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Light snacks for guests. For the holiday table, cold appetizers

Ingredients: pikeperch fillet, onion, celery, egg, milk, dill, bran, pepper, salt, sesame, tomato

Pike perch is a very tasty, fatty and filling fish. Cooking it is not difficult at all, but today I will tell you how to cook delicious pikeperch fish cakes. The dish, let me tell you, tastes simply great.

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of pike perch fillet;
- 70 grams of onions;
- 80 grams of celery stalk;
- 1 egg;
- 65 ml. milk;
- 30 grams of dill;
- 30 grams of oat bran;
- pepper;
- salt;
- black sesame;
- Cherry tomatoes.

06.03.2019

Fish cutlets from pike perch

Ingredients: pike perch, cream, butter, onion, crackers, paprika, salt, pepper, rice, cucumber

I suggest you prepare very tasty and satisfying cutlets from pike perch. The recipe is quite simple. The taste of the cutlets will amaze you.

Ingredients:

- 450 grams of pike perch;
- 50 ml cream;
- 30 grams of ghee;
- 90 grams of onions;
- 80 grams of breadcrumbs;
- 5 grams of ground sweet paprika;
- 3 grams of fish seasoning;
- salt;
- chilli;
- vegetable oil;
- boiled rice;
- salted cucumbers.

02.01.2019

Honey mushroom pate for the winter

Ingredients: honey mushrooms, carrots, onions, oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, pepper

An excellent preparation for the winter is honey mushroom pate. This is a nourishing and interesting, tasty and appetizing preserve that absolutely everyone likes!

Ingredients:
- 1 kg honey mushrooms;
- 350 grams of carrots;
- 350 grams of onions;
- 100 ml vegetable oil;
- 25 grams of salt;
- sugar;
- Apple vinegar;
- black pepper.

30.11.2018

Salted silver carp pieces

Ingredients: silver carp, water, vinegar, onion, bay, pepper, sugar, salt, oil

I really like salted fish. My husband is a fisherman, so I often salt the fish myself. What I like most is salted silver carp in pieces. Today I will teach you how to cook this delicious appetizer.

Ingredients:

- 1 silver carp,
- 1 glass of water,
- 2 tbsp. vinegar,
- 1 onion,
- 5 bay leaves,
- 7 pcs. black peppercorns,
- 1 tbsp. Sahara,
- 1 tsp salt,
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil.

10.11.2018

Mushroom caviar from honey mushrooms with carrots

Ingredients: honey mushrooms, carrots, onions, garlic, oil, bay, pepper, salt

I make mushroom caviar from honey mushrooms every year. The preparation is not just tasty, but it is magnificent. The most important thing is that preparing it for the winter is as easy as shelling pears.

Ingredients:

- 350 grams of honey mushrooms,
- 50 grams of carrots,
- 50 grams of onion,
- 2 cloves of garlic,
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil,
- 2 bay leaves,
- 3 peas of allspice,
- salt
- black pepper.

05.08.2018

Cod marinated with carrots and onions

Ingredients: cod, oil, onion, carrots, seasoning, vinegar, parsley, bay, salt, sugar

I suggest you prepare a very tasty and satisfying dish from cod - cod marinated with carrots and onions. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 600 grams of cod fillet;
- 40 grams of butter;
- 15 ml. vegetable oil;
- 120 grams of onion;
- 150 grams of carrots;
- 5 grams of ground paprika;
- 5 grams of fish seasoning;
- 20 ml. apple cider vinegar;
- parsley;
- Bay leaf;
- salt;
- sugar.

05.08.2018

Marinated porcini mushrooms

Ingredients: mushroom, juniper, cloves, tarragon, thyme, garlic, herbs, salt, sugar, vinegar, water

Today I will tell you how to cook delicious pickled porcini mushrooms. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 600 grams of white mushrooms,
- half tsp juniper,
- 4 cloves,
- a sprig of dry tarragon,
- 2 sprigs of thyme,
- 3-4 cloves of garlic,
- 3 sprigs of parsley,
- 2 sprigs of dill,
- 2 tbsp. salt,
- 1 tbsp. Sahara,
- 80 ml. vinegar,
- 800 ml. water.

23.07.2018

Homemade goat's milk cheese

Ingredients: goat milk, sour cream, lemon, salt

You can make very tasty homemade cheese from goat milk. I have described the cooking recipe in detail for you.

Ingredients:

- 2 liters of goat milk,
- 5 tablespoons sour cream,
- 1 lemon,
- salt.

20.06.2018

Carrot cutlets like in kindergarten

Ingredients: carrots, egg, sugar, flour, butter, sour cream, salt

Many of us remember the taste of carrot cutlets from kindergarten. I described in detail how to prepare them for you in this recipe.

Ingredients:

- 2 carrots;
- 1 egg;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- 2-3 tbsp. flour;
- vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. sour cream;
- a pinch of salt.

17.06.2018

Turkey in sour cream sauce in a frying pan

Ingredients: turkey fillet, onion, carrots, garlic, sour cream, water, bay, salt, pepper, herbs, butter

Turkey in sour cream sauce in a frying pan will be an excellent decoration for any holiday table. It's not difficult to prepare.

