Last year, hostesses tried to avoid chicken dishes, as the bird symbolized the upcoming New Year. In 2018, tender meat can be used in abundance, because the main symbolism - the Dog - loves everything. Therefore, to celebrate New Year 2018 you need different types of meat, fish and poultry.
What hot dishes are preferable to cook in the year of the Dog
The main festive dish in the year of the Earth Dog will be roasted meat. No matter what, the main thing is to supplement it with vegetables of red and yellow colors. It would be appropriate to cook for the New Year's table a turkey in Chinese style with soy sauce and 5 spices, which will symbolize the 5 elements.
For prosperity in the coming year, you can cook a chicken. To life on the New Year 2018 was complete, bake the bird whole with your legs and head. Also as a sign of abundance, you can serve fish to the table.
All dishes where there are broken noodles are considered as forbidden. The Chinese believe that this ingredient is directly related to longevity.
Recipes for hot dishes for the New 2018
So, what can you cook for the New Year's table? A lot of recipes have been invented, however, the following options for preparing a meat product will amaze with the appearance and fireworks of taste even your most avid guest of a gourmet.
Roasted duck in tangerine sauce
Required filling components:
- duck - 3 pieces (each weighing 1.6 kg);
- butter - 60 g + 90 g (pre-melt);
- chopped shallots - 12 pcs;
- garlic cloves - 3 pieces (chop);
- ginger - 15 g (finely grate);
- bread crumbs (white loaf) - 8 glasses;
- sliced cilantro leaves - ¼ cup;
- eggs whipped into light foam - 2 pcs.
Ingredients for tangerine sauce:
- canned tangerines - 300 g;
- corn flour (can be replaced by starch) - 2 tbsp. l;
- weak chicken broth - 4 cups;
- orange juice - ½ cup;
- soy sauce - 15 ml;
- juice of any citrus fruit - 30 ml;
- floral honey - 10 g;
- ginger - 4 g (finely grate);
- sugar - 15 g
Time spent: 30 minutes +1 hour 50 minutes to prepare.
Calorie content: 196 kcal.
Phased process:
- Wash and dry the ducks. Heat the oven to 180 ° C;
- How to cook the stuffing. In a heated oil (90 g), sauté ginger, onion and garlic for a couple of minutes. Pour bread crumbs, pour eggs and add cilantro. Grill ingredients until smooth during frying. Make up the birds;
- Fill the wings and legs of the ducks, place them on a grid over a baking tray and grease with oil (60 g). Fry for an hour, periodically drenching the ducks with the released juice. During this time, start cooking the sauce;
- Grind tangerines to a puree-like consistency;
- Pour flour into the pan, pour in a small amount of broth, mix;
- Pour the rest of the broth, juice, soy sauce, sugar, tangerine puree, ginger. On a low heat grind the mass until thick;
- Finished birds shift to utyatnitsy, pour sauce and send to bake for 40 minutes.
Readiness is determined by the puncture. If the resulting juice is clear, then the bird is ready to serve for the New Year's table for the 2018 meeting.
Baked and incredibly fragrant potatoes
Despite the simplicity of the ingredients and the preparation of the dish it will be beneficial to look even on the New Year's table gourmets. The primitiveness of the recipe does not prevent the hostess to receive thanks and guest reviews in her address.
Required components:
- large potatoes - 8 pcs;
- proteins - 2 pieces;
- half a pack of dry spices;
- vegetable oil or olive.
Time Spent: 45 minutes.
Caloric content: 74 kcal.
Phased process:
- Peeled vegetable cut into slices;
- Beat the whites thoroughly and pour over the obtained foam;
- Mix;
- Top with vegetable mixed with a mixture of dry spices and mix again;
- Grease the baking dish with butter, arrange the potatoes and bake at 220 ° C for 30 minutes. Every 7 minutes, be sure to open the oven and stir the dish.
Roasted leg of lamb with sage and tarragon
Such a dish will be appreciated by all guests without exception, so feel free to cook it for the new year 2018. Necessary components:
- leg of lamb - 2 kg;
- coarsely chopped leaves of fresh sage - ¼ cup;
- oil - 15 ml;
- plum sauce - 2 tbsp. l;
- chopped tarragon leaves (fresh wormwood) - 30 g;
- garlic clove;
- wine - 190 ml (dry white);
- chopped onion;
- chicken broth - ¼ cup.
Time spent: 15 minutes of preparation + 1.5 hours to prepare.
Calories: 181 kcal.
Phased process:
- Preheat oven to 180 ° C;
- With meat cut tendons, fat;
- Grind sage, butter, tarragon, garlic, onion and plum sauce until smooth;
- Grate the meat with a mixture and spread it into a baking dish;
- Pour some water and send to bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes;
- Wrap finished meat in foil and put on a chopping board for 10 minutes;
- In the meat juice, which remained in the form, pour in the wine, boil it, and then cook on minimal heat for about 5 minutes.
