Ingredients: rice, egg, crab stick, olive, green onion, mayonnaise, salt, parsley

The "Christmas balls" appetizer will surely please your guests, and you will appreciate the simplicity of its preparation. So pay attention to this recipe if you are looking for an interesting snack for the New Year and Christmas.

Ingredients:
- 6-7 tablespoons boiled rice;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 crab sticks;
- olives or olives for decoration;
- a few green onion feathers;
- 2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise;
- salt to taste;
- parsley or lettuce leaves for decoration.

17.12.2019

Herring roll with melted cheese and fresh cucumber

Ingredients: herring, melted cheese, dill, cucumber

The saddle, of course, is good on its own, but even more so in the form of rolls with melted cheese, fresh cucumber and herbs. Try it, you will surely like this option.

Ingredients:
- 1 herring;
- 50-70 g of processed cheese;
- 2-3 sprigs of dill;
- 0.5-1 fresh cucumber.

15.12.2019

Ham rolls with cheese and Korean carrots

Ingredients: ham, cream cheese, Korean carrots, greens

If you are looking for a hearty and tasty snack that is easy to prepare, then this recipe will definitely come in handy. Ham rolls will surely please your guests, and you will appreciate the simplicity of their preparation.

Ingredients:
- 150 g of ham;
- 80 g of cream cheese;
- 100 g of carrots in Korean;
- greens for decoration.

12.12.2019

Sandwiches with sprats and curd cheese on the holiday table

Ingredients: bread, curd cheese, tomato, lemon, sprat, salt, pepper

Sandwiches with sprats are prepared easily and simply, so even a child can handle it. But such an appetizer is suitable for any holiday: it’s very tasty! So don't forget about this recipe when you're thinking about the menu before meeting guests.

Ingredients:
- 4 slices of bread;
- 3 tablespoons curd cheese;
- 1 tomato;
- lemon to taste;
- 100 g of sprats in oil;
- salt to taste;
- pepper to taste.

04.12.2019

Cheese rolls with Korean carrots

Ingredients: hard cheese, Korean carrot, mayonnaise

Cheese and Korean carrots are a great combination, and this recipe for a snack consisting of these ingredients proves it. How this dish is prepared, our detailed master class will tell you.

Ingredients:
- 180 g of hard cheese;
- 100 g of Korean carrots;
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise.

04.12.2019

New Year's appetizer Olivier roll

Ingredients: pita bread, chicken fillet, boiled sausage, cucumber, egg, potatoes, peas, mayonnaise, salt, pepper

Everyone. who loves Olivier will love this appetizer: after all, the popular salad is a filling for pita rolls. It turns out interesting, tasty and very festive.
Ingredients:
- 1 thin lavash;
- 150 g chicken fillet;
- 100 g of boiled sausage;
- 4 pickles;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 potatoes;
- 5 tablespoons canned peas;
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise;
- salt to taste;
- pepper to taste.

25.11.2019

Chicken breast pate with carrots and onions

Ingredients: chicken fillet, onion, carrot, butter, vegetable oil, salt, pepper

Chicken breast pate is prepared with the addition of fried onions and boiled carrots, as well as butter and spices. It turns out very tasty and nutritious, ideal for sandwiches!

Ingredients:
- 300 g chicken fillet;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 50 g of butter;
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil;
- salt to taste;
- pepper to taste.

26.10.2019

How to make aspic from pikeperch so that the broth is light and does not smell like fish

Ingredients: pike perch, onion, carrot, garlic, hot pepper, verjuice, thyme, peppercorns, Provence grass, lemon, quail egg, salt

Aspic from fish, and in particular from pike perch, turns out to be very tasty and appetizing if it is cooked correctly. We are happy to share with you an excellent recipe for this dish.
Ingredients:
- 1 head of zander;
- 200 g of pike perch fillet;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 0.25 hot pepper;
- 2-3 tablespoons verjusa;
- 0.5 tsp thyme;
0.5 tsp peppercorns;
- 1.5 tsp provencal herbs;
- lemon;
- quail eggs;
- salt;
- pepper.

18.01.2019

Crab rolls

Ingredients: milk, eggs, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, crab sticks, mayonnaise, salt

For pancakes:

1 l. milk,
6 eggs
2 cups of flour,
1 st. a spoonful of sugar
1 tbsp vegetable oil.

For filling:

252 grams of crab sticks,
2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise,
salt to taste

13.01.2019

Jellied pig's head

Ingredients: pork head, garlic, bay leaf, onion, salt, black pepper

If you want to please your family with delicious jelly, but do not spend a lot on ingredients, we advise you to cook this dish from a pig's head. This is not at all as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
Ingredients:
- pork head - 4 kg;
- garlic - 4-5 cloves;
- bay leaf - 2 pcs;
- onion - 1 pc;
- salt - 2-3 tablespoons;
- black pepper - 5-7 peas.

03.01.2019

Beef basturma

Ingredients: beef, salt, sugar, fenugreek, garlic, paprika, pepper

You probably love basturma - delicious, fragrant ... We suggest that you do not buy it in the store, but make it yourself, at home, using our detailed recipe.

Ingredients:
- 1 kg of beef;
- 55 grams of salt;
- 15 grams of sugar;
- 3 tsp ground fenugreek;
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder;
- 2 tsp ground sweet paprika;
- 0.5 tsp hot ground chili pepper.

