We decorate the holiday table: interesting ideas

Probably, many will think about why we decorate the holiday table. As soon as the guests sit down for him, everything will be immediately “taken apart”. However, a beautiful festive table is the pride of the hostess. It is so nice to look at the decorated dishes and receive compliments for your efforts. About how to decorate the festive table, recipes and photos of beautiful dishes - in this article.

A little about the main thing

The ability to serve a dish is beautiful and interesting to design a table - this is a real art. Moreover, it is an integral part of cooking. Decorations can be made from a wide variety of products, whether it be vegetables, herbs, fruits, herbs, etc. They can become a kind of decor element or play the role of an independent dish.

How do we decorate a holiday table? Before you know this, you need to prepare what may be required. These are various kitchen tools:

• sharp knives;
• pouches of different sizes;
• egg cutting;
• knife for peeling citrus fruits;
• devices for creating recesses, removing the core of the apple, etc .;
• metal cookie cutters;
• various nozzles for a confectionery syringe or bag;
• culinary brush.

All this can be purchased at a specialty store. It is not necessary to buy everything at once, and there are also those elements that were not listed, but will prove useful. It all depends on what kind of jewelry you plan to make.

We decorate the holiday table so that it is not only simple, but also interesting. And for this you need only follow a few simple rules.

1. The right combination. This is perhaps the main point that should be observed. Hardly anyone would like a lemon pie decorated with sausage roses, would it? Here you don’t even have to think long and look for clues, since everything is extremely simple: stick to the generally accepted combination of certain products. And originality can be achieved not only with the help of taste improvisations. For example, potatoes, which will be served with meat, can be arranged in the form of mushrooms or buttercups. And decorate a plate with seafood or fish with lemons carved in the shape of a butterfly or a rose.
2. Location If there are several decorations, consider where each of them will stand. Remember that in any case, it will attract more attention. Choose a dish that will not “compete” with the dish.
3. Laconic simplicity. This suggests that you should not overdo it with jewelry. If there are too many of them, this is also not very interesting. Choose 2-4 dishes that will become the basis of a beautiful table decoration. And note that there are dishes that in their natural form will look much better than decorated in various ways.
4. Harmony in colors. We decorate the holiday table so that there is a contrast. Such color combinations will help to make dishes not only interesting, but also spectacular. To color products in certain shades, you can use natural products. For example, beetroot juice or patrel seasoning. White - eggs, green - cucumbers and leeks, red - tomatoes, etc.
5. Accuracy. Make sure that all cut lines, recesses, and other items are done carefully. Better to do without jewelry than to do so, if only it were.

How to decorate first courses

There is no need to think here. Finely chopped greens will be the best decoration of the first course. Any one will do: parsley, cilantro, chives, dill. They will give the dish a pleasant aroma and make it brighter. Also, greens are good for health, which is no less important.

Second course decoration

In this case, as they say, there is a place for fantasy. You can decorate dishes on the festive table with various vegetables of contrasting colors. For example, meat cut into slices will look spectacular on a wide plate surrounded by sauerkraut, sprigs of greens, radish slices, french fries, a handful of peas, mugs of bell pepper, tomatoes, etc. Fish dishes can be decorated with lemon, sliced ​​slices or in the form of figures, as well as circles or a semicircle.

How to decorate salads on the festive table?

First and second courses, as a rule, do not need decorations. Salads and various cuts, as well as snacks, are best suited for this. Let's start with the first.

Salads can be prepared in an unusual form, or can be decorated with various elements. For example, roses from a product or other shapes, herbs, whole mushrooms, etc. Present to your attention an original decoration made of potatoes:

1. Cut the potatoes as thinly as possible into slices. To do this, you can use a vegetable cutter, a thin and sharp knife, or a special grater to create chips.
2. On each slice put a sprig of parsley.
3. Cover with another potato slice.
4. Cut along the edges so that the slices are the same.
5. Fry in a pan with hot oil on both sides.
6. Salt and use as intended.

To find the best option for yourself, look at the submitted photos. You can decorate salads on the festive table as you like. For example, if it is made in layers and has a flat surface, pay attention to the option of creating colors. It is necessary to make the petals of tomatoes or slices of red fish (select the product so that it matches the base to taste), laying them in circles. In the center, place the dark olives. And next to the created buds, you can lay a whole sprig of parsley or dill.

If you intend to make a salad such as olivier or crab, you can serve it portionwise. Put a sheet of green lettuce on a plate. On it a slice of lettuce. Top with a thin layer of cheese. Take the “ribbon” of green onions and string the hearts of carrots and cucumbers on it, alternating them. It will result in an unusual and beautiful presentation.