Ingredients:

- 300 grams of turkey fillet;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tbsp. sour cream;
- 70-100 ml. water;
- spices;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

17.06.2018

Dry adjika Georgian

Ingredients: paprika, coriander, suneli hops, dill, salt, pepper

Dry adjika is a very interesting spice that you can prepare yourself at home. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 70 grams of ground paprika,
- 4 tablespoons ground coriander,
- 2 tbsp. hops-suneli,
- 2 pinches of dill seeds,
- 2 tsp. salt,
- 5 grams of red hot pepper.

17.06.2018

Mackerel in onion peel

Ingredients: mackerel, onion, water, salt

I suggest you prepare a delicious fish dish - mackerel in onion skins. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 1 mackerel,
- from 5 bulbs of onion peel,
- 1 liter of water,
- 5 tablespoons salt.

16.06.2018

Korean herring with tomato paste

Ingredients: herring, carrots, onions, lemon, oil, tomato paste, vinegar, salt, pepper, seasoning

Korean herring with tomato paste is a very tasty unusual dish that you can easily prepare.

Ingredients:

- 1 herring,
- 1 carrot,
- 2 onions,
- half a lemon,
- 100 ml. vegetable oil,
- 1 tbsp. tomato paste,
- 25-30 grams of vinegar,
- half tsp salt,
- a pinch of cayenne pepper,
- 1 tsp hops-suneli,
- half tsp black pepper.

31.05.2018

Cauliflower in batter

Ingredients: cauliflower, egg, flour, breading, salt, pepper

Cauliflower can be deliciously fried in batter. I’ll tell you how to do this now. You can serve cauliflower with sauce and fresh vegetables.

Ingredients:

- 1 cauliflower,
- 1 egg,
- 1 tbsp. flour,
- 3 tbsp. spicy breading,
- salt,
- black pepper.

31.05.2018

Liver in sour cream with onions

Ingredients: liver, onion, butter, flour, salt, pepper, paprika

Ingredients:

- 300 grams of liver;
- 1 onion;
- 10 grams of green onions;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 2 tbsp. flour;
- salt;
- pepper;
- paprika.

30.05.2018

Draniki with ham and cheese

Ingredients: potatoes, egg, ham, cheese, dill, salt, pepper, butter, flour

Prepare the hash browns with ham and cheese and I assure you they will come out within 5 minutes maximum. The dish is tasty and filling.

Ingredients:

- 2 potatoes,
- 1 egg,
- 70 grams of ham,
- 60 grams of hard cheese,
- 5 grams of dill,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- vegetable oil,
- 1 tbsp. flour.

Quick snacks in a hurry - these are, perhaps, exactly the dishes with which the career of any housewife begins. They are very easy and simple to prepare, which is why even children can prepare such snacks. Very often, for the preparation of such dishes, there is no need for heat treatment of products.

When the need arises to prepare a snack, it is very important to understand why it is being prepared.

Many underestimate the importance of quick snacks and believe that these are dishes for a light snack. Actually this is not true. Firstly, there are a number of dishes in this category that are very satisfying and can be used as an independent dish. Secondly, you can freely form a full-fledged buffet table from quick snacks.

How to make quick snacks in a hurry - 15 varieties

A very easy to prepare and quite tasty snack. It has a meat component, cheese, and, of course, bread.

Ingredients:

Georgian lavash - 1 pc.
Suluguni cheese – 2 sticks
Hunting sausages - 4 pcs.

Preparation:

Lightly fry the hunting sausages in a frying pan. Cut the suluguni cheese sticks lengthwise into two parts. Divide the lavash into 4 parts. We wrap one half of suluguni and one sausage in pita bread. The end result should be a long roll. Fry the finished rolls in a preheated dry frying pan on each side until golden brown. The appetizer is ready.

Deviled eggs are a very popular snack. To prepare it you need very little time and the simplest ingredients. This is why you can cook it every day.

Ingredients:

Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
Hard cheese - 100 gr.
Mayonnaise - 80 gr.
Garlic - to taste
Greens - for decoration

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cool, peel, cut lengthwise in half and remove the yolk. Three cheese on a fine grater. Mash the yolk with a fork. We peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. In a deep bowl, combine garlic, cheese, egg yolks and mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly. Stuff the egg halves with the prepared mixture. Decorate the finished dish with herbs and serve.

In almost 85% of cases, canapes are an ordinary, independent dish for one bite. The remaining 15% are canapés served with sauces. Greek canapés belong to this minority.

Ingredients:

Fresh cucumber - 3 pcs.
Cherry tomatoes - 14 pcs.
Fetta cheese - 200 gr.
Greens - 1 bunch
Pitted olives - 1 jar
Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, ground black pepper, lemon juice - to taste

Preparation:

Cut the fetta cheese into large cubes. Wash cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs and dry them. Cut the cucumbers into wide rings. Drain excess liquid from olives. Now let's start forming the canapés. First put a tomato on a skewer, then an olive, then a cucumber and lastly a piece of cheese.

