In mid-January, many in our country are wondering what to cook for the Old New Year 2018? After all, the tradition of celebrating this event has survived. For Orthodox believers on this day another important holiday is celebrated - this is the day of St. Basil the Great.

The people have always had special traditions of what kind of dishes must be prepared on the table in the old New Year. By the way, it was celebrated, according to the old Julian calendar, on January 14th. The tradition of such a holiday has been preserved today, and the festive table is laid either on the 13th or 14th. It is not important when to celebrate, the most important thing is to celebrate, say kind words to each other and just rejoice at the next wonderful event.

Pay special attention to meat dishes, remember that in the old days the New Year was not celebrated with fish. Today this fish is considered a delicacy, and earlier they could only afford to eat meat "from the belly" on holidays, including the New Year. We wish you happiness and good luck, may your table be bursting with treats throughout the year.

Old New Year 2019 - Julian New Year (Old Style). Comes on the night of January 13-14. In Russia, the tradition of celebrating the old New Year arose after the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1918, as a result of which all dates shifted by 13 days.

The Gregorian calendar was first introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in Catholic countries on October 4, 1582. It is based on the cyclic rotation of the Earth around the Sun. The Gregorian calendar is used in most countries of the world.

Few people know about this, but the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars becomes more and more every century.

Now the difference is 13 days, but it will take another 83 years and from March 1, 2100 it will grow to 14 days. And if by that time people have not come up with another version of the chronology, then from 2101 Orthodox Christmas and Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.

In addition to the countries that were part of the USSR, the Old New Year is celebrated by residents of: Algeria; Tunisia; Greece; Romania; Serbia; Montenegro; Switzerland; Morocco.

On the night of January 13-14, the Old New Year is celebrated - an additional holiday that arose as a result of a change in chronology. New Year's Eve was called Lavish Evening.

On the Old New Year's Eve, it was customary for the whole family to sculpt dumplings with a surprise and guess next year. What gets in a dumpling with a surprise - that will be in the coming year.

In the New Year, it was customary to cook many dishes: moreover, it was appreciated if they were varied and satisfying, because the more dishes on the table, the more generous the next year promised to be. At the head of the table, as on Christmas Day, there were kutia (kutya) and uzvar.

The traditional New Year's table was rich in a variety of dough products: pancakes (which are a symbol of the sun and well-being), knysh, rolls and palyanitsa (also symbols of well-being, because the better and rounder the baking, the more happiness in the new year), dumplings with various fillings ( meat, cottage cheese, poppy seeds).

Dumplings were served with surprises: various unusual fillings were added to each dumpling. If someone comes across flour - this is to flour, beans - to children, a button - to a new thing, sugar - to a good life, salt - to a difficult life, pepper - to surprises, a rope - to the road, a penny - to money. The main thing: do not forget to warn guests that dumplings are with surprises in order to avoid troubles like broken teeth. Read more about which ones are a list in our article.

Recipes for festive dishes for the Old New Year 2019

Country style potatoes

For cooking potatoes "Village style" we need the following ingredients:

• potatoes - 600 grams
• smoked pork belly - 300 grams
• garlic - 4 cloves
• vegetable oil

How to cook rustic potatoes in a pan:

For this dish, choose not large potatoes, but rather generally small ones, the size of a ping-pong ball. Rinse the potatoes thoroughly and set them to boil in salted water until half cooked. Then we clean up.

We cut the smoked brisket (it can be safely replaced with bacon or simple lard, it will be no less tasty). Don't cut too thin - we don't want cracklings.

Pork brisket should be lightly fried. To do this, heat the pan well, lightly grease with vegetable oil.
Put the brisket pieces in a hot pan. Fry it until golden brown. Remove from the pan.

Peel four cloves of garlic and crush with the flat side of the knife. In the fat that remains after frying the meat, fry the garlic. Make sure that the garlic does not burn in any way. After frying, discard the garlic.
Fry the potatoes in fragrant fat until golden brown.

Rinse fresh cucumbers with tomatoes to serve them with “Village style” potatoes.
Enjoy! Enjoy your meal!

Dumplings with potatoes - a step by step recipe with a photo

Homemade dumplings are incomparably better than store semi-finished products: they are tastier, and larger, and more beautiful!
Products for dumplings with potatoes:

• For the dough: 2 cups flour;
• 1 cup boiling water;
• ¼ tsp salt.
• For the filling: 4-5 medium potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• Sunflower oil;
• Salt pepper.

How to cook dumplings with potatoes:

First, let's make the potato filling.

If you have yesterday's mashed potatoes - great! This means that the preparation of the filling is simplified in half, and the mashed potatoes will turn into a new dish, as is the case with potato grains.

