2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
On almost all Christmas and New Year holidays, the same thing is repeated - the constant rush into the crowd in search of suitable gifts, choosing festive clothes and last but not least - planning the Christmas menu.
Which is usually the same thing - stuffed piglet or stuffed turkey, or kapama. Served with Shopska or Shepherd's salad, piles of appetizers (mainly meat), etc.
Here we will offer you an idea how to diversify your Christmas menu this yearso you can break away from the "Christmas routine" and surprise your diners.
1. Salad
The idea of a Shopska or shepherd's salad is not very good in itself, because at that time tomatoes and cucumbers were not seasonal. Russian salad and Snow White salad with pickles are the classics you probably want to escape from. It is better to serve a simple pickle (homemade), a salad of cabbage and carrots, a salad of roasted peppers, roasted eggplant, homemade kyoopolu, a salad of beans, ice cream, etc. Something more traditional and "more winter".
2. Appetizers
Here we usually fill the table with sausages, sausages, fillets and more. and if they are prepared by ourselves, we begin to boast of our production. Too banal again. Try the typical Italian antipasti, Spanish tapas or Mexican guacamole tortilla. It takes a little more time to make them, but still Christmas is celebrated only once a year.
3. Appetizer
It is extremely convenient as an appetizer to offer the rest of you from Christmas Eve lean sarmis or stuffed peppers with beans, but your guests will immediately guess how long they have "papered" you. Serve eggplant with a fan or roasted Camembert instead. On our site we offer detailed recipes for both appetizers.
4. Main course
Photo: Elena Stefanova Yordanova
Instead of stuffed pork, serve rustic kavrma, which is made from fried pork with lots of leeks and dried peppers, which are then simply baked in a casserole or pan. Or serve the usual Christmas kapama not in a clay pot, but in a pumpkin. For the last dish you can again find a recipe on the site of Gotvach.bg.
5. Dessert
It is traditionally prepared for Christmas baklava, home-baked gingerbread or other small Christmas cookies or pie. And why not surprise your guests with apple strudel or muffins? This would be a great finish to your update 5-course Christmas menu.
Recommended:
More Expensive Table For Christmas Eve This Year
This year, the traditional table for Christmas Eve will cost us more than usual. The highest prices are dried fruits and nuts, according to an inspection every day. Raising prices around the biggest holidays in the calendar is traditional for our markets, but this year the most affected are the products that should be on our table for December 24.
What Do They Eat On Christmas And New Year Around The World
In Japan, the celebration of the New Year does not pass without cold appetizers, which are symbols of emotions and success. Boiled fish symbolizes peace, beans - health, caviar - happiness in the home. In France, roast turkey is a must at the Christmas and New Year table.
The BFSA Has Launched Intensified Inspections On The Occasion Of The Christmas And New Year Holidays
As of today (December 21), the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has launched another series of intensified inspections in connection with the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays. The inspectors of the agency will inspect enterprises for production and trade in food, warehouses for trade in foodstuffs, public catering establishments.
New Year's Dragon For The New Year
For the guests who will celebrate the New Year of the Dragon with you, prepare a special surprise - an original hors d'oeuvre, which is in the shape of a Dragon. The basis for this hors d'oeuvre are hard-boiled eggs. You need seven hard-boiled eggs, parsley or dill to taste, salt, ten tablespoons of mayonnaise.
The BFSA Began Food Inspections Before Christmas And New Year
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has launched inspections of the food on offer before the Christmas and New Year holidays. And during the holidays themselves there will be teams on duty. Food production and trade sites, wholesale warehouses, catering establishments, markets and retail exchanges will be inspected.
