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Snacks for a large company. Cold appetizers

Snacks on festive table are an integral part of every celebration. Every housewife wants to surprise her guests, please them with delicious dishes and, perhaps, share the recipe with a friend. After all, no matter how food brings us a lot of pleasure, especially if it is healthy, light and satisfying.

The list of snacks is varied and, very conveniently, many ingredients are stored in our refrigerator. It is advisable to prepare all products in advance, because each individual product is an integral part of any dish.

Appetizers can be both cold and hot, which should be taken into account both when serving and during preparation. Hot appetizers will take a little longer.

Preparing snacks specifically for the holiday table requires a lot of patience, because it is not enough to prepare the dish, you need to be able to present it beautifully. Therefore, in order to produce not only a “taste effect” on guests, but also an emotional one, you should be more careful when serving.

How to prepare snacks for the holiday table - 17 varieties

A tasty and light dish that can decorate any table. The egg roll has an amazing ability - you can experiment as much as possible with the filling. In this recipe we use melted cheese and garlic, which gives the dish a delicate and extravagant taste.

Ingredients:

Base (omelet):
Eggs 6
Mayonnaise 150 g
Flour 1 tbsp. l.
Semi-hard cheese 150 g.
Ground black pepper
Vegetable oil (to grease the pan).

Filling:

Processed cheese 3 pcs.
Garlic 3 pcs.
Dill
Mayonnaise 100 g.
Spices (salt, pepper)

Preparation:

We prepare the products that we will need at the very beginning: eggs, garlic, cheese, mayonnaise, flour, butter and the spices listed in the list of ingredients.

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs.

Add mayonnaise, flour, grated cheese, salt, ground pepper. In order to give the snack an unusual taste, as well as to decorate it decoratively, you can add Bell pepper, originally cut into small cubes.

Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and coat it thoroughly with oil. Pour the resulting mixture onto a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven for 5 to 7 minutes at 180°C.

While the base is baking, grate the processed cheese and chop the peeled garlic, add chopped dill, mayonnaise and mix everything.

Mix cheese and garlic, add mayonnaise. At your discretion, you can add spices.

The omelette prepared in the oven is carefully separated from the parchment. We don’t bend anything, we leave it intact.

Spread the prepared filling (steps 5-6) over the entire surface, and then carefully roll it up, pressing tightly. We leave our roll in the refrigerator for 25-40 minutes.

Cut the egg roll into small pieces.

Not only charming, but also a delicious appetizer that will pleasantly surprise all guests. A small list of simple ingredients, a little effort, 30 minutes of time and you have an original appetizer for the holiday table! Get ready to ask your friends about the recipe for this dish.

Ingredients:

Minced turkey 150 g (however, if turkey is not available, you can replace it with another)
Green onion 1 bunch
Ground white pepper 1 pinch
Salt 2 pinches
Yeast-free puff pastry 275 g

Preparation:

Let's prepare puff pastry, minced meat and onions.

Since the minced meat is ready, all we have to do is add finely chopped onion, as well as salt and pepper to taste. Carefully move the resulting mass.

Lay out the dough and cut into small squares. The ideal option is 9x7 cm.

Place the minced meat in small quantities in the middle of the square.

When the minced meat is spread out, we gather the edges of the dough towards the center, you get a small bag.

Before putting our wonderful bags in the oven, just in case, you can tie them with culinary string. Usually the dough holds quite tightly, but if there is little time left before the start of the celebration, in order to avoid such an incident, you can use this advice.

Brush the bags with egg and place in an oven preheated to 200°C for half an hour.

Original, simple and tasteful. The recipe for this snack will bring a good mood not only to your stomach, but also to all guests. Just a little effort and an amazing hot appetizer will already decorate your holiday table!

Ingredients for 10 servings:

Sandwich bun 10 pcs.
Chicken fillet 500 g
Onion 1 pc.
Refined sunflower oil 3 tbsp. l.
Butter 35 g (1.5 tbsp)
Nutmeg 0.25 tsp.
Wheat flour 1 tbsp. l.
Ground black pepper 2 pinch
Milk 300 ml.
Salt 0.75 tsp.
Hard cheese 300 g
Fresh champignons 500 g

Preparation:

Let's prepare the buns for work. To make it convenient, cut off the top and cut out the flesh from the inside. Place the prepared buns in an oven preheated to 200°C for 10-15 minutes. (When the time is up, leave it aside to cool)

While the buns are browning in the oven, prepare the filling. Peel the onion and cut into cubes, then fry in a frying pan, pre-greased sunflower oil.

