Each hostess tries to prepare a variety of delicious snacks for the New Year's table. Their main purpose is to whet the appetite before serving the main courses. To please not only guests, but also the symbol of the upcoming 2019 - the Yellow Pig, choose recipes proven over the years, and also try new combinations and design of dishes. The pig loves delicious hearty dishes, and she will definitely like the original decoration of the appetizers. What snacks can be prepared for the new 2019 year?
Buffet snacks
In the event that a large number of people gather on New Year's Eve, a buffet table is the best solution. A large number of hot and cold snacks, as well as drinks are placed on the buffet table, and the guests themselves fill their plates. Advantages of the New Year's buffet table:
- The inviting party does not need to think about how to seat a large number of people;
- The hostess need not worry about serving her dishes on time and in accordance with all the rules of etiquette;
- Guests can move freely, from time to time come to the table and fill their plates with snacks.
- The hostess will be able to show her imagination and prepare a variety of New Year's snacks for guests to appreciate her culinary masterpieces.
We offer several proven recipes for appetizers that will diversify the buffet table.
Canape with salmon
Canapes are an ideal appetizer for a festive table. Be sure to prepare a traditional appetizer for the New Year - salmon / salmon canapes.
What you need to make canapes:
- 100 grams of lightly salted red fish fillet;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 3 eggs;
- Canapé skewers.
Let's start cooking:
- Cut the cucumbers into rings, but not too thinly - this will be the basis for future canapes.
- Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cut the cheese into cubes about 2x2 cm.
- Cut the eggs into 2 cm thick slices.
- We collect canapes: first put a circle of cucumber, a circle of boiled egg on top, then a slice of cheese. Put a piece of red fish on top and fix the components of the canape with a skewer. The perfect New Year's snack is ready!
Canape "Funny pigs"
It is not necessary to decorate all the dishes for the buffet in the form of pigs, but be sure to decorate several types of canapes with the muzzles of pigs. We suggest preparing simple diet canapes in the form of cute pigs.
On a note! Thinking over baby snacks for the new year, pay attention to this recipe.
What you need for cooking:
- 10 quail eggs;
- 5 slices of whole grain bread;
- 30 grams of curd cheese without fillers;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- Homemade mayonnaise (can be replaced with sour cream).
How canapés are prepared:
- Boil eggs and carrots. Cool, clean.
- Cut the pieces of bread into small cubes. Spread curd cheese over each cube.
- From boiled carrots, cut out the piglet piglet, eyes and ears with a sharp knife or culinary attachment.
- Cut the cucumbers into slices.
- It remains to collect our New Year's piglets. To do this, put each quail egg on a skewer, then a circle of cucumber follows, and a slice of bread will be the base. Glue the ears, eyes, patch with mayonnaise.
Snacks in the form of such unusual canapes for the New Year will surprise and delight guests, as well as the hostess of 2019, the Yellow Pig.
Sandwiches with avocado mousse and red caviar
Prepare the ingredients for the sandwiches:
- 1 ripe, but not overripe, avocado
- 2 quail eggs (or 1 chicken egg);
- A tablespoon of sour cream;
- Red caviar;
- Salt pepper;
- Fresh dill herbs;
- Whole wheat bread.
How to prepare an appetizer with red caviar for the new year:
- Boil eggs, peel.
- Grind the avocado pulp and eggs with a blender.
- Salt the mass, add ground pepper, sour cream, herbs (finely chop in advance). Mix everything thoroughly.
- Pieces of whole grain bread dry a little in a frying pan without oil on both sides. Cool, spread on top with avocado mousse, garnish with a handful of red caviar.
Cold snacks
Many housewives want to amaze guests not only with the usual New Year's salads, but also with all kinds of snacks. There are a lot of recipes for cold appetizers, so that every housewife for the new year will be able to choose a suitable option to surprise and delight loved ones, relatives, as well as the Yellow Pig - a symbol of 2019.