Now let's start preparing the sauce. Finely chop the clean greens.

For such a dish, it is best to take several types of greens. For example, parsley, dill, cilantro. Then the sauce will be more flavorful.

Then we put it in a deep bowl and add balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and black pepper to the greens. Mix everything. The sauce is ready.

Canapés are served on the table on a small wide dish. The sauce is served with them in a bowl.

Italian cuisine has a whole army of fans all over the world. Its peculiarity is the sharpness and piquantness of the dishes. Italian tomatoes fully meet all these qualities.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
Garlic - 2 cloves
Hard cheese - 150 gr.
Salt, mayonnaise - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the tomatoes and cut into medium-thick slices. Then we place them on a flat wide dish in one layer. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and garlic passed through the garlic and mix everything thoroughly. Three cheeses on a coarse grater.

Grease each tomato slice with garlic mixture and sprinkle cheese on top. The appetizer is ready.

Such canapés will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. Outwardly, they resemble small gifts that you just want to quickly unpack.

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 3 pcs.
Herring - 2 fillets
Green onions - ½ bunch
Salt - to taste

Preparation:

We clean the potatoes, wash them, cut them into slices and fry in a pan in vegetable oil on both sides. Then place the potato slices on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil. Cut the herring fillet into pieces. Wash the onion, dry it and separate it into feathers.

Place two onion feathers in a cross on top of each other. At the place where they intersect we place the potatoes, and on top of it a piece of herring. Now we tie the tips of the feathers together. Place the prepared canapés on a beautiful dish and serve.

If you want to surprise your family and guests with an unusual dish, while spending very little time, crab stick rolls are just what you need.

Ingredients:

Crab sticks - 250 gr.
Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
Processed cheese - 150 gr.
Mayonnaise, garlic, herbs - to taste

Preparation:

Three cheese on a fine grater. Boil the eggs until fully cooked, cool, peel and three on a fine grater. Wash the greens, dry them and finely chop them. In one container, thoroughly mix greens, mayonnaise, cheese and chopped garlic.

We clean the crab sticks, defrost them and carefully unwrap them. Spread the resulting crab cloth with the cheese-egg mixture and then carefully wrap it back. Now the stuffed crab sticks should be cut into rolls.

This appetizer is very satisfying and is perfect for strong alcoholic drinks. Butter and fish will prevent you from getting drunk quickly.

Ingredients:

White bread - 3 slices
Butter - to taste
Parsley - 1 bunch
Red fish - 130 gr.

Preparation:

Cut out several circles from each piece of bread. Now these circles should be spread with butter on all sides. Wash the greens, dry them and chop them very finely. Cut the fish into small cubes.

Dip each piece of bread in greens on all sides. Place several pieces of fish in the center of each circle. Bon appetit!

This is a very unusual snack. It can be served either as a canapé or as a cake. It takes approximately 5 hours and 20 minutes to prepare the “Tenderness” appetizer, however, the lion’s share of this time is the time for soaking the cake.

Ingredients:

Cakes for Napoleon - 3 pcs.
Canned saury – 240 gr.
Hard cheese - 300 gr.
Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
Mayonnaise, olives - to taste

Preparation:

Three cheeses on a coarse grater. Boil the eggs, cool, peel and grate on a coarse grater. Using a fork, chop the saury.

Place the first cake on a flat wide dish and spread it with mayonnaise. Then we distribute the saury evenly over its surface. Grease the second cake layer on both sides with mayonnaise and cover the first one with it. Place grated cheese on top of the second cake layer. We also grease the third cake with mayonnaise on both sides and cover the second one with it. Distribute the grated egg evenly over the third cake layer.

Place the finished pie in the refrigerator for 5 hours. After this time, the pie should be cut into canapés and decorated with olives.

"Raffaello" in cooking is the name of popular sweets. The snack of the same name is not at all sweet, but no less tasty.

Ingredients:

Processed cheese - 2 pcs.
Garlic - 4 cloves
Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
Crab sticks - 2 pcs.
Mayonnaise - 100 gr.

Preparation:

Boil the eggs until fully cooked, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Three crab sticks and cheese on a fine grater into different containers.

To make them easy to rub, they should first be kept in the freezer.

Peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press, or three on a fine grater.

In one container combine cheese, garlic, eggs and mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly. From the resulting mass we make small balls, which we then roll in grated crab sticks. Rafaelki can be served to the table.

This snack definitely cannot be called ordinary. The fact is that although it cooks quite quickly, the ingredients for its preparation cannot be called the simplest.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Boil potatoes and eggs until fully cooked, cool and peel. We clean and wash the onions. Wash the parsley and dry it. Three potatoes on a coarse grater. Grind cheese and eggs on a fine grater. Finely chop the onion and greens. Mash the cod liver with a fork.

Cod liver, potatoes, cheese, onions, eggs, parsley and soy sauce are combined in one container and mixed. Then we form balls from the resulting mixture. In a dry frying pan, lightly fry the sesame seeds, and then dip the cooked balls in them. The appetizer can be served at the table.