Cut the fillet into small pieces. When the meadow is slightly golden, add the meat, salt and mix. While the fillet is frying, chop the champignons finely.

When the meat is almost ready, we will add the champignons. Fry for a few minutes until the champignons are fried and reduced in size. After that, add butter and flour, mix everything well.

Add nuts, pour milk and stir. Be sure to add salt. When the filling thickens, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese.

When the cheese is slightly melted, carefully place the prepared filling into the buns. Sprinkle cheese on top again.

Cook in an oven preheated to 180°C until the cheese melts (about 4-5 minutes).

The holiday should surprise! Salad in tartlets is an original replacement for regular sandwiches. Incredible simple snack, which will not only decorate the table, but will also delight all guests.

Ingredients:

Sand tartlets 10-12 pcs
Red caviar 6 tsp.
Crab sticks 100 gr.
Eggs 2 pcs.
Canned corn 4 tbsp. l.
Poppy poppy 1 tsp.
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp.
Green salad

Preparation:

Defrost the crab sticks in advance, boil the eggs hard and cool.

Cut the eggs and crab sticks into cubes and place in a separate bowl. Add corn, poppy seeds, salt and pepper to taste and season it all with mayonnaise. Let's mix.

To decorate our appetizer, put 3-4 leaves of green salad on the bottom of the tartlets, and then proceed to evenly distribute the salad among the tartlets with a teaspoon.

We finish our appetizer with the final touch - distributing red caviar into tartlets.

Tasty, appetizing, beautiful, and most importantly - simple!

Anyone who eats salad with bread has simply never tried a sandwich with salad! Original? Not that word! And how pleasantly surprised your guests will be when they try this appetizer! Run for more...

Products (for 4 servings):

Loaf 200 g
Crab sticks 100 g
Fresh cucumber 1 pc.
Processed cheese 90 g
Fresh dill 2 sprigs
Butter 10 g
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. spoons
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Cut the cucumber into small cubes (you can leave the peel). We also cut the crab sticks into cubes. Mix the two ingredients.

Grate the melted cheese (for best result It is advisable to let the cheese brew in the freezer for 15-20 minutes in advance).

Chop the dill and add to the bowl. Salt to taste and season the entire filling with mayonnaise.

Cut the loaf into slices and lightly dry on each side in a preheated frying pan greased with butter.

Gently spread the filling onto the toasted slices of bread. You can decorate with dill.

One of the simplest and most traditional appetizers for the holiday table. While your guests are climbing the stairs and taking off their shoes in the hallway... you can already prepare a hearty and tasty appetizer for the table.

Ingredients:

Ham 300 g
Cheese 200 g
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. l.
Garlic 3-4 cloves

Preparation:

Grate the cheese and place in a separate bowl. Cut the ham into thin slices.

Chop the garlic very finely and add it to the cheese. Season everything with mayonnaise and mix.

Gently place our cheese and garlic filling on each piece of ham with a teaspoon. We twist the roll and secure it with a canapé skewer or a toothpick.

Let's leave the snack in the refrigerator for half an hour so that it is thoroughly soaked and infused.

Lavash is a very optimal option for any table. One simple option is crab sticks and cheese. Both the hostess and the guests will be satisfied after trying this miracle.

Ingredients for two rolls:

Lavash 2 sheets
Processed cheese 175 g.
Crab sticks 240 g.
Eggs 4 pcs.
Cucumbers 2 pcs. (can be used pickle)
Bunch of greenery

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Finely chop the crab sticks and the greens. Peel the cucumbers and cut into thin strips.

Lay out one sheet of lavash on the table. Carefully coat its entire surface with processed cheese.

Sprinkle the surface with previously chopped crab sticks, eggs, cucumbers and herbs.

Carefully roll the pita bread into a roll and put it in the refrigerator for one hour so that it is thoroughly soaked. This will make it easier to slice the roll before serving.

Well, what could be more interesting and wonderful than an appetizer on skewers? Ideal for a holiday! You just need to prepare necessary ingredients, find cute skewers and decorate the table with a wonderful snack!

Ingredients:

Chicken fillet 1 pc.
Pineapple 3-4 rings
Orange 1 pc.
Garlic 1 clove
Salt (to taste)
Ground black pepper (to taste)
Spices for meat (to taste)
Dry mint 3 sprigs
Vegetable oil (for frying)

Preparation:

Clean and wash chicken fillet, add seasonings to taste: salt, pepper, meat seasoning.

Heat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil and add mint and garlic.

Place chicken fillet in a frying pan and fry with garlic and mint until golden brown.

Remove the garlic and mint when a golden crust appears on the fillet.

