Mushrooms fried in sour cream, appetizing fish and meat dishes, casseroles, kulebyaks, snack pies… It was Russian cuisine that was traditionally distinguished by their abundance and variety. Usually, all kinds of layered salads traditionally act as appetizers as a “prelude” before serving the main course, and hot appetizers fade a little into the background. Meanwhile, hot appetizers for the New Year, selected and prepared in an interesting way, can be a pleasant addition to the festive abundance. They are satisfying, high-calorie, very tasty and good because they can replace the main course of the New Year's table. A hot appetizer, in fact, can be almost any dish, the collection of culinary delights is replenished year by year. Boiled, fried or baked vegetables, hot sandwiches, sandwiches and toasts, battered fish or poultry, croutons and julienne - each of these treats can serve as a great start to the main New Year's meal.

Hot snacks are served for the New Year, usually in small quantities and without a side dish, but often with sauce. At the same time, these treats can be put on the table in the same dishes in which they were cooked. However, remember that the main purpose of these dishes is not to satisfy the appetite, but to awaken it, which is why snacks usually have a rather sharp taste and an abundance of spices and spices. Be sure to serve hot snacks on the table before they start to cool so that their taste is not lost. As a decoration for cooked dishes, use nuts, olives, slices of boiled and fresh vegetables, greens. Hot appetizers for the New Year offered by our site will help all your relatives and guests to visit the world of New Year's culinary fantasies and make your feast unforgettably tasty.

Hot eggplant appetizer with chicken fillet

Ingredients:
5 eggplants,
350 g chicken fillet,
2 bulbs
100 g cheese
100 g butter,
1 stack sour cream
1 bunch of greens
salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut the eggplant into small sticks, sprinkle with salt and leave for 30 minutes to release the bitterness, then wash and dry them. Combine finely chopped onion with eggplant and fry in 50 g of butter. 5 minutes before the end of frying, add finely chopped greens to the pan. Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes, salt, pepper and fry in the remaining butter. Place eggplant and meat in a buttered baking dish, sprinkling each layer with cheese and pouring sour cream. Sprinkle cheese on top of the dish and bake in an oven preheated to 200 ° C until golden brown. Cut into pieces when serving.

Ingredients:
750 g minced beef,
2 eggs,
150 g cottage cheese,
30 g butter,
½ tsp seasonings hops-suneli,
herbs, salt, pepper.

Cooking:
Add 1 egg to the ground beef, salt, season with spices and mix well. Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve, add the egg, salt and mix. Shape the minced meat into balls and place them on a greased baking sheet. Press the middle of each ball with the bottom of a glass to make cheesecakes, put the curd filling in each. Place the tray in the oven preheated to 180°C and bake for an hour. Serve hot, garnished with herbs.

Ingredients:
200 g smoked chicken fillet,
1 egg
200 g thick sour cream
30 g butter,
1 tsp flour,
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut the fillet into strips and fry. Fry flour in butter, add sour cream and beaten egg. Put the meat in a baking dish, pour the sour cream mixture and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C until cooked.

Ingredients:
500 g champignons,
½ stack white wine,
2 tbsp sour cream
50 g hard cheese
1 tbsp butter,
½ head of garlic
salt pepper.

Cooking:
Cut the mushrooms into thin slices, salt and fry for 5 minutes in butter, then add wine to the pan and simmer for 1 hour over low heat. Add minced garlic, pepper and stir. Put the mixture in a baking dish, pour sour cream, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C until cooked.

Ingredients:
600 g doctor's sausage,
3 potatoes
1 egg
2 tbsp sour cream
3 tbsp vegetable oil,
herbs, salt, spices - to taste.

Cooking:
Grate sausage and potatoes and mix thoroughly. Add egg and sour cream to minced meat, salt and season with spices to taste. Form small balls from this mass and fry on both sides in vegetable oil until golden brown. Then transfer the balls to a baking sheet and simmer in the oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 120 ° C.

Curd cakes with filling

Ingredients:
For cakes:
400 g flour
400 g 15% cottage cheese,
2 tbsp vegetable oil,
a pinch of salt.
For filling:
200 g minced pork
200 g feta cheese,
2 tomatoes
1 sweet pepper
1 onion
1 bunch of green onions
2 tbsp vegetable oil,
salt, spices - to taste.

Cooking:
Mix cottage cheese with flour and vegetable oil, add salt and knead the dough. Divide into 8 equal parts, roll them into small cakes and leave for 30 minutes. Finely chop the green onion and feta. Cut the onion into cubes and fry in vegetable oil, then add the minced meat and fry, breaking up the lumps, for 5 minutes. Cut the pepper into strips, tomatoes into slices. Put feta with green onions on some cakes, and minced meat, peppers and tomatoes on others. Bake the cakes in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 20 minutes.

Ingredients:
200 g perch fillet,
200 g cream cheese,
6 boiled quail eggs,
50 g spinach
2 tbsp vegetable oil,
lettuce, salt, spices - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut the fish fillet into pieces, sprinkle with salt and spices and fry on both sides until cooked. Scald spinach, chop it, add cream cheese and mix. Arrange each serving separately: put a few pieces of fish on a lettuce leaf, pour over the creamy spinach sauce and put half a quail egg on top.