Cheese balls are one of the most common quick snacks. There are several recipes for this dish. One of the most popular is given below.

Ingredients:

Hard cheese - 200 gr.
Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
Garlic - 2 cloves
Olives - 15 pcs.
Dill - to taste

Preparation:

Three cheese on a fine grater. From the resulting cheese mass, 2/3 is sent to a deep salad bowl, and the remaining cheese is laid out in a shallow wide plate. We peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. Add garlic and mayonnaise to the salad bowl and mix everything thoroughly. Now we make small pancakes from the resulting mass. We put one olive in the center of each pancake, and then wrap each olive with a cheese pancake. The end result should be balls with an olive inside. Dip the finished balls on all sides in grated cheese, and then in finely chopped herbs. All is ready!

These canapes are simply perfect as a snack with light white wine, and will also become a real decoration for any table.

Ingredients:

Chicken fillet - 1 pc.
Canned pineapples - 4 rings
Orange - 1 pc.
Garlic - 1 clove
Salt, pepper, spices for meat - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the chicken fillet, rub it with salt, meat spices and fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil on both sides. While frying, add chopped garlic to the pan. When the fillet is ready, remove it from the pan, cool and cut into medium-sized cubes.

We peel the oranges and cut them into cubes. Pineapples should also be cut into cubes. When everything is prepared, we begin to form the canapés. On a skewer we first prick a cube of pineapple, then an orange, then chicken, then again pineapple, and again chicken. The canapes are ready.

The Ibiza appetizer is perfect for any youth party. The perfect combination of seafood and avocado can complement the taste of any alcoholic cocktail.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

We clean the crab sticks, cut them into medium-thick cubes and place them in a deep salad bowl. Drain the excess oil from the tuna and add it to the crab sticks. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and ketchup and mix them thoroughly. The resulting mixture is sent to tuna and crab sticks. Add the juice of half an orange there. Mix everything well.

Wash the avocado, cut it in half, remove the seeds, and fill the resulting cavity with the prepared filling. Place one shrimp on top of the filling. Bon appetit!

This simple dish has an unsurpassed taste and can significantly support the human immune system. This snack is best eaten with black bread.

Ingredients:

Salted lard - 250 gr.
Garlic - 3 cloves
Mustard - 1 tsp.
Fresh dill - 5 sprigs
Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

We pass the lard through a meat grinder. We peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. Wash the dill, dry it and finely chop it. Now all the ingredients should be combined and mixed thoroughly. The lard appetizer is ready to serve.

Tartlets with red caviar

Red caviar has always been considered a particularly tasty and refined product. This expensive product is used in the preparation of this snack. It is quite natural that such an appetizer is best suited for a holiday table.

Snacks for the holiday table are an inexhaustible topic. Every housewife has at least a dozen recipes in stock. Today we will talk about the most convenient, non-labor-intensive methods suitable for quickly preparing individual snacks in a fairly large volume.

Lavash snacks

These days, thin pita bread is becoming increasingly popular among snack lovers. Therefore, first of all, let's look at the lavash snacks for the holiday table with photos and detailed recipes.

The simplest of the lavash snacks are rolls, that is, tightly rolled lavash rolls with filling and cut into portions. This is the most convenient of cold appetizers, because you can wrap any filling in pita bread, and when cut it will look appetizing and attractive. We offer you several recipes for cold fillings for quick lavash rolls.

With red fish

150 grams of lightly salted red fish in thin slices;
3 boiled eggs;
2 small fresh cucumbers;
150 grams of Dutch cheese;
mayonnaise;
salt pepper.

Spread the pita bread on a cutting board and brush with mayonnaise. Grate the boiled egg and spread over the pita bread. Grate the cucumber with the next layer. Place fish slices on it and cover everything with grated cheese. Roll into a roll and cut into slices.

With cod liver

200 grams of cod liver (one jar);
150 grams of hard cheese;
2 boiled eggs;
2 tbsp mayonnaise;
salt pepper.

Mash the liver with a fork, mix with grated cheese and mayonnaise and spread on pita bread. Rub the egg directly onto the fish layer, and place a layer of chopped onion on it. Salt and pepper. Roll into a tight roll and cut into portions.

With crab sticks

Mash the cheese with a spoon of mayonnaise and chopped garlic, add chopped crab sticks, mix.

With smoked chicken

200 grams of smoked chicken fillet;
100 gr cottage cheese or cream cheese;
several lettuce leaves;
mayonnaise.

Grease a sheet of lavash with mayonnaise and place on it in stripes across the sheet: chicken, cut into strips, curd cheese, salad. Roll the roll tightly, cut into pieces 3-4 cm long.

With herbs and egg

several lettuce leaves;
a few feathers of green onions;
boiled egg;
soft cream cheese.

Lubricate pita bread with a thin layer of cheese. Chop lettuce and onion very finely and put on cheese. Grate the egg onto the greens. Roll up and cut into rolls.

You can also cook hot appetizers from pita bread.

