Christmas is a special holiday for many people around the world. And, perhaps, one of the most important traditions is Christmas dinner. What kind of food is served on Christmas Eve for the festive table in different parts of our planet? Traditional German treats are mulled wine and a candied fruit pie called stollen. Stollen is often baked with humps, in memory of the camels on which the Magi reached the cradle of Jesus. Many Bulgarians go hungry on the eve of Christmas and treat themselves to the feast stuffed vegetables, soup and pies.
The festive table of Fijians is made up of fish wrapped in banana leaves, stuffed chicken and baked pork. It is cooked in a lovo earthen oven lined with heavy stones.
In the United Kingdom, fig pudding is the decoration of the table. It should be doused with brandy and set on fire.
Italians call Christmas dinner the "Feast of the Seven Fishes." Dishes are served at the table. different seafood- squid, cod, anchovies, as well as pasta with shellfish.
The French also prefer seafood. Lobsters, oysters and foie gras are usually on the table.
Traditional christmas dish Swedes - rice pudding... Almonds are hidden in one of the portions, promising those who have found good luck until the end of the year.
Residents of Costa Rica are treated to tamales, a pork and corn dish, the recipe of which has been passed down from generation to generation.
Ethiopia eats doro wat, a chicken roast served on thin cakes... And forget about knives and forks, this dish should be handled.
V South Africa Christmas comes in summer and locals head to the braai, an African grill, to roast lamb, turkey or pork.
It's also summer in Australia in December, and Australians have a Christmas BBQ. They roast turkey, lamb and large shrimp.
Ghanaians eat at Christmas corn porridge, a stew of okra and a variety of root vegetable puree called fufu.
Most of those who find Christmas in Antarctica celebrate the holiday on board the ship. So they have to settle for meat, canned food and frozen vegetables.
The Christians of Egypt observe a strict fast for three days before Christmas. The main dish at this time is "kushari", made from pasta, rice and lentils, seasoned with tomato-vinegar sauce.
In India, biryani, or curry, is served for the holiday - a dish made from rice and spices with the addition of meat, fish, eggs or vegetables. Sweet milk pudding is offered for dessert.
The people of the Philippines prefer a whole baked suckling pig with a ball of yellow cheese in its mouth.
In Iceland, Christmas dinner starts at 6 p.m. and consists of a wide variety meat dishes, including venison.
Argentina serves "vitele tonne" - veal in tuna sauce, as well as turkey, pork, and bread. Often festive dinner served in the backyard barbecue style.
Finnish people organize for Christmas Buffet, which contains ham, bread, fish, various casseroles and vegetables, as well as warmed wine with spices
In the US, many people prefer eggnogg, or drunken eggnog, a drink made from beaten eggs with sugar and wine.
Believe it or not, on Christmas night, dozens of Japanese people flock to KFC for crispy chicken with a side dish.

In Japan, every dish on the New Year's table is symbolic. New Year's feast begins with serving the main dish soby - buckwheat noodles with broth. Soba is a symbol of longevity, and longevity is the main wish for the New Year. On the following holidays, the Japanese eat osechi-riori - a set of a wide variety of seafood: here and nihon-tai fish, and shrimp, herring roe, lobster, oysters, seaweed... All of the above products are served either raw or steamed. Ozone soup with rice cakes is served with osechi-riori. For dessert, the Japanese prepare black soybeans, symbolizing health, and mashed sweet potatoes with chestnuts for good luck. Japanese people prefer to drink on New Years green tea and rice vodka moju.

France

The French are real gourmets, complementing their traditional New Year's dish - turkey with goose liver and cheeses. The French cook turkey by adding cognac and cream. Served with baked chestnuts. No less traditional New Year's dish of the French is pâté from goose liver with crispy toasts from French baguette... Also traditional on the New Year's table are seafood: oysters and smoked salmon... And of course, cheese plate... Dessert - christmas log is a creamy brownie cake with big amount chocolate. French champagne and dry wines are always present on the New Year's festive table.

Mexico

Despite the fact that Mexico is famous for burritos, nacho, and fajito for the new year, Mexicans prefer to bake a young pig. It is served with delicious and a healthy side dish- oven baked rice with black beans and bell peppers. It is customary for Mexicans to serve a lot of vegetables and leaf salad as well as pacio, serano and jalapenos stuffed with hard cheese. For dessert - unpretentious pastries made from corn flour... The National New Year's drink is homemade tequila.