30.11.2018

Salted silver carp pieces

Ingredients: silver carp, water, vinegar, onion, laurel, pepper, sugar, salt, oil

I really like salted fish. My husband is a fisherman, so I often salt the fish myself. Most of all I like the salted silver carp pieces. Today I will teach you how to cook this delicious snack.

Ingredients:

- 1 silver carp,
- 1 glass of water,
- 2 tablespoons vinegar,
- 1 onion,
- 5 bay leaves,
- 7 pcs. black peppercorns,
- 1 tbsp Sahara,
- 1 tsp salt,
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil.

10.11.2018

Mushroom caviar from mushrooms with carrots

Ingredients: mushrooms, carrots, onions, garlic, oil, laurel, pepper, salt

From mushrooms, I prepare mushroom caviar every year. The preparation is not only delicious, but it is magnificent. The most important thing is that preparing it for the winter is as easy as shelling pears.

Ingredients:

- 350 grams of mushrooms,
- 50 grams of carrots,
- 50 grams of onion,
- 2 cloves of garlic,
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil,
- 2 bay leaves,
- 3 peas of allspice,
- salt
- black pepper.

26.07.2018

Korean Quick Eggplant

Ingredients: eggplant, onion, bell pepper, carrot, garlic, parsley, Korean carrot seasoning, vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, sugar

Such a salad appetizer is worth preparing for every housewife. Because it's very tasty. Juicy vegetables and spicy seasonings will successfully complement absolutely any meat or fish dish. Surprise your loved ones!

Required Ingredients:

- 2 kg of eggplant;
- 3 onions;
- 0.5 kg of bell pepper;
- 3 carrots;
- 1 head of garlic;
- a small bunch of parsley;
- some favorite spices;
- packaging of seasoning for Korean carrots;
- 150 ml of vinegar;
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. l. salt;
- 4 tbsp. l. Sahara.

11.07.2018

Odessa eggplant caviar

Ingredients: eggplant, pepper, tomato, onion, salt, vegetable oil

If you're looking for an eggplant caviar recipe, you've come to the right place! It is about her that we will tell you - in detail and step by step. We will cook caviar from baked vegetables, in Odessa style.

Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of eggplant of medium size;
- 1-2 pieces of large sweet pepper;
- 3-4 ripe tomatoes;
- 1 medium head of onion;
- salt to taste;
- 3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil.

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Sometimes you want to treat yourself and your loved ones to something unusual, festive and tasty.

site I found some mouth-watering and original snacks that will decorate any table. Be warned: these snacks are usually the first to disappear.

Potato pancakes with salmon

You will need:

• 500 g potatoes (less possible)
• 1 onion
• 1 red onion
• 1 chicken egg
• 3 art. l. flour
• 200 g sour cream
• 200 g smoked salmon
• pepper (optional)
• vegetable oil

Cooking:

Peel and grate the potatoes, then carefully squeeze, mix and squeeze again. Peel the onion, finely chop and add to the potatoes.

Lightly beat the egg together with the yolk and add it to the potatoes along with the flour. Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.

We spread the dough with a spoon on a frying pan heated with vegetable oil. It is better to lay out a little so that the pancakes turn out small and beautiful.

Fry for a few minutes on each side until golden brown. Place cooked pancakes on paper towel to remove excess oil.

We smear pancakes with sour cream on top, put a little red onion cut into half rings and pieces of fish.

Can be served both warm and chilled.

Stuffed quail eggs with salmon

You will need:

• 10 quail eggs
• 2 tbsp. l. cream cheese or cottage cheese
• 50 g salted salmon or trout
• 1-2 sprigs of dill
• mixture of five peppers

Cooking:

Boil quail eggs in boiling water for 5 minutes. We dip them in cold water, let them cool and clean them from the shell.

Cut each egg in half (crosswise) and take out the yolks.

We cut salted salmon into small cubes - the smaller, the better. Dill is also finely chopped.

Put the yolks in a small bowl, knead with a fork. Add salmon, dill and cream cheese to them. We mix everything well to get a viscous mass, pepper and salt to taste (you can not salt at all if you want) and mix again.

Gently stuff the halves of quail eggs, pair them together and fasten with skewers or toothpicks.

Appetizer can be served on lettuce leaves.

Salmon with avocado mousse

You will need:

• 2 avocados
• 1 lime or lemon
• 100 ml heavy cream (preferably 35%)
• 1 gelatin sheet
• 100 g smoked salmon
• pepper

Cooking:

Cut the salmon into small cubes, sprinkle with lime juice, pepper and add a little zest. Mix everything thoroughly and put it in the refrigerator.

Soak the gelatin sheet in cold water. Whip most of the cream into a strong foam, and heat the rest in a saucepan. Dissolve gelatin in warm cream.

Mash the avocado pulp with a fork into a puree, add lime zest, salt and pepper to taste and mix with warm cream. Then carefully add whipped cream so that the foam does not settle.

We spread the avocado mousse in suitable cups and put a piece of salmon on top.

Let cool slightly at room temperature, then refrigerate until completely chilled. Serve the appetizer chilled.

Cherry tomatoes with shrimps and cream cheese

You will need:

• 20 cherry tomatoes
• 20 boiled-frozen shrimp
• 200 g cream cheese

Cooking:

Wash cherry tomatoes and pat dry with paper towels. Cut off the top of each tomato and carefully remove the pulp.