Ingredients:
8 tomatoes,
400 g shrimp
½ stack boiled rice,
100 g hard cheese,
1 egg
50 g butter,
2 tbsp breadcrumbs,
salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Dip the shrimp in boiling salted water for 1 minute, drain in a colander and peel. Leave a few pieces for decoration, cut the rest. Cut off the tops of the tomatoes and scoop out the pulp. Combine the shrimp with rice, egg, breadcrumbs, half of the cheese, mix and fill the tomatoes with this mass. Arrange the stuffed tomatoes on a baking sheet, drizzle with melted butter, sprinkle with cheese and place the shrimp on top. Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 10-15 minutes. Serve on lettuce leaves, garnished with greens.

Brynza "Snack Bar"

Ingredients:
500 g cheese,
2 eggs,
2-4 tablespoons flour,
¼ stack. vegetable oil,
salt pepper.

Cooking:
Beat eggs with salt, pepper, add flour, stir to make a batter. Cut the cheese into rectangles or squares. Dip each piece in batter and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Then lay out on a paper towel. Serve hot, sprinkled with ground pepper, serve mustard and lettuce separately.

Ingredients:
500 g chicken fillet,
2 tbsp grated cheese
100 g of Adyghe cheese,
10 small pickled onions,
1 stack kefir,
5 pieces. dried apricots,
1 tbsp 3% vinegar,
salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Mix kefir, vinegar, salt, pepper and pour over the chicken cut into cubes. Leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Then put on a baking sheet, put dried apricots on each piece of chicken, grease with a small amount of marinade, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 40 minutes. First, string chicken, dried apricots, fried pieces of Adyghe cheese on skewers and garnish with onions.

Snack "Christmas Exotic"

Ingredients:

250 g minced meat,
150 g hard cheese,
herbs, salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Peel the pineapple and cut into equal circles. Mix minced meat with pepper and salt, fry in oil, cool and put on pineapple pieces. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Put pineapple circles with minced meat on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with cheese on top and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly and serve with spicy sauce.

Ingredients:
5 buns,
400 g chicken fillet,
1 onion
100 g mozzarella,
200 ml cream
1 tbsp flour,
1 tbsp vegetable oil,
1 tsp hops-suneli,
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut off the tops of the buns and scoop out the crumbs. Finely chop the chicken fillet and fry it in vegetable oil until golden brown, then add the onion cut into half rings and fry for another 5 minutes. Add cream and bring the mixture to a boil. Add suneli hops to the fillet, salt, sprinkle with flour and mix thoroughly. Remove the filling from the heat and spread it over the buns. Cut the mozzarella balls in half, arrange the halves on the buns. Place the julienne buns on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 180°C for 20 minutes.

Puff pastry pies with potatoes and meat

Ingredients:
500 g puff pastry,
1 kg potatoes
400 g of meat,
1 egg
50 g hard cheese
1 onion
3-4 pickles,
herbs, salt, pepper.

Cooking:
Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender and mash them. Cut the meat into small pieces, chop the onion. Fry the meat in a pan for 3 minutes, add onion to it, salt, pepper, cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Then remove the lid and let it simmer for another 3-4 minutes. Cut pickled cucumbers into small cubes. Divide the puff pastry into many small balls and roll them into cakes. Put a few tablespoons of mashed potatoes, some meat with onions and pickles on each dough cake. Pinch the pies, but not completely, so that a hole remains in the middle. Put the boats with the filling on a baking sheet, greased with oil, and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C until cooked.

Snack eclairs with shrimp and cheese

Ingredients:
1 stack flour,
4 eggs,
250 ml of water
120 g butter,
1 tbsp sesame seed,
a pinch of salt.
For filling:
300 g small shrimps
100 g curd cheese,
2 tbsp fat cream,
1 bunch dill,
salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Boil salted water with 100 g of butter in a saucepan. Reduce the heat, add the flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon until the dough starts to easily separate from the sides of the pan. Then remove the mass from the heat and beat in one egg at a time, mixing thoroughly each time. The dough should be elastic. Grease the baking sheet with the remaining butter. Transfer the resulting dough to a culinary bag without nozzles, place small eclairs on a baking sheet at a distance of 5 cm from each other and place in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 15-20 minutes. Cut the finished eclairs on the side so that steam comes out, sprinkle with sesame seeds and leave on the table to cool slightly. For the filling, finely chop the shrimp, dill, mix with soft cheese, salt and pepper. Cut the eclairs in half, put the filling on one half, cover the second and serve immediately to the festive table.

Chicken sticks on carrots

Ingredients:
300 g chicken fillet,
1 green sweet pepper
1 red bell pepper,
2 carrots
2 tbsp soy sauce,
2 tsp 6% vinegar,
2 tbsp vegetable oil,
salt pepper.