Italy

On the Italians' New Year's table there is always a place for small tortellini dumplings with ham pashutto and creamy sauce... But the main dish of the New Year's table is homemade sausage from pork, in Italian it sounds like "cotecchino". Cut the sausage into small circles and serve with a garnish of corn grits and stewed lentils... For dessert, Italians prepare pannetone cake with dried fruits inside. V new year's eve Italians prefer to drink dry or sparkling wine.

India

Surprisingly, in India, the country of spices, the New Year is celebrated with biryani pilaf and okroshka. Biryani pilaf is made from lamb. Kershu nuts, raisins, pineapples are added to rice and carrots, green pea and of course many local spices - cumin, cloves, coriander, turmeric, cardamom. Spices give the rice a few colors, which makes the dish look very festive. Raita is served with pilaf - indian okroshka tomato, potato and cucumber-based light kefir... And dessert is fermented milk drink lasi - curdled milk whipped with ginger and sugar.

Decorate the 2012 New Year's menu with dishes from France, Poland, England, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Prepare for New Year's table colorful meat, fish dish or dessert from the New Year's menu different countries the world. Choose a New Year's recipe

New Year's recipes from around the world

1.France

Turkey is the main dish of the New Year's table in France. The French joke: “If there is no turkey, then New Year may not come. "

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French turkey

Ingredients

0.5 kg turkey fillet, 5 small onions, 2 tomatoes, 300 g cheese, mayonnaise, spices, salt to taste.

Preparation

Cut the turkey fillet into thin layers and place in a bowl, sprinkle with spices and salt. Cover with a lid, put a load on top and leave for 20-30 minutes to marinate in your own juice.

Wash the tomatoes and cut into slices, cut the onion into rings. Sodium cheese on coarse grater... Put a sheet of foil on a baking sheet, tuck the edges. Spread the layers of turkey evenly in one layer, lightly smear with mayonnaise on top. Then add a layer of onions and a layer of tomatoes. Cover everything with cheese on top.

Bake in the oven for about an hour. First over high heat, then over low heat. Serve the dish hot, garnish with herbs.

2.Poland

On the New Year's table in Poland, there is always fish, which is considered a symbol of prosperity and family happiness.

Fish in Polish

Ingredients

300 g pike perch fillet with skin, 1 carrot, 4 g parsley root, 2-3 boiled eggs, 20 g butter, 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, parsley, salt - to taste.

Preparation

Fish fillet cut portioned chunks, boil in salted water with the addition of carrots and parsley root.

For the sauce, combine the melted butter with chopped eggs, lemon juice, chopped herbs and 2 tbsp. l. fish broth.

When serving, put the fish on a dish, pour in the prepared sauce. Alternatively, garnish with mashed potatoes and carrots.

3.Czech Republic and Slovakia

In these countries, the New Year's table is not complete without a fragrant national dessert - apple strudel.

Apple strudel

Ingredients

250 g flour, 1 egg, 150 g butter, 1 tsp. vinegar, 1 kg of apples, 80 g of sugar, 30 g of raisins, 100 g bread crumbs, ground cinnamon, lemon zest - to taste.

Preparation

Sift the flour, then pour in the whipped with 6 tbsp. l. warm water egg, 1 tbsp. l. melted butter, vinegar, add salt and knead to a soft shiny dough. Roll into a ball and leave for 30 minutes, covered with a damp cloth.

Cut the dough in half and roll each half on a flaxseed towel dusted with flour. Stretch the dough from the center in all directions, trying not to tear, sprinkle with melted butter, put a layer of peeled and chopped apples on it, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, washed raisins, chopped zest and bread crumbs fried in 30 g of butter.

Raising the edge of the towel, roll the dough into a roll. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake in a moderately heated oven for 30 minutes, brushing occasionally with oil. Ready strudel chill and cut into slices. Serve and decorate to taste. For example, nuts, mint sprigs, cinnamon or powdered sugar.

4.Germany

In this country, pies and other dishes with raisins, apples and nuts are sure to be served on the New Year's table. Moreover, each ingredient has its own meaning. For example, nuts are the ability to learn secrets and overcome the difficulties of life, and raisins are a symbol of abundance.