“Cigars” from lavash

100 g feta cheese;
100 g of cottage cheese;
some fresh parsley.

Mash cottage cheese and cheese with a fork and mix, add finely chopped greens. Divide the lavash sheet into palm-sized pieces, put a spoonful of filling on each, wrap the edges and roll rather thin “cigars”. Moisten the edges of the pita bread with water - they will stick. Deep-fried cigars should be served hot and crispy. For "cigars" any pie or pancake filling is also suitable.

Lavash envelopes

200 grams of mushrooms;
one onion;
200 grams of potatoes;
salt pepper.

Separately, fry the mushrooms with onions, separately - potatoes in small cubes. Mix mushrooms and potatoes, salt and pepper. Place one full tablespoon of filling on small thin round lavash leaves and roll up small envelopes. Fry the envelopes in a frying pan in oil - first the side where the pita bread is folded, and then the top side, where the pita bread is in one layer.

Lavash cornets

200 grams of Gouda cheese, thinly sliced;
200 grams of prepared sliced ham.

Divide the ham and cheese slices into triangles. Put a triangle of ham on a round sheet of pita bread, and a triangle of cheese on it. Fold the pita bread in half and wrap it with a triangular cornet so that the filling remains completely inside. Fry the cornets in oil.

Lavash bags

Cut one of the lavash leaves into ribbons. Place the filling on a small sheet of lavash in the center, collect it in a bag and wrap the “neck” of the bag with a lavash ribbon. Secure the ribbon with a toothpick and bake the “bags” for 10 minutes at 200 degrees. As a filling, use fried meat with onions, or boiled tongue cut into strips with mayonnaise.

The bags can also be made vegetarian - with boiled vegetables and Dutch cheese.

Appetizers on skewers

The simplest type of piece snack - the components are combined to taste and placed in a row on a toothpick or a special skewer. At the base of the snack there may be a piece of bread or a cracker - this will be a mini-sandwich or canapé. Canapés can simply be made from pieces of products that go well together in taste, without bread - then a piece of cheese, a slice of vegetable or a slice of fruit is used as the base, which can be cut into shapes like hearts, circles, or diamonds. Miniature shortcrust pastry tartlets filled with salads are also served on skewers.

Appetizer “Mushrooms”

5 pieces of boiled quail eggs;
5 pcs cherry tomatoes;
a tablespoon of mayonnaise.

Eggs and tomatoes are cut into halves. The halves are assembled together with the cuts facing each other and secured with a toothpick. It turns out a fungus - a white leg and a red cap. Drops of mayonnaise are applied to the cap.

Ideas for mini sandwiches and canapés

a piece of white bread, butter, a circle of egg, a green olive, a parsley leaf;
a circle of black bread, butter, red or black caviar, whipped cream with green onions;
a circle of black bread, butter, a thin slice of basturma or raw smoked sausage, grated radish, parsley;
diamond of white bread, mayonnaise with curry, red fish, dill;
black bread, butter, yellow cheese roll, green olive;
triangle of gray bread, mayonnaise, boiled shrimp, dill;
a triangle of white bread, a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard, a slice of avocado, tomato sauce;
a piece of orange cheese, a piece of boiled chicken fillet, half a walnut;
a roll of yellow cheese, a large black or green grape;
a piece of boiled cauliflower or broccoli, white cheese, a slice of cherry tomato;
a piece of Dutch cheese, a slice of banana, half a grape.
snacks on different types of chips.

Another type of snack that came to us relatively recently, but is rapidly gaining popularity, is holiday table snacks made with chips.

Chips - potato, corn, or even homemade from deep-fried pita bread - can be served with any filling suitable for tartlets. All types of salads, the consistency of which is properly combined with a suitable thick sauce - mayonnaise, sour cream, as well as any types of pastes and spreads - fish, cottage cheese, pate, vegetable, can serve as such a filler.

History and general characteristics

Snacks- This is a light meal that precedes the main meal. They come in a wide variety - based on meat, fish, seafood, sausage, cheese, mushrooms, vegetables and fruits. Thus, the range of snacks is very wide and it is simply impossible to list all the dishes related to snacks.

As a rule, they serve to stimulate appetite or are an appetizer for alcoholic drinks. In addition, the snack can serve as a snack between meals.

The history of the appearance of appetizers is directly connected with the Russian table, where pickles, pickled and pickled vegetables, cranberries, rutabaga and rowan were served as a pre-main dish. But this was the menu of the common people, while the boyars had much more immodest appetizers - delicious suckling pigs with horseradish, black and red caviar, homemade smoked sausages, simple jellied meat, jelly and a variety of aspic - all this was also served before the main course and were snacks, that is, a light snack.

The history of snacks in the form we see them now began in Rus' in the 18th century. Until this time, an appetizer was a cold breakfast served at home from food left over from dinner. It is thanks to this that many cold dishes of Russian cuisine, in particular, all kinds of pickles and smoked products, began to be called appetizers. In addition, a snack meant some kind of product that should be eaten as a snack to something.