Transfer the fillet to the oven and cook the meat for 20 minutes at 180°C.

Peel the orange, divide it into slices and cut into cubes. We also chop the pineapple.

We also cut the cooled chicken fillet into cubes.

The final touch: take skewers (or toothpicks), prick pieces of chopped pineapple, then orange, a piece of chicken, add pineapple again and finish with a piece of chicken.

Appetizing and unusual delicious canapés with pineapples, chicken and oranges are ready.

An original cold appetizer that will decorate your holiday table. Delicious filling goes perfectly with chips. Shall we crunch?

Products:

Tomato 1 pc.
Garlic 3 teeth.
Hard cheese 100 g
Dill 100 g
Mayonnaise 100 g
Olives 50 g
Chips (large, same shape) 10 pcs.

Preparation:

Cut the tomato into small cubes, then chop the dill and place in one bowl. Add grated garlic and cheese. Season with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Carefully spoon the filling onto the chips with a teaspoon.

The filling should be added to the chips only before serving, otherwise the chips will become soggy and the whole dish will lose its “crispy flavor.”

The finished appetizer can be decorated with olives.

Juicy, bright and tasty sandwiches with sprats will become the most popular of all snacks on your holiday table! A combination of crispy bread, delicate filling and, of course, the expressive taste of fish. What could be better than this very traditional dish?

Ingredients:

Loaf sliced 15-18 slices
Sprats 190 g
Boiled eggs 3 pcs.
Fresh cucumber 1 pc.
Cherry tomatoes 5-7 pcs. + for decoration (optional)
Mayonnaise 150 g
Green onion 1 small bunch
Fresh parsley 1 small bunch
Fresh dill 1 small bunch
Lettuce (optional) - for decoration

Preparation:

Dry the pre-cut loaf slices on a dry baking sheet in the oven at 200°C for 15-20 minutes. You can also do this in a frying pan, grease it with butter and fry until golden brown. However, the best option is to use a toaster.

Finely chop the greens: onion, dill and parsley.

Boil the eggs hard, cool, peel and crush in a separate bowl with a fork until they form fine crumbs. Mix together with chopped herbs.

Spread the resulting filling onto slices of toasted bread in a layer of about 1 cm.

Let's get straight to the sandwiches. For each piece of bread we place 1 slice of cucumber and tomatoes, 2 fish. For beauty, add a sprig of dill on top.

Salad with croutons "Royal"

A quick, juicy and original salad will become a real decoration on your holiday table. Crackers will add a special taste and... crunch. It is prepared as quickly as possible and consists of a minimum number of products.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

Chicken eggs 4 pcs.
Crab sticks 240 g
Hard cheese 300 g
Crackers 100 g
Garlic 2-3 cloves
Tomato 1 piece
Lemon (juice) 0.5 pcs.
Mayonnaise (to taste)
Black pepper

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut into cubes along with crab sticks and tomatoes. Put everything in a bowl.

We grate the cheese on a coarse grater, and the garlic on a fine grater. Add everything to the bowl.

Sprinkle pepper over all ingredients, chopped and placed in a bowl. Squeeze lemon juice. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise, as desired, and mix everything thoroughly.

Crackers should be added to the salad immediately before serving, otherwise they will become soggy and will not be noticeable.

Each of us has tried this appetizer, because it is considered truly traditional on any holiday table! A delicious filling of cheese and eggs on a slice of tomato... the irreplaceable taste of a stunning and simple dish.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes 1-2 pcs.
Processed cheese 90 g
Egg 1 pc.
Garlic 1 clove
Fresh dill 1 bunch
Mayonnaise 1 tbsp. l.
Salt (to taste)

Preparation:

Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool, peel and grate along with the melted cheese. (To make the cheese grate better, you need to put it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes).

Add grated garlic and finely chopped dill. Season with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Wash the tomatoes, cut into rings and place on a separate plate.

Carefully place the cheese filling on top of the tomatoes.

Don't know how to surprise your guests? The savory filling on the crackers will definitely drive you crazy (of course, in in a good way) with its simplicity and taste. You will have to run for more more than once...

Ingredients:

Tomatoes 2 pcs.
Crab sticks 100 g.
Processed cheese 90 g
Garlic 2 cloves
Dill 1 bunch
Ground black pepper
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp. l.
Cracker cookies (not sweet) 100 g

Preparation:

Finely chop the crab sticks and processed cheese (for greater convenience, it is advisable to keep it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes). Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Mix everything.

Add finely chopped dill and grated garlic to the filling. Sprinkle with pepper. Pour in mayonnaise and mix.