Cakes with nuts - recipe from Germany

Ingredients

2 eggs, 2 egg yolk, 200 g sugar, 6 tbsp. l. crackers, a pinch of salt, 2 tsp. dry yeast, 1 tbsp. l. flour, 0.5 tbsp. chopped raisins, 1 tbsp. nuts, 200 g butter, 0.5 tbsp. milk.

Preparation

Beat eggs and sugar, add salt, crackers, yeast mixed with flour, raisins and 0.5 tbsp. nuts. Knead the dough, roll it into a layer 0.7 cm thick, place on a baking sheet covered with oiled paper and bake in the oven for 15 minutes on medium heat.

For the cream, beat the yolks with sugar, pour in hot milk, stirring occasionally. Warm up, whisking continuously, in a water bath until thickened. Cool the resulting mass, combine with whipped butter and beat everything together until fluffy. Add 0.5 tbsp. chopped nuts and mix.

Immediately cut the baked crust into rectangular cakes, let cool, then cover with cream and garnish to taste.

5.England

The traditional dessert on the New Year's table in this country is pudding. Before serving party pudding poured over with rum and set on fire. A very effective decoration for the New Year's table, especially in the Year of the Dragon 2012!

Come closer every day new year holidays when for festive table close relatives and friends are gathering. Every country in the world has its own culinary traditions- hostesses spare no time and effort in preparing traditional dishes, wishing to please loved ones and guests. What is prepared for the New Year in overseas countries? I'll tell you about culinary New Year's traditions different countries of the world and I will share some recipes. Maybe from them you will choose for yourself the dishes that you want to cook for the festive table 2017. And do not forget

Original dishes for the new year 2017

Christmas table in an english family impossible to imagine without the traditional pudding made from chunks wheat bread, candied fruits, cherries, apples and raisins with the addition of nuts, citrus peel and aromatic spices. It takes a month to make Christmas pudding - ready dessert poured over with rum, set on fire and effectively served on the festive table.

An obligatory attribute of the New Year's meal in Poland is a fish that symbolizes wealth and family well-being. Remember? There are twelve dishes on the New Year's table, among which there is not a single meat one. This evening the hostesses serve or, dumplings, barley porridge with prunes, and for dessert - chocolate cake or puff strudel with apples.

In Bulgaria The main New Year's dish is moussaka - a huge puff casserole made from meat, vegetables and various spices.

The main decoration of the New Year's meal among residents U.S.A- traditional stuffed turkey... Any components can be used as a filling - potatoes, apples, oranges, grapes, nuts and everything in the refrigerator.

In Scandinavian countries for the first on New Year's Eve they serve hot salmon soup with cream ... V New Year's menu necessarily include fish dishes and stewed ribs or baked poultry with mashed potatoes.

Salmon soup with cream

Composition:

• Salmon 500 g
• Potatoes 4-5 pcs
• One onion or leek
• One carrot
• 3-4 tomatoes
• Cream 500 ml
• Fresh herbs
• Salt and pepper
• Vegetable oil
• Water 1.25 l

1. Cut the fish into small pieces. Potatoes and onions - diced, carrots - on a coarse grater or, as you wish, scald the tomatoes with boiling water, peel off and cut into cubes.
2. Pour oil into a saucepan. Simmer onions and carrots until soft. Add tomatoes, simmer for 3-5 minutes.
3. Pour water, bring to a boil, then put potatoes + salt and pepper, cook until tender for 10 minutes.
4. When the potatoes are almost ready, add fish and cream, cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add finely chopped herbs.

Traditional hot snack Italians for New Year - pork sausage"Kotekino" from pork meat and bacon, which is baked with Mediterranean herbs, juniper berries, shallots and pear pieces. For hot meals, it is customary to serve steamed perch or cod baked in white wine .

Cod baked in white wine

Composition:

• cod fillet 800 g
• butter 50 g
• white dry wine 100 ml
• parsley
• salt pepper

1. Grease a baking dish with oil. Lay out the cod fillet. Salt and pepper.
2. Top with pieces of butter and pour over the wine.
3. Finely chop the parsley and sprinkle on the fish.
4. We put in hot oven t = 200 degrees, bake for 25-30 minutes. Follow the process, as everyone's ovens are different.

