How To Surprise Guests At The Festive Table: Step By Step Recipes With Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Just swallow their tongue: how to surprise guests at the festive table

Each hostess has her own signature recipe, with which she surprises guests at the festive table. However, over the years, everything becomes boring, even the most delicious dishes. You can and should try new options, especially since there are simply a huge variety of unusual recipes.

Content

• 1 Chicken terrine with liver and pistachios
• 2 Salad with mozzarella, arugula and oranges
• 3 Bread baked with cheese, garlic and herbs
• 4 Pork rolls with mushrooms in tomato sauce
• 5 Accordion potatoes for garnish
• 6 Serbian Pleskavica
• 7 Fruit platter "Peacock"
• 8 Video: an unusual appetizer for a festive table

Chicken terrine with liver and pistachios

Despite the seeming complexity, the dish is prepared quite simply. You just need to follow the instructions and observe the recommended proportions.

Products:

• 1 well-fed chicken;
• 200 g beef liver;
• 100-150 g of peeled pistachios;
• 1 onion;
• 50 ml dry white wine;
• 100 ml cream;
• 1 tbsp. l. wheat flour;
• 1 tsp butter;
• 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• a pinch of coriander powder and cumin seeds;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Cut the chicken across the breastbone and cut so that the skin and fillets remain intact. All bones must be removed. Drizzle with dry white wine and rub with soft butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

   

   You need a sharp knife to cut up the chicken.

2. Cut the liver into small pieces and soak in cream for 1 hour. Then roll it in flour and fry with onions (2 tablespoons).

   

   Liver becomes tender from soaking in cream

3. Put the prepared chicken on a flat surface, skin down. Spread the fried liver and pistachios over the pulp. Sprinkle to taste with salt, pepper and a little coriander and cumin. Roll it up tightly and either sew everything into a roll with culinary thread, or fix it with toothpicks. Place the terrine, cut up, in a greased rectangular dish (1 tablespoon) and bake in the oven at 160 ° C for 2 hours. Serve with toasted side down.

   

   Before feeding the terrine from the seam, you need to remove the toothpicks and thread

Salad with mozzarella, arugula and oranges

A bold yet great flavor combination. The salad comes out fresh, light, with an extraordinary aftertaste.

Foods for 4 servings:

• 2 oranges;
• 200 g arugula;
• a ball of fresh mozzarella, about 200 g;
• 100 g of pomegranate seeds;
• 4 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Peel the orange slices from the dense white shell.

   

   Without a white shell, orange slices are ready to give all their aromatic juices

2. Cut the mozzarella balls into slices.

   

   Fresh mozzarella goes well with fruit

3. Place arugula, orange wedges and cheese on flat plates. Sprinkle everything with pomegranate seeds and pour over the dressing. For dressing, mix the oil with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

   

   Salad with mozzarella, arugula and oranges should be prepared no earlier than 1 hour before serving

Bread baked with cheese, garlic and herbs

It is much more original to serve a whole loaf baked with cheese, herbs and garlic instead of ordinary slices of bread.

Products:

• 1 fresh loaf;
• 150 g of hard cheese;
• 120 g butter;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, dill, green onions);
• pepper and salt to taste.

Recipe:

1. Combine softened butter, grated cheese, chopped garlic and chopped herbs. Season with salt and pepper.

   

   Cheddar or tilsiter cheese works well for the filling.

2. Cut the loaf crosswise and put a spoonful of the spicy mixture into each depression. Wrap the bread in foil and bake in the oven at 200 ° C for 15–20 minutes. Then hold it under the grill for 1-2 minutes.

   

   The bread baked with cheese and herbs will certainly please the guests

Pork rolls with mushrooms in tomato sauce

Meat rolls always look delicious. They can be made with beef, chicken, or pork. The last option is the most delicate.