Carefully distribute the resulting appetizer with crab sticks, cheese, garlic and mayonnaise onto crackers, up to 1 tablespoon per cracker.

We decorate the festive appetizer with a sprig of dill.

Not a single holiday table is complete without potatoes, but the key to a real housewife is to present an ordinary dish in an original and tasty way! In our case, potatoes will serve as the main ingredient for making pancakes. By decorating this dish with sour cream and salmon, we will get an exquisite, satisfying and very pretty dish!

Ingredients:

Potatoes 500 g.
Onion 1 head
Red onion 1 head
Egg 1 pc.
Flour 3 tbsp.
Sour cream 200 g.
Smoked salmon 200 g.
Vegetable oil
Salt, pepper (to taste)

Preparation:

Wash the potatoes, peel and grate them. Squeeze thoroughly, mix and squeeze again. Finely chop the onion and add to the potatoes. Beat the egg and add to the potatoes along with the flour. Salt, pepper to taste and mix.

Grease a heated frying pan with vegetable oil. We post our potato dough in small portions in a frying pan as for pancakes. Fry for a few minutes on each side until golden brown.

Immediately after our pancakes are cooked, you can put them on paper napkin so that all the excess oil is soaked, and then put it on a separate plate.

Place the finished pancakes on a plate and coat with sour cream. Then add some red onion, cut into half rings, and a slice of fish.

Lavash is ideal for preparing a wide variety of snacks. You can use many products as a filling - they will all go perfectly together in pita bread. In our case, we will use cheese and herbs. A surprisingly simple and delicious dish!

Ingredients for 5-6 servings:

Lavash 3 pcs.
Processed cheese 250 g
Green onions 1 bunch
Dill 1 bunch
Lemon 0.5 pcs.

Preparation:

Finely chop the onion and dill. Add grated processed cheese and mix thoroughly.

Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into a bowl with cheese and herbs, mix well again.

Lay out a sheet of pita bread and spread a thin layer on top of the resulting mixture.

We twist the pita bread, wrap it in foil and put it in the refrigerator to soak for 1 hour.

An appetizing, interesting and very sophisticated appetizer. Ideal for a holiday table if your goal is not only to feed deliciously, but also to surprise your guests! Tartlets with a wide variety of fillings are the leader among snacks.

Ingredients for 10 servings:

Shrimp 250 g
Eggs 4 pcs.
Mozzarella cheese 150 g
Bell pepper 0.5 pcs.
Garlic 1 pc.
Tartlets 10 pcs.
Red caviar 100 g
Mayonnaise (to taste)
Salt (to taste)

Preparation:

Boil, salt the water and add shrimp, cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Then clean carefully. Hard boil the eggs, cool and peel.

Cut the eggs and pepper into cubes, add shrimp and grated cheese, as well as chopped garlic. Pour mayonnaise over everything and mix thoroughly.

Fill the tartlets with filling and serve!

Appetizer "Raffaello"

Tell me at least one person who doesn’t like Raffaello. But when dessert is far away, you can surprise your guests with amazingly tasty and original cheese balls in crab shavings! A dish that should please the eye on absolutely every holiday table, because it is not only beautiful and tasty, but also incredibly simple!

Ingredients:

Crab sticks 200 g
Cheese 200 g
Eggs 4 pcs.
Garlic 5 cloves
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp. l

Preparation:

Boil the eggs hard, cool, peel and grate on a small grater. Next, grate the cheese and garlic into a separate bowl.

Mix eggs, cheese and garlic in a separate bowl. Add mayonnaise.

Grate the crab sticks and place in a separate bowl.

Using a tablespoon, take a mixture of eggs, cheese and garlic and dump everything into small balls.

We roll our balls in crab shavings and put them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Every housewife will agree that the situation with unexpected guests– not the most pleasant, but, unfortunately, it is not rare. Naturally, every family has its own proven recipes for quick and inexpensive snacks. Indeed, there are many recipes.

Sandwiches with sprats in the oven

Ingredients:

loaf,
sprats,
lemon,
greenery.

Cooking method:

Which housewife doesn’t know how delicious sprats sandwiches are? They go with a bang at any holiday! But if both you and your guests are tired of cold sandwiches, modernize this appetizer - prepare hot sandwiches with sprats! It will take a little more time, but no effort. But every guest will appreciate your culinary skills!
Cut the loaf into pieces and place it on a baking sheet. For each piece, depending on its size, place two or three fish. Chop the greens and place them on top of the sandwich. Top with grated cheese. Don't skimp on cheese, add more! Place the sandwiches in the oven for 10 minutes. Place half a lemon on the prepared dish.
Believe me, this final touch sets the tone for the entire dish! Any fish and lemon - inseparable friends, and here this duet will simply have no equal! If you don’t risk surprising your guests with this combination, replace the lemon with a slice of cucumber or tomato. It will also be delicious, but more traditional.