Cooking:
Grate the carrots on a fine grater, salt, pepper, sprinkle with vinegar, add 1 tbsp. vegetable oil and stir. Cut the chicken fillet into long sticks and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown, pour in soy sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Cut the pepper into thin strips and fry it in the same sauce on which the meat was fried. Fry the carrots separately until golden brown. Put the finished carrots on a dish covered with lettuce leaves, spread the strips of pepper and chicken sticks on top.

Hot appetizer "Fairy bonfire"

Ingredients:
1 layer of puff pastry,
200-300 g brisket,
1 egg
2 tbsp sesame seeds,
1 tbsp vegetable oil,
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Lightly defrost the dough, roll it out, cut into strips and twist each into a spiral. Brush the strips with a beaten egg, salt, place on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake in the oven at 180°C for 15-20 minutes. Cool the finished sticks slightly, wrap each one with a slice of brisket at one end and put it on a platter with lettuce in the form of a fire.

With our advice and our own culinary imagination, your New Year's hot appetizers will not only impress all guests, but also make the New Year's table a masterpiece of your culinary art!

Larisa Shuftaykina

The coming year will be the year of the Fire Rooster, and in order for good luck and prosperity to accompany you all year round, it is worth appeasing its owner properly. Consider original and interesting recipes for snacks for the new year 2017 with photos that will fit perfectly on the festive table.

Tip: when purchasing ingredients for the New Year's holiday, give preference to foods that are red and orange, as well as foods whose color is present in the natural colors of birds. For example, recipes that contain red tomatoes, peppers, carrots, apples, and radishes are great for a holiday.

The presence of poultry dishes on the table is not recommended in the year of the Rooster. Snacks for the New Year's table 2017 can be served both cold and hot. For a change, you should not limit yourself to one type of dish, so we suggest preparing a variety of culinary masterpieces for the New Year according to our recipes.

New Year's Eve Snack Ideas

Stuffed champignons

Ingredients:

• Whole mushrooms (not very small);
• sour cream;
• sunflower oil for frying;
• salt pepper.

• Detach the mushroom stems from the caps and chop them. Leave the hats aside for now.
• Finely chop the onions, add to the legs, add salt, pepper and lightly fry the mixture in sunflower oil.
• I put 3 tbsp. spoons of sour cream, bring to a boil and cool.
• Add grated cheese to the mixture and fill the mushroom caps with it, after salting them.
• We put the hats on a baking sheet and bake for about 25 minutes at 220 degrees. The result is an exquisite and original dish.

Rafaelki olives

Olive lovers will love the next original appetizer.
Ingredients:

• Pitted olives;
• Walnut;
• 100 g of cheese;
• garlic;
• mayonnaise;
• crab sticks.

• Cut the olives in half and place a piece of walnut in each half.
• Grate cheese, garlic, mix them and add mayonnaise to taste.
• Connect the parts of the nut and roll them in the prepared mayonnaise mass.
• Finely chop the crab sticks and roll the nuts in them. The dish for the new year is ready!

Salmon cheese roll

For those who love cold fish appetizers, this dish will be to your taste.
Ingredients:

• 500 g not very salty salmon in slices;
• cream cheese;
• 2 pcs. red pepper;
• 2 tbsp sweet horseradish;
• dill fresh.

Cooking progress:

1. Lay the fish slices on the film so that their edges touch each other.
2. Grate the cheese and mix it with horseradish and finely chopped dill. Coat the salmon with the resulting mixture, the layer should turn out to be quite thick.
3. Slice the peppers into thin strips and spread over the fish over the cheese mixture.
4. Roll the fish into a roll, tightly tie it with a film and leave it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Ready dish for the New Year's holiday, cut the dish into circles.

Stuffed crab sticks

If you love cold appetizers due to the fact that they are especially quick to prepare, be sure to take a look at this recipe for the New Year holidays.
Composition:

• Crab sticks;
• processed cheese;
• garlic;
• mayonnaise;
• canned pineapple chunks

Cooking progress:

1. Defrost the sticks and carefully unroll them, being careful not to tear them.
2. Grate the cheese and mix it with finely chopped garlic, add mayonnaise.
3. Spread the unfolded sticks with the resulting mass, put a small piece of pineapple in the center.
4. Roll up crab sticks and send for 2 hours in the refrigerator.

Tip: Since the Rooster loves fresh herbs, do not miss the opportunity to decorate New Year's dishes with it. Use parsley, green onions, dill in dishes - so the table for the new year will become even brighter and more colorful.

Drying stuffed

Your snacks for the New Year's table 2017 will ideally complement stuffed dryers - an original dish with a harmonious taste, and it's also easy to prepare.
Ingredients:

1. 500 g dryers;
2. 1 liter of milk;
3. 2 medium onions;
4. 700 g minced meat
5. 100 g cheese
6. garlic;
7. Dill.

1. Soak the dryers in milk, but not too much: our task is to make them a little softer.
2. Add mayonnaise, onion, garlic, dill, salt and seasonings to taste in minced meat.
3. Spread the softened dryers on a baking sheet, and put the prepared minced meat on top of them, sprinkle with cheese.
4. Put the dryers in a preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.
5. Do not forget to decorate the cooled drying with herbs.