If there is no mashed potatoes, then peel and wash 5-6 potatoes, cut into pieces and boil until tender. Put boiled potatoes

While the potatoes are boiling, finely chop the onion, pour it into a pan with heated sunflower oil. The most delicious onion for filling and gravy for dumplings is not damp, but not boiled to the state of coals, but ruddy golden. To get this, we are not distracted, but, stirring regularly, fry the onions over a fire a little more than average. Saute the onions

Meanwhile, the potatoes became soft. Pour the broth into a saucepan and turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes. Add a little potato broth so that the filling is not dry.

Add half of the fried onion to the potatoes, salt, pepper and mix. The filling is ready.

In the meantime, it cools down, prepare the dough for the dumplings.
Let's make the dough. I always make boiled water choux dough for dumplings, as well as for dumplings. It is very convenient and pleasant to work with it: soft, elastic, it easily rolls out and molds, and dumplings from it are tender and tasty.
Knead the dough in boiling water

After sifting the flour into a bowl and adding salt, pour a glass of boiling water into the flour and quickly knead with a spoon. When the dough is not hot, but warm, we continue to knead with our hands.

If the dough is too sticky, you can add a little flour - but do not overdo it, otherwise it will be very steep and difficult to roll out.

Normally, the dough is soft, almost non-sticky to the hands. After kneading the dough well, put it in a bowl sprinkled with flour or greased with vegetable oil (so that it does not stick), and cover it with a towel on top, then the dough will not dry out. We give the dough a rest

It's time to make dumplings. The filling is no longer hot, but a little warm - it's time to sculpt the dumplings. Sprinkle flour on the table, separate half of the dough and roll the sausage. We cut it into pieces 1.5-2 cm wide. Roll each piece into a circle with a rolling pin.
Roll the dough into a sausage and cut.

In the center of each mug, put 1 full teaspoon of filling with the top. The exact amount depends on the size of your dumplings - the larger the circle, the more filling.

If you put a little, the dumplings will be "thin", and if you put too much, they can break. But you will quickly understand in practice how many potatoes you need to get a "plump" appetizing dumpling.

Now you need to close the dumplings well so that the filling does not "run away" during the cooking process. And you should close it up quickly, until the edges of the dough dry out in the air - that's when it's time to invite your household to participate in the preparation of a family dinner! I close up the dumplings twice: the first time - "draft", we just blind the edges of the mug together, and the second - with a "pigtail", so that it turns out not only firmly, but also beautifully.

Place the dumplings on a floured board. If you want to freeze, cover with cling film and place in the freezer, and if you are going to eat, put a saucepan of salted water on the fire (about 1 tablespoon for 1.5-2 liters of water). When the water boils, we dip the dumplings into it - enough so that they float freely and do not stick together.

Cook over medium heat until they float up, and another 1-2 minutes, because the filling is ready and the dumplings do not need to be cooked for a long time, like dumplings with raw minced meat (while the first batch is being cooked, we make the second one). We do not allow a strong boil, otherwise they may boil.

We catch the finished dumplings with a slotted spoon in a plate and season with fried onions - remember, we have half left after making the filling. For beauty, you can sprinkle with chopped herbs. Serve immediately, warm!

And the next day you can fry cold dumplings, it turns out delicious. But, of course, freshly brewed is much tastier. Therefore, I advise you to stick dumplings with potatoes for future use and cook them in portions, as needed.
Dumplings with potatoes are ready.

Meat stew with mushrooms

Summer is mushroom time, the time of chanterelles and the time for harvesting for the winter is ahead. Of course, they will be good in the winter when they are pickled. In summer, you can delight yourself and fresh.

Meat stew with chanterelles is just a godsend for those who love varied and tasty food, but do not want to spend a lot of time preparing it.

Products:

• 500 gr. turkey fillet (veal can be used)
• 400 gr. fresh chanterelles
• 2 onions
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil
• 3 tbsp. l. butter
• 125 ml. dry white wine
• 125 ml. meat broth (water)
• 200 ml. cream
• 1 tsp starch
• 2 tbsp. l. chopped green onions

Preparation:

Wash the meat, dry it and cut into strips. Prepare mushrooms, finely chop the onion.
Heat 1 tbsp in a pan. l. olive oil and butter and lightly fry the meat. Add salt and pepper, remove from the pan and put in a warm place.

Add the remaining oil to the pan and simmer the onion, add the mushrooms, simmer together with the onion for 7-10 minutes. Add salt and pepper and transfer to the meat.

Pour wine into a frying pan, bring to a boil (to evaporate alcohol). Pour in broth (water) with cream and boil a little.
Dilute starch from 2-3 tbsp. l. cold water, pour it into the sauce, stirring well. Add meat with onions and mushrooms to the sauce, heat everything together and put on plates. Sprinkle with green onions. Serve with rice, potatoes.

