What does the tiger have on the table? Five dishes for the perfect New Year's feast

New Year is also a holiday of the stomach! Everyone is trying to cook something special. According to numerous beliefs, this is how people coax the symbol of the coming year and try to attract good luck. We learned what dishes and drinks are worth (and which ones are absolutely not) to celebrate the year of the Tiger, picked up several recipes that are ideal for the New Year's table, and calculated how much they would cost. The symbol of the coming year is the water blue Tiger. Given the nature of this animal, the table will turn out with character. Astrologers clarify: the emphasis should be on MEAT. it can be classic pork, and beef, and even lamb with horse meat. You can also cook poultry dishes.

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Also, experts advise to be careful with fish dishes. If you still want something from the sea, you should cook a whole fish, which in many nations symbolizes wealth, prosperity and happiness. But salads with this product in the composition should be abandoned. Tangerines are our everything Desserts are an important attribute of the New Year's table.
And here the sweet tooth will be delighted: the symbol of the year is extremely fond of eating delicious. Important point: all fruits should be bright in color. In the year of the Tiger, it is best to put a basket of oranges and tangerines on the table. Astrologers advise giving preference to the latter. The presence of pineapple will not be superfluous.
However, you can decorate the table not only with these fruits. If you prefer more exotic options, treat your friends and family with persimmons, yellow figs. As a serving, you can also choose vegetables of bright colors. For example, pumpkin or yellow bell pepper.
The tiger is supportive of cakes, pastries, soufflés, cookies, sweets and other sweets. Astrologers believe that this animal, as a rule, does not restrain itself in food. So you can pamper yourself at least one day a year. But what to drink? Lean on ALCOHOL on the eve of the year of the Tiger is definitely not worth it. The adage that everything is good in moderation fits perfectly here. Astrologers advise to exclude strong alcohol from the diet. It is better to buy a good liquor or sweet tincture.