Tip: drying can be stuffed with vegetables, as shown in the photo. To do this, simply replace the minced meat with eggplant, zucchini, add sweet peppers, carrots or other vegetables, depending on your preferences.

Mini shrimp skewers

Ingredients:

• 200 g shrimp without shell;
• 75 g of sweet pepper;
• 1 onion;
• 1 tomato;
• 1 lemon (to decorate the dish);
• soy sauce;
• olives;
• basil;
• lettuce leaves for decoration;
• salt and seasonings.

Recipe:

• Season the shrimp and fry them until tender.
• Cut peppers and other vegetables into large cubes and season them with soy sauce. Leave to marinate for 40 minutes.
• Arrange the prepared vegetables on the grill and roast them until soft.
• Thread, alternating, shrimp and vegetables onto skewers.
• Serve hot mini-kebabs to the table for the new year, decorating them with lettuce.

Hawaiian toast

• Ham;
• bread for toast;
• canned pineapple in rings (you can fresh);
• olives (pitted);
• cheese in slices;
• butter.

Cooking progress:

• Heat the bread in a frying pan so that a crust appears on it.
• Brush the toasted bread with butter and place the ham slices on top.
• Place a pineapple on top and an olive in the center. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
• Leave the toast in the hot oven for a while to melt the cheese. And your toast is ready!

Shrimps in batter

Dish ingredients:

• 250 g shrimp without shell;
• 2 tbsp flour;
• 1 tbsp starch;
• 1 egg;
• salt to taste;
• sunflower oil.

1. Beat the salted egg, add flour and starch to it. Mix to make a batter and dip the shrimp in it.
2. Fry the shrimp until golden brown in a heated frying pan.
3. Spread the fried shrimp on parchment paper to drain excess oil.
4. Before serving, you can decorate the dishes with lettuce and lemon as in the photo.

Canape with boiled pork

Ingredients:

• Bread for toast;
• boiled pork;
• butter;
• olives;
• fresh cucumbers;
• fresh dill;
• skewers.

• Dry the bread in a pan until golden brown and brush it a little with butter.
• Lay the bacon slices on top.
• Slice cucumbers lengthwise into thin strips.
• Now put 1 olive on a skewer, and then string a cucumber slice with an accordion.
• Stick a skewer into the bread, as shown in the photo - and the snack is ready. Garnish top with fresh herbs.

Snacks are something that is prepared in haste when the guests are already on the way, and the goose with apples and herbs is still in the oven. And here all kinds of tartlets, canapes, sandwiches, stuffed vegetables and so on come to the rescue.

For example, you can cook an original holiday snack - puff snack cake with cod liver according to our recipe. A zealous hostess always keeps ready-made puff cakes in reserve. You will need three for this cake. For the filling, 2 cans of cod liver, greens are taken: parsley, onion, dill, a jar of soft curd cheese, a tablespoon of mayonnaise and one large pickled cucumber. The first layer of the filling is cheese with finely chopped cucumber, the second is cod liver, mashed with a fork and mixed with mayonnaise and herbs. Let the cake soak for 15 minutes - and you can serve.

Guests will also appreciate the New Year's recipe for sandwiches with sprats. You will need rye or black bread, sprats, olives and fresh cucumber. Remove the sprats from the jar and place on a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Break off the tails with a fork and mash the fish a little. Put the sprats on bread and heat in the microwave for 15 seconds. Place chopped olives and thin slices of cucumber on top.

Bacon rolls

Many people like bacon or smoked beef rolls. Slices of thinly sliced ​​meat are rolled into a tube and stuffed with grated cheese with mayonnaise and garlic. So that the appetizer does not fall apart, you need to chop it on a skewer or toothpick, if desired, decorate with a grape. Cooking time is about 15 minutes.

Guests will also like hot buns with meat filling, onions and spicy sauce. Remove the crumb from the ready-made purchased buns. Finely chop sausages, boiled meat or ham, fry together with onions and stuff buns. Mix mayonnaise and chilli. Pour the filling, add chopped tomato on top, sprinkle with grated hard cheese and send to the grill oven for a few minutes until the cheese is melted.

Stuffed tomatoes cook very quickly. Cut off the top of the tomato, remove the pulp and separate the juice. Add pickled or salted mushrooms and lettuce to the pulp and finely chop. Add seasonings, salt, mix and stuff the tomatoes with the mixture. The preparation time for this appetizer is about 5 minutes. If there is already a ready-made boiled potato, you can stuff it with a salad-mushroom mixture and heat it up.

A great appetizer for the New Year of the Rooster 2017 will be cauliflower in spicy batter. The batter is made from eggs, flour and a tablespoon of milk with the addition of salt, hot pepper and cumin. Heat sunflower or olive oil in a deep frying pan over high heat. Roll the cauliflower florets in the mixture and fry in a pan until golden brown.

A variety of canapes will please everyone. You can make them from vegetables with Adyghe cheese, from fruits, from fish, smoked meat - it all depends on the skill and imagination of the hostess!