Delicious roast beef

What's easier to cook than beef roast? Roast, of course! This dish will always help out when you need something quick and tasty. But even roast can be cooked in different ways. If you add zucchini, cut into circles, potatoes, cut into thin slices, and add pickled plums to the meat, you get a very aromatic and very tasty roast. I cooked it in a multicooker, which significantly reduced my time and it turned out that this is also an option.

Products:

• 300 gr. beef
• 2-3 onions
• 1 large carrot
• 6-8 pcs. pickled plums
• 2 small zucchini
• 6-8 small potatoes
• 100 ml dry red wine
• 100 ml juice from pickled plums (you can just water)
• grated cheese optional
• salt pepper

Preparation:

Cut the meat into small pieces, lightly fry, add wine and simmer over low heat or slow cooker for 10-15 minutes, until soft. Add salt and pepper.

Add chopped onions and carrots, stew with meat for 5-10 minutes. Pour in the juice from the plums (you can use water), add the plums.
Cut the zucchini into slices, place on top of the meat, cut the potatoes into thin slices and place on the zucchini. Top with salt and pepper, you can sprinkle with grated cheese if desired.

Simmer in the oven or in a slow cooker, until the potatoes are cooked, 20-25 minutes.
Sprinkle with herbs when serving.

Dumplings with cottage cheese in milk

Food (for 6 servings)

• For the dough: Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Water - 0.5 cups
• Milk - 0.5 cups
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Flour - 5-6 cups
• For filling:
• Fat cottage cheese - 400 g
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Sugar - 1-4 tbsp. spoons
• For serving: Butter - to taste
• Sour cream - to taste

How to cook dumplings with cottage cheese in milk:

Cooking dough for dumplings in milk. Sift flour. Drive an egg into the flour, add salt. Mix water with milk. Gradually add liquid to the flour, stirring constantly with a spoon. Knead a tough dough. Cover the dough with a towel. Let stand for 20 minutes.

Preparing the filling for dumplings. Grind cottage cheese thoroughly with sugar and egg. Mix well.

Cooking delicious dumplings with cottage cheese for the Old New Year. Take a part of the dough and, adding flour, roll it into a thin cake (about 2 mm thick). Cut the dough into squares (about 5x5 cm) or squeeze the circles out with a glass.
Put 1 teaspoon of curd filling on each piece of dough. Close the edges thoroughly, forming a dumpling.
Thus, form all the dumplings.

Boil 2.5 liters of water. Salt the water. Dip a portion of the dumplings into boiling water. Let the dumplings float, then cook the dumplings with cottage cheese in milk until cooked for 2-3 minutes over medium heat.

Take out the finished portion with a slotted spoon, put a piece of butter. Dumplings with cottage cheese in milk are ready.
Serve hot dumplings with cottage cheese, sour cream. Enjoy your meal!

Traditions and customs for the Old New Year

Different countries have their own peculiarities about how the celebration should take place. In Greece, on the Old New Year, it is forbidden to raise your voice and quarrel. It's bad if the dishes break, so everyone tries to handle it carefully. If you are invited to a celebration, you need to take a stone with you. It symbolizes the wealth that the owners want to acquire next year.

In Romania, there must be pies on the table. But with an interesting filling in the form of coins, hot peppers, garlic or rings.
In Switzerland, this holiday is dedicated to the veneration of St. Sylvester. Residents dress in funny fancy dress, reminiscent of botanical gardens or houses, calling themselves Sylvester Claus.

In Montenegro, a couple is always prepared - a national dish made from corn dough.

Russian customs largely overlap with Ukrainian or Belarusian, and therefore are considered common.

Traditions and customs of celebrating the Old New Year in Russia

Old New Year was famous for its rich table. The indispensable attributes of this holiday in Russia were: roast pig; generous kutia, emphasizing the end of the fast; dumplings with surprises; pancakes and pies with which they also thanked those who came to carol.

The whole family decided to make dumplings. As in Romania, they hid various surprises. This symbolized fortune-telling about what awaited next year. Christmas carols were a very bright decoration of the holiday.

And they went caroling only until midnight, until the evil spirits roamed around. On January 13, young girls and boys hid under masks, and one of the guys was dressed up in women's clothes as a symbol of Melanka.

Old New Year traditions

Kutya for the New Year's feast began to be cooked in the morning. If there were unpleasant omens, she had to be thrown right into the hole with the pot. An interesting tradition on this night was the burning of Didukh (grandfather).

For this: they prepared a sheaf of straw in advance, on the Old New Year, after the end of the Christmas carols, they went to the crossroads, set fire to the sheaf, when the main flame diminished, they began to jump over the fire, saying goodbye to evil spirits. All this was accompanied by songs, dances, ditties and other merrymaking.