Inside, lightly add some salt to the tomatoes, turn them upside down on a paper towel to drain the juice.

Boil shrimp in salted water and drain in a colander. We clean, remove the heads. Ponytails can be left to make it prettier.

Fill tomatoes with cream cheese. It is convenient to do this with a pastry bag or a plastic bag with a cut off tip.

We stick the shrimp into the cheese with the tail up. The snack is ready.

Puffed salmon canapés with caviar

You will need:

• 300 g cream cheese
• 6 slices rye bread
• 220 g smoked salmon
• 50 g red caviar
• 1 tsp lemon peel
• 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• a handful of finely chopped onion (can be replaced with any greens)
• pepper

Cooking:

Whip the cream cheese lightly. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, green onion, salt and pepper to it. Mix thoroughly.

We cut out rectangles about 8 × 10 cm in size from slices of rye bread. Generously grease each 1 tbsp. l. (heaping) cheese mixture.

Put a thin slice of fish on top, trying to fit exactly in size.

Grease again with the cheese mixture, again put a slice of fish and for the third time grease with the cheese mixture.

We cut off the edges to make perfectionist sandwiches - even, the same. We put in the refrigerator for an hour.

If you want, cut the sandwiches into small canapes (2x3 cm). If not, leave as is. Spread red caviar on top in an even layer. You can apply.

Ham rolls with cheese

You will need:

• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil
• 2 tsp spoons of lemon zest
• 1 st. l. lemon juice
• 170 g cream, cottage cheese or goat cheese
• 2-3 garlic cloves (optional)
• 12 slices of ham
• 1/2 cup arugula
• 1/2 cup fig jam (optional)

Cooking:

In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon zest and lemon juice; set aside.

In another bowl, mix cheese and garlic.

A thin layer of cheese on each slice of ham, then grease with a layer of jam. Place arugula leaves on top, sprinkle with a mixture of oil and lemon juice, season to taste with ground black pepper.

We twist the ham into a roll and put the “seam” down. We put all the finished rolls on a plate and serve.

Tartlets with chicken and mushrooms

You will need:

• 500 g chicken fillet
• 400 g champignons
• 300 g of your favorite cheese
• 2 onions (maybe less)
• 1 cup cream
• 12-15 ready-made tartlets

Cooking:

Peel the onion, finely chop and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Cut the chicken fillet into very small pieces and send to the onion in the pan. Fry for 10 minutes, then add chopped mushrooms and fry for another 5 minutes.

We arrange ready-made tartlets on a baking sheet and put them in each filling with a slide.

Not a single table, even everyday or festive, is complete without cold appetizers and dishes. They are not only its decoration, but also necessary for better digestion of food, stimulating appetite, as they include fresh and pickled vegetables, sauces and seasonings. So, what to cook cold appetizers for the festive table with photos and recipes - next.

It is interesting! Snacks can be pre-prepared and canned - sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, as well as smoked meat and fish. But also prepared from different ingredients, for example, sandwiches.

• meat;
• vegetable;
• from seafood;
• fish;
• mushroom.
• When mixing different ingredients, it is desirable to know which products work best with each other.

Meat snacks are:

• boiled meat;
• sausage;
• ham;
• brisket;
• loin;
• pate;
• jelly;
• aspic.

For fish snacks, fish and seafood of various processing are taken:

• smoked,
• salty,
• dried,
• aspic,
• boiled,
• fried,
• canned.

You can add to vegetable snacks: rice, beans, boiled eggs.

Seafood are purchased ready-made or boiled and crushed. Mushrooms are used pickled, salted or fried with onions.

Usually, cold snacks on the festive table (you will find photos and recipes below) are decorated, as a rule, the same products that are part of the snack are used, and greens are added to them. Vegetables should be beautifully chopped, you can use a curly knife. Flowers, leaves, stars, roses are formed from them.

Interesting! It can be cut in the form of geometric figures: in the form of circles, sticks and straws. Green peas, olives, eggs, both chicken and quail, cut into slices, flowers are considered a wonderful decoration.

Snacks on the festive table for a birthday

On your birthday, you really want to cook new dishes and surprise your guests with a variety of snacks on the table, but at the same time do not spend a lot of time so that they are not too expensive, they look spectacular. There are many requests, but are there dishes that meet all of them? Of course have!

Stuffed eggs with cod liver

This appetizer is always in great demand, easy to prepare, especially if you prepare all the products in advance. The basis of the dish is eggs and canned cod liver, it can be replaced with sprat pate, which is much cheaper. How ?

Ingredients:

• chicken eggs - 8 pcs.;
• canned cod liver - 1 can;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• olives - 1 can;
• butter - 1 tbsp. l;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l;
• dill or parsley - 1 bunch.

Cooking:

1. Boiled chicken eggs must be cut across. Then you need to remove the yolks from them;
2. Fry onions in sunflower oil;
3. Open canned cod liver. Grind with a fork, add the yolks and butter to them;
4. Grind until smooth. Add fried onions, finely chopped greens to the resulting mass;
5. With this mass, it is necessary to fill the halves of the eggs;
6. Top with mayonnaise, garnish with olives, cut into rings, and garnish with parsley sprigs.

Meatloaf with mushrooms

The original version of the snack on the festive table for a birthday (the recipe with the photo is presented below) will be a cold dish - meatloaf with mushrooms. Great ways.