Hot mini sandwiches

Ingredients:

3-4 potatoes
pepper
frying oil

Preparation:

Grate raw potatoes grate and add salt and pepper to taste, cut the bread or loaf into thin slices, and spread the potatoes evenly on top in a thin layer.
Carefully place the potato side into a frying pan with heated sunflower oil and fry until golden brown.
There is no need to turn or fry the bread. The results are quite tasty and quick hot sandwiches.

Quick and affordable snack

Ingredients:

Sausages - 3-4 pieces
Tomato - 1 piece
Garlic - 2 cloves
Mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. spoon
Ketchup - 3 tbsp. spoons
Wheat bread - 10 slices
Cheese - 100 Grams
Fresh greens - To taste
Ground black pepper - To taste

Cooking method:

Cut the sausages into small cubes and place in a deep bowl.
We also cut the tomato into cubes, finely chop the greens and add to the plate with the sausages.
Squeeze the garlic through the garlic press.
Add mayonnaise and ketchup to the rest of the ingredients and mix everything thoroughly.
Place the bread on a baking sheet and place 1-1.5 tablespoons of filling on each piece. Sprinkle ground black pepper on top.
Three cheeses on a coarse grater and sprinkle each piece with it, but you should not add too much cheese, as it will spread over the baking sheet during baking.
We put the sandwiches in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, and then the whole family can evaluate the result.

Budget snack lazy pizza

Ingredients:

Classic loaf - 1 piece
Hard cheese - 250 gr
Boiled sausage - 300 gr
Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Greens - any, to taste
Mayonnaise - 4 tablespoons
Ketchup - 4 tablespoons

Cooking method:

Cut the loaf into thin, approximately 1 cm, pieces. When slicing soft bread, use a serrated knife to ensure even slices and prevent the bread from crumbling.
Grate hard cheese and boiled sausage (for me it was a doctor’s degree according to the GOST) on a coarse grater.
Mix cheese and sausage with mayonnaise and ketchup until smooth.
Cut the tomatoes into circles.
Spread the resulting mixture onto the sliced loaf pieces and place a piece of tomato on top.
Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Serve the sandwiches hot, although they are quite edible cold.

Quick snack fondue

Ingredients:

1 clove of garlic
400 grams of cheese (Swiss hard)
200 grams Emmental cheese
some dry white wine (Neuchatel)
freshly squeezed lemon juice
3st. l potato starch
1 tbsp. L Kirsch
a little ground pepper
one nutmeg

Cooking method:

In a fondue pot you need to boil milk with boiled water, unless of course it is cast iron or covered with glaze. Then rub half the garlic inside the pot.
Take Emmental and Swiss cheese and grate them on a grater (large) and mix them in a pot. Add a little wine, lemon juice, potato starch to the cheese and simmer it all over low heat until the cheese is completely melted.
To make the cheese melt faster, it is better to add freshly squeezed lemon juice; it gives the dish a wonderful smell and unusual taste. Stir the resulting mixture thoroughly so that the cheese does not become completely stringy and fibrous. You need to add spices to taste, and one grated nutmeg, to the fondue, and leave to simmer for 10 minutes, until ready.
It is advisable to serve it with small cubes of any bread, and on a separate plate, arrange beautifully with herbs and a few sprigs of mint.

Snack liver cake

Ingredients:

chicken liver- 500 grams;
chicken eggs - 2 large eggs (if not very large, then it is better to take 3);
milk – 100 ml;
wheat flour – 200 grams;
large onion - 1 piece;
garlic – 4 pieces;
mayonnaise - to taste;
fresh cucumber - for decoration;
greens - for decoration;
spices and salt to taste.

Cooking method:

