What you need to cook for the New Year of the Rat 2020

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  hotter

• Cooking time:

  2 hours

Ingredients

• pork neck
• prunes
• potato
• butter
• Provencal herbs
• spices
• mustard
• honey
• garlic
• paprika

For the New Year 2020, we will traditionally prepare delicious dishes according to the best, new and interesting recipes with step-by-step photos. In the year of the omnivorous Rat, on the festive table there should be a full abundance of dishes, such that you will lick your fingers.

Meat-book in honey marinade for hot

For the new, 2020 year of the Rat, we will cook something that is very tasty and satisfying according to a simple recipe with step-by-step photos.

Ingredients:

• pork neck - 1 kg;
• pitted prunes - 150 g;
• potatoes - 1 kg;
• olive oil - 3 tbsp. l;
• Provencal herbs - a couple of pinches;
• salt, pepper for potatoes - to taste.

For the marinade:

• vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l;
• grain mustard - 2 tsp;
• table mustard - 1, 5 tsp;
• honey - 1 tsp;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• paprika - 1.5 tsp;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

We wash the meat, cut into wide plates on a thin common base (do not cut through to the end)

Prepare the marinade from the ingredients specified in the recipe by crushing the garlic beforehand. We knead everything thoroughly and spread it on the meat, trying to generously lubricate the cuts

We put the washed prunes (choose a large soft and fleshy one) in the incisions

Put the prepared meat in honey marinade into the roasting sleeve, not pulling it too much. We tie the ends of the sleeves and send the meat to the refrigerator for a day or more, at your discretion

• At the right time, remove the meat, put it in a baking dish.
• We send the meat to the oven, preheated to 200 degrees, for an hour.
• Along with the meat, put in the oven potatoes, not completely cut into strips and soaked in olive oil with Provencal herbs and salt.

We transfer the hot meat to a dish, lay out the cooked potatoes, decorate and serve to the New Year's table

Fish fillet in puff pastry

Thinking about what to cook for the new, 2020 Year of the Rat, let's pay attention to one of the best recipes for preparing a luxurious fish dish with a detailed description and step-by-step photos.

Ingredients:

• fish fillet - 600 g;
• puff pastry - 600 g;
• spinach - 250 g;
• cream cheese - 200 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• dried garlic - 1 tsp;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

We carefully peel the fish fillet and remove the skin

• Pour spinach with boiling water for a couple of minutes, put in a colander, squeeze out excess moisture.
• Cut the prepared spinach into small pieces, mix with cream cheese, leave in readiness.

• If the puff pastry is too thin, then put the two layers together.
• Lightly roll out the double puff pastry on a work surface with flour.
• Put the fish fillet in the middle of the dough, put the spinach and cheese filling on it.

• Grease the free surface of the dough with a stirred egg.
• We wrap everything in an envelope, bending the edges, put it on a baking sheet with baking paper, seam down.

Lubricate the dough with the remaining egg, make shallow cuts, sprinkle with salt and pepper

• We send the fish in the dough to the oven, preheated to 220 degrees, for 30 minutes.
• We serve a very spectacular and incredibly tasty hot dish to the New Year's table.

From the specified amount of ingredients, two fish fillet dough envelopes are obtained.

Korean style eggplant

An incredibly tasty snack, such that you lick your fingers, can be prepared for the new 2020 Year of the Rat according to a simple recipe with step-by-step photos.

Ingredients:

• eggplant - 1 kg;
• bulgarian pepper (different colors) - 3 pcs.;
• onions - 3 pcs.;
• garlic - 1 head;
• chili pepper - 1 pc.;
• cilantro - a bunch;
• olive oil - 4 tbsp. l;
• sesame oil - 2 tbsp. l;
• vinegar 7% - 4 tbsp. l;
• sugar - 2 tsp;
• coriander seeds;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

Cut the eggplants into circles, put them in a container suitable for the volume, add to taste and mix

Cut the onion into half rings, put it in a bowl, pour in the vinegar, add salt and sugar, stir

Peel the bell pepper from seeds, cut into strips, put in a salad bowl

Add hot pepper, cut into thin rings, and chopped garlic to the bell pepper

• Drain the juice from the eggplant, squeeze it slightly, pour in the vegetable oil, mix everything.
• Fry eggplants in a dry frying pan until tender, lay out and cool.

• By this time, the onion has already been sufficiently marinated, we remove it from the marinade and send it to the collected ingredients.
• Add coriander seeds, passed through the mill, pour with olive oil, salt, pepper and mix everything.

We lay the eggplants on a serving dish in layers, alternating with the prepared salad and sprinkling each double layer (eggplant, salad) with chopped herbs

We serve a delicious colorful appetizer to the New Year's table

New salad with chicken fillet and dried fruits

According to a simple recipe with step-by-step photos, we will prepare such a delicious salad for the new, 2020 Year of the Rat, that it is simply impossible to come off.

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken breast - 500 g;
• dried apricots - 100 g;
• prunes (large, soft, fleshy) - 100 g;
• lettuce leaves - medium bunch;
• mayonnaise to taste;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

1. Rinse dried apricots and prunes and fill with boiling water, leave until softened (light).
2. Cut the smoked chicken breast into large pieces, put it in a container prepared for the ingredients of the salad.
3. We spread the prepared dried fruits to the chicken meat.
4. Chop the washed and dried lettuce leaves coarsely or tear by hand.
5. Lightly add the salad, pepper, season with mayonnaise to taste and mix everything thoroughly.
6. We spread the salad on a plate or in a transparent salad bowl, serve it to the New Year's table.