Ingredients:

• pork tenderloin - 500g;
• beef - 500g;
• chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• hard cheese - 100g;
• champignons - 200g;
• butter - 1 tbsp. l;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• ground pepper - 1 pinch;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l;
• greens - 1 bunch.

Cooking:

1. It is necessary to make minced meat from meat by mixing pork with beef. Drive a raw egg into it, salt and add a pinch of pepper;
2. Then start preparing the filling. Boil the champignons for about 5 minutes, and fry in a pan in butter and sunflower oil, adding onion and garlic. Pass the cheese through a grater, mix the filling;
3. Spread foil on a baking sheet, brushing it with vegetable oil. Spread the minced meat on it, but so that you get a pancake 1 cm thick;
4. Spread the filling on it and wrap it with a roll, helping with foil. Then it must be wrapped in it and put in the oven for 60 minutes;
5. After an hour, open the foil so that the roll is browned, send it back to the oven for another 15 minutes;
6. Chilled roll cut into slices about 1 cm thick.

Original appetizers for the festive table

Many housewives want to surprise their guests with unusual and original dishes. We bring to your attention recipes with photos of original snacks on the festive table that will definitely surprise your guests.

Crab meat fir-trees

This appetizer, easy to prepare, looks original. Although it is more suitable for the New Year's table, it can please guests on any other holiday.

Ingredients:

• crab meat - 1 pack;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• mayonnaise - 3 - 4 tbsp. l;
• cracker cookies - 100 gr.;
• dill - 1 bunch;
• lettuce leaves;
• pomegranate - 1 pc.

Cooking:

Crab meat, cheese, eggs are passed through a fine grater. To them is added 1 clove of garlic, passed through a garlic press. Everything is well mixed;

A flat plate is taken, lettuce leaves are laid out on it. From the resulting mass, it is necessary to roll small balls. For each Christmas tree you will need 3 balls. First, a cracker is placed on lettuce leaves. Then flatten one ball, put it on top, make the second one a little smaller in diameter, and form a cone from the third, put everything on top of each other in the form of a pyramid, you get the shape of a Christmas tree;

Such Christmas trees should be according to the number of guests. From above, each Christmas tree is densely sprinkled with dill so that it becomes green, as if with needles and is decorated with pomegranate seeds.

Snack in tartlets

Ingredients:

• ready-made tartlets - 10 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 5 pcs.;
• canned shrimp - 1 can;
• avocado - 1 pc.;
• butter - 20 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• parsley - 1 bunch;
• mayonnaise 3 tbsp. l;
• chili pepper - 1 pc.

Cooking:

1. Hard-boiled chicken eggs are cut across in the form of flowers, using a notched knife;
2. The yolks are transferred to a separate plate, finely chop the shrimp, add mayonnaise, mix well and fill the proteins with this mass. Top can be sprinkled with herbs;
3. Then an avocado is taken, cut into cubes, the remaining yolks, parsley are added to it, juice, butter, chili are squeezed out of the lemon. The whole mass is placed in a blender and beat;
4. Tartlets are filled with the resulting mass, and a stuffed egg is placed on top.

Light snacks on the holiday table

Sometimes even light snacks that do not require much time to prepare are a wonderful table decoration.

Canape with curd cheese

This canape is prepared very quickly, you do not need a lot of products.

Ingredients:

• slices of rye bread - according to the number of guests;
• cottage cheese;
• dill greens;
• salt - 1 pinch;
• medium-sized fresh cucumber - 1 pc.

Cooking:

First you need to chop the dill and mix it with curd cheese, add a little salt, you should get a homogeneous mass;

It is better to pass cucumbers through a special slicer, as they should be in the form of thin ovals;

Start making sandwiches. We put curd cheese with herbs on the bread. Then the cucumber is pierced with a skewer in the form of a sail and strung on the middle of the canape. Makes cute little boats. Sandwiches must be laid out on a flat plate and garnished with herbs.

Champignons stuffed with chicken breast

Another option for a light snack on the festive table (the recipe and photos are offered below) is champignons with chicken breast, which mushroom lovers will especially like.

Ingredients:

• chicken breast - 500 g;
• champignons - 300 g;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
• mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. l;
• greens - 1 bunch;
• hard cheese - 50 g.

Cooking:

1. Chicken and onions are cut into small cubes, mushroom legs are added to them, a little salt to taste. All ingredients are stewed in vegetable oil until cooked, cooled;
2. Sour cream is added to them, everything is mixed. Then, a chilled mass is laid out on each cap of the mushroom, and baked in the oven for 15 minutes, then removed and sprinkled with hard cheese rubbed through a grater;
3. Then put everything back in the oven until the cheese is melted for another 3-5 minutes. Mushrooms are cooled and served on the table, decorated with greens.

Sandwich with canned fish

It is easy to prepare, it is tasty, stimulates the appetite.

Ingredients:

• pieces of white or rye bread, loaf;
• canned fish in oil (saury, sardine);
• pickles;
• garlic;
• mayonnaise;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking:

1. First, slices of bread or loaf are fried in vegetable oil;
2. Then 1 clove of garlic is taken, which is passed through a garlic press and mixed with mayonnaise;
3. Then the pickled cucumber is cut with a sharp or corrugated oval-shaped knife. Now everything is ready, you can form a sandwich;
4. A fried piece of bread is smeared with cooked garlic-mayonnaise sauce. A cucumber is placed on one side of the bread, and pieces of canned fish are placed next to it;
5. On top of the fish, you can pour greens or carefully put a small sprig of dill or parsley.
6. The holiday sandwich is ready.

