Celebrating the New Year 2017 is just around the corner, and now it's time to think about what to serve on the New Year's Eve table. 2017 is the year of the bright Red Rooster, which means that any dishes from chicken, turkey or wild birds are not welcome on the table. Thus, you will be saved from the persecution of the owner of the year.
Pick your recipe
Snacks
Do not put whole eggs on a New Year's table. Do not tease the Rooster and do not make jellied or stuffed eggs. If boiled eggs are crushed into a salad, then, perhaps, we can hope that the Rooster will not notice this. Serve 2-3 types of cheese, seafood appetizers (shrimp, mussels, squid), Korean dishes. Prepare meat cuts or assorted from different types of fish (salmon, halibut and others).
The rooster respects greens very much, therefore it is welcomed to flavor almost every dish with it. Use fresh dill, parsley, celery, cilantro and basil. Do not forget about root crops, a small dish for a holiday can be small caramelized carrots or a salad of warm beets and balsamic bite.
Main course
Prefer the meat of large animals on this New Year's table. Cook pork, beef, young veal or lamb. Also, fish is welcomed in different cooking options, both hot (smoking, baking. Boiling), and cold. The best options for meat dishes are boiled pork marinated in wine, pork with pineapple or lamb leg baked whole with herbs.
What does a rooster love very much and what must be on the table?
The Fiery Rooster especially respects traditional bird food - cereals, especially uncleaned grain. Experiment with a side dish. You can cook a pig with porridge, salads with couscous or bulgur, salads with crab and rice, serve hot perlotto and so on in various combinations with vegetables and herbs.
Alcohol
Do not abuse alcohol on New Year's Eve, because the Rooster is a cocky bird. And under the influence of strong alcohol unnecessary quarrels can be provoked. Serve alcoholic drinks such as mulled wine, punch, light cocktails. They will decorate the table due to the unusual form of serving, and the taste will delight every guest.
For dessert
You can safely choose any dessert on a sweet table. There are almost no restrictions. A rooster - he's a sweet tooth! In order to appease it, the dessert chosen is enough, sprinkle with seeds, cereals, such as poppy seeds, puffed rice or sesame seeds, like a cake, biscuit or cake. To serve cakes, you can build straw baskets and serve cakes in them.