First, you need to soak the liver for 24 hours, changing the water as often as possible, and after that you need to cut it into pieces, while simultaneously cleaning out all the films, veins and other places that will interfere with the meat grinder from grinding the liver.
After this, we send the liver in pieces into a blender, or into a meat grinder, and turn it into a semi-liquid mass. Once everything is ready, pour into a bowl in which you will prepare the liver “dough” for baking the cakes.
Mix the eggs and pour them in required amount milk, and after that you need to take the flour and add it a little at a time so that there are no lumps. Knead very carefully. The mixture will be thinner than pancake batter, but not by much.
As for the onion, it is first peeled, cut into half rings, after which the half rings are sent to a frying pan to simmer until transparent. The onion can be put through a blender or meat grinder after you fry it. Mix the onion into the liver mixture. Your dough is completely ready.
Now you will need a pancake frying pan - with low sides so that the liver cakes can be easily removed. Everything is very simple here - you need to pour a sufficient amount of mass into a heated frying pan with oil - a ladle - quickly distribute it over the entire frying pan and fry until done, first on one side, then on the other. The liver cake for chicken liver cake is fried very quickly - you just need to wait for it to turn gray.
Now take a plate and push the finished cake onto it. If you try to remove it with a spatula, the cake breaks easily. And it’s better to turn it over using a plate - it’s very convenient.
The finished cakes are coated with mayonnaise, to which garlic has already been added. But as for the fillings for the liver cake, here you choose to your taste. The simplest thing you can put in a liver cake that uses chicken liver is a filling of fried carrots and onions.
Some housewives prefer to layer such a dish with mushrooms and onions, which you have fried in advance and turned into minced meat, or simply onions, caviar - both eggplant and squash - and much more - the filling depends on your taste and imagination. The fillings are divided into as many parts as you have liver cakes.
The chicken liver cake is very easy to assemble. The first layer of cake is placed on a flat plate and coated with mayonnaise and garlic. After this, fried carrots and onions are laid out. Everything is covered with a second cake layer, coated again, and so on.
We alternate layers exactly until we lay out the last one. We decorate the cake at our discretion - you can use chicken eggs, you can use carrots, fresh cucumbers, fresh herbs - to your taste. Before serving, it is recommended to give the cake a little time to stand and soak.

Classic American Sandwich

Ingredients:

8 slices toast bread
4 tbsp. cream cheese
2 lettuces, cut in half
2 tomatoes, chopped
100 gr. cucumbers, chopped
12 slices bacon
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1.5-2 tbsp. chopped green onions

Cooking method:

Toast the bread on the grill or in the toaster. Mix cream cheese And green onions, season with salt and ground black pepper. Spread cheese on bread. Add lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Fry bacon in hot oil for 2-3 minutes until crispy. Dry with paper towels and place on vegetables. Close the sandwich and cut in half diagonally.

Inexpensive snack with pita bread

Ingredients:

Chicken fillet - 200-300 g.
Any grated cheese - 100-150 g.
Cucumber - 1 pc.
Tomato - 1 pc.
Onion - 1 pc.
Korean carrots - 200 g.
Cilantro
Sauce - mayonnaise, ketchup, sour cream in equal proportions. See what you like best, you can add more of it.
Armenian lavash - 2 pcs.

Cooking method:

Marinate the chicken fillet, add salt and pepper, sprinkle with chicken spices, add a little vinegar or soy sauce to your taste and set aside for 20 minutes. Place the frying pan on the stove, pour in a little vegetable oil, heat it well and fry the chicken fillet. Do not overcook, the fillet should be juicy.
Add onion and fry until transparent. The entire frying took approximately 10 minutes.
Divide the pita bread in half, take half and coat with sauce. Lubricate almost in the middle, but closer to the edge, which is towards you.
Place fillet pieces on the sauce.
Place Korean carrots on top.
Add cucumbers.
Then add tomatoes.
Spread sauce on top.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Sprinkle with herbs, we have cilantro.
We wrap the envelope.
The roll is ready. Please note that the lavash on top was somewhat flaky because it was a bit dry.
You need to put it in the microwave or in a frying pan so that the cheese melts.
Cut into halves and place on a plate.
It’s a pleasure to see, but the taste is indescribable.

Inexpensive eggplant appetizer

Ingredients:

Eggplants 2 pcs
Sweet pepper 3 pcs
Tomatoes 1 pcs
Sweet onion 3-4 cloves
Garlic to taste
Cilantro, basil, mint 2-3 tbsp.
Olive oil to taste
Wine vinegar, salt

Cooking method:

