Defender of the Fatherland Day is a significant and great date for our people. Many celebrate the holiday on a grand scale, preparing a variety of dishes, like New Year's. On this occasion, the wives include all their culinary skills in order to please men. Everyone has long known that the best gift, in addition to socks and shaving foam, will be a delicious treat, cooked with soul and warmth.
Many are confused, thinking about what to cook for her husband on February 23, how to please her beloved with exquisite delicacies. It will be appropriate to do something nutritious and as satisfying as possible. Almost all men love meat in different variations, the easier it is for you and me, dear women! No need to bother with light snacks and salads.
But do not forget about decorating the ceremonial table. You should forget about pathos and surroundings - we focus on conservative design. Incense will be useful if you mark the date tête-à-tête. Also take care of the sweet dessert. For example, bake a cake. Smite your beloved! We present you the original recipes for February 23, which will be the best present and will be remembered for a long time.
Juicy turkey and potato manti
Uzbek food has long taken root in Russia. In principle, these are large dumplings, they are only steamed with the addition of spicy spices and differ in an unusual shape. To make the dish juicy, you need to roll the dough very thinly, and take a lot of fillings. Some housewives find Asian food difficult and afraid to cook it.
But this is only at first glance. Following the step-by-step recipe, you will be able to create a culinary work that will delight in taste. No more guessing what to cook for her husband on February 23rd. Manti will surely please your chosen one, especially in combination with spicy sauce. Enough of demagoguery - let's move on to the process.
Ingredients for the test: a glass of boiled water (warm), two eggs, a pinch of salt, flour (on the eye). For the filling: turkey fillet (400 g), five potatoes, onion, black pepper, two cloves of garlic. Products for sauce: in equal proportions mayonnaise and sour cream (150 ml each), 40 g of hot adjika or tomato paste, six cloves of garlic, a bunch of dill.
Knead the dough
What to cook for her husband on February 23? Of course, meat according to this recipe. With a whisk, beat the eggs, season with salt, pour warm water into a thin stream and carefully pour the flour in small portions. Knead well. To avoid sticking to your hands, grease with vegetable oil. The mass should be without lumps, a homogeneous consistency. We wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Now let's deal with minced meat: we cut the turkey into small cubes, add grated potatoes, passivated onions, chopped garlic and spices.
We form manti
We spread the chilled piece of dough on a wooden board sprinkled with flour, cut into small pieces, which we roll out into thin squares. We spread the minced meat on each flour product, we fasten the lateral edges on both sides with an overlap, we connect the pockets. Make sure that the dough does not burst, otherwise the whole filling will pop out.
A sheet of a double boiler is coated with butter so that the manti does not stick to the surface. Cook for at least 40 minutes. You can use a slow cooker. Making the sauce: mix all the ingredients indicated. Ready manti stack on green leaves of lettuce. When laying the table on February 23, do not forget to gently and nicely style it.
Holiday lamb recipe with pumpkin and chestnuts
Unlike pork and beef, sheep meat is considered dietary and contains a minimal amount of cholesterol. In addition, it is tender, juicy and nutritious. We describe the original version for real gourmets. To knead the dough you will need:
- 300 g flour;
- one egg;
- butter (20 g).
Other ingredients: a kilogram of young lamb meat (sirloin), half a kilogram of pumpkin, two glasses of pomegranate juice, 1.5 cups of rice, chestnuts (400 g). You will also need five heads of onions, a pinch of saffron, one hundred grams of butter.
Organization of cooking
The recipes for the festive dishes of lamb are numerous, our option will appeal to everyone without exception. To begin with, we washed boiled rice groats for no more than 10 minutes. The main thing is not to digest, otherwise it will turn into a mess.
Let's make the dough: beat eggs in the sifted flour, add oil and water. We roll out the layer, line it at the bottom of a deep cauldron, pour it with melted butter. Lay out the semi-finished rice on top, cover with a lid, cook another 20 minutes.
Dip the chestnuts into the water, put on the stove - do not touch for 7 minutes. Raw pumpkin cut into medium slices. Chop the onion, sauté in butter, then add the chopped meat. Pour pomegranate juice and a glass of boiling water - simmer for half an hour.
Fry pumpkin with chestnuts, shift the mass to the lamb. Flavor products with pepper and salt. Stew under the lid for ten minutes. Stir the saffron in a tablespoon of water, pour rice over it. Throw out the dough on which the cereal was prepared. Level the rice grains on the surface of the plate, lay on it pieces of stew with pumpkin. We crumble greens.
