12 delicious lean dishes for Christmas: the best recipes. Traditional dishes and Christmas table decorations

Prepare for Christmas 12 delicious lean dishes according to the recipes from this article.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7.On the eve, January 6, the last 40 days of the Christmas fast is over, comes Svyatchecher. Needless to say, that Christmas was popularized?

Many consider it one of the New Year's holidays, an occasion to meet with friends, eat at the table, skip a glass of hot. They do not just not fast, but do not even know the elementary Christmas traditions.

But for our ancestors Christmas had a special meaning, they prepared for it very carefully: they put things in order in the dwelling, went to church, observed the religious canons, they called the house only the closest and loved ones that evening. Perhaps it is worth thinking about the renewal of traditions? First and foremost, prepare the correct, regular dishes for Christmas.

What kind of festive meals are served at Christmas?

Those who observe the Orthodox canons, on January 6, do not eat anything until the first star lights up in the evening. She informs the world that Jesus Christ was born. This means that you can sit at the table and eat deliciously.
The festive dishes for Christmas are served according to certain rules:

1. The dish should be 12, so many of the apostles were with Jesus Christ. The Slavs also believed that 12 dishes on the table in Svyatchezher symbolize 12 months, and how delicious the dishes are, so generous for food and harvest will these months.
2. Dishes should be lean. That is, on the festive table there should not be butter, milk, sour cream, eggs and meat. You can eat fish.
3. Before cooking each of the dishes you need to read a prayer.
4. It is desirable that in the preparation of food on the festive table, some members of the family take part in the preparation.

IMPORTANT: There should not be any alcohol on the table in the Sacchwinter!

Variant of table setting for Christmas.

Choosing which same lenten dishes will be included in the festive menu, each hostess in the right itself. But two will be required:

1. Kutya.- a symbol of resurrection after death, it is necessarily prepared for a wake. On how to prepare it delicious, you can read in this article.
2. Uzvar is also a symbolic drink that must have been prepared when a child was born in the family.

Kutya and Uzvar together signify memories of the birth and death of the Savior and every person who lived on earth.

Christmas Kutya.

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12 delicious lean dishes for the Christmas table

So, the approximate Christmas menu, besides kutya, can include the following dishes:

Uzvar

The tradition of cooking a knot originated in Ukraine, later it was adopted by residents of many countries of Eastern Europe. In fact, the drink is a compote of dried fruits, dried berries, honey and sugar. But not simple, because after boiling water it is not brewed, but immediately removed from the fire.

The Uzvar is concentrated, as for 2 liters of water it is customary to take 0.5 kg of dry berries and fruits. What exactly - to decide the mistress. Honey for the specified volume of the drink take 3 tbsp.spoons, sugar - to taste.

Here is one of the recipes of the Uzvara, for which take:

• apple drying -100 g
• plum drying or prunes - 100 g
• pear drying - 100 g
• raisins - 100 g
• dried apricots - 50 g
• dried cherries - 50 g
• honey - 3 tbsp.spoons
• sugar - 3 tbsp.spoons

Uzvar.

1. Dried fruits and dried berries must be soaked. Do this in different ways: at night, 2 hours or 15 minutes.
2. Sprinkle straightened, soaked fruits and berries, pour them with water, bring to a boil and immediately remove. Sometimes they do it differently - they simply pour the ingredients with steep boiling water.
3. Honey and sugar can be added immediately. But in boiling water, honey loses its strength, it becomes harmful. Therefore it is better to put his already cooled knot.
4. Prepare the knot for 3-4 hours before the feast, so he managed to infuse. Serve and drink either chilled or slightly warm.

IMPORTANT: The Uzvar replaces alcohol on the table on Christmas Eve. It is drunk throughout the feast and adults and children. Sometimes it is poured with kutvar.

Instant Toothpick.

Kutyu try first. Then they traditionally go to a hot liquid dish. Most often boiled or borscht, or cabbage. But you can be more original and prepare a delicious lean solianka.
For a beautiful spicy soup take:

• potatoes - 5 pcs.
• carrots - 2 pcs.
• onion - 2 pcs. Pickled cucumbers
• ( medium) - 5 pcs.
• parsley root( small) - 2 pcs.
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp.spoons
• lemon
• greens miscellaneous
• salt, sugar, pepper
• olives and black olives
• water - 3 l

Postage hodgepodge.