How to decorate a cut on a festive table?

As a rule, you just need to lay it beautifully, observing the taste combinations. For example, different fish can be alternated among themselves and divided by lemon slices. And put olives and olives on top. It is beautiful to lay out different sausages on a round plate with an overlap, and in the center “set” a rose made of the same product. To do this, in the center of one slice, a hole is made into which several others are previously rolled up into a tube.

It will look spectacular and combine well to taste sliced ​​tomatoes and cheese. In this case, feta cheese will be preferable. Products cut into slices are overlapped, alternating between each other. On the side you can lay cherry and balls made of feta cheese or quail eggs. Again, by alternating. Sprinkle the dish with suitable spices, garnish with basil leaves and olives. All this is very simple and not difficult - just look at the options in the photo and choose the ones that you like the most.

Interesting snack options

Decorating a festive table at home is easy. This can be done with simple products. For example, a New Year's table or a festive table, which is set in honor of the birthday of the "winter" birthday, can be decorated with a snowman. For this, two boiled eggs are pierced with a skewer so that they stand on the bottom. A nose is made from a tiny slice of carrot, and eyes are made from peas of pepper. A carrot hat is on top and the decoration is ready.

Interesting are mushrooms made from tomatoes and eggs. Amanita can be the most unusual and attractive table decoration. It is simple to make them: a hat of half a tomato, previously peeled from the pulp, is put on boiled eggs. Then you need to make spots, for which mayonnaise is usually used.

Making desserts and sweets

It all depends on what kind of sweetness you want to decorate. Sometimes it’s enough to cover the dish with a thick foam of protein, put in the oven and stand until it turns yellow. You can use stencils that make it easy to apply the image to the "canvas", namely the surface of the cake. Also today, ready-made various figures are sold in pastry shops. And with frozen chocolate, using a culinary syringe, various patterns are drawn, for example, butterflies. Then they can be frozen and decorate the cake.

An excellent “decor” for sweet dishes will be fruits and berries. Of these, you can make various compositions, or you can just randomly spread out on the surface. You can see some interesting options in the photo below.

Beautiful dishes for serving on the children's table

Perhaps this is one of the most difficult tasks - to arrange so that the children want to eat it. Below will be shown interesting options in the photo. Decorating dishes on the festive table for children is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. For example, a fruit palm:

• cut two bananas into small pieces;
• lay them so that they look like trunks of palm trees, with one leaning to the right and the other to the left;
• instead of sand lay slices of tangerines;
• Kiwi, peeled and sliced, put on top, simulating a green crown of palm trees.

Salads, for example, a herring under a fur coat, can be issued in the form of a herring. In general, look at the photo, what interesting dishes can be made for children.

Interesting recipes for beautiful dishes for the holiday

For Orange Slice you will need:

• 300-350 g chicken;
• 150 g of hard cheese;
• 150-200 g of pickled mushrooms;
• 4-5 eggs;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 onions;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• vegetable oil;
• little mayonnaise and sour cream - for dressing.

Cooking process:

1. Boil carrots and meat until cooked.
2. Cut the fillet into strips.
3. Boil hard-boiled eggs, separate the proteins from the yolks and grate on a fine grater (separately).
4. Fry the onion.
5. 1/3 carrots mixed with onions.
6. Finely chop the mushrooms.
7. Grate the cheese.

We spread the dish in layers on a flat plate so that it fits in a semicircle:

1. Fried onions and carrots.
2. Meat.
3. Hard cheese and yolks.
4. Marinated mushrooms.
5. Squirrels.

Now the hardest part: with mayonnaise you need to outline the places where the slices will be, and fill up the rest of the surface with grated carrots.

Another interesting recipe is the Strawberry appetizer. To prepare it, you need to prepare:

• 400 g of potatoes;
• 100 g herring fillet;
• 1 onion;
• ½ tsp sesame seeds;
• parsley to taste;
• 150 ml of beetroot juice.

Cooking process:

1. Boil the potatoes in their skins, cool, peel and grate.
2. Cut onion and fish into slices.
3. Roll small tortillas from potatoes, put herring with onions in the center and close them up, giving the shape of strawberries. Thus, make as many “berries” as you can (about 20).
4. Dip each “strawberry” in beetroot juice.
5. Put on a plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds and garnish with parsley.

As a rule, all these “complex” dishes for decorating the table are prepared very simply - you just need to be a little more careful and diligent. Even minor elements can make the holiday table more palatable and more beautiful. And it’s not necessary to spend a lot of money and buy expensive delicacies.