Snacks on the festive table in a hurry

Very often there is such a situation that the guests have already arrived and it is necessary to quickly set the table. In this case, it is important to know several options for snacks on the festive table in a hurry (you will find recipes with photos below).

Delicious lavash roll

Ingredients:

• pita bread - 1 pc.;
• salmon - 200 g;
• fresh cucumbers - 1 pc.;
• processed cheese "Hochland" - 1 tray.

Cooking:

1. Ready pita bread is smeared with melted cheese, laying salmon in one row, thin slices of cucumber on top;
2. Everything is rolled up in the form of a roll and cut across, into small portions. Lay out on a flat plate.

Lavash roll with ham

Ingredients:

• pita bread - 1 pc.;
• Korean carrots - 1 pack;
• ham - 100 gr.

Cooking:

1. Lubricate pita bread with mayonnaise, put Korean carrots on top with a thin layer, and spread thinly sliced ​​ham on it;
2. Roll everything up and cut across.

Cheese and nut balls

These balls cook quickly, are very tasty and nutritious. Original hot appetizer -.

Ingredients:

• hard cheese - 200 g;
• walnuts - 50 g;
• butter - 100g;
• olives - 50 g;
• lettuce leaves;
• Dill.

Cooking:

1. First you need to grate the cheese on the smallest grater;
2. Chop the nuts or pass them through a grater, add slightly warmed butter, finely chopped olives, mix everything with a spoon;
3. Roll small balls from the resulting mass;
4. Arrange lettuce leaves on a plate, each ball must be rolled in chopped dill, and put on lettuce leaves.

Buns with caviar

Ingredients:

• sliced ​​loaf;
• butter - 100 g;
• salmon caviar - 1 can.

Cooking:

1. Each slice of a loaf must be cut in half and greased with butter;
2. Gently place salmon caviar on top;
3. All sandwiches are laid out on a flat plate.

Beetroot balls with nuts and sesame seeds

Ingredients:

• boiled beets - 2 pcs.;
• walnuts - 4 tbsp. l;
• sesame - 4 tbsp. l;
• prunes - 5 - 6 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l;
• greens - 1 bunch.

Cooking:

1. Beets must be chopped on a fine grater, add finely chopped walnuts with a knife, mayonnaise, a little salt and pepper;
2. Soak prunes in boiling water, then cut them finely with a knife and add to the rest of the products;
3. Mix everything and make small balls;
4. Sesame must be fried in a pan. You need to roll these balls in it. Arrange on a dish and sprinkle with herbs.

Prunes with cheese

Ingredients:

• prunes - 20 pcs.;
• hard cheese - 200 g;
• bacon - 50 g;
• lettuce leaves;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking:

1. Large pitted prunes need to be steamed to make it softer;
2. Arrange lettuce leaves on a dish. Grate hard cheese and garlic and season with mayonnaise;
3. This filling must be filled with each plum. Cut the bacon into thin strips, about 1 cm wide;
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COLD DISHES AND SNACKS

Cold dishes and snacks are divided into the following groups: sandwiches, salads and vinaigrettes, dishes from vegetables, fish, meat. Since cold dishes and snacks are prepared from products that are not further thermally processed, the preparation, presentation, storage and sale of these products must be carried out in strict accordance with sanitary rules.

Cold dishes and snacks are prepared from vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, eggs, meat, fish, meat and fish gastronomic products and other products. As seasonings, dressings, mayonnaise, sour cream and various sauces are used. Many cold dishes and snacks are rich in valuable nutrients and have a high calorie content (ham, boiled pork, cheeses, caviar, salad with mayonnaise, etc.). They stimulate appetite and promote better absorption of food.

SANDWICHES

Sandwiches are the most common type of snack. For their preparation, rye or wheat bread is used, which is cut with or without a crust into elongated slices about 1 cm thick. A wide range of products is used for sandwiches: meat and fish gastronomy and culinary products, cheeses, curd mass, jam, jam, eggs, butter and oil mixtures, various sauces, vegetables, fruits and other foods so that they are well combined in taste and color, and cut into thin slices. 1-3 pieces of the product are placed on bread. There are sandwiches open, closed (sandwiches) and snack bars (canapes, tarts).

SANDWICHES OPEN

Open sandwiches can be simple or complex. Simple open sandwiches are made from one type of product, for example, a sandwich with butter, sausage, cheese, etc. A slice 10–12 cm long, 1–1.5 cm thick, weighing 30–40 g is cut across from a loaf of white bread and placed prepared product for it. If you are preparing a sandwich from low-fat foods, then you can pre-lubricate the bread with butter or make a rosette out of butter and place it on top of the product. Open sandwiches on rye bread are most often cooked with pork bacon, sprats with or without eggs, with hard or processed cheeses, fish and herring.

Pressed caviar, if it is hard, is cut into slices, soft kneaded on a board, slices of bread are put on it and caviar with bread is cut off from the board. You can put butter roses and green onions on top.

Grained and chum salmon caviar is put with a spoon, herring is cut into 2-3 pieces.

CLOSED SANDWICHES

The bread (loaf) is cut into narrow strips in length and smeared with butter, thinly sliced ​​meat or fish, caviar, cheese, etc. are placed, covered with another strip of bread, smeared with butter, the strips of bread are lightly pressed and cut into pieces 7-8 cm long These sandwiches can be 2-3-layer, as well as combined.