1. Potatoes are sent first to the salted water. To do this, it is cleaned, washed, cut quite finely. There, if desired, you can throw a laurel leaf.
2. At this time in the frying pan is preparing a dressing: pass the finely chopped onion, grated carrot, parsley root, cucumber.
3. Add tomato paste and pepper to the sauteed vegetables. They will be as though stewed, as cucumbers and paste will give a lot of liquid.
4. Add the dressing to the boiled potatoes. Cook the hodgepodge under the lid for 5 minutes. If desired, add brine to it with cucumbers, a little sugar.
5. When serving, decorate a hodge-podge with lean chopped herbs, ringlets of olives or olives, slices of lemon. Cabbage stewed with mushrooms.

   Does cabbage with mushrooms seem like a simple dish? It will turn out festive, if instead of mushrooms take dried white mushrooms and beautifully decorate a stew.

   Need:

   • white cabbage - 1 kg
   • dried white mushrooms - 300 g
   • carrots - 1 pc.
   • onion - 1 pc.
   • tomato juice - 0,5 glasses
   • salt, pepper, greens

   Cabbage stew with mushrooms.

   1. White mushrooms are soaked for 1 hour. Prepare a roast of onions and carrots.
   2. Finely shred cabbage, send it to stew. If you first salt it and lightly crush it, there will be a lot of juice, you do not have to add water.
   3. Immediately add the finely chopped white mushrooms to the cabbage, cover the saucepan with a lid. Stew for 20 minutes.
   4. Add the fried roast, tomato juice and pepper to the prepared dish, and stew for 10 more minutes.
   5. When serving, spread the dish with a neat slide and decorate with greens.

   Cutlets from champignons.

   They need:

   • mushrooms - 0,5 kg
   • onions -1 pcs.
   • loaf - 200 g
   • milk - 200 ml
   • starch - 1 tsp
   • salt, pepper
   • flour or bread crumbs

   Cutlets from champignons.

   1. Champignons are cleaned and cut into quarters, fried for 10 minutes along with finely chopped onions.
   2. Onions and mushrooms are turned into a meat grinder. Also twist the soaked loaf in milk.
   3. In the mushroom stuffing add salt, pepper, diluted in 30 ml of water starch( it is necessary that the cutlets "grab").
   4. Minced meat is cutlets, breaded and fried on each side for 2-3 minutes.

   Lenten cabbage rolls.

   Stuffed cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and carrots. Need:

   • cabbage with wide sheets - 1 head
   • carrots - 4 pcs.
   • onion - 1 w.
   • rice - 0,5 glasses
   • vinegar - 50 ml
   • vegetable oil - 50 ml
   • greens, salt, pepper, sugar

   Lenten cabbage rolls.

   1. The rice is boiled so: pour one part of it into 2 parts of salted water, bring to a boil, cook under the lid until the water boils off.
   2. To sheets of cabbage separated easily, do not tear, it directly boiled in boiling water for 5 minutes.
   3. Carrots peeled cut into strips or tinder on a Korean grater, pass along with finely chopped onions.
   4. Connect rice with carrots, add pepper.
   5. Fill cabbage leaves with minced meat, form cabbage rolls. Spread them in a pan one-on-one, pour boiling water so that the stuffed cabbage rolls.
   6. When water boils, add vinegar, vegetable oil, pepper, sugar and salt to it.
   7. Stew for 20 minutes.
   8. The greens are used for decoration.

   Vinaigrette

   A simple but beloved dish, vinaigrette, is perfectly suitable for a Christmas table.
   It is made from:

   • borage - 3 pcs.
   • potatoes - 3 pcs.
   • salted cucumbers - 4 pcs.
   • carrots - 2 pcs.
   • onion lettuce - 1 pc.
   • peas green - 200 g
   • olive oil - 100 ml
   • table vinegar or apple - 50 ml
   • salt, pepper, greens

   Vinaigrette.