There is another beautiful tradition associated with this holiday. In the morning with wishes of happiness, health and wealth, we went to the homes of relatives and friends to "sow" grain. It is not known where the custom came from, but it has its own rules: only males are sown, since it was believed that girls cannot bring happiness, the houses of godparents were visited first, the grains were carefully collected and stored until spring in order to mix them with sowing ...

A special porridge was also cooked. The oldest woman in the family poured groats for her. The oldest man at home had to bring water from the well. Groats from the barn were received at two in the morning. It was impossible to touch it, so as not to change your future.

Until the oven burned out, the ingredients were ignored. Then when they cooked porridge, all family members would sit around. The woman stirred it, pronouncing special words. Then they put the porridge in the oven and waited for the result: if the porridge came out of the pot, it promised trouble for the whole house, so no one ate it; when the pot was burst, they acted in the same way, since it was a disease, a lot of foam on top foreshadowed empty chores, rich tasty porridge meant harvest and happiness to all households.

The whole family sat down at the table late in the evening, and this dinner was not to be missed. At this time, Christmastide continued, therefore, Christmas divination was also used. It was customary to guess at the betrothed, on the threads for a quick wedding, the fulfillment of a wish, the appearance of a child, etc.

Traditions could differ depending on the place of residence, as well as on the veneration of the saints. Some villages had their own saints, to whom additional attention was paid.

Signs for the Old New Year

On this holiday, they were attentive to the signs, among which the following stood out especially: on the first, on January 14, a girl entered the house - unfortunately, the frost on the trees meant a fruitful year, it was forbidden to count small money so as not to shed tears all year.

Neither did they lend or borrow; if there was a blizzard or blizzard at night, it was believed that the year would be hectic; to hear an unusual ringing in the morning was news of a possible replenishment. Be sure to placate livestock so that the New Year was calm and fruitful.

So the New Year's Eve is left behind, the long-awaited winter holidays are coming to an end, but this is not a reason to be upset, there is another holiday ahead - the Old New Year. Do not miss your second chance and celebrate the New Year again, the way you want and dream. How to celebrate the Old New Year unforgettably read on.

Old New Year is an unusual holiday!

Few people know that the tradition of celebrating New Year's holidays in the new and old style, with a difference of 13 days, appeared back in 1918. Since ancient times in Russia January 14 was called Vasilyev's Day... It was believed that this day was decisive for the whole year, bringing good luck in agriculture and high grain yields.

By tradition, on Vasilyev's day, a sowing ceremony was performed. In some regions, echoes of that ancient rite are still preserved. Costumed adults and children went to the homes of relatives and friends, sang a prayer and scattered wheat around the house. The mummers were presented with gifts, and the hostess gathered wheat and hid it until the next sowing.

In Ukraine, Vasiliev's Day was celebrated with rather noisy festivities, with songs and dances. On the eve of the Old New Year, Ukrainians cooked and served buckwheat porridge according to a special recipe. The ritual of cooking porridge was as follows: at two o'clock in the morning, the eldest woman in the family brought cereals from the barn, and the eldest man went to fetch water from the well. Then they together melted the stove until the stove warmed up, in no case was it possible to touch the cereal or water. Already in the morning, the whole family sat down at the table in unison, and the woman hostess stirred the porridge, pronouncing ritual words, after which all the household members got up from the table, bowed and the hostess sent the porridge into the oven.

The finished porridge was carefully taken out of the oven and looked at its degree of readiness. Loose porridge promised the family a rich harvest and a happy year. It was necessary to eat all this porridge in the morning. If the pot of porridge cracked or the cereal fell out of it, then this was considered a bad sign and did not bode well. This kind of porridge was thrown away.

In Russia, on Vasilyev's day, they were treated to pork dishes. Vasily was the patron saint of pigs, therefore, jelly or jellied meat, baked suckling pig or pork pies were required on the table.

In many cold regions of our country, dumplings or dumplings with surprises were made. As a surprise, spices, a coin or a match were wrapped in dumplings. Each surprise filling meant something and predicted to the owner what his life would be like in the coming year.

What our grandmothers stuffed New Year's dumplings or dumplings with, what and what:

bread - to a hearty life

small coin - money

a large coin or paper money - for the purchase of real estate or a car

beans - to unexpected wealth

salt - to tears and grief

sugar - for a sweet life, passion and love

white thread - for a long journey, travel, moving

black thread - to a short road

thread with knots - to life confusion

cherry bone or fish scales - to pregnancy, newborns or simply to an increase in the family

ring - for a wedding, marriage

button - for new things or shopping for clothes

ground pepper - to drastic changes in life, thrill

rice - to unexpected additional income

dill seeds - to light flirtation and temptation

raisins - for a promotion, a change in career

cucumbers - for good health

torment - to torment, troubles in life

bay leaf - to recognition and glory

capsicum red pepper - to new fans or to a new lover

nuts - to two fans at once

peas - for a journey, an unforgettable vacation

black peppercorns - to new friends

cranberries - to unrequited love

apples - to a quiet and calm life

carrots - to new acquaintances, friends or trouble in business

garlic - to difficulties, problems in life

caramel - to new love or renewed love

grain - to raise wages

button - for new clothes

dough - for replenishment in the family, children

If you want to make such comic dumplings or dumplings, I recommend making the filling with "good" surprises. It is much more pleasant to receive a dumpling with a good prediction than to be upset even because of comic fortune-telling.

