New Year's menu often makes you think. After all, the holiday is on the nose, but I want to do something new, special and interesting. What to cook for the New Year this time? There is a year of the Monkey, and we offer several options for the holiday menu, divided into main groups: snacks, main course, desserts and drinks.
New Year: how to meet, what to cook?
Agree that we are always looking forward to this holiday. So many hopes on his eve, new vivid impressions and anticipation of wonderful events in life.
What to wear and cook for the New Year? Something interesting, unusual, new. The mascot of the year will surely bring good luck if your house is bright, the table is rich, and your mood is cheerful and cheerful. Do not forget that the color of the year is red. Therefore, use it both in your image and on the table.
What does a monkey like?
What you need to cook for the New Year? Monkeys, who will be the symbol of 2016, prefer plant foods and greens. Therefore, of course, first of all, on the table you need to put light snacks and fruits. If you really like meat, choose low-fat varieties, add less oils. The ideal option on the festive table would be a bird, fish dishes, seafood dishes. In addition, remember: we are preparing food for the New Year - the year of the Monkey - steamed, in the oven, in foil.
It is worth noting that an abundance of various seasonings and sauces on the table must certainly be present. Therefore, when cooking, you can also use many interesting spices that will make the dishes only tastier. The main thing is not to overdo it. The monkey will be very happy with new interesting dishes, because this is a very curious animal, and interest in everything ordinary is quickly lost.
What to cook for the New Year as desserts? It is not necessary to look for the answer to this question for a long time. Make banana the base ingredient. It can be fruit salads in various combinations: jelly, pies, cakes, muffins, pastries, cake or interesting creams, ice cream.
Unusual Banana Appetizer - Appetizer
For this dish you will need the following ingredients: 3 bananas, 400 grams of bacon, butter, skewers (toothpicks).
Cooking method:
1. Cut the banana into circles with a thickness of 2-3 cm. We prepare strips of bacon.
2. We wrap a banana circle with a slice of bacon and fix it with a toothpick.
3. We heat the pan with butter and spread our billets. Fry until crisp.
Do not forget that preparing such an appetizer for the New Year is rather risky, since not all your guests will understand such an unusual combination of tastes. Nevertheless, it is worth a try, because in fact it is very tasty. It is also important to serve the dish hot.
You can also use a fruit plate as an appetizer - you can choose fruits that your heart desires, and it is better to arrange it in an unusual way.
Pork loin with apples
This recipe is one of the main courses of interest in the group. This number of products is designed for 8-10 people. Despite the fact that pork is chosen as the main ingredient, the fruits and spices in this dish have an exquisite taste and will surely appeal to the talisman of the coming year.
Ingredients: 2 kg of pork loin, 1 tablespoon of flour, freshly ground black pepper and salt, 2 teaspoons of chopped rosemary, 4 tablespoons of butter, 3 onions (chopped) medium size, 2 cloves of garlic (chopped), 4 sprigs of rosemary (each optional), 5 baked apples with quarters, 0.5 cups of strong cider, ¼ cup of calvados (apple or pear brandy).
The method of cooking loin with apples
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Wrap the meat with kitchen twine at a distance of about every 5 cm. In a small bowl, mix the flour, salt, pepper and chopped rosemary. Rub the loin evenly with the resulting mixture.
2. Heat the indicated amount of oil in a large frying pan and fry the meat, often turning over to form a golden crust. Next, transfer the meat and the entire contents of the pan to a baking dish. Add onion and garlic there. Cut the remaining butter (2 tbsp. Tablespoons) into smaller pieces and arrange them in a form with meat. Cover with foil and place in a preheated oven.
3. Cook for 45 minutes, then add apples and cider to the mold. Pour meat with juice from it, then cover with foil again and cook for 30 minutes. We raise the temperature in the oven to 400 degrees, remove the foil, pour meat over juices and cook for another 15 minutes.
4. We take out the meat and remove the thread on the board and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, we move the onions and apples on a serving plate. Reduce the amount of liquid in the form by half, add the calvados to the form and set it on fire. Just in case, we hold the lid next to it so that you can cover it if the flame is strong. Next, leave this sauce over low heat, and in the meantime, cut the loin into slices. We spread the meat around apples and onions and serve with sauce.
Such a hot dish will be the highlight of the New Year's menu. What to cook is up to you, of course. Perhaps you do not really like meat and prefer fish. There are many delicious recipes for baking fish with various spices. It is always tasty and not so high-calorie.
Caesar salad with shrimps
We always prepare salads for the New Year. This is an integral part of the menu of this holiday. Of course, we select and prepare for the New Year (the recipes of dishes are so diverse) something unusual and new.
The option we offer will definitely suit the tastes of the talisman, because the dish will be bright, tasty, it has seafood and red color.
So, for four servings of such a salad you will need: a bunch of lettuce leaves, 100 grams of hard cheese, 600 grams of fresh peeled shrimp, 2 tomatoes and sweet bell pepper, baguette or loaf.