Pigs - New Year's snack in tartlets
Astrologers advise to decorate some New Year's snacks in the year of the Yellow Pig in the form of a pig. To prepare New Year's tartlets with pigs' faces, you will need the following ingredients:
- 7 shortbread tartlets (you can buy ready-made tartlets or make yourself from shortbread dough);
- 100 grams of processed cheese;
- A clove of garlic;
- 2 eggs;
- Mayonnaise;
- 1 fresh tomato;
- 80 grams of veal sausage;
- Greens, spices;
- Black olive for decoration.
On a note! Choose a sausage already cut into thin slices. It is better not to use pork sausage, the hostess of the coming year can get very angry.
How to make New Year's tartlets:
- Boil eggs, peel, grate along with melted cheese.
- In the resulting mass of eggs and cheese, add spices, a clove of garlic squeezed through a press, season with mayonnaise.
- Cut out small circles from the tomato - these will be the caps of our pigs.
- From the sausage, cut out the ears and patches with a sharp knife, as well as strips for the ponytails.
- Roll the cheese and egg mass into balls, place each ball in a tartlet.
- Now shape the faces of the pigs: attach the pieces of olives in the form of eyes, press in the piglets, ears and tails at the back.
- From the mayonnaise, squeeze the pom-poms onto the hats from above, and use a toothpick to apply the mayonnaise nostrils to the patches.
- Decorate the pigs with herbs and the New Year's tartlets are ready! The original design of the snack for the New Year's table will not leave the dish unattended.
Christmas snack Herringbone
Pig snacks for the new year 2019 will undoubtedly become favorites. But on the festive table there must be an appetizer in the shape of a Christmas tree. There are many options for how to arrange cold snacks in the form of a herringbone. We offer a simple and delicious appetizer recipe.
Required Ingredients:
- 300 grams of cottage cheese;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- 70 grams of spinach;
- Spice.
For decoration, you will need hard cheese, any greens, red caviar.
Let's start preparing the Christmas tree:
- Rinse the spinach leaves under running water and dry.
- Put spinach leaves (tear with your hands), cottage cheese, chopped garlic in a blender bowl. Season with salt and ground pepper to taste. Whisk all ingredients thoroughly to form a dense, thick mass.
On a note! The appetizer will be tastier if you use homemade fatty cottage cheese. If you take store cottage cheese, choose a fermented milk product of at least 9% fat.
- Moisten your hands in cold water, and then mold small Christmas trees from the curd-spinach mass.
On a note! By analogy, you can mold curd Christmas balls and put them on a separate plate, decorating with caviar, vegetables and herbs.
- Chop the herbs, sprinkle on a flat dish. Place the resulting Christmas trees on the greenery.
- It remains to decorate our delicious Christmas trees. Cut stars out of hard cheese and attach to the trees. Eggs will act as Christmas balls. You can decorate the snack as you like using a variety of products: pomegranate seeds, olives, pieces of vegetables.
In the same way, you can prepare a New Year's snack "Christmas toys". Instead of a Christmas tree, form Christmas tree decorations, and then decorate them with any products.
New Year's "tangerines" from chicken fillet
Many people associate tangerines with the New Year holidays, because on every festive table there will definitely be a vase with fragrant orange fruits. We offer to surprise your guests with an unusual snack in the form of tangerines. At first glance, no one will guess that this is not real fruit, but a cold snack!
Prepare the ingredients:
- 1 chicken fillet;
- 3 carrots;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 300 grams of hard cheese, such as "Russian";
- Parsley;
- Salad mix;
- Spices, mayonnaise;
- Cuttings of dried cloves.
Step-by-step snack recipe:
- Cut the fillet into pieces, boil in water with pepper, salt, bay leaf and garlic. Remove the finished fillet from the water, cool.
- Boil carrots, cool, peel.
- Grate the carrots on a fine grater, squeeze well to get rid of excess moisture.
- Finely grate the hard cheese, chop the herbs.