On new year's eve german hostesses serve fragrant salmon baked with cream and spinach in puff pastry and fried carp with a side dish of potatoes in mustard sauce... The festive table is decorated with a dish with pies, apples, nuts and raisins, as a symbol of family well-being in the coming year. For dessert in German families, it is customary to serve a cake filled with marzipan or a nut pie.

Baked salmon with cream and spinach in puff pastry

Composition:

• Salmon fillet 600 g
• Spinach, fresh or frozen 400 g
• Cream 50 ml
• Salt pepper
• Lemon juice
• Puff pastry 450 g
• Egg for greasing the dough

1. Salmon fillet with salt, pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice
2. Pour spinach with cream and simmer until the liquid evaporates
3. Roll out the dough, put half of the spinach with cream in the middle, on this layer the salmon fillet. Top again with a layer of spinach.
4. Wrap the dough in a tight envelope. Place on a baking sheet, seam side down. Brush with beaten egg.
5. Pierce the dough with a fork in several places.
6. Put in a preheated oven t = 200 degrees 25-30 minutes

In the Netherlands New Year's celebration is not complete without traditional appetizer- salted beans. A rabbit stewed in a wine gravy is cooked here for hot meals, to which spig, chopped shallots, spices and sour cream are added.

New Year's table in France literally bursting with gourmet snacks and hot meals. V holiday menu it includes snails, oysters, foie gras, and several types of cheese. Also on the table on New Year's Eve, spicy onion soup and turkey baked in white wine with herbs and vegetables.

Onion soup

Composition:

• 1 kg of onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tsp salt, pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 250 ml dry white wine
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• 1 Bay leaf uk
• 1 liter chicken broth
• French baguette (loaf)
• 150 g hard cheese

1. Cut the onion into half rings. Melt in a frying pan butter, add olive + salt and pepper. Put onion, stir and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
2. After 20 minutes add finely chopped garlic, wine, thyme sprigs, bay leaf. Cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
3. Remove from heat, remove sprigs of thyme and lavrushka.
4. Add hot broth, mix and leave under the lid to infuse for 15-20 minutes.
5. Cut the bread into slices and dry in a toaster, oven or dry frying pan until golden brown. Cut into cubes.
6. Pour the soup into ceramic pots, add bread and sprinkle with grated cheese.
7. Bake in the oven until the cheese is melted.

Spanish new year meal not complete without roast lamb or suckling pig... Here you can find shellfish and fish delicacies... It is customary to eat 12 grapes while the clock strikes, making wishes for each month of the new year.

In Bulgaria, Romania and other European countries, it is customary to bake pies with surprises for the New Year - some products hide a coin, a nut or a pepper pod for good luck. Anyone who finds a surprise in his pie will be lucky all year round.

The season of long New Year's holidays provides an opportunity to escape from the daily hustle and bustle and pay attention to family and friends. Take the time and prepare one of the dishes for the festive table European cuisine- surprise guests culinary skills... If you have experience in cooking unusual New Year's dishes - share in the comments.

We wish you all Happy New Years and new culinary discoveries!

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Celebrating the New Year is accompanied by cheerful hiss of champagne, parties and midnight kisses. However, few people realize that the New Year is meant for food.

As the new year begins to march across the planet, tables around the world are laden with long noodles, field peas, herring and pork, symbolizing long life, money, abundance and good luck.

The details vary, but the goal is the same: to gather family and friends around the festive table to celebrate the coming year together.

We offer you to look into the cuisine of different countries to get acquainted with the traditions and find out what dishes are used to celebrate the New Year holidays around the world.

Jumping John, American South

The main traditional dishes in the southern states of the United States are "Jumping John" - bean stew with pork, field peas or beans, symbolizing money, and rice with cabbage and other green vegetables and cornbread, symbols of luck and money. The dish is believed to bring good luck in the new year.

The history of the appearance of this dish differs depending on the folklore, but the current version most likely originates in African and West Indian traditions and was brought by slaves to North America... The Prancing John recipe first appeared in 1847 in The Carolina Housewife by Sarah Rutledge and has been modified by professional chefs over the years.

Twelve grapes, Spain

While Americans watch the fall christmas ball in Times Square, Spaniards watch the broadcast from Madrid's Puerta del Sol, where revelers gather before the clock on the tower announces the start of the New Year.