Snacks in a more familiar – less filling – form for us appeared at the beginning of the 18th century in Europe, where it was very fashionable to replace main courses with original snack foods prepared “in haste”. It is believed that this is how the buffet and appetizers for the buffet table were first born, where the same ingredients are presented as in the main courses - meat, fish, root vegetables, cheeses and fruits - but in a more compact version or, as it is also called, in buffet style.

The greatest variety of such dishes is noted in Russian cooking, although they are present in the cooking of many other countries. So, for example, in the UK the snack is called appetizer, in France - hors d'oeuvres, in Greece - meze, in Spain - tapas, in Italy - antipasto, in the Arab world - mazza. The list of countries, of course, is not limited to this, it is much wider.

An interesting fact from the history of snacks concerns this type of dish in Sweden, or rather its presentation. So, bread and everything that goes with it were used as a snack. At the same time, such a dish was called smörgåsbord, which literally means sandwich table. So, this snack was served in the room preceding the dining room. Everyone, on the way to the dining room, had to treat themselves to a delicious sandwich and only then proceed to the main meal.

Snacks were usually served 2-3 hours before the main meal. The description of the dishes that were served in their quality deserves a separate independent article. Subsequently, the time for serving snacks became closer and closer to the main meal, and subsequently became an integral part of it. As for the variety of dishes, it only became richer. Therefore, these days it is not at all surprising that several different snacks on the table become a full lunch or dinner.

We will consider the characteristics of snacks in more detail in subsequent sections of this article.

Types of snacks and their classification

There are dozens of types of snacks and we will try to introduce you to the main ones. The main classification feature for a given dish is its base product. Thus, snacks can be mushroom, vegetable, fruit, meat, sausage, cheese, fish, and also consisting of seafood, as well as some other food products. This diversity also determines the method of culinary processing of the raw materials. So, during the preparation process, snacks can either not be subjected to heat treatment (snack dishes can be boiled, fried, baked in the oven or in other newfangled kitchen devices). That is why when served, snacks can be cold, warm or hot.

Snacks are also divided according to the type of serving. So, these can be canapés (small sandwiches placed on skewers or toothpicks), original salads in small tartlets (baskets), rolls, pieces of unsweetened cakes, crackers or pieces of bread with spread, snacks served on spoons, snacks in the form of balls, all kinds of cuts (sausage, fish, cheese, fruit, vegetable) and many others.

The classification of snacks also depends on the occasion for which they are prepared. So they can be mundane prepared at home as a snack for work or on the go. As a rule, these are all kinds of sandwiches. Besides highlight holiday snacks. They are prepared for various holidays, such as birthdays (including anniversaries), New Year, March 8 and many others. For Valentine's Day, they prepare special romantic snacks, decorated in the shape of hearts. They can be either sweet or savory. However, almost all holiday snacks are decorated in a special way. Interesting in this regard are snacks for children's birthdays or any other children's holidays. For children, they are decorated in the form of fairy-tale and cartoon characters; they turn the festive table into something truly fantastic. A special subtype of holiday snacks are snacks for a group of party guests. They can be very diverse, but, as a rule, they are quite simple in design. By the way, most often these are dishes intended as a complement to any alcoholic drink. Let's look at the melon type of snack in more detail.

Snacks for strong alcoholic drinks:

to vodka– all kinds of pickles (pickled or pickled cucumbers and tomatoes, sauerkraut, canned watermelons, etc.), cold cuts, incl. lard, fish in any form, but mainly salted;
to whiskey– the appetizer differs depending on the type of this noble drink, for example, soft cheeses, smoked salmon, baked duck or neutral-tasting sushi and rolls are suitable for light fruit whiskey; all kinds of desserts can be served with sweet fruit whiskey; spicy whiskey should be served seafood, salty whiskey are eaten with sausages, ham, rolls and sushi, but the best snack for the strongest types of whiskey will be smoked meat and fish, blue cheese;
to cognac– fruit and cheese slices, pates, veal, seafood, as well as some chocolate desserts and chocolate itself are suitable as snacks.

Snacks for low-strength alcoholic drinks:

to wine– red wine goes well with appetizers that are bright in taste, especially with red meat and fine hard cheeses, but the delicate taste of white wine is best complemented by fish and seafood, but if the red or white wine is semi-sweet, then it can be served with it dessert with a delicate sweet fruity taste;
for cocktails– canapés are a wonderful, and one might even say ideal, snack, unless of course we are talking about sweet long drinks, which you don’t have to eat at all;
to the martini– traditionally, fruits or berries are served as a snack, as well as olives strung on skewers; a rather tasty combination is obtained with salty crackers and cheese; in addition, seafood snacks (fish and seafood) can be served with martinis;
for beer– as a rule, they serve appetizers that are nourishing and original in taste; these can be, for example, spicy chicken wings; in addition, crispy croutons (with or without additives), as well as dried or dried meat, fish, and seafood go well with this drink , in addition, an excellent beer snack - assorted nuts;
to champagne– traditional snack options are fruits, cheeses, canapés; they should be light and have a delicate taste, but pronounced sweet snacks are absolutely not suitable for sparkling wine.