   1. Beets can be either boiled or baked in an oven( in baking it is baked for 2 hours).
   2. Potatoes and carrots are peeled, washed and boiled.
   3. If the peas are frozen, it is boiled in boiling water for 5 minutes.
   4. All vegetables are cut into cubes, approximately equal to the size of the peas. Prepare a dressing from oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
   5. Season with salad, add chopped greens.
   6. Stir it.
   7. If desired, add sauerkraut to the vinaigrette.

   Carp from the oven

   You can bake a carp for Christmas. In Eastern Europe, this river fish is loved and able to cook. Often it is baked with sour cream and cheese, but on Christmas Eve the dish should be lean, these ingredients should be discarded. Instead take:

   • carp - carcass in 1-1.5 kg
   • onion - 1 pc.
   • honey - 4 tbsp.spoons
   • vegetable oil - 100 ml
   • balsamic vinegar - 3 tbsp.spoons
   • coriander seeds - 3 tbsp.spoons
   • rosemary sprigs - 3 pcs.
   • salt, pepper

   Carp from the oven.

   1. Fish are washed, cleaned from scales. He leaves his head. The carcass is cut in the rib area. Prepare marinade from melted honey, spices, balsamic vinegar and vegetable oil.
   2. Carp steamed carp in marinade for about 1 hour.
   3. Lay the carp on a greased baking sheet, cover with foil. You can wrap a carcass in foil completely, pour the remains of marinade into this "cocoon".
   4. 200 minutes bake for 40 minutes.
   5. Carp baked in this way can be served on a cushion of potatoes or any other vegetables.

   Bean pancakes

   On the Tidbits, draniki are often made, but you can make pancakes not from potatoes, but from beans. Take:

   • beans - 100 g
   • flour - 2 cups
   • water - 1.5 cups
   • starch - 1 tsp
   • yeast - 2 g
   • sugar, salt
   • vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.a spoon.

   Carp from the oven.

   1. From warm water, yeast, sugar and a small amount of flour make the spit.
   2. Beans are boiled and ground with a fork in mashed potatoes.
   3. The mashed potatoes of beans, a spoon of vegetable oil, diluted in 2 tbsp.tablespoons of water starch and the remaining flour. Salt the dough.
   4. It should go up twice for half an hour.
   5. Pancakes from beans fry in vegetable oil until red, on both sides.

   Vareniki with potatoes and mushrooms

   For this dish you need:

   • potato-4 pcs.
   • champignons - 200 g
   • onion - 3 pcs.
   • flour - 2 cups
   • water - how much will the dough take
   • salt, pepper, greens

   Vareniki with potatoes and mushrooms.

   1. Champignons and 1 pc.onions are crushed, fried together in vegetable oil for 5 minutes, they will turn golden.
   2. Potatoes are cleaned, washed, cooked until cooked. Salted and pounded in mashed potatoes. Combine the mashed potatoes and mushroom fry.
      From the water, flour and salt knead a steep dough for vareniki.
   3. Mold vareniki, stuff them with potato-mushroom mass.
   4. Boil dumplings in salted boiling water until they pop up.
   5. 2 pcs. Onions are finely chopped and fried until golden in a large amount of butter. This dressing is missed by ready-made vareniki.

   There are already ten dishes for the Christmas table. The other two can be anything. For example:

   • porridge with roast
     boiled, stewed or baked potatoes
   • pickles and salads from them
   • fresh fruit
   • pies with vegetable and fruit filling
   • dressings from garlic, vegetable oil, greens, etc.
   • lean cookies

   Post cakes are an idea for Christmastable.

   Uzvar in the

   multivark Decoration of the Christmas table

   On Christmas Eve, the family sits at a large table:

   • is stitched with white or traditional tablecloths decorated with traditional
   • wipes are selected in a tone to the tablecloth
   • under the tablecloth putstraw, symbolizing the nursery in which Christ was born

   The Christmas table.

   IMPORTANT: Today I often cover a table in colors of the Catholic Christmas - red and white.

   Variant of table decoration on Christmas Eve.

   The church candles are also put on the table, they are lit for dinner.

   Always put on one device more than people at the table. It will be for deceased relatives, whom it is customary to commemorate for Christmas. Also, the glass with the Uzvar should be deprived.

   Christmas dinner lasts a long time, followed by a measured conversation in a measured manner. Those present should try each of the dishes. And only then it will be possible to carouse or arrange a den, to give gifts to children.

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