The editors have selected the most original snacks for the New Year 2017, the recipes of which will help to create an interesting New Year's menu, full of bright colors and unforgettable taste.

Snacks for the New Year 2017: recipes with photos

The “feathered” owner of the next year loves everything bright, colorful, but at the same time simple and economical, so pleasing the Rooster is easy. In snacks for the New Year 2017, as the main ingredient and decor, you can include any products whose colors correspond to the natural colors of the bird, which will satisfy all the preferences of the sacred creature.

Delicious and simple snacks for the New Year 2017 can be prepared from juicy paprika, tomatoes and cucumbers, which effectively and organically complement seafood, meat and greens. Also, experts recommend not neglecting uncomplicated gastronomic delights, for example, assorted pickled vegetables and cold cuts.

New Year's Profiteroles "Fire Rooster"

Delicate profiteroles with cottage cheese filling and caviar will become a real decoration of the New Year's table. The recipe for this dish can rightfully be categorized as "bad" snacks for the New Year, with which you can pleasantly surprise the household and guests of the holiday.

Ingredients:

• 1 st. flour
• 1 st. water
• a pinch of salt
• 200 g butter
• 150 g soft curd cheese
• 50 g red caviar
• 4 eggs
• greenery

Cooking: Bring water to a boil and melt butter in it. Sift flour with salt and brew dry ingredients with hot butter mixture - the dough will take on a creamy hue and become very thick. Gradually add one egg at a time to the batter, mixing well. Roll the resulting dough balls the size of a walnut and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. In the meantime, combine curd cheese with chopped herbs, which will become the filling of the original snack for the New Year 2017. Cut off the “cap” from the cooled profiteroles, fill with cheese and decorate with caviar on top.

"Smart" shrimp skewers with vegetables

Snacks for the New Year 2017 from seafood will be the most winning option on the New Year's table. These dishes have an invaluable property - low calorie content with a high protein content, which will be highly appreciated by adherents of a healthy diet, which includes the Fire Rooster.

Ingredients:

• large shrimp
• paprika (yellow and red)
• Champignon
• herbs, garlic, soy sauce
• olive oil, salt, pepper

Cooking: peel the shrimp, cut the mushrooms into 2-4 parts, cut the paprika into squares of the same size. Combine all the ingredients for the kebab in one salad bowl and pour over the marinade of olive oil, soy sauce, chopped herbs, garlic, salt and pepper. After 15 minutes, string shrimp and vegetables alternately on wooden skewers and bake in the oven or on the grill (5-10 minutes).

Italian appetizer "Melanzana con fungi"

This Italian dish is akin to "student" appetizers in the original serving can harmoniously dilute the New Year's menu. At the same time, this appetizer recipe for the New Year 2017 will become a lifesaver for housewives - it takes only 15 minutes to prepare, and the result exceeds the expectations of even the most demanding gourmets.

Ingredients:

• 3 eggplant
• 400 g champignons
• 3 raw eggs
• 1 bulb
• bright sweet peppers
• olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs

Cooking: Peel the eggplants and cut into cubes, pour over the beaten eggs with a pinch of salt. When the vegetables absorb the eggs as much as possible, put them in a preheated pan and fry until golden brown. In the meantime, chop the mushrooms and onions, add them to the already fried eggplants and fry over low heat under the lid for 10-15 minutes. Cut paprika in half and remove seeds. Portion the eggplant-mushroom mixture into each boat. Decorate with greenery. For spice, vegetables can be sprinkled with a few drops of mustard oil.

Jellied "Bright Kaleidoscope"

Many housewives consider cooking aspic a troublesome business and often try not to include the recipes for this dish in the New Year's menu. But the aspic "Bright Kaleidoscope" belongs to the category of "tasty and simple snacks for the New Year 2017" - its detailed recipe will help you quickly and easily prepare a gourmet dish even in the absence of professional culinary skills.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 liters of broth (vegetable or meat to choose from)
• 150 g freshly frozen vegetables (green peas, carrots, corn, bell peppers)
• 2 tbsp instant gelatin
• beef tongue
• greenery
• whole egg shell

Cooking: boil the broth and dissolve the gelatin in it. Rinse whole egg shells (can be saved after preparing other salads and snacks for the New Year), rinse with water, fill 2/3 with frozen vegetables and chopped boiled tongue. Pour the shell with gelatin broth and refrigerate for several hours. Before serving, peel the shells and put the aspic on a serving dish (if you have any difficulties, dip the eggs with aspic for a second in hot water and roll on the table). This recipe can be further simplified - such aspic is even easier to make in a cake pan.

Original canapes "Golden Cockerel"

Don’t want to dilute New Year’s Eve 2017 snacks with banal sausage and sprat sandwiches, but don’t know what to cook for them instead? The Golden Cockerel canape recipe will help you with this - serve traditional sandwich products in an original design and your guests will be delighted with your culinary imagination.

