According to the eastern calendar, each year has its own patron. The green wooden Dragon is a symbol of 2024. In order for it to bring good luck, it is necessary to satisfy the taste of the totem animal when meeting. And for this you need to know what you can and cannot cook for the New Year, what clothes to choose, and how to decorate the room.
What not to cook exactly
Zodiac character love everything fresh. Therefore, dishes for the festive table will have to be prepared on the eve of the festival - no later than a day in advance. Moreover, food should not contain long-term storage products. So immediately have to forget:
- About salads with smoked sausages, canned fish, vegetables and meat.
- About baking with condensed milk or candied fruits.
- About semi-finished products.
Be careful even when buying herring. If the shelf life is more than a month, the owner of the year will be dissatisfied with the treat and will "revenge" .
Forbidden cooking technology - felt-tip. The animal is the patron of the year, believes that only he can spew flames. The Dragon will not tolerate competitors.
What can be cooked in the Year of the Dragon
The totem animal is omnivorous, and, with the exception of semi-finished products and the day before yesterday's dishes, it will eat everything, but feeding it to make the year successful is not enough. It is believed that most of all he loves fresh oily fish. It can be used as an ingredient for snacks, hot dishes and baked goods such as snack pies.
Tropical fruits must be present on the New Year's table. They can be the basis for desserts, salads. A plate of fruit slices will satisfy the owner of the year.
Another obligatory condition is piquant spices. Without them, the fire-breathing Dragon will simply not taste it.
To make the treats varied, it is advisable to cook something from different categories. Decide what will be the main (central) dish. Do not forget about light cold snacks. It can be sandwiches, canapes, aspic in molds, sliced. Fish and meat dishes for hot. Definitely a side dish, here you can cook potatoes, and not only mashed potatoes. Very nice and tasty it turns out baked slices. Think over a card with drinks.
Delicious menu for New Year 2024
We offer you a selection of recipes with photos, and we will be grateful if you share your ideas in the comments on what else to cook for the New Year's table
Do not place the appliance on a bare countertop. It is necessary to get a festive tablecloth - preferably shiny, in silver or gold. You will definitely need decorations - candles, compositions from fruits or fir branches. The dragon likes everything around to sparkle. But the most important thing is not festive design, but delicious and beautiful dishes.
Ilmen fish salad
A bit unusual and thus interesting. Prepared from fresh sea fish, vegetables and plums. This recipe will completely satisfy the Dragon.
Main ingredients:
- to choose from - hake, pollock, sea bass, cod, 300 g;
- vegetables - beets, cucumbers, potatoes - 1 each;
- plums - 6-8 pieces, as an exception, you can take canned, but fresh is better;
- vegetable oil and flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
- small lemon;
- white wine - 50 ml;
- s alt, herbs, spices.
For refueling:
- sour cream - half a glass;
- cool eggs - 2 pcs;
- walnuts - 8 pcs;
- mustard - 0.5 tsp
The fish is milled. Portion pieces are marinated in wine and lemon juice. After 40 minutes, the pieces are s alted, rolled in flour, and fried on both sides. Nuts are crushed, mixed with grated eggs and sour cream. Vegetables are cut, put in a salad bowl with half of fried fish, seasoned. Decorate with plums, the remaining roast and herbs. And you can also decorate with beetroot jelly, see the following recipe.
Beet jelly
This interesting addition is used to decorate salads with fish, regardless of the type and methods of preparation.
Ingredients:
- lemon zest - to taste;
- half a lemon;
- 16g gelatin;
- 80g sugar;
- 600ml water;
- 160g beets.
Boil grated beets, lemon with sugar for 2 minutes over low heat. Lightly s alted. Dissolve gelatin in a separate bowl. Filter the bright burgundy liquid through a sieve, combine with the gelatinous mass. Pour into molds and put in the freezer to freeze.
Cedar branch salad
The defender of another new year will love the original dish with tropical fruits.
Ingredients:
- 2 kiwi;
- 1 avocado;
- 1 cucumber - 1 piece
- 2 st. l. pine nuts.
For dressing: olive oil, lemon juice.
Cutting products - straws. Half of the nuts are crushed. Sprinkle avocado immediately with lemon juice. The ingredients are mixed with oil and juice, focusing on taste, s alted. Decorate with whole kernels.