Regardless of whether the Spaniards meet the coming year - at home or in the square - they adhere to old tradition: eat one grape for each beat of the clock. Some prepare grapes in advance - peel them and remove seeds - to make it more pleasant to eat at midnight.

The custom emerged at the turn of the 20th century with grape growers in the southern part of the country at harvest time. Since then, the tradition has spread to many Spanish-speaking countries.

If you decide to celebrate the New Year in Madrid, then go to Puerta del Sol before midnight. The lively square, surrounded by bars, restaurants and shops, is a great place to celebrate.

Tamale, Mexico

Tamale - minced meat covered with salted corn kernels and corn husks and steamed, is a traditional Mexican dish prepared in any way special occasion... But on Christmas and New Years, it is the main dish on the table.

In many families, women come together to prepare hundreds of little tamales for friends, family and neighbors. It is often served on the New Year's table with menudo - a chowder that helps to cope with a hangover.

Residents of large Mexican cities will have no difficulty finding restaurants that sell tamales on New Year's Eve. But gourmets looking for authentic traditional tamales head to Mexico City, where the dish is sold day and night on street corners. They can also be found in famous restaurants- for example, Pujol.

Dutch donuts Oliebollen, Netherlands

Oliebollen donuts are a traditional Dutch New Year dish sold at Christmas markets. They are made from air dough stuffed with raisins and currants and deep fried.

For donuts, look for small street trailers and Oliebollenkraams bakeries in Amsterdam.

Marzipan pigs, Austria and Germany

Austrian revelers on New Year's Eve - Sylvesterabend, or St. Sylvester's Eve - drink red punch with cardamom and spices, eat suckling pig for dinner and serve little pink marzipan pigs called marzipanschwein.

Good luck pigs, or Glücksschwein, made from all sorts of things, are also popular gifts in Germany and Austria.

Viennese bakeries offer great amount sweets in the form of pigs. Head to Julius Meinlto for pig truffles, chocolate and marzipan in all colors, sizes and flavors.

Soba noodles, Japan

On New Years Eve, Japanese families eat buckwheat noodles soba to say goodbye to the old year and meet the new one. The tradition dates back to the 17th century, and long noodles symbolize longevity and prosperity.

According to another custom - motitsuki - friends and family spend the day before New Years cooking mochi - rice cakes... The sweet glutinous rice is washed, soaked, steamed and ground into a homogeneous mass. Then small pieces are plucked from the dough, from which buns are made, which are served later for dessert.

If you are celebrating the New Year in Tokyo, visit the professional soba master Honmuru Anin in Roppongi.

Party Pie, or Pie of Kings, around the world

Cooking tradition new year cake covers countless cultures: the Greeks have basilopita, the French have galette de rua, the Mexicans have the bread of the three kings, and the Bulgarians have banitsa.

In most cases, cakes are eaten on New Year's Eve, although in some cultures they are only cut for Christmas or Epiphany. Figures or coins are usually hidden in pies, symbolizing luck and money for those who find them in their piece.

Cotekino, Italy

Italians celebrate the New Year with traditional dish- kotekino, or lentils with pork sausages, which, according to legends, brings good luck, and in some households - with stuffed pork leg.

The dinner ends with chiacchiere - Italian brushwood - and Prosecco. The tradition originates in Modena, but over time has spread throughout the country.

Pickled herring, Poland and Scandinavia

Since Poland and the Scandinavian countries are famous for their herring, and because of its silvery color, it is considered a symbol of prosperity and wealth, many families serve pickled fish on the table on New Year's Eve. Some serve it with onions, others with a creamy sauce.

One of the popular New Year's pickled herring dishes - Sledzie Marynowane - is made from fish soaked in water for 24 hours, cut into pieces, tamped into a container in layers with onions, spices, sugar and white vinegar.

Kransekake, Denmark and Norway

Kransekake is a pyramid cake made from several circles with the addition of sweets and other sweets, and prepared for various holidays and special events in Norway and Denmark.

The cake is made from marzipan, and often a bottle of wine or Aquavita is placed in the center with flag decorations and crackers.

Those who can't get to Copenhagen for a pyramid cake can visit Larsen's Danish bakery in the Ballard district of Seattle. They have been delivering orders all over the world for a long time and are ready to pack each layer of the cake separately so that the cake can be easily assembled right before the holiday.

What will be on your festive table?