What to cook for the year of the Monkey 2016 - choice of dishes

Historically, the New Year holidays are a rare opportunity for us to spend time together with the whole family, meet friends and relatives. Sometimes we live very close to each other, but for a meeting all is not in any way an occasion. New Year is almost the only holiday, which is celebrated with pleasure by everyone, from small to large.

Equally traditional and magnificent festive feast. Slavs do not make savings on food, so for the holidays tables are simply breaking from the dishes. What to cook for the year of the monkey 2016, to please the mistress of the next year, and to guarantee success and luck for all the domestic?

Choice of dishes for the festive New Year's table

A cheesy and energetic monkey like the abundance of fruits, berries, vegetables and greens. This does not mean that you just need to put a basket with these products on the table. They give a huge scope for imagination - from tropical cocktails and fruit salads to unusual fillings for game or fish. It is only necessary to get distracted from ordinary recipes, as there will be many new options. Below you will find some recipes with photos that will make the New Year's table interesting and tasty.

To please the hostess of the holiday, any dish should look unusual and bright. As an example for imitation, you can use the idea of ​​a bar in the tropics. Multicolored cocktails with fruit juices or fruits in the composition, poured into a variety of glasses and decorated with umbrellas and pieces of tropical fruits in a moment will make you forget about the harsh winter outside the window. They will quickly transfer guests to some exotic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Tropical cocktail. To prepare a tropical cocktail, do not need special skills. Take 50 g of ice cream and dark chocolate, get a can of whipped cream and, of course, tropical fruits themselves - they can be any. Put the softened ice cream in a glass, pour the cream, cut the fruit into slices and add to the cocktail, carefully mixing everything. Fruits should fill the glass by one third, then you should grate the chocolate and add it to the cocktail, again mixing it all. All - the cocktail is ready!

Monkey is a well-known sweet tooth, therefore, apart from the variety of dishes from fruits, it will definitely be pleased with the presence of different baked goods. Here, for every landlady expanse - someone knows how to make a delicious( and harmless for the figure!) Cake of berries and natural yogurt, someone has a beautiful basket with raspberries or strawberries. For sweets, you can organize a separate table and carefully keep the baby from "raids" on him to the main feast.

Basket with raspberries. To prepare baskets with raspberries( it can be canned or freshly frozen) you will need: a 200 gram packet of butter, half a cup of sugar, a little salt, 2 egg yolks, 2 tbsp., Actually raspberries and powdered sugar is whatnecessary for the preparation of dough. Now the cream: 2 tbsp.milk, half a cup of sugar, a little flour for viscosity, 2 eggs and a bag of vanillin.

Butter should be mashed with flour, add salt with sugar and egg yolks. You should have a ball of dough. Wrap it with a film and put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. When this time has passed, divide the dough according to the number of molds, roll it out and lay a layer of 5 mm thick in the molds. To prevent the dough from swelling, it is recommended to pour bean beans over the dough. Warm up the oven to 200 degrees and bake the baskets for 10-15 minutes. Allow the prepared baskets to cool.

It's time to make a custard: mix two cups of milk with sugar. Put the stove on a slow fire and, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Whisk the eggs, add 2 tbsp.spoons of flour and whisk again. Add a little bit of hot milk. Do not allow the mixture to curdle - do not stop mixing. You can combine milk with sugar and egg mixture. Add vanillin and bring to a boil( remember that you need to stir constantly).Remove from heat, but continue stirring for another two minutes. Fill the baskets with the prepared cream and put the berries on top. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

It's a great idea for a big celebratory party to cook food in a fold. So did our parents, grandfathers and grandmothers. This is a good practice, because not all dishes are good for the hostess equally well. With this approach, everyone will bring his "crown" work and the table will be rich, tasty and diverse, and most importantly, the hostess of the house will not have to painfully decide what to cook for the new 2016 year.

Fineness of the selection of products

In order to avoid possible troubles in the collection of a large company, try to find out if the assembled allergies to certain types of products or serious diseases with nutritional restrictions. For such people it is worthwhile to prepare something suitable, and also not to forget about vegetarians, vegans or simply dieters. It will be embarrassing if on the table in front of a strict vegan there will suddenly be a pouring from pig's ears, and in front of a fragile young lady instead of a salad is a serious portion of lamb chops with fried potatoes and fat cream sauce.

Do not force guests to try everything cooked - believe me, with your culinary masterpieces and without it there will be a lot of admirers.

Prepare proven meals for a holiday. New products and ingredients can give an unexpected result, which will spoil the mood of both the hostess and the guests.

We bring to your attention an interesting salad recipe, which is sure to please everyone.

Chicken salad with pineapple

• chicken fillet - 300 g,
• canned pineapple - can,
• cucumber - 100 g,
• egg - 3 pieces,
• dried apricots - 60 g,
• prunes - 100 g,
• halved onions,
• mayonnaise,
• garlic clove,
• cheese.

Cut the smoked bacon or breast with medium-sized pieces. Cut the onions and eggs, add to the salad. Soak the dried fruits and add them there. Now, turn to pineapples: discard all the juice from them, cut them into large pieces. For juiciness, you can add a few fresh cucumbers, you can do without them. Season the salad with mayonnaise.

Features of the New Year's serving

When preparing for New Year's Eve, consider the fact that guests will be at the table for almost a day. To prevent the holiday from turning into a satisfied, full-bodied digestion of the eaten food, it is necessary to "break" the table with entertainment, and also apply some restaurant methods.

• Serve food on personal plates, not on general large dishes.
• Reduce the portions of "heavy" products, adding them with vegetables and beautiful decor.
• Serve everything that you can, in a "one-time" container - for example, shrimp can be served in avocados in halves, salads in leaves of lettuce.
• Alternate hearty and thick dishes with lighter snacks.
• Serve a lot of mineral water - it will help not only cope with intoxication, but also quickly digest the eaten.

For the Fire Monkey it is very important that everyone at the New Year's table is not just full, but also happy.