The dish is served sliced and poured over the sauce.
"Spicy Pork"
Required components:
- pork carbonate preferably with sandpaper - 1.5 kg;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l;
- mustard - 1 tbsp. l;
- garlic cloves - 2 pieces;
- ground ginger to taste;
- dry rosemary;
- half a pack of herbs;
- oil - 30 ml.
Time spent: 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Caloric content: 153 kcal.
The phased process of cooking pork for the New Year 2018:
- Washed and dried pork cut into neat diamonds;
- Garlic and mix with mayonnaise. Pour a mixture of herbs and other spices. Mix;
- Compound coat the meat ingredient and do not touch for an hour. During this time, pork should be well marinated;
- An hour later, put the meat product in a baking dish, greased with cooking oil. Before sending to the oven, pour approximately 200 ml of water;
- Pork is cooked until ready for about an hour. During the heat treatment, it is sometimes necessary to take out the dish and water the meat product with the juice produced.
Readiness is determined by the puncture. If no red liquid has exuded from the pork, then the dish is ready. Serve as a side dish with stewed cabbage, potatoes and even lingonberry jam.
Vegetable couscous
Required components:
- chickpeas - 2 glasses;
- oil - 1/3 cup (olive is recommended);
- diced eggplants - 200 g;
- carrots - 3 pieces (cut into circles);
- diced potatoes - 3 pcs;
- diced pumpkin - 150 g;
- allspice - ¼ tsp;
- boiled water - 2 glasses;
- chopped onion;
- diagonally cut green beans - 100 g;
- zucchini - 2 pieces (cut into circles);
- fresh chopped coriander - 1 tbsp. l;
- 8 slices of tomato;
- a few sprigs of chopped parsley;
- cinnamon stick;
- ground pepper.
For couscous:
- semolina - 1 cup;
- boiled water - ¼ cup;
- oil - 2 tsp.
Time spent: night soaking chickpeas, 40 minutes to prepare + 2 hours to prepare.
Calories: 83 kcal.
Phased process:
- Soak the chickpeas, and the next day boil for a minimum of 1.5 hours on a low heat;
- Sauté the onions with cinnamon. Add eggplants, potatoes and carrots;
- Stir with a wooden spoon to cook the mixture for about 10 minutes;
- Put a pumpkin with pepper;
- Pour in liquid, pour in peas, beans and squash;
- Cover and cook for 15 minutes at minimum heat;
- At the end, add the tomatoes and mix;
- Manku pour water, put oil, mix and set aside for 10 minutes;
- Cook in a water bath for 5 minutes.
Before serving on a festive table, the dish is decorated with parsley, coriander and sprinkled with pepper. Hummus is served along with the dish in a separate dish.
Baked White Duck Sauce
Baked duck is a great choice for the meeting of the New 2018 Dog. As is known, the bird is served red wine, and this dish will require a sweet white wine.
Required components:
- duck - 1.5 kg;
- potato tubers - 8 pcs;
- apples - 3 pcs. (if they are small, it will take 5 pieces);
- bulbs - 4 pieces;
- wine - 100 ml;
- ginger and rosemary;
- spice mix for roasting poultry;
- salt.
Time spent: approximately 3 hours.
Calorie content: 176 kcal.
Phased process:
- Tie the bird using culinary twine in such a way that the wings stretch along the sides and legs together;
- Next, you need to shove apples in a duck. If they are large, then cut, small can be used entirely;
- Put the stuffed poultry into a baking dish, and it is nice to spread peeled potato tubers around it;
- Lead spices and pour wine;
- If instead of a form to use a goose, then there is no need to cover the duck with foil. In other cases, it is necessary to completely wrap the bird in foil;
- Preparing a dish for about an hour at a temperature of 200 ° C;
- After an hour, turn the duck over and bake for another 30 minutes. At this stage it is necessary to remove the potato, as it is ready;
- Cooks recommend removing foil with vegetables at the second stage so that the bird is covered with a crispy crust.
The use of a large amount of spices in this recipe is due to the fact that any duck, even homemade, smells of mud. And to blunt this specific aroma will help only spices and herbs.
Choban-govurma
The traditional dish of Azerbaijani cuisine, which is otherwise called a truly masculine dish. The cutting here is large and no lisps in the serving. The only decoration of this Caucasian hot dish will be a confidently thrown handful of cilantro.
Therefore, if the male guests predominate among the guests for the New Year 2018, the Azerbaijani dish will satisfy their gourmet habits.
Required components:
- lamb - 200 g;
- broth - 1 cup;
- half a bunch of cilantro;
- salt;
- potatoes - 3 pcs;
- Bulgarian pepper;
- bulb;
- tomatoes - 3 pieces;
- salt;
- melted butter - 2 tbsp. l;
- long cucumber;
- ground pepper.
Time Spent: 40 minutes.
Calorie: 87 kcal.