Salad marinade will consist of: 2 teaspoons of honey, 2 teaspoons of lemon, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. We mix everything and the marinade is ready.
Sauce: two eggs, half a teaspoon of mustard, one teaspoon of lemon, 40 ml of olive oil, 80 ml of refined sunflower oil, two cloves of garlic, two teaspoons of Worcester sauce.
How to Make Royal Caesar Salad
1. Peeled shrimp mix with prepared marinade and leave for a couple of hours.
2. Prepare garlic oil as the basis for the sauce: pour 80 ml of oil in a bowl with finely chopped garlic cloves, also leave for a couple of hours.
3. Cooking crackers: diced baguette is dried in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees. For piquancy, each cracker can be grated with garlic. Sprinkle with herbal spices.
4. Fry the prawns in a dry pan.
6. For the sauce: boil soft-boiled eggs and remove the yolks from them. We add mustard and lemon juice to them. We begin to whisk and in the process add olive oil. The sauce will look like liquid mayonnaise. We continue to whisk, gradually adding Worcester sauce. We do everything moderately so that the sauce does not exfoliate.
7. Pour lettuce leaves with cold water for 20 minutes, dry with paper towels and tear into small pieces, sprinkle with sauce. We lay them out on a dish. Next, lay the shrimp, add a little sauce again. Rub the hard cheese on top. Chop the tomatoes and peppers into a cup and add them to the salad. Next, crackers also sprinkle with sauce. But we certainly add them last, so that they do not get wet in advance.
Banana cheesecake
As a rule, we begin to make a menu for the New Year in advance. What to cook for dessert should not cause questions, because the year of the Monkey is coming. Of course, dessert must be made banana. We will cook the cheesecake without baking.
For the “test” for the cake you will need: 200 grams of cookies, 50 grams of butter (melted), 1-2 tablespoons of milk.
The cream requires the following: 400 grams of cottage cheese with a fat content of 9%, 200 ml of cream with a fat content of 33%, 100 grams of sour cream with a fat content of 15%, 8 grams of gelatin (always instant), 3 whole bananas, 4 tablespoons of honey, 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
How to Make Banana Cheesecake
1. We cover the detachable (preferably) form with parchment and fill it with cookie crumbs pre-mixed with butter and milk. Level this mixture on the bottom of the mold and put it in the refrigerator for a while.
2. Soak gelatin in lemon juice. Blender bananas to a puree look. Next, place the gelatin mixture in a water bath and add mashed potatoes to it. Also put in the cold for 10-15 minutes.
3. Grind the cottage cheese through a sieve, add lemon zest, honey and sour cream into it, whisk a little.
4. Mix cream and powdered sugar. Add vanilla sugar and beat.
5. Now we connect our preparations - banana, cottage cheese and cream mixture (steps 3-5) and beat until smooth.
6. Pour the cream into the mold and put it in the cold for several hours, preferably at night, so that it freezes. Cheesecake can be garnished with whipped cream.
Banana parfait
Since we decided that we will prepare dishes for the mascot that are attractive for the mascot, the parfait just meets the stated criteria.
He will need the following ingredients: 500 grams of thick cream, 2 bananas, 1 egg, 2 egg yolks, 100 grams of sugar, 1 tablespoon of lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of rum or brandy, 2 tablespoons of Amaretto, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice , 2 tablespoons of grated chocolate.
Cooking Banana Parfait
1. Add water to sugar and put on fire. It is necessary to bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
2. Meanwhile, beat the yolks well and add the zest and pour the syrup. Now we quickly cool it in the freezer, and then beat it again until it cools down to room temperature.
3. Grate the bananas through a sieve and mix with lemon juice, add alcoholic components.
4. Whip the cream into the foam and add the egg mass, banana puree, and chocolate. Gently mix.
5. We take a special form and cover it with cling film. Pour the prepared mass into the mold and place in the freezer for at least 8 hours.
6. Before serving, the parfait is decorated with fresh fruits and grated chocolate, you can add a little crumbled cookies on top, but this is already optional.
New Year Drinks
Monkeys, which are the symbol of this year, are known to love fruit. Therefore, from drinks you can choose milk and fruit non-alcoholic cocktails - there are also a lot of variations on this topic. You can experiment right at the festive table with guests.
If we talk about alcohol, it is also better that they are light drinks, for example, in cocktails. Various liquors are also suitable.
The most important thing is that you have a holiday in your soul, because this will be the main beacon for the mascot of the coming year. Thanks to this, happiness will come to your home.
Thus, we fully answered the question of what to cook for the New Year. Monkeys - they are not particularly pretentious. The main thing for them is that everything is bright and beautiful. So everything is quite simple, you need only a drop of inspiration and vitality, and the dishes will surely turn out delicious, the holiday will be unforgettable, and the year will bring a lot of joy and success.