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It is customary to serve delicious and beautiful dishes on the festive table. If you are tired of banal salads and sandwiches, you want something new, pay attention to our recipes. Of these, you can definitely choose what you and your guests will like. Also here you can find original snacks and salads for birthdays.
Shrimp with bacon
You will need 8 pieces of bacon and 16 shrimp, spices to taste. We cut the bacon in half and wrap the peeled shrimp in them, sprinkle with spices and send for 20 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 220 degrees.
Bacon rolls with goat cheese
You will need:
- raw smoked bacon;
- soft goat cheese;
- gherkins;
- arugula;
- Spices to taste.
Spread a little cheese on each slice of bacon, add spices. Top with some arugula and a piece of gherkin (or whole). Roll up tightly and cut in half.
Meat cheese balls
Very original and tasty appetizer. For her we need:
- flour;
- butter;
- sausages;
- hard cheese;
- onion and garlic;
- celery;
- baking powder;
- Spices to taste.
Mix flour and baking powder, add melted butter and spices to taste. Add chopped sausages, celery, cheese, garlic and onions to the mass. Form balls from the resulting mass and send them to bake in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees until golden brown. Serve the balls on the table with skewers.
mexican shrimp
Fry the shrimp in olive oil, add spices to taste, be sure to chili pepper, as this is a spicy dish. Now take natural flavored potato chips (you can also make your own or buy them), put guacamole sauce on them, and fried shrimp on top.
Crab and cheese tarts
For cooking, you will need ready-made tartlets, cream cheese, crab meat, hard cheese, soy sauce and mayonnaise. Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly, add spices to taste. Put the resulting mass into tartlets and put in the oven for 5 minutes, the hard cheese should melt. Must be served warm.
Cucumber baskets with salmon
It is necessary to make small baskets from cucumbers – peel them and remove the seeds. Mix smoked salmon with chopped capers, chopped herbs, Dijon mustard. Add spices and a little lemon juice to taste. Put the resulting mass into cucumber baskets. Place in refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
Cheese balls
For cooking, you will need two types of cheese – any creamy cheddar. Mix cheeses, add some nuts of any kind, chopped olives, garlic, salt. You can roll the balls in chopped greens or nuts. Serve chilled.
Cheese tartlets with meat
Bacon fry until crispy, roll in sugar and cinnamon, leave to cool. Chop the chicken and dried pears, send them to fry in a pan with pear juice and apricot jam. Do not let the sauce boil for a long time, three minutes will be enough.
Put the stuffing in tartlets, put bacon and pieces of blue cheese on top. Put in the oven for five minutes at 180 degrees.
Scottish quail eggs
It is necessary to boil the eggs – cook for 2 minutes, you need to get a liquid yolk. Take any minced meat, add spices and chopped herbs to it. Take a peeled egg and “wrap” it with minced meat. Roll the balls in breadcrumbs and beaten egg, deep-fry for about 2 minutes until golden brown.
cheese penguins
You will need large and small olives, cream cheese. Large olives need to be cut a little and filled with cream cheese. A small one is installed on a large olive, both are pierced with a skewer. Markov can be used as legs – it must be cut into small pieces.
Pancakes with salmon
Prepare ordinary thin pancakes with milk. Put a little smoked salmon on each pancake – finely chopped and a spoonful of sour cream, carefully wrap it. The snack is ready.
bakery tree
Knead yeast dough in milk. Leave for an hour to fit. After that, prepare the filling – any fruits, dried fruits, berries. All this must be finely chopped, covered with sugar and cinnamon. You can add nuts and candied fruits to taste.
Roll out the dough, carefully lay out the filling and form a roll. Cut the roll into pieces – about 1-1.5 cm each. Place the buns on a baking sheet so that there is free space between them, because they will rise a little more in the oven. The buns must be stacked with a Christmas tree – when baking, they will touch a little and as a result you will get a very beautiful dish. From the leftover dough, you can form a tree trunk. It is necessary to bake a delicacy in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees for about 20 minutes – until a golden crust appears.
Melt the apricot jam in a saucepan and spread it over the cooled buns. Mix powdered sugar, orange zest and water into a smooth paste. Using a pastry syringe or a plastic bag, draw garlands on the resulting Christmas tree. Garnish with candied fruits and nuts.