Phased process:
- In lamb cut film and cut the ingredient into a large piece;
- All vegetables cut into cubes;
- Heat the oil and fry the meat until crispy;
- After putting the prepared vegetables to the lamb, lower the heat to moderate to pour the broth and simmer for 10 minutes;
- Sprinkle with cilantro until ready to serve.
Beef with pear
As you know, beef is not famous for its softness, so quenching is considered the best way to cook it. But in tandem with a pear, the dish will be a win-win option for serving to the New Year's table in 2018.
Impregnated with fruit juice and wine, mfsnye pieces just melt in your mouth, and the smell will "stand" such that all the neighbors come running to find out what you have cooked there.
Required components:
- beef - 1 kg;
- red wine - 200 ml;
- bulbs - 2pcs;
- flour - 50 g;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- paprika to taste;
- pears - 3 pieces;
- oil - 60 ml;
- honey - 2 tbsp. l;
- garlic cloves - 2 pcs.
Time Spent: 35 minutes.
Caloric content: 152 kcal.
Phased process:
- In pears, remove the core and cut the fruit into large slices. If the pulp is hard, they should be dipped for a couple of minutes in boiling water with a pinch of acid or a spoonful of lemon juice. Soft pears do not need this procedure;
- Bulbs cut into half rings;
- Mix pepper, flour, salt and in the resulting dry composition roll small pieces of beef;
- In the heated oil fry the meat ingredient;
- Enter onions and fry for 5 minutes;
- Add wine to the wine and pour liquid into the meat;
- Toss the paprika, tightly cover the lid and simmer for an hour;
- Put the pears and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
In the end, you need to skip the garlic through a press and put in the pan.
Roast veal in Italian
Despite the long list of ingredients, it's easy to cook. The result will be a hearty and delicious dish for the New Year's Eve in 2018.
Required components:
- veal - 1.5 kg;
- grated onion;
- red chili - ½ pcs (chop);
- clove of crushed garlic;
- grated carrot - 1 pc;
- ground almonds - ½ cup;
- pine nuts - ¼ cup;
- crushed raisins - 1/3 cup;
- oil - 1 tbsp. l + 1 tbsp. l (optional);
- yolk;
- red wine - 300 ml;
- broth - 1 st (beef);
- cooked whole onion with potatoes (for decoration).
Time spent: 30 minutes to prepare + 1 hour and 50 minutes to prepare.
Caloric content: 117 kcal.
Phased process:
- Remove meat and fat from meat;
- In oil (1 tbsp.) Fry onion, chili and garlic for about 3 minutes;
- Introduce the carrot. Continue frying for another 3 minutes;
- Remove from the stove, pour almonds, nuts, raisins;
- Cool slightly and add yolk. To stir thoroughly;
- The resulting stuffing put in the culinary sleeve, ram and tie a thread;
- Heat additional oil in a pot, spread out the meat and cook until golden brown;
- Pour wine with broth, boil.
- Cook for 1, 5 hours on very low heat;
- Put the meat, boil the liquid and cook until thick;
- Lay out the stuffing from the sleeve. Mix;
- Serve the meat in chopped form with sauce.
Classic meat roll
What could be better than tasty cooked meat? This roll can feed the whole house of guests, and everyone will be full, and most importantly happy. What else is needed to meet the New 2018?
Required components:
- ground beef - 700 g;
- bulb;
- ready barbecue sauce - 40 ml;
- egg;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- mustard - 1 tbsp. l;
- chili powder - 1 tsp;
- bacon - 350 g;
- crackers - 12 pcs.
Time spent: 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Calories: 312 kcal.
Phased process:
- Grind onions and mix with minced meat;
- To them, pour in barbecue sauce, all prescription spices and mustard;
- Hammer the egg;
- Crush the crackers in the crumb and add to the minced meat;
- On a baking sheet, greased with cooking oil spread the pieces of bacon;
- Mix the stuffing and put on bacon;
- Wrap the stuffing in bacon and turn the roll;
- The surface can be poured with a small amount of barbecue sauce;
- Baked roll hour at a temperature of 175 ° C.
Tips for serving and decorating the New Year's table
- the decoration should be as bright as possible so that the meeting of the New Year 2018 is associated with you and guests only with the best moments of life;
- most of the decor element must match the symbol of the year - the Yellow Dog, so use bright accessories;
- decorate the table with natural materials - pine or spruce branches, linen napkins and tablecloth;
- tablecloth is desirable to choose with a golden decor;
- don't forget the candles. They will look beautiful in the center of the table;
- around the perimeter of the table, you can decompose tinsel and small Christmas decorations;
- glasses can be transparent. However, taking into account the symbolism of the New Year 2018, it is recommended to use brightly colored dishes;
- as for the cutlery, make sure that they match the solemnity and brightly gleamed.
Congratulations on your upcoming New Year and we wish to spend these magical holidays bright, fun, provocatively and, of course, not forgetting from time to time to eat delicious meals and snacks at the holiday table!
And another very tasty dish for the New Year's table - in the next video.