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The tiger does not accept any kind of soda. It is better to replace it with homemade drinks. For example, fruit drink or compote. A variety of juices or kvass are also suitable. Salad with beef, beans and peppers Let's start with appetizers. Keeping in mind the "meat" nature of the coming year, we offer you a variant of salad with beef. It is quite simple to prepare, while it has a spicy and rich taste. So, we will need:
200 g of beef tenderloin - 5.38 rubles; 0.5 (100 g) bell pepper - 0.79 rubles; 3 pickled cucumbers (60 g) - 0.45 rubles; 10-15 pitted olives (45 grams) - 0.4 rubles; 1 onion (100 g) - 0.16 rubles; 4-5 sprigs of parsley - 1.59 rubles; 1 clove of garlic (4 g) - 0.04 rubles; 1 can of canned beans - 3.39 rubles; 2 table. tablespoons of OLIVE OIL (38 ml) - 0.55 rubles.
Cook beef until done. Next, cut: meat, peppers and cucumbers - into cubes, olives - into rings, and onions - into half rings. Finely chop the greens, finely chop the garlic, and even better pass through the press.
Drizzle all ingredients, including beans, with oil and toss, season with SALT and pepper. For the best taste, the finished dish should stand in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Such a salad will cost us 12.75 rubles. * Beef "Wellington" This is the signature dish of the famous British chef Gordon Ramsay. Despite the availability of ingredients and the relative ease of preparation, Wellington beef is not very common in our latitudes. To prepare it, we need the following components:
800 g of beef tenderloin - 21.52 rubles; 600 g of puff pastry - 4.5 rubles; 500 g of champignons - 4.38 rubles; 1 onion (100 g) - 0.16 rubles; 5 strips of bacon (85 g) - 2.5 rubles; 2 table. spoons of mustard (38 ml) - 0.25 rubles; 5 cloves of garlic (20 g) - 0.2 rubles; 2 egg yolks - 0.7 rubles; 10 g of sesame - 0.28 rubles; 2 table. tablespoons of vegetable oil (38 ml) - 0.16 rubles; 15 g of butter - 0.3 rubles.
We clean the beef from the films. Meat should be at room temperature. Salt the tenderloin well. Next, fry the garlic in a mixture of vegetable and butter. You can add thyme instead of spices for flavor. After we “seal” the meat for one and a half minutes on each side, including the ends. Remove it from the pan, coat with mustard, pepper to taste and let it rest a little under the foil.
Cooking mushrooms. They need to be finely chopped. Do the same with the onion and fry the mixture until browned. Add spices and, after cooling, spread the resulting mousse on cling film, after putting strips of bacon on it. Next, take the beef and use the film to make a roll.
The final touch remains: wrap the meat in puff pastry. Lubricate it with egg yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and send to the oven. Bake the meat for 15 minutes at 200 C0 until medium done. After that, let the dish rest a little under the foil.
The total cost is 34.95 rubles. * Pork in onion-sour cream sauce Let's be fair: in Belarus, pork is still more common than beef. And it would be wrong not to include a dish from this meat in our selection. To prepare it, we need:
800 g of the neck part - 16 rubles; 1 onion (100 g) - 0.16 rubles; 3 cloves of garlic (12 g) - 0.12 rubles; 75 g sour cream - 0.5 rubles; 1 table. a spoonful of FLOUR - 0.02 rubles; 2 table. tablespoons of vegetable oil (38 ml) - 0.16 rubles; 3 sprigs of thyme (15 g) - 1.2 rubles; spices to taste.
It will take a little over an hour to cook. We cut the onion into half rings, the meat into cubes. The length of the rib should be approximately 2.5 cm. Finely chop the garlic. Then fry the onion, together with garlic and thyme, add to the meat and mix well. Fry the meat in oil and high heat until golden brown. After we transfer it to a baking pot or pan. Pour 150 ml of water into a container with ingredients and simmer for about 50 minutes.
Mix a spoonful of vegetable oil and flour and add to the meat together with sour cream. Simmer for about 10 minutes and serve.
Several servings of this dish will cost 18.16 rubles. * Vegetable stew Meat is best served with a light side dish. Ideal vegetables. What could be better than a delicious stew of them? We will need:
3 potatoes (400 g) - 0.6 rubles; 3 tomatoes (300 g) - 1.3 rubles; 2 zucchini (600 g) - 3.6 rubles; 1 carrot (125 g) - 1.3 rubles; 0.5 HEAD of cabbage (1.25 kg) - 2.4 rubles; 2 onions (200 g) - 0.32 rubles; 1 clove of garlic (4 g) - 0.04 rubles.
Put the cabbage, cut into large pieces, into the pan. Chop the potatoes and zucchini into cubes and spread on top of the cabbage, but do not mix. Add a little vegetable oil, turn on low heat and simmer for 5-7 minutes.
At the same time, grate the carrots and finely chop the onion. Tomatoes - again cubed. Saute vegetables for 5 minutes. After frying, add to the pan, season with your favorite spices and let stew for about 10 minutes.
For a classic stew you will spend 9.56 rubles. * Baked mackerel We will include one quick fish recipe in the menu.
2 mackerels (800 g) - 4.8 rubles; 1 onion (100 g) - 0.16 rubles; 0.5 lemon (100 g) - 0.33 rubles; 2 table. spoons of mayonnaise (38 ml) - 0.24 rubles; spices to taste.
We clean the cooled fish, wash it, remove the head and entrails. We rub it with salt and seasonings and send it to marinate for half an hour. We make small cuts in the fish, put the onion there in half rings, and chopped lemon into the carcass itself.
We coat the fish with mayonnaise, put it on a baking sheet covered with foil, and bake at 200 ° C for about half an hour.
Fish on your table - only 5.54 rubles. * How to be vegetarians? The abundance of meat does not mean an exception to the New Year's menu of vegetables. Astrologers advise using light-colored vegetables for cooking vegetarian dishes. Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, zucchini are ideal. You can cook such dishes in different variations: boil, steam or make a vegetable stew. In extreme cases, you can use the barbecue or grill. We decorate the house correctly Setting the table is only half the battle. It is equally important to properly decorate an apartment or house. In the case of the Tiger, there are two fundamental requirements: elegance and order.
Astrologers note that on the eve of the Year of the Tiger, it is worth at least doing a general cleaning and finding a permanent storage place for things. It is better to part with old and unnecessary property altogether. Or at least out of sight.
As for the color scheme, lean towards blue, turquoise, gold or black. It would not be superfluous to decorate the situation with things in a strip - to match the Tiger. You can also decorate the space with figurines of this animal.

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In the year of the Tiger, it is considered good form to gather at the table a large company of relatives and friends. However, given the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, be careful about this. Still, in the new year, it is extremely important to maintain HEALTH.
Astrologers believe that in the new year it is worth giving up short noodles. In the year of the Tiger, its use symbolizes the brevity of life.
*prices are based on a popular online hypermarket

| Alexander NOVOKHROST, . | Photo from open Internet sources.

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