In addition to dumplings, the best dishes that every family could afford were served on the festive table.

What to serve on the New Year's table in the Old New Year?

The culinary portal Chto Podgotovit.ru offers you a festive menu on the pages of our site.

Old New Year 2019 is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. The evening on the eve of the Old New Year is called generous, therefore the festive table should be rich, nourishing and tasty.

In Ukraine, the tradition of celebrating is associated not only with the change in chronology, but also with church holidays. So, on January 13, Melanka's holiday is celebrated, and on January 14 - Vasilyev's day. In addition, the modern New Year falls on the Christmas fast, but the Old New Year is no longer, so this "new year" can be celebrated with all the heart.

The evening on the eve of the Old New Year - Generous Evening or Vasiliev, as it is also called - coincides with the Ukrainian folk holiday of Malanka. Kutia is the main ceremonial food this evening. For Vasily, kutya was prepared generous, fatty, seasoned with lard or cream. Hence the name of the evening - Generous.

At the New Year's table, as at Christmas, it is customary for the whole family to sit down. In our material you will find recipes for dishes for the Old New Year according to folk traditions to attract good luck and prosperity, as well as original modern recipes for a festive treat.

What dishes need to be prepared for the Old New Year

In addition to kutya, it is customary to prepare many dishes for the Old New Year: moreover, it is appreciated if they are varied and satisfying, because the more dishes on the table, the more generous the next year will be. Mandatory treats on the table are dumplings, pancakes, various sausages.

Also on the table must be pork dishes... This animal has traditionally been considered a symbol of fertility and prosperity.

Dishes for the Old New Year 2019: pork ribs

According to folk customs, pork entrails are prepared for the Old New Year, jellied meat is cooked from pork legs so that people do not hurt their legs, they prepare intestines (bloodworm), liver sausages, vereshchaka (an old Ukrainian dish made of pork ribs), fried and smoked bacon, potaptsy cook with bacon (small sandwiches), stuffing a whole young pig, cook borsch and the like.

But to cook poultry and fish that evening was a bad omen, as it was believed that happiness would "fly away" or "float away" from home.

Dishes for the Old New Year 2019: homemade sausage

The owners laid the festive tables with towels and decorated them with spikelets, put a kutya in the center of the table and lit a candle to honor the memory of their ancestors. It is with kutia that the meal begins this evening.

Old New Year's recipes

Generous kutia

The basic principle of making generous kutya is a combination of boiled cereals, poppy seeds, dried fruits and honey. Generous kutia - unlike lean kutia, is cooked with butter, milk, cream, or animal fat.

Ingredients:
wheat or rice - 400 gr;
poppy - 200 gr;
walnuts or hazelnuts - 100 gr;
dried fruits - 100 gr;
honey - 100 gr;
cognac - 1 tbsp. l. (Optional);
butter - 2-3 tbsp. l.

Recipe for generous kutya for the Old New Year

Recipe for generous kutya:

1. Wheat should be soaked for 1-2 hours, then boil until tender. The proportions of grain and water 1: 2.5.

2. Pour poppy seeds with boiling water for 15 minutes, then grind in a mortar. Finely dice the nuts and your favorite dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, prunes, figs). Mix all ingredients.

3. Dissolve honey in a glass of warm water or uzvare and pour into porridge. Kutia does not have to be runny, so you may not need all of the honey water.

4. At the very end, add cognac and a spoonful of butter to the kutya, if desired. Stir all ingredients well before serving.

Vereshchak (pork ribs)

Ingredients:
400 g pork ribs;
200 g white bread,
50 g lard
2 medium onions;
salt, black pepper and other spices to taste;
beet kvass.

Ingredients for Vereshchaka for the Old New Year

Ingredients for beet kvass:
0.5 kg of peeled beets;
1 liter of chilled boiled water.

Vereshchaka (pork ribs) recipe:

1. You need to prepare beet kvass in advance. To do this, chop the beets into small pieces and fill them with water. The mixture should be placed in a warm place for 4-5 days until a sour taste appears.