SNACKS

Such sandwiches resemble small cakes in shape. They are used to decorate the table at gala evenings. Cooked on small croutons - wheat bread croutons with several types of products.

Bread is fried in butter, cooled, smeared with butter or mayonnaise, and products are beautifully placed on it.

Bread can be toasted in a toaster, and also used to make closed sandwiches, electric sandwich makers and other appliances.

SALADS AND VINAIGRETS

Salads are prepared from raw, boiled, pickled, pickled, frozen vegetables, mushrooms, legumes, raw and canned fruits, citrus fruits. Meat, poultry, fish, herring, non-fish seafood, eggs, etc. are introduced into some types of salads. Salads are seasoned immediately before the holidays.

GREEN SALAD

Washed lettuce leaves are cut into 3-4 pieces or chopped into strips. Place on a plate or in a salad bowl, top with sour cream or salad dressing. 1/3 or 1/4 eggs can be added to the salad, while the yield rate increases. If the salad is used as a side dish for meat, poultry, fish dishes, then the leaves are cut into smaller pieces.

SALAD OF FRESH CUCUMBERS

Prepared fresh cucumbers are cut into circles or slices, placed on a plate or in a salad bowl, when served, pour dressing or sour cream, decorate with lettuce, sprinkle with herbs. A fresh tomato salad is also prepared.

GREEN ONION SALAD WITH EGG

Peeled and washed green onions are cut into sticks 1–1.5 cm long, sprinkled with salt and watered with sour cream, egg slices are placed on top.

CABBAGE SALAD

Quantity of products for preparation of one portion weighing 150 g: fresh cabbage - 90 g, cranberries - 15 g, green onions - 15 g or carrots - 15 g, 3% vinegar - 15 g, sugar - 7 g, vegetable oil - 7 g.

First way. Peeled white cabbage is chopped, put in a wide saucepan, salt is added (15 g per 1 kg), vinegar is poured in and heated with continuous stirring until it settles somewhat and acquires a uniform matte color. When heating cabbage, you need to make sure that it does not soften too much. The cabbage that has settled when heated is removed from the heat, cooled, vegetable oil, sugar are added and mixed.

When serving, sprinkle with finely chopped green onions.

The second way. Cabbage is chopped into strips, sprinkled with salt, ground until juice appears, sugar is added, seasoned with vinegar and vegetable oil.

You can add fresh or soaked apples, pickled plums or cherries, grapes, cranberries, fresh carrots to a white cabbage salad. When preparing a salad with pickled fruit, part of the marinade liquid can be used instead of vinegar. In this case, nutrients are more fully preserved, the taste of the dish improves, the processing time of the products is reduced and the yield is increased.

CABBAGE SALAD

Fresh apples, finely chopped onions, sugar, salt are added to sauerkraut and seasoned with butter. Instead of fresh apples, you can add pickled apples, cranberries, tangerines, oranges, cherries.

MEAT SALAD

Quantity of products for preparation of one serving weighing 200 g: meat - 88 g, potatoes - 69 g, cucumbers - 50 g, green salad - 15 g, egg - 1/2 pc., crayfish tails - 5 g, mayonnaise - 40 g, South sauce - 10 g, greens - 2 g, spices.

Boiled or fried meat (beef, veal, low-fat lamb, pork) is cut into slices or thin plates, potatoes, pickles - into thin slices, combined with coarsely chopped lettuce, mixed and seasoned with mayonnaise sauce with the addition of South sauce.

The prepared salad is laid out in a salad bowl on lettuce leaves and decorated with pieces of meat, slices or circles of eggs, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, crayfish tails.

FISH SALAD

Boiled potatoes, fresh or pickled cucumbers are cut into thin slices or cubes, green peas are added. All vegetables are mixed and seasoned with mayonnaise and South sauce. You can put sliced ​​\u200b\u200bfish pieces in vegetables.

Lettuce is laid out in a salad bowl on lettuce leaves, decorated with fish pieces, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs. You can serve a salad on a dish, in the middle of which seasoned vegetables are placed in a slide. Then the vegetables are formed in the form of a pyramid with thin oblong pieces of fish, the remaining vegetables are placed around the bouquets and poured with salad dressing. They also prepare and serve a salad of crabs and cod liver.

Vinaigrettes are a kind of salads, but they are necessarily prepared with beets. Beets are recommended to be separately seasoned with vegetable oil before mixing with other products to preserve the color of vegetables.

VEGETABLE VINAIGRETE

Boiled beets, carrots, potatoes are cut into slices. Pickled cucumbers are also cut into slices, onions - into rings or half rings, green onions - into small circles. Sauerkraut is squeezed out of the brine, and if it is sour, washed with cold water. All prepared vegetables are mixed, seasoned with salad dressing, or mayonnaise sauce, or sour cream.

Vinaigrette is put in a salad bowl, decorated with carboated carrots, beets, cucumbers, lettuce, sprinkled with herbs. Vinaigrette can be prepared with meat, fish, mushrooms, herring cut into clean fillets, squid, etc.

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Neat rolls are prepared simply, but they look very appetizing. This is a great snack option for the festive table and for every day.

Grocery list:

• 200 g chicken ham;
• 130 g of Dutch cheese;
• 2 garlic cloves;
• 80 g mayonnaise (preferably homemade);
• ground black pepper.