Ingredients:

• french baguette
• ham or raw smoked sausage
• soft cheese (mozzarella type)
• cucumber and tomato
• olives and pitted olives
• skewers for canapes

Cooking: dry the baguette slices in the oven, meanwhile cut the sausage and tomato into thin circles, and the cucumber into longitudinal slices. Put a layer of cheese on top of the baguette, top with a circle of tomato. The next layer in the canapé is sausage or ham, folded like a fan, a slice of cucumber is laid out on top of it with an accordion and a skewer with a strung olive or olive is fixed on top of the canapé.

There are a huge number of delicious and simple recipes for snacks for the New Year 2017. But their main highlight will be the festive decoration - the Fire Rooster will be glad to see his bright "feathered" counterparts on your table. Also, do not forget to soak your dishes with love, good mood and a smile - then the owner of the coming year will surely bring good luck, material well-being and immense happiness to your home!

Happy New Year to you!

There is very little left, and many housewives are racking their brains over compiling a festive menu. Here you will find rules and recipes for decorating the New Year's table.

New 2017 according to the eastern calendar is considered the year, which is considered the most sociable, and fire symbolizes vitality, which strives for growth and success. That is why, when preparing the celebration of the New Year, you need to approach with enthusiasm and bright ideas.

When setting the table, use red and gold colors, and to dilute the bright colors, white and silver are perfect. And of course, don't forget the candles!

How to make a New Year's menu

Believing in signs is a purely personal matter, but you must definitely know how to attract the luck of the Fire Rooster and be able to appease him, because New Year's Eve is a night of magic. To do this, you must take into account the addictions and tastes of a wonderful and bright bird.

The rooster is an economical, but not a greedy animal. The festive table should show your wealth, but at the same time not burst from the abundance of food and dishes. Dishes can be as simple as possible, not overly complex and exotic.

Often on the festive table you can see fried chicken, duck or other bird. But not on New Year's Eve. You need to stop eating such foods. The presence of poultry meat can only be in salads and in small quantities. Therefore, you should give preference to pork, veal, beef and fish dishes. Also, do not put stuffed eggs on the table.

On the table in the year of the Fire Rooster should be vegetables and fruits, both in salads and sliced. Don't forget about dessert. It is best to make a pie or cake.

Recipes for main dishes for the New Year 2017

For this dish you will need the following products: 1 kg of salmon fillet, 300 ml of cream no more than 10% fat, 150 g of cheese, 1 onion, salt and seasonings to your taste.

The first step is to make the sauce. Cream should be poured into a small bowl. Add salt and seasonings to them. Seasonings can be anything. If you add a little lemon juice to the cream, the sauce will thicken and resemble liquid sour cream in consistency.

Cut the salmon fillet into small pieces and put on a baking sheet previously greased with vegetable oil. Pour the sauce over the fillet and let stand for 20 minutes. After that, sprinkle the salmon pieces with grated cheese. Now you need to send the baking sheet to the oven, heated to 180 degrees. Fish should be baked for 30-35 minutes.

For the garnish you will need: 10 large or 15 medium potatoes, 2 egg whites, seasonings and olive oil.

First you need to make a light batter in which the potatoes will be cooked. To do this, beat the egg whites well. Potatoes must be cut into slices and mixed in whipped proteins. Then add all the seasonings to your taste. A small amount of olive oil is added to a baking sheet, and put the potato wedges. If desired, you can sprinkle herbs on top. Bake potatoes at 220 degrees for about 40 minutes. while the potatoes should be stirred every 10-15 minutes.

Pork rolls with prunes and cheese

Ingredients: 1 kg of pork neck, 200 g of cheese, 200 g of prunes, 250 g of sour cream, no more than 25% fat, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 4 tablespoons of mustard with grains, 2 teaspoons of dried basil, salt and pepper to taste.

The first step is to prepare the prunes. To do this, it must be soaked in warm water to swell. Rinse the pork well and cut into longitudinal strips 2 centimeters thick (meat should be cut across the fibers) and beat well.

Mix sour cream with butter, mustard, basil and spices. With this sauce, you need to grease each piece of meat on both sides. Let the meat brew for 10-15 minutes. Now you need to dry the prunes well and cut them into small pieces, also cut the cheese.

Now the cheese and prunes need to be laid out on ¼ of the pork and carefully twist the roll. Rolls are laid out on a baking sheet and baked at 180 degrees for about an hour.

And here are a few more recipes for second courses for the New Year's table

Salad recipes for the New Year 2017

For the salad you need: 1 can of canned salmon, 250 g of cheese, 1 small tomato, 1-2 teaspoons of lemon juice, greens - dill and parsley, 1 pack of crackers.

This salad is very easy to prepare. Put the fish in a bowl and chop well with a fork, then add the grated cheese and lemon juice. Form a cone from the resulting mixture. Now let's start decorating the Christmas tree. To create the effect of fluffy paws, you need to use greens. From a tomato we cut out a star and toys. Toys can also be made from pomegranate and olives.

Crackers are needed to make it convenient to eat salad.

Note that you can not sculpt a cone, but put the mixture on a plate and shape it, as in the photo below.