2. To prepare heather, take pork ribs, salt and pepper. You can add other spices as desired. Fry them in a deep skillet until crisp. Add 500 grams of beet kvass to the pan and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

3. Cut the bread into small cubes, place it in the skillet where the meat is stewed, and leave in the oven for another five minutes. At the end, add chopped and fried onions and lard to the heather. Remove the finished dish from the oven before serving and sprinkle with herbs. Heather is served in portions in deep bowls.

Vereshchaki's recipe (pork ribs) for the Old New Year

Lard appetizer

Ingredients:
lard without meat layer;
black bread;
salt, pepper to taste;
a few cloves of garlic.

Lard and garlic appetizer recipe for the Old New Year

Lard appetizer recipe:

1. Twist fresh chilled, even slightly frozen lard without a meat layer through a meat grinder, salt and pepper to taste, add a few chopped cloves of garlic and mix well. You can add ground nutmeg or curry.

2. Let the mixture sit for a few hours for the spices and garlic to release their flavor. Spread on black bread, sprinkle with herbs when serving. This appetizer is perfect for borscht or meat dishes.

Dumplings with potatoes and cracklings

Ingredients for the dough:
0.5 kg of flour;
250 ml of water;
2 tbsp. spoons of oil;
1-2 eggs;
salt to taste.

Ingredients for the filling and greaves:
potatoes 500 gr;
bacon 200 gr;
2 onions;
salt and pepper to taste;
butter optional.

Dumplings with potatoes and cracklings for the Old New Year

Recipe for dumplings with potatoes and cracklings:

1. Sift flour. Add warm water, eggs, oil and salt. Stir in a tough, homogeneous dough. Cover the dough with cling film and leave in a warm place for half an hour.

2. While the dough is "resting", boil the potatoes. Puree and add creamy mass or warm milk (your choice). Also add salt to the filling, but keep in mind that the dough is also salty.

3. Roll out the dough and cut out small circles. This can be done with a regular glass. Place a spoonful of filling on each circle and form into dumplings. The amount of filling depends on the size of the dumpling.

If desired, dumplings can be served not with cracklings, but with sour cream

4. Put the prepared dumplings into boiling salted water. Cook for 6-7 minutes after surfacing.

5. Fry finely chopped bacon and onion in a frying pan. When serving, sprinkle the dumplings with cracklings, if desired, you can pour over the melted fat that will appear during frying.

Homemade sausage

Homemade sausage is a very satisfying and delicious food. This sausage is well preserved, especially if the finished sausage is placed in a ceramic pot and filled with melted lard. For the holiday, the sausage needs to be cooked the day before, and you need to fry it already before serving - this way it will be tastier.

Homemade sausage recipe for the Old New Year

Ingredients:
2-2.5 kg pork (neck, shoulder, back)
500-700 g lard without meat veins;
1 head of garlic;
pork small intestines;
salt, ground black pepper, dry herbs (basil, thyme, oregano), ground coriander.

Homemade sausage recipe:

1. Pork small intestines should be rinsed very thoroughly. Turn the intestines inside out and rinse again. It will not be superfluous to scrape out the intestines with the back of the knife, remove mucus from the intestines.

Pork intestines need to be rinsed well

2. Pork meat can be used on any part of the carcass. Considering that homemade sausage is made with the addition of lard, the fat content of the meat does not matter. The neck, shoulder blade, back part are perfect. Thoroughly clean the meat from bones and cartilage. Optionally, you can mince the meat or cut into small pieces. But sausage with chopped meat and lard turns out to be tastier.

3. Peel the lard. Set aside 100 grams of lard. Cut the rest into the same pieces as the meat. The ratio of meat and lard is approximately 1: 6. If the meat is fat, then less fat is needed and vice versa.

Minced meat for homemade sausage

4. In a large bowl, combine chopped meat and lard. Season with salt and pepper. Add dry aromatic herbs: basil, oregano and thyme. Add ground coriander to taste. Stir the meat very thoroughly. Add chopped head of garlic to the minced meat to make the sausage more flavorful.

5. Prepared intestines need to be stuffed with ready-made minced meat. For this, meat grinders have a special nozzle in the form of a tube. The intestine must be put on the nozzle, and the tip must be tied with cotton thread. It is not necessary to fill the intestine very tightly so that it does not burst during cooking or frying. If there is a hole in the gut, then you need to divide it into smaller sausages.

How to stuff homemade sausage

6. The stuffed sausage should stand in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours, and preferably all night. After that, roll the sausage into rings, so it is easier to cook and fry. Pierce the sausage with a toothpick in several places, the excess air will come out. Boil the sausage in boiling water for 5-7 minutes. For this, it is better to take a large saucepan. Let the sausage cool.

Roll up homemade sausage

7.Fry 100 grams of lard that you set aside. All you need is fat, which needs to be cooled. Grease a baking sheet, add the sausage and place in the oven. If desired, the sausage can be fried. The sausage is baked for about an hour, while it needs to be turned over periodically.