Chicken dishes (festive) for Defender of the Fatherland Day
Poultry meat will never be superfluous on the table. The optimum ratio of quality and price makes it popular. If you try and add zest, you can get a delicious dish, such as Provencal chicken - a traditional French dish.
Essential components:
- chicken carcass;
- vegetables: five tomatoes, three heads of onions, seven cloves of garlic;
- pitted black olives - 150 g;
- cheese - two hundred grams;
- olive oil - 50 ml;
- spices: two large spoons of Provencal herbs, 2.5 grams of fennel seeds, a pinch of red pepper, salt.
Technological process
If your man prefers lean meats, be sure to cook a variety of chicken dishes. Festive variations will surprise the hostess with ease and speed, and guests with juiciness and piquancy. Now to the recipe. We cut the carcass into portions, slightly add.
Separate the pulp of tomatoes from the skin, cut into slices. Onions - in half rings, and olives - in four parts. We combine all the ingredients, put one part on the bottom of the frypot. Put meat on top. Flavored with spice sauce: mix squeezed garlic with fennel, pepper, herbs and olive oil.
We cover with a "vegetable coat". Bake for 1-1.5 hours. A few minutes before turning off the oven, sprinkle abundantly with grated cheese. Such a seemingly banal recipe, but what taste and aroma! A gala dinner on February 23 will surprise your man. Decorate the room with candles and incense to give a romantic atmosphere!
Baked Chicken Rolls
This dish can easily claim the title of gourmet treats. The cooking process does not take much time, and you can prepare for the event. You need to purchase in advance about two kilograms of chilled chicken, three hundred grams of high-quality bacon, and three medium-sized ripe oranges. Also take lettuce, black pepper, vegetable oil, salt.
Instruction manual
Remember that the table for February 23 should be different from the menu for March 8. No pink tones and flowers are needed. Cut the fillets into small slices, fill with squeezed juice of oranges, season with spices. Leave to marinate in the refrigerator for two hours.
We cut the bacon into thin strips, wrap a piece of meat in it - turn it into a tube, fixing it with a toothpick. We line the baking sheet with parchment or foil, grease it with oil, and place the formed rolls. We put in the oven for 20 minutes.
Dip the baked chicken rolls onto lettuce leaves. We frame the cherry and enjoy a great evening. As you can see, it’s not necessary to spend a lot of money. The recipes for February 23 are very simple. Show imagination and a little effort, then your table will abound in culinary delights.
In addition to meat delicacies, use fish. For example, salmon steaks in a spicy creamy sauce. Recipes of festive dishes have many faces, satisfy the taste preferences of any gourmet. Do not forget to please your man with a sweet product. Note to the hostess - a biscuit cake.
Birthday cake with condensed milk
If you still have a question about what to cook for your husband on February 23rd, then after you try this sweet dessert, all doubts and worries will go away. The process, of course, is lengthy, but the time and effort spent is worth it. The components of the cake:
- three hundred grams of flour and as much butter;
- six eggs;
- boiled condensed milk - a can;
- 1.5 cups of granulated sugar;
- cocoa powder - 50 g;
- baking powder - 5 g;
- 15% cream - 30 ml;
- fruit jam, walnuts.
Let's get started ...
Prepare white cakes: beat two eggs in a lush bulk foam, then carefully pour 150 g of sugar, sifted flour (120 g). The dough will turn out liquid, bake for about half an hour.
Brown cake: add the baking powder, the remaining sugar, cocoa powder, beaten eggs (4 pcs.) To the sown flour (180 g). Put in the oven for 20 minutes. Cut the cooled cake into two equal parts.
From a white and chocolate cake (do not touch the second layer) cut a star. You can use a stencil. Cover the remaining brown biscuit with plenty of fruit jam, sprinkled with chopped nuts.
Making the cream: beat the boiled condensed milk with butter (150 g). Lubricate chocolate sponge cake soaked in jam, creamy mass. On top we set a star from white cake, pour cream, sprinkle with nuts. Cover with a brown star, also soak in a white sweet sauce. Cool the product for about an hour.
Cooking the icing: combine the cocoa powder with sugar and cream, cook until thickened. Put a piece of butter (50 g), wait until the icing has cooled, cover it with a cake. Decorate with fresh strawberries, sprinkle the sides with walnuts.
We will end here. We hope that the holiday recipes of the second dishes will come in handy and win the hearts of men.