Required products: 200 g chicken fillet, 3 medium-sized potatoes, ½ can of corn, 150 g Korean carrots, 1 bunch of parsley, 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 1 bunch of lettuce, salt to taste.

Boil chicken fillet and finely chop. Add corn, carrots, finely chopped parsley, salt and mayonnaise to the chicken. To stir thoroughly.

Cut the potatoes into thin strips and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown and add to the bowl with the chicken. Mix again. Now you need to find a dish, put lettuce leaves on it and put lettuce on top. If desired, you can decorate the top with herbs, tomatoes or radishes.

Snacks on the New Year's table

Snack "Herringbone"

For a snack you need: 1 thin pita bread, 250 g of curd cheese, 100 g of parmesan cheese, 2 pieces of red bell pepper, 20 pieces of olives, 1 bunch of lettuce leaves. If desired, it is fashionable to take fresh basil.

First you need to prepare the filling.

Put the curd cheese in a deep bowl and add the parmesan, grated on a fine grater, finely chopped olives and peppers.

Lay cling film on the table and lay out lettuce leaves, and put pita bread on top. Carefully cut into 4 even pieces. Put the filling on each part and carefully roll the rolls. Form a triangular shape with your fingers. Now the rolls must be put in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Take out, remove the cling film and cut into small pieces. Prick each piece onto a skewer. Place half an olive at the base of the Christmas tree.

Products: 300 g cod (you can use fresh or canned), 7 potatoes, 3 eggs, 2 cucumbers, 1 bunch of green onions, 400 g of cheese, 1 red and 1 yellow pepper, 1 pack of mayonnaise and seasonings to taste.

Boil the cod, separate from the bones and finely chop. If you took cod in a jar or other fish, then just knead it. Potatoes need to be mashed. Eggs finely chop or rub on a fine grater. Now you need to mix all the ingredients, seasonings and add mayonnaise so that you can roll up small balls.

Now you need to color the balls. To do this, on different plates you need to very finely chop the pepper, cucumber, green onion. Roll each ball well in one of the plates and put on a dish.

For coloring balls, you can use any products, it all depends on your taste preferences.

Ideas for cutting on the New Year's table

Without fail, on the festive table there should be vegetable, meat and fruit cuts. Chopped products can simply be laid out on a dish, but you can also show creativity and imagination.

Video: "Menu for the New Year 2017"

Happy New Year!

Mini snacks on the New Year's table are convenient, tasty and spectacular. The main rule: mini snacks must be presented in at least three types. Even better at five, then your table will look rich and varied. As you know, the more choice, the more satisfied the guests. Another condition - mini snacks on the New Year's table will need to be decorated. The brighter the better!

As a basis for creating mini-snacks, you can use chips, bread, dough or cheese tartlets, vegetable strips, circles and boats, egg halves, fruit “cups”, thin pita bread or pancakes (for rolls) and much, much more. other.

If you like to bake, prepare choux pastry, place small, neat balls no larger than 2 cm in diameter on a baking sheet and bake miniature eclairs or profiteroles. Fill them with any pasty filling - soft cottage cheese with cheese and mayonnaise, minced shrimp, minced liver, etc. - and lay a slide on a flat dish.

Or here's another option for those who like to cook - flounces.

Vol-au-vents stuffed with mushrooms

Ingredients:
500 g ready-made puff pastry,
400 g champignons,
100 g heavy cream or sour cream,
2 bulbs
2 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp. l. flour,
½ lemon
½ tsp dry thyme,

Cooking:
Roll out the dough into a layer 0.5 cm thick, cut out 20 circles with a diameter of 6-7 cm, cut circles in the middle of 10 of them to make rings. Place the rings on mugs greased with whipped protein and bake them in an oven preheated to 200ºС for 15 minutes. Chop the onion and garlic, put in a preheated pan with vegetable oil and fry for 5 minutes, then add medium-sized chopped mushrooms, salt, pepper, season with thyme and fry for 10 minutes. After that, add to the total mass of 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice, flour, mix and fry for 1 minute, then put sour cream and cook for another 2 minutes until thick. Put the finished stuffing into flounces and garnish with greens.

Vol-au-vents stuffed with cod liver, eggs and green onions (for 8 vol-au-vents)

Ingredients:
200 g cod liver,
3 boiled eggs
1 bunch of green onions
2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise,
1 tsp mustard.

Cooking:
Finely chop the eggs, green onions, mash the cod liver with a fork, mix it all with mayonnaise and mustard, fill the volauna with the finished stuffing. Decorate.

Ready-made tartlets free your hands and a lot of time. The fillings for them can be very diverse, as they say, it would be from something.

Tartlets with mushrooms, garlic and cheese

Ingredients:
200 g fresh or pickled champignons,
50 g hard cheese
50 g mayonnaise,
garlic and herbs - to taste,
vegetable oil.

Cooking:
Grate cheese on a fine grater. Fry mushrooms cut into small pieces in vegetable oil until golden brown. Combine chopped garlic with mayonnaise and cheese. Add this mixture to the fried mushrooms and stir. Fill the tartlets with the prepared stuffing and garnish each with a sprig of greens.