- Mix finely chopped chicken, cheese, herbs, add spices, season with mayonnaise.
- Moisten your hands with cold water, form balls from the resulting mass in the form of small tangerines.
- Take a small amount of grated carrots and stick each ball on all sides to make it look like a peel. Don't make the carrot peel too thick!
- Place the tangerine snacks on the salad mix plate. Using a cooking brush, brush each tangerine with vegetable oil for shine.
- Stick a clove into the tangerines from above - these will be "tails".
An original and delicious appetizer for the New Year's table is ready!
On a note! By analogy, you can prepare a snack in the form of Christmas balls. Use pieces of vegetables, caviar and pomegranate beads, herbs and other foods as decoration.
New Year's candle snack
An appetizer in the form of New Year's candles will decorate the festive table and surprise guests with its unique delicate taste.
What you need for cooking:
- 150 grams of curd cheese (with the addition of herbs);
- 120 grams of crab meat;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 fresh tomato;
- Dill greens;
- 1 carrot;
- 7-8 pieces of buffet tubes.
Let's start cooking:
- In a deep bowl, mix the grated crab meat with the curd cheese.
- Add chopped herbs and garlic pressed through a press.
- Stir all ingredients. Using a fork, fill the buffet tubes with the mass. The filling should protrude beyond the edges to simulate melted candle wax. A little of the filling should be left for decoration.
- Cut the tomato into rings - these will be candle holders.
- Put the tomato circles on a flat dish, spread with the remaining filling. Place a candle on each circle, attach a piece of fresh carrots on top - this will be a candle flame.
An appetizer for the new year is ready!
On a note! When choosing snacks for the New Year's menu, do not forget about the New Year's herring. What is the Russian New Year without the traditional "Herring under a fur coat"? Only as a decoration can you make a pig's face out of vegetables, olives and greens.
Hot appetizers
Housewives try to put a large number of cold snacks on the New Year's table, forgetting that snacks can also be served hot. We offer several recipes for hot snacks for the new 2019.
Spicy zucchini rolls with cheese
Prepare the ingredients:
- 1 young zucchini;
- 200 grams of hard cheese;
- Fresh parsley;
- Several cloves of garlic;
- 4 tablespoons thick sour cream;
- 2 tsp tomato paste;
- Spice.
How to make warm squash rolls:
- Cut the washed zucchini into thin slices (the thickness of each slice should not exceed 0.5 cm);
- Season each plate with salt and pepper on both sides, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
- Combine separately grated cheese, chopped garlic, sour cream and spices.
- Put a little filling on the edge of each piece of fried zucchini, roll it up.
- Fold the rolls into a baking dish and top with a mixture of sour cream and tomato paste.Put in an oven preheated to 150 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
Put the finished rolls on a dish with salad leaves and serve to the New Year's table.
Hot mushroom appetizer
Ingredients:
- 250 grams of fresh champignons;
- 1 bell pepper;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tbsp wine white vinegar;
- A tablespoon of vegetable oil;
- Salt, pepper, parsley;
- Cherry and lettuce leaves for decoration.
Cooking champignon snacks:
- Rinse the mushrooms, cut into thin plates.
- Cut half of the bell pepper into small cubes.
- Pour oil into a frying pan, add chopped garlic there, keep it on fire for a little, so that the oil is saturated with the garlic aroma.
- Put mushrooms in a frying pan, salt and pepper. As soon as the mushrooms let the juice go, add the bell pepper, pour in the wine vinegar, simmer for five minutes, remembering to stir.
- Pour finely chopped parsley into the pan, simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
- Cover a flat dish with lettuce leaves, put a mushroom appetizer in a heap, decorate with halves of cherry tomatoes.
Hot New Year's sandwiches
Hot sandwiches served at the New Year's table are always popular. We suggest preparing a puff pastry snack dish for the new year.
Required Ingredients:
- Ready-made puff pastry;
- 200 grams of boiled chicken fillet;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- A few teaspoons of soy sauce;
- Spice.