Cooking sequence:

1. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
2. The cloves are crushed with a garlic press and combined with cheese.
3. Add pepper and mayonnaise.
4. Cut the ham into thin circles. You can buy the product immediately cut, because if the pieces are thick, the ham will break when twisted.
5. Spread the cheese filling on the edge of the sliced ​​ham.
6. The workpiece is twisted into a roll and secured with a skewer.

Tip: to make the appetizer look even more spectacular, you can dip the edges of the roll in mayonnaise, and then in grated egg yolks.

Champignons stuffed with cheese and sausage

Easy to prepare, very satisfying and spectacular dish will surely be remembered by guests.

Required Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of large fresh champignons;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 100 g of raw smoked sausage;
• 60 g sour cream;
• 40 ml of vegetable oil;
• 3 g salt;
• 10 g of fresh parsley and green onion feathers;
• 2 g black pepper.

Cooking technology:

1. Mushrooms are washed and dried with paper towels.
2. The legs are carefully twisted out of the caps and finely chopped.
3. Shredded mushroom legs are fried in hot oil until golden brown.
4. The cheese is rubbed and combined with cooled mushrooms.
5. Sprinkle finely chopped greens.
6. The sausage is cut into cubes and added to the total mass.
7. The filling is salted, peppered, seasoned with sour cream.
8. The mushroom caps are stuffed with the prepared composition.
9. The dish is placed on a baking sheet covered with parchment and placed in a preheated to 180 ° C for 12 minutes.
10. Ready mushrooms are cooled and served on lettuce leaves.

Simple pita roll with red fish

Cold pita appetizers are very popular at any feast. According to this recipe, even from a small amount of fish, you can cook a whole dish of hearty mini-rolls.

You will need:

• 1 large lavash;
• 180 g soft cream cheese;
• 200 g fillet of salted chum salmon;
• 15 g fresh dill;
• 3 ml lemon juice.

Cooking method:

1. Ketu is cut smaller.
2. Crumble dill.
3. Spread cream cheese and add lemon juice.
4. All components are mixed.
5. The filling is distributed throughout the pita bread. The layer must be very thin so that the roll is even and easy to cut.
6. Lavash is rolled into a roll, wrapped in cling film and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes so that the filling soaks the base well.
7. The cooled roll is cut into portions with a sharp knife.

Original chicken legs in batter

Tender, soft, juicy chicken drumsticks fried in batter go well with vegetable salads and any sauces. The dish will be highly appreciated by guests who love meat snacks.

Would need:

• 8 chicken legs;
• 2 raw eggs;
• 60 g flour;
• 40 g mayonnaise;
• 40 ml of vegetable oil;
• frying oil;
• salt and spices for chicken.

Step by step recipe:

1. Chicken drumsticks are washed, dried and placed in a large bowl.
2. The meat is sprinkled with salt and spices. Mix thoroughly.
3. For batter, mix flour, vegetable oil and mayonnaise. Beat in the eggs, stir well and leave for 15 minutes.
4. Pour enough oil into a frying pan with high sides so that it completely covers the chicken.
5. Each leg is completely dipped in batter and spread in boiling oil.
6. The blanks are deep-fried until an appetizing crust appears.
7. Lay the finished shanks on paper towels to soak up excess fat.

Spicy snack on chips

This dish is conveniently served at buffet tables. The filling can be prepared from absolutely any ingredients.

Compound:

• 100 g of carrots in Korean;
• 100 g smoked sausage;
• 100 g Poshekhonsky cheese;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• 60 g mayonnaise;
• whole chips.

Cooking steps:

1. Eggs and sausage are cut into small cubes.
2. The cheese is rubbed coarsely.
3. Carrots are cut short.
4. The ingredients are mixed and seasoned with mayonnaise.
5. Spread the prepared salad on the chips.

Cooking crab sticks in batter

A very tender hearty snack that both adults and children like.

Would need:

• 300 g chilled crab sticks;
• 50 g of cheese;
• 30 g light mayonnaise;
• 15 g dill;
• salt;
• 1 egg;
• 100 g flour;
• 100 ml of milk;
• 2 g of soda;
• 5 ml lemon juice;
• sunflower oil.

Cooking steps:

1. The egg is beaten with milk at room temperature, salt and soda. Partially pouring flour, mix the composition until smooth. The batter should be thick enough.
2. The cheese is rubbed, mixed with chopped herbs, seasoned with mayonnaise.
3. Each crab stick is carefully unrolled, sprinkled with lemon juice and stuffed with cheese mass.
4. The sticks are folded back and cut into 2 parts across.
5. Each part is dipped in batter, then fried in oil until golden brown.
6. Finished products are placed on a paper towel to remove excess fat.

Appetizer with minced puff pastry

Appetizing meat rolls look great on the festive table. They can be served with broth, vegetable salad or as an independent dish.

Grocery list:

• 150 g minced chicken;
• 150 g minced pork;
• 50 g breadcrumbs;
• 1 onion;
• 10 g fresh parsley;
• salt and black ground pepper to taste;
• 300 g puff yeast dough;
• 20 g flour.

Cooking process.

