if the porridge turned out beautiful, tasty and well-cooked, you could rest assured that the year would be successful. To get good luck next year, steamed poppy seeds, honey, dried fruits, and uzvar were added to the porridge. This porridge was called rich and was supposed to contain the best ingredients.
Today we cook kutya from rice and add pieces of dried apricots, prunes, raisins, nuts, poppy seeds, and honey.
- Vzvar is an ancient drink made from honey and dried fruits. Very tasty, healthy. Today we are making compote from dried fruits with the addition of sugar and citric acid. To get a brew for the old New Year, just add honey to the compote.
- Each housewife decides for herself piglet recipes
If you don’t have a whole pig, you can make pork dishes : rolls with prunes, boiled pork, chops with prunes.
A very tasty step-by-step recipe for preparing amazingly juicy meat can be found at the end of the publication.
There is no need to worry and think a lot about what you can prepare for the old New Year. The main thing is a lot, tasty, satisfying.
- And don’t forget about vegetables and baked goods : more is better. Options for desserts and salads are below.
Signs and beliefs
- All family members, the number of which will be a multiple of two, must be present at the table. If an odd number of people have gathered, you need to put out another clean plate.
- If the hostess sat down at the table and everyone began to celebrate, you cannot get up and run for salad or jellied meat. In general, you can’t run anywhere until the meal is over. So as not to squander your luck.
- The number of dishes should be thirteen. Bread and sauces are included in this figure.
- A piece of hay is placed under the tablecloth to attract good luck and prosperity.
- A whole roasted pig on the table is a tribute to the patron saint of pig farmers, Vasily, whose day was celebrated on January 14th. Along with this food, prosperity and a good harvest were supposed to come to the family.
- We sat all night at the table or nearby in the house of the eldest in the family. The next morning you had to go to the well and wash yourself in order to gain health for the whole year. The water brought from the well that morning was considered healing.
- Along the way, snow had to be brushed off the fruit trees to ensure a rich harvest.
- In the evening, carolers sang good songs and received pieces of festive piglets, sweets, and money as a reward for their wishes. In the morning we had to eat carols and donate money to the church.
- Girls and girls were guessing about their betrothed and the future on the eve of the holiday.
In order not to be distracted by culinary endeavors and not leave guests hungry, you need to know simple, quick options for holiday dishes.
Hot pork for the holiday table: new recipes
Juicy pork steak in a frying pan: recipe with sauce
A traditional steak is a thick piece of meat cut from an animal carcass across the grain. Usually beef is used to prepare steak, sometimes veal. But often this dish is prepared from pork; such meat is easier to buy in stores and it is easier to prepare; it is almost impossible to spoil the dish.
So, we are preparing pork steak in sweet and sour sauce for the New Year 2020. This is an unusual juicy and soft pork steak, its unusualness is that you must first marinate the meat in plum glaze for some time.
To prepare you will need:
- pork tenderloin – 1 kg. ;
- salt, ground black pepper - to taste;
- Provençal herbs – ½ teaspoon;
- red plums (plum syrup) - 3 tablespoons;
- French mustard - 1 tablespoon;
- olive oil – 1 tablespoon.
How to cook pork steak in a frying pan so that it is juicy and tender:
We cut the meat across the grain into steaks (2.5 – 3 cm thick). In a bowl, mix mustard, plum syrup or grated pulp of large red plums, salt, ground pepper and olive oil. Cover the bowl with film and leave the steaks to marinate for 2 - 3 hours in a cool place.
Then bake the steaks in a frying pan, fry for 3 - 5 minutes on each side. Place the steaks on a baking sheet, pour over the remaining marinade and bake in the oven until fully cooked.
You can check the readiness of the steak by making an incision; if the juice flowing out is clear, the steak is ready.
Congratulations on your new recipe! Your collection of culinary recipes has been replenished with another wonderful holiday recipe for a delicious hot meat dish!
Cooking pork steak at home is a pleasure! The aroma alone is worth it, and the household is simply delighted with the aroma of fried meat!
Recipe recommendations:
- If you want to cook a rare steak, just fry it in a frying pan in olive oil for 2 - 5 minutes on each side. Medium-roasted meat 5 - 7 minutes.
- After you have cooked the steak and removed it from the heat, let it sit and cover the steak with foil.
Festive hot pork for the New Year
Pork fried in tomato sauce in a frying pan
A hot meat dish does not have to be cooked in the oven. You can cook very tasty pork pieces in a frying pan if you first soak it in a marinade of herbs with garlic and spices. And then fry the tender meat in tomato sauce. The ideal holiday side dish for such soft and juicy meat would be potatoes or boiled rice.
Ingredients:
- Pork (fillet) 500 g;
- garlic 2 cloves;
- fresh rosemary 2 sprigs;
- vegetable oil 4 tbsp. l.;
- ground paprika 1 tsp;
- anchovy fillet 2 pcs.;
- onion 1 pc.;
- sweet red pepper 1 pc.;
- canned tomatoes 300 g;
- ground black pepper;
- juice from 1/2 lemon;
- fresh parsley 3 sprigs.
Preparation:
1. Cut the pork into strips. Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Chop rosemary leaves.
2. Put garlic and rosemary in 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, add paprika and mix. Marinate the pork in this mixture for at least 45 minutes.
3. Finely chop the anchovy fillet. Peel and cut the onion. Peel the sweet pepper from seeds and cut into strips. Remove the skins from the canned tomatoes and chop them coarsely.
4. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the pork. Add anchovies, sweet peppers, onions and tomatoes to the meat. Stir and fry for three minutes over high heat.
5. Reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer the pork and vegetables for about twenty minutes.
6. Before serving, add salt and pepper to taste, season with lemon juice and sprinkle with parsley. Pork fried in tomato sauce for the New Year 2020 of the White Rat is ready, invite your guests to the festive table!
Hot meat for New Year from pork with tomato
What to cook quickly for the old New Year
The old New Year is just around the corner. We indicated what to cook quickly in the “Holiday Recipes” section, as well as a little lower in the menu.
The “Log” layer cake, the “Coral Reef” crab stick salad, or the lemon-nut appetizer presented in the selection of elegant recipes are prepared not quickly, but instantly.
Traditional mysterious dumplings were prepared with symbolic surprises:
- cabbage, coin - for money;
- potatoes - career growth;
- mushrooms - happiness, longevity;
- sugar – carefree;
- salt, pepper - misfortune;
- thread - trip;
- raisins - seduction;
- button - a gift;
- beans - birth of children;
- bay leaf - success;
- ring - a successful marriage.
What not to do for the old New Year
- counting change, keeping coins in your pocket - means tears;
- saying the word thirteen is unlucky;
- take out the trash - there is a risk of throwing away good luck with it;
- It is prohibited to lend;
- A man should be the first to enter the house for good luck and prosperity.
Italian appetizer with cherry tomatoes and peppers
For New Year 2021, you should definitely prepare a delicious Italian appetizer, especially since it cooks very quickly.
Ingredients:
- large fleshy bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
- cherry – 9 pcs.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- black olives - 7-8 pcs.;
- olive oil – 6 tbsp. l.;
- fresh basil - a few sprigs;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Remove the stems from the peppers, cut them in half and remove the seeds.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes and olives in half and place in a prepared container. Salt, pepper, add garlic, grated on a fine grater or crushed under a press, as well as olive oil. Mix everything thoroughly and arrange among the pepper halves.
- Place the peppers with vegetable filling on a baking sheet or in a baking dish and place in the oven preheated to 180°C for 30-40 minutes.
- We remove the aromatic dish, prepared according to a simple recipe with a photo, from the oven, decorate with basil leaves.