happens that money is no problem, but the time just is not enough.We have put together a festive menu, all the preparation of which requires a maximum of 2 hours.In all other respects it is the epitome of luxury.
Marinated mushrooms with cheese
The key point of this recipe is that the mushrooms have to be small in size - the smaller the better.And it is very fresh.
Remove the plastic wrap boxes of mushrooms, put it under a stream of cold water - about a minute.Put 3-4 pieces of paper towel in a pile and pour it washed mushrooms.Drain.Then slice the mushrooms in half and add to a large bowl.Take a lemon, cut it into two halves and each half pricked the flesh with a fork 3-4 times.
Squeeze the juice of one half into the mushrooms, add a pinch of salt and 1 tbsp.l.good olive oil.Stir, squeeze the juice from the remaining half a lemon, add a spoonful of oil.Stir, cover with foil and refrigerate.After 10 minutes, the mushrooms can already be equipped, and after 30 minutes the more.
Serve sprinkled with cheese.
beans with mint, chives, basil and lemon
Snack simple as a pea.Or bean.The main thing - a good buy canned white beans, preferably - butter or lima, and the standard sheaf usual mint, green basil and green onions.
Open a can of beans, fold it in a colander and gently rinse with cold water.Leave to dry slightly.In the meantime, you will be examined with greens.Separate the leaves from the stems of mint and basil (discard stems), coarsely chop them with green onions.
Put the beans in a bowl, squeeze half a lemon on top, pour in 1 tbsp.l.olive oil and mix.Refrigerate before serving.Just before you serve, sprinkle with herbs and prepared mix again.
big salad
«Grand Salad" - a dish of French mandatory Christmas table.In addition, it is very simple, variability and charming.
You will need 2 packages of greens.One - the packaging of the finished salad greens (this may be the classic lettuce, salad "Iceberg", oakleaf lettuce, or even any salad with a neutral taste - or a mixture of salads).The second - the packaging of salad with a spicy taste (Cres-salad or arugula).Both the salad should be unpacked, put in a large bowl and mix well.
For the filling, mix 3 tbsp.l.vegetable oil, 1 tbsp.l.White wine vinegar and 0.5 hours. l.sweet prepared mustard.Season with salt (from the heart) and pepper (to taste).Garnish can choose how you want.We like a few options: sliced camembert or brie cheese;White croutons;cold boiled potatoes;slices of salted salmon.
Pour salad dressing, mix quickly, quickly arrange on plates, quickly put on top of any of our suggested side dishes (but only one! Overkill here uselessly) - and very quickly serve.
Chicken with sauce «fondue»
It's hot.You prepare it for a maximum of 20 minutes.As he tried, slowly fail.
Preheat oven to 180 ° C.Rub on a fine grater 100 g of cheese Gruyere and Emmentaler cheese 100 grams.Take the package of thinly sliced bacon, print it out.Lay the bacon slices on a large plate and place it in the freezer.Place on a cutting board 8 chicken breast fillets and lightly mash them palm heel.Then sprinkle fillets with vegetable oil and sprinkle with black pepper.
Remove the bacon from the freezer.Wrap each fillet into 2 slices of bacon - close to the fillet was completely closed.Place packages on a baking sheet.Cut 3 slices of white bread, cut them into pieces of medium size, scattered near wrapped in bacon chicken.Take 3 medium apples, cut them into slices, remove the core.Place the apples in the pan to the fillet.Put the pan in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce.Take a medium-sized skillet, rub with half the garlic cloves.Pour into a 1 cup of chicken broth and 2 cups dry white wine.Place over high heat.When wine boils, add all the grated cheese.Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring, until cheese is melted.Remove from heat, add a pinch of grated nutmeg, black pepper and white pepper.Immediately after that, add 1 h. L.softened butter and stir.
Arrange on plates chicken, bread and apples, generously pour hot sauce - and more!
fish stew Genoa
Fish basically cooked very quickly, and this recipe and all instant.
Clean 2 white onions, cut them large feathers.Clean 4 garlic cloves, cut them in half.Take the average bunch of parsley, separate the leaves from the stems, put them aside and chop the stems.
Put on the fire a pot with a thick bottom, pour 3 tablespoons.l.vegetable oil and 1 tbsp.l.olive oil.After a minute, add the onion, garlic and chopped parsley stems and stir.After 3 min.pour 1 glass of dry white wine and stir.Cook until until there is no smell of alcohol.Pour 2 cans of pureed tomato pulp, add 1 tbsp.l.good ketchup and put a tablespoon of capers, stir.
Once the boil, gently lay the fillets in the pan 8 white sea fish (eg, cod).After 5-6 minutes, lay the fish on plates, pour the tomato sauce (do not forget to put the stewed onions - it's incredibly delicious!), Season with salt and black pepper to taste, sprinkle with parsley leaves and serve.As a side dish is enough to file a crisp white bread.
Fresh pineapple, bananas and caramel ice cream
The hardest part of this recipe - the right to clear and cut pineapple.Since then, and should start.
first cut from pineapple leaves.Then cut it in half crosswise, cut each half with the tip so as to obtain a such large "washers".Place on a cutting board one of got the puck, take a large sharp knife and start to cut the peel - sawing confident movements from the top down, rather thick strips.Cutting off the peel, not a small thing.If it is too thin, on the surface of a pineapple remain solid point, and they somehow just stay should not.Of course, you can also equip a small knife for cleaning vegetables and carefully cut these points, but it will take time.So, when the whole skins is cut, slice the pineapple circles thickness of about 0.5 cm, and from each of the circle cut rigid core.In principle, everything.
with bananas and caramel, the situation is easier.Place the skillet over medium heat medium in size, put it in a piece of butter - 25-30 grams, immediately Stir in 3-4 tablespoons.l.brown sugar and 1 hour. L.vanilla sugar, a little shake.While the oil heats up, clean the 2 bananas and slice them thinly.Shake the skillet again put the prepared bananas, stir, to Caramel covered bananas and warm up for a minute.Lay the bananas with caramel on plates, put together on a mug pineapple, and on top of tremendous spoonful of ice cream.
Articles Source: gastronom.ru