Homemade sausage is better combined with mustard or horseradish

8. The sausage can be eaten immediately. But homemade sausage keeps well in the refrigerator and warms up as needed. Serve the sausage with homemade mustard or horseradish sauce.

Bloody buckwheat

Ingredients:
200 g of buckwheat;
1 liter of blood
350 g lard
100 g of meat;
3 onions;
200 g milk
1 bay leaf;
2 allspice peas;
salt to taste;
pepper to taste;
3 small, cleaned intestines.

Bloody recipe with buckwheat

Buckwheat Bloody Recipe:

1. Boil buckwheat in salted water until tender. Boil lard with bay leaf and allspice, cool and chop finely.

2. If blood clots occur, it must be passed through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion and fry in oil. Combine all ingredients and mix well to get a homogeneous mass.

3. The intestines are stuffed in the same way as in homemade sausage. But do not forget to rinse and cleanse the intestines well. Dip the stuffed intestines in boiling water, bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. In the process of cooking, pierce the bloodstream in several places with a needle or toothpick.

4. Bake the cooked blood pot in an oven preheated to 250 ° C for 20-30 minutes.

Home-style pork roast

Ingredients:
500 g lean pork;
2 onions;
7-8 large potatoes;
2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
salt and pepper to taste;
fresh herbs.

Old New Year's Roast Pork Recipe

Pork Roast Recipe:

1. Cut the meat into small cubes. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices (about 2 cm).

2. Heat the oil in a deep skillet and brown the meat until golden brown. Place the onion in the meat and fry until translucent. Add the chopped potatoes, season with salt and pepper and stir well.

3. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat until tender. If desired, the roast can be cooked in portions in clay pots in the oven.

Aspic from two types of meat

Ingredients:
beef shank and another 500 g of beef.;
pork - 500 g
1 carrot;
1 onion;
dill - 3-4 branches;
parsley - 3-4 branches;
bay leaf - 2 pcs;
garlic - 3-4 cloves;
black pepper (peas)
salt to taste.

Jellied meat recipe for the Old New Year

Jellied meat recipe for the Old New Year:

1. Pour the beef shank with cold water, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook for another 5 hours. Remember to skim off the lather. Add remaining meat (beef and pork) and cook for another hour and a half.

2. Wash, peel and coarsely chop the carrots and onions. Add to broth. Also put there a bundle of herbs tied with thread, bay leaf and pepper and cook for another half hour. Season the broth with salt and strain.

3. Remove the meat from the bones and chop finely enough. Squeeze the peeled cloves of garlic over the meat.

4. Divide the meat into molds. Pour the broth so that the meat is below the surface (about two fingers). Leave to cool at room temperature, and then place the molds in the refrigerator until the jelly hardens.

Pork rolls and mushrooms

Pork stews can be prepared with a wide variety of fillings - from potatoes and vegetables to nuts and pineapples. We chose a simple option - with mushroom filling. But you can choose the filling of your choice!

Ingredients:
500 g pork (fillet)
400 g champignons (or dried mushrooms)
1 onion;
3 tbsp. l. flour;
butter;
spices to taste (basil, oregano, coriander, marjoram, thyme, pepper)
salt to taste.

Recipe for pork rolls for the Old New Year

Recipe for pork rolls with mushroom filling:

1. Cut the meat across the grain into pieces about 1 centimeter thick, beat well with a hammer, salt and pepper.

2. Fry onions, mushrooms and spices in a skillet. It is necessary for all the liquid to evaporate from the mixture. Set aside 2-3 tbsp. spoons of ready-made mushrooms with filling for braising stews.

3. Put the mushroom filling in each piece of meat and wrap it in a roll, gently squeezing the edges so that the filling does not fall out, and fasten with toothpicks.

4. Each roll should be rolled in flour and fried in oil on both sides until golden brown. Put the rolls in a saucepan, layer by layer with the rest of the stuffed mushrooms, fill with water (or broth), so that it slightly covers the rolls, salt. Simmer the pork rolls, covered, over low heat for 40-50 minutes until cooked through.

5. Pork rolls are good to serve with a side dish: mashed potatoes, vegetables and the like.

Pancakes with minced meat

Ingredients for pancakes for 3 servings:
milk (300 ml)
2 eggs;
flour (200-250 gr);
1 tbsp. a spoonful of oil;
salt and pepper.

Pancake recipe for the Old New Year

Ingredients for the filling:
400 g of boiled meat (pork, beef)
1 onion;
a bunch of greens;
3 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
spices for meat;
salt to taste.

Recipe for minced meat pancakes:

1. Beat eggs until fluffy. Add salt and pepper to the eggs and beat again.

2. Add warm milk to the beaten eggs and stir. Add flour in small portions and stir constantly until all the "lumps" are gone.