Products:

• 800 g pork (pulp);
• 1 onion;
• 200 g of champignons;
• 2 eggs;
• 4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1/3 tsp oregano;
• 300 g of skinned tomatoes in their own juice;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Chop the onion and champignons into cubes. Fry in oil (2 tablespoons). Boil hard boiled eggs, cool and peel. Chop and add to mushrooms and onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

   

   Stir mushrooms and onions while frying

2. Cut the pork into slices and beat each so that you get a thin rectangular chop. Put a spoonful of filling on one edge, and then roll up and fasten with toothpicks.

   

   If the roll does not unfold, then you can not fasten it with toothpicks

3. Put the rolls in a greased dish (2 tablespoons) and pour over the sauce. For the sauce, grind the skinned tomatoes with a blender, and then add oregano, salt and pepper. Bake the dish in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 ° C.

   

   Pork rolls with mushrooms in tomato sauce are mega-skinny

Accordion potatoes for garnish

An excellent recipe for a festive table. The dish looks impressive, and the taste will pleasantly surprise even those who do not expect any discoveries from potatoes. Take potatoes that are about the same size and even oval shape.

Products:

• 7 potatoes;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 120 g smoked brisket;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• a pinch of dry thyme and dill;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Cut the cheese and brisket into thin small slices. Make cuts in each potato and insert slices of brisket and cheese into them.

   

   The skins of young potatoes are best left

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment and grease it with oil. Arrange the potatoes and sprinkle with pepper, salt and herbs.

   

   Those potatoes that risk falling apart after stuffing can be fastened with a wooden skewer

3. Bake the dish in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 30–35 minutes.

   

   You can serve sour cream mixed with mustard with such potatoes.

Serbian Pleskavica

Pleskavitsa is a toasted meat cutlet with a diameter of at least 10–12 cm, cooked with paprika and onions.

Products per serving:

• 150 g minced pork;
• 150 g ground beef;
• 1 onion;
• 70 ml of sparkling water;
• 1/3 tsp hot paprika;
• 5-6 Art. l. vegetable oil;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Cover a deep bowl with cling film and mix the minced meat, salt, pepper, paprika and soda water in this container. Cover the contents of the bowl with plastic foil and refrigerate for a day.

   

   Minced meat for pleskavitsa must be infused

2. Chop the onion into small cubes and add to the minced meat. Knock it out on the table for 5-7 minutes.

   

   Onions are an essential ingredient in pleskavica

3. Form into round flat patties and sauté until tender over medium heat in hot oil.

   

   Serbian pleskavica served with fresh and pickled vegetables

Fruit platter "Peacock"

Fruit slices can also be redesigned. This will add sophistication to the festive table and attract the attention of guests.

Products:

• 5-6 tangerines;
• 350 g fresh strawberries;
• 2 kiwi;
• 400 g of grapes;
• 200 g blueberries;
• half a pear.

Recipe:

1. Peel the tangerines.

   

   Manadarins need to be cleaned of excess debris

2. Peel and cut kiwi into slices.

   

   Kiwi must be sliced just before placing the fruit on the dish

3. Place half a pear on a flat plate at the very bottom. Then surround it with blueberries, grapes and halved strawberries. Put kiwi slices on the strawberries, and decorate the very top with tangerine slices. Use two blueberries to depict the peacock's eyes, and cut out the nose and legs from the tangerine peel.

   

   Peacock fruit slices always fly off in minutes

Video: an unusual appetizer for a festive table

For the festive table, I always prepare snack tartlets. They can be bought ready-made and stuffed with your favorite filling, or you can cook them yourself from shortcrust or puff pastry. The filling of lightly salted red fish with avocado and curd cheese is very good. Baked pumpkin with Dorblu cheese has an incredible taste. And for lovers of fish dishes, you can mix canned tuna with corn, boiled egg and mayonnaise.

Birthday, New Year, anniversary or any other celebration - this is a worthy occasion for gathering with the whole family behind a covered table. And, of course, I would like to surprise guests and relatives with delicious and unusual dishes. Try the recipes from the presented selection, it is possible that your reputation as a skilled mistress will skyrocket.