Eggplants and peppers should be baked in any convenient way. In fact, it is customary to bake eggplants over an open fire, but this is not always available. So, it's better to use the regular one home oven. You need to bake the eggplants until the skin begins to wrinkle.
Bake the pepper until soft and the shell separates. Bake the peppers until soft. It’s even easier and faster to bake vegetables in the microwave. To do this, be sure to pierce the eggplants through with a knife or prick them with a fork, otherwise they may simply explode during the cooking process. By the way, so do peppers.
Before baking, grease the eggplants and peppers with a small amount of vegetable oil. Baking time approximately 10-12 minutes. Allow the eggplants and peppers to cool to room temperature. Peel the garlic and place in a chopper. Add salt. Tear off the leaves from the mint, cilantro and basil and place in a blender with the garlic.
Add 2 tbsp. olive oil and 1 tsp. wine vinegar. Grind everything, not necessarily to a puree, it is enough if there are large enough pieces. Grind the herbs, garlic and spices. Carefully peel the pepper from the skin, which easily separates, like plastic film, just peeling off.
Remove all seeds and tail; only the pulp should remain, which should be cut into large pieces. Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, remove the seeds with a spoon, and cut off the peel. Grind the eggplant pulp, you can simply tear it into pieces with your hands or cut it into large cubes.
Place the pepper and eggplant pulp on a plate. Place tomatoes cut into large pieces or slices nearby. An eggplant appetizer looks very impressive if you use tomatoes. different colors: red, pink, yellow, and even green.
Place eggplants, vegetables and herbs on a plate.
Drizzle the dressing over the eggplant appetizer. Important point- you need to mix the salad immediately before serving so that the tomatoes do not release their juice. Mix the salad just before serving.

Budget appetizer Raffaello

Ingredients:

2 processed cheeses;
200 g frozen crab sticks;
3 boiled chicken eggs;
2 tbsp. mayonnaise;
1-2 garlic cloves;
salt to taste;
greens for decoration (lettuce, parsley or dill).

Cooking method:

Boil chicken eggs in advance in lightly salted water for 15-20 minutes until hard. Immediately transfer them to cold water - this is done so that the shells of the eggs will be easier to peel in the future.
Peel the eggs once they have cooled completely and grate them on a fine grater into a deep bowl. Place the processed cheese in the freezer for a few minutes and also remove the foil.
Grate on a fine grater into a container with boiled eggs. Press the peeled garlic cloves into it and add salt. Add mayonnaise and mix the entire contents of the container together until a homogeneous mass is obtained. By the way, thanks to homemade eggs, the filling acquires a bright yellow color.
Just defrost the crab sticks slightly and also grate them on a fine grater, but in another container. This product should not be completely defrosted, as it will be very labor-intensive to grate.
Decorate a portioned dish or plate with fresh lettuce leaves, sprigs of parsley or dill - whatever you find in your refrigerator.
Wet your palms with water, separate small portions from the filling and roll them into balls. Roll these balls in crab shavings and carefully place them on the greens in any order.
Appetizer "Raffaello" is ready! Serve the dish chilled.

Appetizer eggs with pate

Ingredients:

chicken liver 500 g
onion 1 piece
carrots 1 piece
butter 50-100 g
salt freshly ground pepper eggs (hard-boiled) lettuce (for serving)

Cooking method:

Wash the liver, dry it and cut into small pieces. Cut the onion into half rings. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
In a frying pan with heated vegetable oil, fry the onions and carrots until half cooked. Add the liver and fry over slightly less than medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5-7 minutes.
Then cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat and simmer until tender for another 10 minutes, add salt and pepper.
Pass the liver with onions and carrots through a meat grinder or grind in a blender, add a piece of butter and stir well until smooth (or mince again).
If desired, you can stuff the eggs with liver pate. Boil the eggs hard, peel and carefully cut each egg lengthwise into two halves.
Remove the yolks. Some of the set aside boiled yolks can be mashed with a fork, added to the pate and mixed well. Set a few yolks aside for decoration.
Place washed and dried lettuce leaves on a plate and place the egg halves on them.
Pipe pate from a pastry bag into each egg half, sprinkle finely grated yolks on top and garnish with herbs.

Budget appetizer with crab sticks

Ingredients:

Chips – 20 pcs.;
Crab sticks – 100 g;
Chicken egg – 1 pc.;
Cucumber – 80 g;
Canned corn – 70 g;
Salt - to taste;
Ground black pepper - to taste;
Mayonnaise - to taste.

Cooking method:

So, we go to the nearest supermarket and buy the highest quality crab sticks, preferably chilled. Frozen sticks should be thawed at room temperature. Remove the protective film. We chop the sticks themselves very finely.
Boil a chicken egg in salted water. About ten minutes after the liquid boils in a saucepan will be enough. Remove the egg from the boiling water and immediately plunge into cold water. Let it cool a little, about 10-15 minutes, peel it off and cut it into small pieces. Add to crab sticks.
We take the freshest, crispiest cucumber. It should be dense to the touch, without mechanical damage. Cut into very small pieces. Drain the liquid from the jar with canned corn. Add corn and chopped cucumber to the salad bowl. Add salt and pepper to your taste. Season with mayonnaise and mix well.
We select a convenient flat dish of the desired shape. Place the chips. Place a small portion of salad mixture on the chips. If desired, decorate with spicy herbs. Snack on chips with crab sticks and corn is ready. You can treat your loved ones!