Anyone can afford to prepare an appetizer for themselves, because this dish can be expensive and quite budget-friendly and modest. This is exactly the food that will radically transform any table - everyday or festive. It is snacks that allow you to open up new horizons for using seemingly familiar products. Therefore, a dozen other recipes must be in the stash of any housewife.

Cooking technology and secrets of various recipes

The technology for preparing snacks at home, and in other conditions, cannot be reduced to any compact list of recommendations, because, as we found out earlier, there are dozens of types of snacks. At the same time, you can make a snack from almost any product. Meat, fish, mushrooms, vegetables, fruits have their own processing characteristics. That is why we suggest you get acquainted with the peculiarities of preparing this or that snack directly in the selected recipe. In addition to the specific instructions for action described in the text, each recipe contains step-by-step photos. Thanks to detailed photographs of the cooking process, you will not have a single question left unanswered. Not a single secret will be hidden on how to make this or that snack truly delicious!

How to decorate (decoration)?

Decorating the appetizer is perhaps the most interesting part of the cooking process. The most interesting, but, nevertheless, not the simplest. However, we will help you with the registration process. The pictures that follow will show the most interesting options for decorating common snacks. Get inspired and perfect your culinary recipes for preparing and decorating snacks!

We offer you a balanced snack menu for every taste! The best 9 simple and delicious recipes with photos of appetizers for the holiday table. Agree that in the pre-holiday bustle there is always not enough time. Therefore, without further ado, I offer my favorite snacks for the holiday table, recipes with photos.

There are a lot of vegetables, meat, fish, mushrooms, a meat plate of homemade delicacies, cheese and other snacks. What else do you need to warm up your guests? Everything looks very beautiful and appetizing on the table. The dishes are really tasty, which has been proven at more than one feast.

And one more nuance. Whatever one may say, we can’t do without mayonnaise. Therefore, I advise you to prepare it at home. It will be more useful. See here how to make mayonnaise quickly and easily.

Now you can return to the dishes. Look, read, choose - snacks for the festive table, recipes with photos at your service! I am sure that you will have to share recipes.

Toasts are a hit at any feast. I start with them because they are served and eaten first. The number of products is conditional. You will be able to determine the number of guests on site.

What do we need

Preparation

The loaf is cut into slices. Don’t cut too thin – they will turn out dry.
The slices are fried until golden brown on both sides in well-heated oil. Excess fat will be removed by placing the croutons on a paper towel.
Place mayonnaise in a bowl, add crushed garlic, finely chopped dill, add salt and pepper. Stir the mass
Spread each crouton with mayonnaise mixture
Peel the eggs and grate them
Chop green onions into small pieces
Crush the crouton first with eggs, then with onions.

Ready! You can serve it to the table!

Snack "Callies"

An amazingly tasty snack that goes with a bang! In addition, it perfectly decorates the table.

We will need

Some wishes

Buy good quality cheese. When working it should be at room temperature
The core can also be made from raw carrots, if you don’t have cooked ones
You can first cover the dish with lettuce leaves, and then place flowers on them. It will look beautiful and be convenient to take calla lilies.

Herring in Korean

Herring is a classic of the table genre. And if she also speaks Korean, then there are no words at all. Both the fish itself and the pickled onion are excellent here. Moderately spicy. With cold vodka it’s just the thing to be modest about.

What do we need

Herring – 1 kg (fresh frozen)
Vegetable oil - 100 gr.
Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
Vinegar – 100 gr.
Salt – 1 tbsp.
Red and black peppers – 1 tsp each. (ground)
Onions - at least 5 pieces, more possible
Allspice peas – 1 tsp.

Step-by-step preparation

The herring must be infused for at least 4 hours. But the ideal option is to make the dish overnight. The fillet will be salted in moderation and soaked in the sauce.

Feel free to make 2 servings. You can't drag guests away by the ears. And onions, more onions!

Chicken breast pastrami “Forget the sausage”

A godsend for homemade cold cuts! Fast, inexpensive and tasty! The meat is so juicy that it melts in your mouth. And what’s important is that it cuts well – it will look beautiful on a plate.

We need to prepare

Chicken fillet - two pieces. 250 gr.
Spices to taste - salt, garlic, ground coriander, a mixture of peppers, hops - suneli. Take 2-3 cloves of garlic
Vegetable oil – gr. 20

How to cook a delicacy

Mix all the spices in a bowl, including the garlic passed through a press.
Send vegetable oil here, stir
Wash the fillet, dry it with a paper towel, coat with seasonings on all sides
Set aside for at least 30 minutes. But you can leave it for a longer time - it will soak in better and taste better.
Preheat the oven to maximum, 250 degrees
Make a kind of boat from foil with low sides. Size – to fit two fillets. Place the boat in turn on a baking sheet
When the temperature reaches its maximum, place the pan in the oven.
Note the time - the meat should be baked at high temperature for 12 minutes
After which you need to get the meat out. While still hot, carefully wrap in foil. You can even use several layers. The meat will still cook a little longer in the foil and will become tasty and juicy.