3. Fry the pancakes over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on both sides, until they are lightly browned.

4. For the filling, pass the boiled meat through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion and greens (you can take frozen).

5. In a preheated frying pan in vegetable oil, fry the onion, then add meat, spices, salt and fry, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add herbs and stir.

6. Place the prepared filling in the center of the pancake, form a bag and secure the edges with green onions. Or just form envelopes if green onions are not available.

Compote with raisins and cherries

Uzvar is a traditional Ukrainian drink that is prepared for various holidays. In particular, on Christmas Eve and the Old New Year.

Ingredients:
dried apples 100 g
dried pears 100 g
prunes 100 g
dried apricots 100 g
raisins 100 g
dried cherries 100 g
sugar 100 g

Old New Year compote recipe

Compote recipe for the Old New Year:

1. Pour dried fruits (traditional composition - dried pears, apples, raisins and prunes) with water and rinse thoroughly.

2. Pour water (2-3 liters) into a saucepan, bring to a boil. Put all dried fruits in water, bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and cook for another 15-20 minutes, covered. Add sugar to the saucepan 5 minutes before cooking.

4. After that, remove the compote from the heat and let it brew for 12 hours. Strain the compote before serving.

Delicious celebration! Share photos of your dishes for the Old New Year in the comments!

Contrary to popular belief, the Old New Year is not a continuation of the New Year, but the same holiday, only according to the Julian calendar. The fact is that in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, due to the different length of the year - in the Julian, the length of the solar year is eleven minutes longer - the dates of the holidays differ by an average of two weeks. And although the Julian calendar has not been used in Russia for six centuries, the tradition of seeing off the outgoing year has taken root twice in Russian festive culture.

Moreover, the date of the Old New Year coincides with the primordially Russian holiday of Vasilyev's Day.

What to cook for the Old New Year

The assortment of festive dishes for the Old New Year is diverse: you can adhere to the gastronomic traditions of Vasilyev's Day, or prepare the usual New Year's dishes.

Russians who adhere to the norms of Orthodoxy prefer to cook meat dishes for the Old New Year - and only from pork, since Basil the Great is considered the patron saint of swineherds in Orthodoxy.

The main element of Vasiliev's Day - or Old New Year's - is, of course, roast suckling pig. There are many variations of this simple dish, but the main requirement concerns serving: it is customary to serve the piglet whole, uncut.

Buckwheat Roasted Pig Recipe

To prepare this dish for the Old New Year, you first need to gut the pig, leaving the head and legs. After that, the pig should be washed, dried with a napkin and rubbed liberally with salt, pepper, or mustard. Let the spices soak, and after an hour we put the pig upside down on a baking sheet, pour with oil and send it to the preheated oven. As soon as the piglet's skin is reddened, the heat must be reduced. At the same time, boil buckwheat with onions and boiled eggs, and add to the finished pig. The dish can be garnished with herbs and baked apples.

How to cook monastic cutlets for the Old New Year

For the Old New Year, it is not necessary to buy a whole pig - you can limit yourself to minced pork and cook equally delicious dishes from it. For "monastery style" cutlets you will need:

Pork - 1 kg

Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.

Bulb onions - 3 pcs.

Starch - 3 tbsp. l.

Salt and pepper

Cut the meat into small cubes in a separate bowl and add the chopped onions to it. Stir. Add eggs, mayonnaise, pepper, salt and starch. Send the prepared mass to the refrigerator, and let the meat marinate. After that, you need to put the meat in a pan in the form of pancakes and fry on both sides. Ready cutlets can be garnished with herbs, vegetables and sauce.

How to cook a monastery Shab for the Old New Year

The Polish dish shab is a baked loin with cabbage. Preparing this fragrant dish for the Old New Year is not at all difficult. You will need:

Cabbage - 1 kg

Piece of lean pork - 1.5 kg

Water - 200 ml

Cut the pork into slices, salt and place in a saucepan in layers, alternating with shredded cabbage. Cover with water and simmer over medium heat until tender. You can add one or two onions.

French meat recipe for the Old New Year

Another delicious dish for the Old New Year is French meat. By the way, it is called French because it was first prepared in Paris for the Russian Count Orlov. However, this is the only thing that connects him with French cuisine. Take:

Pork - 0.5 kg

Potatoes - 0.5 kg

Tomatoes - 4 pcs.

Bulbs - 4 pcs.

Cheese - 300 g

Salt pepper

The first step is to beat off the pork. Chop the meat, pepper and salt. After that, send the meat to a baking sheet. Cut the onion into rings in parallel and place on top of the meat. Cut the tomatoes into slices, brush with mayonnaise and cover them with grated cheese. Next, spread the tomatoes on the meat and load everything into the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve with a side dish.