Tartlets with cheese, mushrooms and corn

Ingredients:
150 g ham
150 g fresh champignons,
200 g grated hard cheese,
mayonnaise - to taste.

Cooking:

Tartlets with ham, eggs and fresh cucumber

Ingredients:
1 boiled egg
150 g of cheese to rub,
100 g chopped ham
1 fresh cucumber
mayonnaise - to taste.

Preparation for both options:
Cut all the ingredients into small pieces, mix and season the finished tartlets with the resulting mixture.

Tartlets with herring, cheese and herbs

Ingredients:
300 g herring fillet,
50 g hard cheese
3-5 quail eggs,
Dill,
mayonnaise.

Cooking:
Grind the herring fillet and dill greens, grate the cheese on a fine grater, mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise, fill the tartlets with the filling and decorate with halves of quail eggs.

Tartlets with red fish, cottage cheese and spices

Ingredients:
300 g red fish fillet,
100 g of medium fat cottage cheese,
1 st. l. lemon juice
any spices - to taste and desire.

Cooking:
Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve. Cut the fillet into small cubes and mix with cottage cheese and lemon juice, add spices, mix and put in tartlets. Garnish with a sprig of fresh herbs, olives or fish pieces.

Tartlets with boiled fish, corn, crab sticks and herbs

Ingredients:
4 fresh fish fillets (cod, pollock, hake),
5 st. l. canned corn,
100 g crab sticks,
5 st. l. mayonnaise,
dill greens,
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Boil the fish fillet in salted water for 10 minutes. Remove from water, chop, mix with corn, chopped crab sticks, mayonnaise. Fill the tartlets with stuffing and garnish with dill sprigs.

Tartlets with chicken, mushrooms and herbs

Ingredients:
1 chicken breast
500 g champignons,
200 g sour cream
100 g hard cheese,
2 bulbs
dill greens,
vegetable oil,
salt, black ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut the chicken meat into pieces and fry it a little in a preheated pan with vegetable oil, add finely chopped onion and fry until the onion is golden. Add finely chopped mushrooms and cook the mass until the liquid evaporates. Salt, pepper, add sour cream and simmer for 10 minutes. Fill the tartlets with the filling, sprinkle with grated cheese and send for a few minutes in a preheated oven so that the cheese melts and becomes golden. Decorate the tarts with dill and serve hot.

Of course, not a single festive table is complete without sandwiches and their younger brothers - canapes, these will be excellent mini snacks for the New Year's table. We offer you some exceptionally elegant options for this appetizer.

Canape "Yolochki"

Ingredients:
smoked sausage,
fresh cucumber,
olives,
cherry tomatoes,
hard cheese,
loaf.

Cooking:
Cut the cucumber into thin slices lengthwise using a potato peeler or slicer. Cut the sausage into thin slices. Cut the tomatoes in half. Cut the loaf into squares or circles, cut the cheese, cut into thin plates, into pieces, just like a loaf. Assemble the "Christmas Trees": put a slice of cheese and half a cherry tomato cut down on a loaf. Secure with a toothpick. Then fold two slices of sausage in half and put them on a toothpick. Fold the cucumber strip gently with an accordion and put it on a toothpick. Straighten and fasten a half of an olive or olive on top of the "Christmas tree".

Canape "Fish Waltz"

Ingredients:
6 slices of loaf,
4 boiled eggs
2 fresh or pickled cucumbers
200 g large sprats,
3 garlic cloves,
bunch of parsley,
salt - to taste,
vegetable oil.

Cooking:
Cut the loaf slices in half and dry in a hot pan (30 seconds on each side). Spread the fried bread with the garlic passed through the press. Cut eggs and cucumbers into slices 5 mm thick. Put a circle of cucumber on bread, then a circle of eggs, put a fish on it (tail up) and fasten everything with a toothpick. Arrange the canapés on a platter and garnish with fresh parsley.

Rolls with ham on bread

Ingredients:
6 slices of ham
6 slices of bacon
2 pickles,
2 small onions
6 slices of bread
2 tbsp. l. grated horseradish,
6 cranberries,
vegetable oil.

Cooking:
Cut the onion into rings and pour boiling water over it for 2 minutes. Then drain the water, season the onion with vegetable oil and leave for 5 minutes. Cut the bread into circles and toast them in a dry frying pan for 1 minute. Cucumbers also cut into circles. Lay out slices of ham, lay a piece of bacon on top of them, grease the bacon with horseradish, roll everything up and fasten with a toothpick. On a circle of bread, put a circle of cucumber, then a couple of onion rings and a ham roll. Decorate the finished snack with cranberries.

Sandwiches with smoked mackerel, red onion and quail eggs

Ingredients:
black bread,
smoked mackerel,
red bulb,
boiled quail eggs.

Cooking:
Cut brown bread into squares. Clean the fish from skin and bones and cut into large pieces. Cut the eggs into slices. Put the fish on the bread, on it - a thin ring of red onion and a circle of eggs.

Prepare our mini snacks for the New Year's table, and let it be the most beautiful!

Larisa Shuftaykina