How to make sandwiches:
- Defrost the finished puff pastry;
- Boil the chicken breast in salted water, remove from the pan, cool.
- Cut the tomatoes into small cubes, pour over soy sauce.
- Pepper seeds, cut into cubes.
- Combine finely chopped chicken breast and vegetables, salt and pepper.
- Cut the dough into small squares, put on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Put the filling on top of each square, sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 150 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Unusual salads
New Year's recipes for appetizers and salads can be very diverse, but the main condition is that they should not include pork. Eastern astrologers warn that the Yellow Pig will be extremely unhappy if pork dishes are present on the New Year's table, and the next year may be unsuccessful for the hosts of the holiday.
Chicken salad with oranges
The salad surprises with a delicate combination of chicken and sauce, and a fresh citrus taste will become the highlight of the dish.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of boiled chicken fillet;
- 200 grams of curd cheese;
- 1 orange;
- 1 red onion;
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar;
- Fresh greens.
For the sauce you will need:
- Dijon mustard - a teaspoon;
- Wine white vinegar - 1 tablespoon;
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
Cooking an unusual New Year's salad:
- Mix all the ingredients for the sauce.
- Peel the onion, cut into rings, cover with apple cider vinegar and water (1: 1 ratio).
- Finely chop chicken, cheese, orange.
- Put lettuce leaves on a plate. Put the salad on top with a slide, decorate with onion rings, pour over the sauce.
Unusual salad "Spicy"
Ingredients:
- 6 thin pancakes;
- 250 grams of fresh champignons;
- 250 grams of feta cheese;
- 200 grams of fatty sour cream;
- 4 potatoes;
- 2 carrots;
- 1 onion;
- Several cloves of garlic;
- Greens;
- Mayonnaise.
Salad preparation:
- Boil potatoes and carrots with peels, cool, peel, cut into small cubes.
- Chop the onion finely, the mushrooms into thin plates. In a frying pan with heated vegetable oil, fry the onion until transparent, then add the mushrooms. Fry until all moisture has evaporated from the mushrooms.
- Salt mushrooms and onions, keep on fire a little more.
- Grate feta cheese, add chopped garlic, herbs, mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Cut the boiled carrots into long cubes 1 cm wide. You will need 6 such cubes.
- Grease each pancake with cheese, put a carrot block on the edge, roll it up. Cut each pancake into 4 cm pieces.
- Line a detachable baking dish with cling film from the inside. Put the pancake rolls in the form, grease with mayonnaise.
- Top with mushrooms and onions, carefully spread over the pancakes with a spoon.
- Coat the surface with mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated boiled potatoes. Put the prepared salad in the refrigerator for an hour and a half to soak.
- Line a large flat dish with lettuce leaves. Take the salad out of the refrigerator, turn the dish over. The potato layer should be on the bottom.
The "Piquant" salad looks very unusual, and guests will definitely appreciate not only its unusual taste, but also its original appearance.
Cherry salad with cheese
New Year's snacks can be vegetarian-style. Even if among the guests everyone is happy to consume meat and fish products, a fresh light salad will not leave anyone indifferent.
What you need for a salad:
- 100 grams of red cherries;
- 100 grams of feta cheese;
- Lettuce leaves;
- A handful of any nuts;
- Olive oil (50 ml);
- A few tablespoons of lemon juice;
- Several mint leaves;
- Sesame seeds, spices.
Cooking Vegetarian Salad:
- Remove seeds from the berries, cut each berry in half.
- Use a blender to combine the nuts, olive oil, mint leaves, and lemon juice.
- Put the resulting mass on a plate covered with lettuce leaves, add cherries, cheese cubes. Season the salad with salt and pepper, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Snacks for the New Year's table will be an excellent addition to the New Year's menu. Prepare meals in a festive mood with a piece of your soul, and then your guests will appreciate your efforts. And the hostess of 2019, the Yellow Pig, will protect and help the whole next year.