Chicken fillet and beans salad without mayonnaise

Deciding what to cook for the new, 2020 Year of the Rat, we choose recipes for light salads without mayonnaise in accordance with new culinary preferences.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 2 pcs.;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l;
• canned corn - 200 g;
• canned red beans - 1 b.;
• bulgarian yellow pepper - 1 pc.;
• tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
• parsley - a small bunch;
• purple onion - 1 pc.;
• salt, pepper, chicken seasoning.

For the sauce:

• vegetable oil - 50 ml;
• apple cider vinegar - 3 tbsp. l;
• French mustard - 1 tbsp. l;
• garlic - 2 cloves.

Preparation:

Cut the chicken breast into medium cubes, sprinkle with salt, pepper, chicken seasoning. We grind everything thoroughly and leave to marinate at room temperature

• After 20-30 minutes, fry the chicken breast until tender in vegetable oil over high heat.
• We prepare the vegetables, cut the pepper into small cubes, the onion into quarter rings, put in a salad bowl.
• We also cut the tomatoes at random into medium-sized pieces, send them to the already harvested salad ingredients.

Add beans, fried chicken breast along with the oil in which it was fried, and corn to the salad bowl

• Sprinkle the salad with chopped parsley, salt, pepper, pour over the prepared sauce.
• To prepare the sauce, mix all the ingredients for it specified in the recipe.

"Festive" shrimp salad

A very appetizing, beautiful and light salad, such that you lick your fingers, can be prepared for the new, 2020 Year of the Rat according to a simple recipe with a photo.

Ingredients:

• shrimp - 500 g;
• cherry - 300 g;
• mozzarella mini balls - 200 g;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• lettuce leaves - 200 g;
• pine nuts - 50 g;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l;
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.

For refueling:

• mustard - 1 tsp;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l;
• olive oil - 3 tbsp. l;
• sugar - 1 tsp;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• oregano - 1 tsp;
• greens;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

Fry thinly chopped garlic in a preheated pan with olive oil for a couple of minutes, remove. Put the shrimps in the fragrant oil, fry at maximum heat, also for two to three minutes

In a prepared container, mix lemon juice, olive oil, mustard. Add salt, sugar, oregano and crushed garlic to the prepared dressing, mix everything thoroughly

• Chopped greens can be added to the dressing, or you can sprinkle it separately on the salad.
• Lay out lettuce leaves on a plate or dish, spread the cherry halves on top with an even layer. Lay the tomatoes cut down.

• Place the mozzarella balls between the tomatoes.
• With the final layer, evenly spread the cooled shrimp over the entire surface of the salad, pour over the dressing.

Sprinkle the salad abundantly with pre-fried pine nuts, serve it to the New Year's table.

Salmon snack cake

Thinking about what to cook for the new 2020 Year of the Rat, we recall the incredible popularity of snack cakes at the festive table. You can cook according to one of the best and simplest recipes with step by step photos.

Ingredients:

• slightly salted salmon - 200 g;
• curd cheese - 150 g;
• cream - 100 ml;
• garlic - 2 cloves (optional);
• ready-made pancakes (you can bake yourself) - 3-4 pcs.;
• dill is a small bunch.

Preparation:

1. Whisk the cream in a prepared container, add curd cheese, crushed garlic and some chopped dill.
2. Put salmon (or other red fish) pre-cut into large pieces into the prepared mixture of ingredients, knead everything thoroughly.
3. We coat each pancake with the resulting snack cream with fish filling, collect in the form of a cake.
4. Sprinkle the snack cake generously with chopped dill.
5. We give the cake to soak and serve it to the New Year's table. You can cook it the day before, freeing up time to prepare other dishes for the festive table.

Chocolate orange cake

For the new, 2020 year of the Rats, we will certainly make a homemade cake with our own hands, such that it cannot be tastier, according to the best recipe with step-by-step photos.

Ingredients:

• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• butter - 100 g;
• milk - 100 ml;
• flour - 200 g;
• baking powder - 1 tsp;
• zest of ½ orange;
• salt - a pinch.

For impregnation:

• juice of 1 orange;
• sugar - 2 tbsp. l;
• water - 100 ml.

For the cream:

• butter - 200 g;
• condensed milk - 1 b.;
• sour cream - 200 g;
• vanilla sugar - 1 packet.

Preparation:

1. We bake one cake of the listed ingredients, make small changes for the second cake in the composition, replacing a tablespoon of flour with a tablespoon of cocoa powder.
2. After dividing the eggs into whites and yolks, beat the yolks with sugar using a mixer. Add softened butter to the yolk mass, continue to beat.
3. Add orange peel and milk, warmed to a slightly warm state, into the dough for the cake, stir.
4. Add sifted flour mixed with baking powder and salt to the dough in portions, knead the soft dough.
5. We bake the cake for 35 minutes at 180 degrees.
6. Similarly, we prepare the dough for the chocolate cake, making the indicated substitution.
7. We cut the cooled cakes each into two cakes, cutting off the tops.
8. We water them with the prepared impregnation, for which we cook a mixture of the ingredients indicated for it for 2-3 minutes.
9. To prepare the cream, beat separately two masses: softened butter with condensed milk and sour cream with sugar. You can't whip everything together.
10. Gently mix both lush masses, coat the cakes with the resulting cream.
11. We collect the cake, laying the cakes with cream on top of each other, alternating between dark and light.
12. Grind the tops of the cakes into crumbs, sprinkle the finished cake, decorate as you wish.
13. We serve a beautiful and delicious cake to the New Year's table.

This selection of recipes can be taken as a basis for the New Year's holiday menu by adding dishes and snacks that are not included here.