If you plan to gather friends at home and set a delicious table, it is not necessary to spend large amounts on it. Prepare tasty, unusual and quite inexpensive dishes. At the same time, an economical holiday table will save not only money, but also time - they all prepare quickly enough and without much effort.
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- Snacks:
- 12 small tomatoes;
- a pack of cottage cheese;
- a bunch of fresh basil;
- salt
- pepper;
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- 5 kg of squid carcass;
- flour;
- 0.5 kg of cheese;
- can of olives;
- a bunch of salad.
- Vinaigrette with chanterelles;
- large beets;
- 2 carrots;
- 4 potatoes;
- a can of chanterelles;
- 2 stalks of celery;
- salt
- freshly ground pepper;
- olive oil;
- lemon.
- Curry Chicken:
- 1 kg of chicken;
- 3 tablespoons of flour;
- 1 tablespoon of curry powder;
- 1 teaspoon of paprika;
- cooking oil for frying;
- 3 oranges;
- 4 bell peppers;
- 500 g of freshly frozen champignons;
- salt;
- 250 g penne or fusilli.
- Chocolate Fondant:
- 2 bars of dark chocolate;
- 100 g butter;
- 4 tablespoons of flour;
- 2 eggs;
- 6 tablespoons of sugar;
- vanilla ice cream.
- Sangria:
- 2 bottles of dry red wine;
- 5 tablespoons of sugar;
- vodka or brandy;
- 3 liters of mineral water with gas;
- Fresh and canned fruits.
Instruction manual
1
Your task is to cook not too complicated, but original and interesting dishes from inexpensive products. Use vegetables and seasonings more actively, choosing meat products, give preference to chicken, instead of expensive exotic alcohol, prepare unusual and tasty cocktails.
2
The basis of the snack table can be canapes. They are very elegant and will decorate even the most modest serving. You can cook them from simple and inexpensive products. Two or three options will be enough. Spread the appetizers on flat dishes or large plates, decorating them with greens and lettuce leaves. Place plates of mayonnaise mixed with curry powder or spicy mustard next to them.
3
String olives, cheese cubes and lettuce on long skewers. Remove the top from the small tomatoes, scrape the middle and fill the skins with a mixture of cottage cheese and basil greens. Cut the squid carcass into rings, mix the batter with flour, salt and water, dip the rings in the dough and fry in warmed vegetable oil. Serve the squid with a quarter of lemon or lime.
4
Decorate the table and salad of unusual taste. Make a fusion-style vinaigrette with fresh celery and chanterelles. Boil beets, potatoes and carrots, cool them, cut into medium-sized cubes of the same size. In the same way, cut celery stalks peeled from hard fibers. Chop the salty chanterelles finely. Put all the ingredients in a deep bowl, add dressing from olive oil, salt and lemon juice. Sprinkle vinaigrette with freshly ground black pepper.
5
Cook the chicken in the curry sauce as hot. Dice the fillets and roll them in a mixture of flour, curry powder and paprika. Heat vegetable oil in a deep skillet and fry the chicken until cooked. In a separate pan, saute the mushrooms and bell peppers, sliced in rings. Squeeze the juice from the oranges, add some more paprika. Put the vegetable mixture to the chicken, stew for 5 minutes and pour in orange juice. Salt and simmer until cooked and a thick sauce. Serve boiled pasta - penne or fusilli for a side dish.
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Do not forget about the dessert. Indulge guests with hot chocolate muffins. In a stewpan, melt two tiles of dark chocolate without additives and butter. In a separate bowl, rub the eggs and sugar until it is completely dissolved. Pour the mixture into the chocolate mass, add 4 tablespoons of flour and mix thoroughly. Pour the mixture into silicone molds, filling them in half. Bake until crusty on the surface. Inside the prepared cupcakes, liquid chocolate should be preserved. Serve 1-2 pieces per serving, accompanied by vanilla ice cream.
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Replace expensive alcohol with homemade cocktails. Mix orange juice or cola with vodka in any proportion, decorate the glasses with a straw and a slice of orange or lime. Sangria also enjoys great success. Pour two bottles of dry table wine into a large pan, add sugar and lightly heat the mixture on the stove until it is completely dissolved. Pour in vodka or brandy, add chopped fruits - apples, oranges, bananas or peaches. Dilute the mixture with mineral water, gas or a sprite, stir and cool well. Before serving, add ice cubes to the pan.