The festive table should be different from the traditional one, but how to do it if there is no time to prepare complex dishes? There are several ways, and one of them is to serve guests an assortment of various sausages and cheese slices as a cold snack, after decorating it intricately.
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Instruction manual
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Decorate each assorted piece with olives and olives, fastening them with toothpicks or holiday sticks specially purchased for this. This will immediately give the dish an elegant look, contributing to the creation of a solemn and joyful atmosphere. Look for themed sticks if your holiday is related to any specific topic. For example, if you celebrate the victory of your favorite football team, you can buy accessories decorated with balls, or simply stick paper circles to toothpicks.
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Cut lemons, tomatoes and cucumbers into small slices and lay them on the edge of the dish, as well as on top of the prepared snacks. Show your imagination and lay them out with a fancy pattern. Use a special knife for figured cutting to add unusualness to your culinary creativity. Place radish flowers, cucumber stars on a platter - your guests will be amazed by your talent!
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Build funny animals from simple products to decorate the platter. Hard-boiled egg, cut lengthwise and lay one half of it with the yolk down: this will be the body of the future mouse. Use peas for the eyes, and make the tail and mustache out of dill. Neat ears are easy to make with radishes. Another option is funny fly-agarics: you don’t need to cut the eggs for this, just cut the lower part from the wide end so that they can take a stable position on the dish. Divide the tomatoes in half and remove the core. Put a tomato hat on each egg, and droplets of mayonnaise or sour cream will help to give a resemblance to a fly agaric.
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Line the dish on which you will serve the platter, lettuce, and on top throw a little dill, parsley or basil. This simple way to decorate allsorts instantly gives a modest appetizer a festive look.