You can go another way. After turning off the oven, do not remove the meat, but leave it until the oven has cooled completely. But I prefer the option with foil.

Of course, you won’t forget about the sausage, but you will start preparing such an appetizer often. Good luck!

Tartlets with mushrooms and chicken

A good appetizer – filling and tastes great! Guests will be licking their fingers. And it's convenient to eat.

Products

Mushrooms – 200 gr. (champignons, oyster mushrooms)
Hard cheese – 150 gr.
Chicken breast – 200 – 250 gr.
Carrots, onions - 1 medium piece each.
Mayonnaise - 2 - 3 tbsp.
Salt, ground black pepper to taste
Sunflower oil – 30 gr.
Ready tartlets
Any greenery for decoration

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots and cheese, cut the mushrooms and brisket into small pieces
Lightly fry the onion and carrots in hot oil
Add the brisket, salt and pepper, fry everything together for min. 3
Add mushrooms, stir. Fry until the liquid evaporates. By time – min. 5-8
Add mayonnaise, mix
Fill the tartlets with filling, sprinkle grated cheese on top
Place the tartlets on a baking sheet lined with parchment and place in a preheated oven (180 degrees)
Readiness is determined by the golden brown crust of the cheese.

Tartlets decorated with greens will be the highlight of the feast. By the way, they can be served both hot and cold. And mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.

Meat salad for tartlets

Agree that at least one mayonnaise salad is simply necessary. I offer a very tasty meat option. The salad is very good, I definitely recommend making it. Its highlight is mushrooms fried with onions.

Now it has become fashionable to serve salads in tartlets. Well, this is very convenient. And such a salad will be an excellent filling.

Ingredients

Medium size boiled potatoes in their jackets - 4 pcs.
Boiled eggs – 4 pcs.
Pickled cucumbers – 4 pcs.
Boiled chicken leg
Oyster mushrooms - 500 gr.
Two small onions
Mayonnaise - gr. 50
Vegetable oil - gr.30
Salt, ground pepper to taste
Green dill for decoration.

Preparing the salad

Cut onions and mushrooms into small cubes
Fry in oil, don’t forget to add salt and pepper
Cut potatoes, eggs, chicken legs and cucumbers into small cubes
Mix all products, season with mayonnaise. Taste for salt and acid. If necessary, trim another cucumber or another.
Fill tartlets with salad and garnish with finely chopped dill.

Guests will be full and satisfied, rest assured!

Eggplant appetizer “Peacock tail”

Not a dish, but a real bomb on the holiday table! What a design, what a taste!

Preparing food

Cooking a masterpiece

Don't forget to take a photo in front of this piece of culinary art!

Meatloaf

Who doesn't love deli meats! I prepare them for every holiday. If guests come to me, they know that I will treat them to excellent rolls.

To prepare the delicacy, you need to purchase pork flank. If I can't buy it, I'll take it
thin lard with a meat layer. It works out well too.

You will also need spices - salt, ground pepper, mustard. For filling – prunes, dried apricots, boiled eggs

Cooking process

I divide the flank so that the rolls are not very thick
I wash it, dry it with a napkin, salt, pepper, grease it with a little mustard (mayonnaise is possible)
I put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to marinate.
Wash prunes and dried apricots and, if necessary, steam them in hot water
I lay the flank on the surface, place the filling on the edge, roll it up. You can brush a little more mustard on top - it will be softer
I tie it with threads. Remember, you need to tie well, with frequent circular turns. In this case, the roll will look more attractive
I wrap the roll in foil, place it on a baking sheet, and put it in a hot oven (180 degrees) for an hour and a half. Pour a little water into the bottom of the pan, add more as it evaporates
I take the finished product out of the oven, let it cool and only then unwind the threads.

The flank can be stuffed with garlic and nuts can be added to the filling. Here you can fantasize as much as you like. In any case it will be delicious.

Egg rolls with liver pate

What can you say about a fluffy egg roll dish? Only that it needs to be cooked. And beef liver pate is not inferior in taste. Finally, it's very beautiful!

For the egg roll you need to prepare

Eggs – 5 pcs.
Mayonnaise – 80 gr.

For the pate

First of all, let's prepare the pate

Fry finely chopped onions and carrots in lard
Add liver, cut into slices. Fry until done, add salt and pepper
Grind the mixture twice in a meat grinder. The pate should have a delicate structure
Add softened butter, stir well, put in the refrigerator

Preparing the roll

Crack the eggs, add salt, beat with a mixer
Add mayonnaise, beat again
Preheat the oven (180), place an empty baking sheet lined with foil (it needs to be greased with oil)
Pour the egg mixture onto a thoroughly heated baking sheet and bake for 10 – 15 minutes. at 180 degrees
When ready, remove from foil
Apply a layer of pate, wrap with a roll
After cooling, cut into portion rolls.

Place the beauty on a plate and decorate with herbs.

All! You don't have to worry and wait for guests. Have a nice feast with friends and family!