Appetizer with avocado on crackers
Put the pulp of a ripe avocado into a blender, sprinkle with lemon juice, put 50 g of curd cheese, chop, slightly s alting. Garlic is added for spiciness. Paste is filled into a piping bag, squeezed through a star nozzle onto s alted crackers. Decorate with red caviar.
Hot - rabbit in beer with garnish
Cooking time - 3 hours, the amount of food is calculated for 6 servings.
Ingredients:
- 2 bulbs;
- 3-4 garlic cloves;
- 2 bottles of light beer;
- 1 st. l. flour;
- 2-3 sprigs of basil;
- for frying - vegetable oil;
- spices and s alt.
Usually a rabbit carcass weighs 3-3.5 kg, for a dish you will need 1.5 kg.
Recipe step by step:
- Portioned pieces of meat are fried over high heat on all sides, until golden brown.
- In the same pan where the meat was fried, spread the garlic and onion half rings, and as soon as it becomes transparent, add flour, mix well.
- Put the rabbit in the brazier, add onion, s alt and spices, pour beer. If the meat is not completely covered, add water. Stew until done.
The best side dish for such a dish is rustic potatoes. Calculation in the recipe for 6 servings.
Peeled potatoes (1.5 kg) cut into slices. Pour 4-5 tbsp. l. sunflower oil, season with spices and s alt, mix. Bake at 180°C for about 40 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped herbs before serving.
Fish in the oven with cheese
By the year of the Dragon it is better to cook two hot dishes - and one of them, fish. Rice goes well with it as a side dish. Fish should be with a minimum of bones. The preparation itself is very simple.
Required products:
- 1.5 kg of sea bream, pollock, trout, cod;
- 100 g hard cheese;
- s alt - to taste;
- 150g natural unsweetened yoghurt;
- bunch of greens;
- 0.5 tsp each ground cumin and thyme;
- 0.5 tsp ground black pepper;
- to taste - s alt;
- you can add special spices.
For marinade, greens are chopped, mixed with yogurt, s alted, peppered, spices are added. Portioned pieces of fish are marinated for 3-4 hours. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the fish on a baking sheet, greased with oil, 30 minutes. Then sprinkle with cheese. As soon as it melts, the dish is ready.
Gingerbread
This traditional New Year's cake can be a treat and a gift at the same time. Immediately note - the dough needs to be kneaded in the evening, it needs stabilization.
Ingredients:
- 315-320g flour;
- 200 g sugar;
- 1 egg and egg white for icing;
- 125 cream margarine (or butter);
- 1 tsp each soda and cinnamon;
- 2 tsp ginger;
- 1 tsp nutmeg;
- 3 st. l. honey;
- s alt - on the tip of a knife;
- 1 tsp citric acid or juice for glaze.
Cooking:
- Put honey and butter into a deep dish. Melt to get a homogeneous mixture, without letting it boil.
- Remove from heat, add baking soda, cinnamon, grated nutmeg and ginger.
- Separately sifted flour is mixed with half the sugar, eggs are beaten in.
- Combine flour and honey mixtures, knead the dough. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate overnight.
- Roll out the dough into a 4 mm layer, cut out cookies with shapes. If you plan to assemble the “bell” later, then you need to prepare mugs of different sizes with holes in advance. For example: 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 3 cm.
- Bake cookies at 180°C, 7-9 minutes.
- Beat the egg white with the remaining sugar, add lemon juice (or acid diluted in 1 tsp of water). When the cookies are cool, they color them.
- Mugs for the "bell" are collected on a gift ribbon.
Pineapple panna kota
To prepare a delicate dessert, you will need:
- 200 ml heavy cream;
- 70g sugar;
- 50ml water;
- 1 st. l. gelatin;
- 50g pineapples, any;
- 40g vanilla sugar.
Dissolve gelatin in cool water. The cream is simmered with sugar for 10 minutes, the thickener is poured in, everything is cooked for another 3 minutes. While stirring, add vanilla. Pour the jelly into a glass, set to harden. Grind pineapples, spread stabilized jelly on top.
To decorate Panna, the cats prepare glaze. Connect: 5 tbsp. l. melted butter, 3 - milk and powdered sugar, 2 - cocoa. Stir so that no lumps remain.
The table should be set just before the guests arrive. Dragon loves everything fresh. If you are satisfied with the meeting of the holiday, then the new year will be successful.