1. Both types of minced meat are mixed. Breadcrumbs are added, which will not allow the liquid from the meat to stand out in the dough.
2. Put chopped onion and parsley into minced meat. Salt, pepper.
3. The prepared filling is divided into 2 equal parts. From each form sausages and roll them in flour.
4. The dough is rolled out and divided into 2 halves.
5. A sausage from the filling is placed on the edge of one part of the dough. It should match the length of the base. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
6. The dough with minced meat is folded into a roll and placed on a cutting board with a seam down.
7. With a sharp knife, cut the roll into pieces 3 cm wide.
8. The resulting products are placed on a baking sheet with parchment and baked at 190 ° C for 25 minutes.
9. Ready rolls are cooled and served on lettuce leaves.

"Raffaello" of crab sticks, cheese, olives

This spectacular appetizer looks like candy of the same name. In the middle of the balls, in addition to olives, you can put nuts or pieces of red fish.

Required Components:

• 100 g frozen crab sticks;
• 2 processed cheese;
• 1 egg;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• 100 g of pitted olives;
• salt to taste;
• 50 g mayonnaise;
• 30 g white coconut.

Cooking order.

1. The egg is boiled hard and chopped on a medium grater.
2. They also grate cheese.
3. Garlic is passed through a press.
4. The prepared components are mixed, salted, seasoned with mayonnaise. The mass should turn out to be viscous, but not liquid, otherwise it will be difficult to form balls from it.
5. Crab sticks, without defrosting, rub on a fine grater. To make the appetizer look more realistic, they are mixed with coconut flakes.
6. Periodically wetting the palms, identical balls are rolled from the resulting mass. At the same time, an olive is placed inside each.
7. Products are rolled in a sprinkle.
8. Before serving, crab "Raffaello" is cooled for 1 hour.

Original Peacock Tail Recipe

A very beautiful and tasty eggplant appetizer can be placed in the center of the festive table. The classic recipe uses mayonnaise, but the dish turns out to be more tender if you replace it with feta and sour cream.

Ingredients:

• 4 eggplants;
• 5 tomatoes;
• 2 large cucumbers;
• 50 g sour cream;
• 100 g olives;
• 200 g feta;
• 2 garlic cloves;
• salt;
• dill sprigs;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking steps.

1. Eggplants are cut into circles slightly obliquely, salted, left for 30 minutes, and then washed. This technique allows you to get rid of the bitterness of the vegetable.
2. Prepared eggplants are placed on a greased baking sheet and baked for a quarter of an hour at 200 ° C.
3. Feta is combined with sour cream and crushed garlic.
4. Tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into circles, olives are divided in half.
5. The cooled vegetable preparations are laid out on a dish and smeared with sour cream and cheese mass.
6. A tomato circle is placed on top of each and smeared again with the filling.
7. Next, place a cucumber and half an olive.
8. The appetizer is laid in the shape of a peacock tail, decorating with dill sprigs for complete resemblance.

Cod liver balls

This original dish will appeal to those who love fish snacks.

Grocery list:

• 2 potatoes;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 50 g of Dutch cheese;
• 230 g canned cod liver;
• 15 g parsley leaves;
• 40 ml soy sauce;
• 60 g sesame seeds.

Recipe step by step.

1. Boil potatoes and eggs, cool and chop on a medium grater.
2. Liquid is drained from a jar of cod liver. The contents are kneaded with a fork and added to potatoes and eggs.
3. The cheese is finely rubbed and put into the main composition.
4. Add finely chopped parsley.
5. Products are seasoned with soy sauce.
6. From the resulting composition form neat balls.
7. Sesame seeds are fried in a dry frying pan and the products are rolled in it.

Appetizer of sprats, black bread and garlic

These sandwiches will help out when you need to treat unexpected guests or arrange a quick snack.

Would need:

• 10 pieces of black (Borodino) bread;
• 150 g of sprats;
• 2 pickles;
• 40 g mayonnaise;
• 15 g green onions;
• 1 garlic clove.

Procedure.

1. Each slice of bread is cut obliquely and dried in the oven.
2. Cut a clove of garlic in half and rub it on hot bread.
3. Finely chopped green onions are added to mayonnaise.
4. Cucumbers are cut obliquely into thin slices.
5. After the pieces of bread have cooled, they are smeared with mayonnaise sauce.
6. Place a cucumber slice and one fish on top.
7. The appetizer is decorated with green onion feathers.

With canned tuna, cucumber and eggs

This dish can also be prepared in a few minutes, having the necessary ingredients on hand.

You will need:

• 180 g tuna in its own juice;
• 2 salted cucumbers;
• 6 olives;
• 2 hard boiled eggs;
• 10 slices of bread.

Step by step recipe.

1. Drain the liquid from the can of tuna. The fish is mashed with a fork.
2. Eggs are crushed on a grater.
3. Cucumbers and olives cut into cubes.
4. All components are mixed and spread on slices of bread.

Hot sandwiches with tomatoes and bacon

This dish is prepared very simply, but it is very popular at any feast. This version of sandwiches resembles a small pizza.

Compound:

• 5 pieces of gray bread;
• 1 turnip;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 150 g boiled-smoked bacon;
• 2 g of oregano and basil.

Sequencing.

1. Each piece of bread is divided in half and lightly browned in the oven.
2. Bacon is cut thinner (it is more convenient to take ready-made cuts).
3. Tomatoes are cut into circles, onions - into thin half rings.
4. Tomatoes are placed on crispy bread, sprinkled with seasonings, bacon is placed on top. Next, put the onion and pour a thick layer of grated cheese.
5. The assembled sandwich is placed in a hot oven under the grill for 2 minutes.

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