Inexpensive Jewish snack

Ingredients:

200 grams of processed cheese (such as “Orbita”, “Druzhba”, “City”);
50 grams of fresh carrots;
several cloves of garlic;
a little black pepper;
salt as desired;
mayonnaise.

Cooking method:

On a fine grater, grate the cheese, then the garlic, and then the carrots. This makes it more convenient - the carrots wipe off the remaining cheese from the grater, and then the grater is easier to wash.
Add freshly ground black pepper and mayonnaise and stir. Try it, maybe you need to add a little salt. It depends on the taste and the saltiness of the cheese and mayonnaise.
That's it, our Jewish appetizer is ready! You can serve it to the table! It whets the appetite perfectly and is very healthy. The only thing is that you need to choose good quality cheese.
Sometimes it can be terrible and smells like cat food :) It’s better not to put this in, but to give it to Murka, if she has one.

Jewish appetizer of cheese and garlic

An option for a budget Jewish snack if you prepare it from processed cheese. This mass can be used as a spread for sandwiches, filling for vegetables, tartlets and any other flour products. Here is an appetizer option based on cucumbers and tomatoes.

Ingredients:

2 eggs;
2 processed cheese;
50 g mayonnaise or sour cream;
2 cloves of garlic;
0.5 bunch of dill;
large cucumber;
dense tomato.

Preparation:

Chicken eggs need to be hard-boiled, cooled, finely chopped or using a grater.
You can use regular cheeses or with different flavorings. Free them from the foil and grate. Read more:
Peel the garlic cloves and chop them either on a grater or in another way.
Chop the dill, add to the total mixture, season with mayonnaise and taste. If necessary, add salt, you can sprinkle a little pepper.
Cut the cucumber into 0.5 centimeter circles. Also chop the tomato. Place on a plate in one layer.
Make small balls from the cheese mass, place each on a piece of vegetable. Serve the Jewish appetizer to the table immediately, before the vegetables release their juice.
The cheese mass can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two days.

Light snacks can be prepared for any occasion. In honor of the birthday, on New Year, for dinner, etc. For cooking, pita bread, vegetables, cheese, olives, ham, fish, etc. are used.

Snack Recipes

Cigar börek

You will need:

Cottage cheese – 445 g
- sunflower oil
- a bunch of dill
- egg – 3 pcs.
- thin Armenian lavash – 1.5 pcs.
- salt

Preparation:

Make the filling: salt the cottage cheese to taste, mix with egg yolks and chopped dill. You can also add crushed garlic and mash thoroughly. Crumble the pita bread into pieces 10-12 cm wide. Place a tablespoon of filling on the edge of the pita bread. Brush the second edge with whipped egg white and roll into a tube. Fry the tubes on all sides in hot oil. ready!

Cheese croquettes

Required Products:

White bread without crust – 295 g
- egg – 2 pieces
- salt
- cheese – 90 g
- dill
- a glass of milk

Cooking steps:

Chop the bread into cubes, place it in a deep bowl, cover with milk and let stand for 15 minutes. Mash the bread with a fork, beat in the egg. Grate the cheese, mix with cinnamon, salt and cheese, stir. Form balls from the resulting mass, dip in egg and chopped herbs. Fry the cheese croquettes until golden, transfer to a napkin to drain the oil.

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Lazy pasties

Ingredients:

Onion – 120 g
- thin lavash – 3 pcs.
- water – 50 ml
- minced meat – 300 g
- salt and pepper
- sunflower oil

How to cook:

Cut the pita bread into squares, chop the onion. Mix spices, minced meat, onion, salt, water, stir thoroughly. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Place the minced meat diagonally on one half of the pita bread. Brush the edge with egg, cover with the other half of the pita bread, press the edges. Fry the pita bread in a hot frying pan. Place the fried pita bread on a napkin in one layer to absorb excess oil.

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Snack balls with cheese and cod liver

Required Products:

Hard cheese – 45 g
- boiled potatoes – 2 pieces
- a bunch of green parsley
- canned cod liver – jar
- egg – 2 pieces
- medium-sized onion – 3 pcs.
- sesame – 3.2 tbsp. l.
- soy sauce - a couple of tablespoons

Preparation:

Grate potatoes and eggs, chop cheese. Finely chop the onion, chop the greens. Remember the cod liver with a fork. Combine all ingredients, pour in soy sauce, stir. Fry sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, stir. Make small balls, roll in sesame seeds, place on a plate, and decorate with herbs.

Light and tasty snacks

Chicken rolls

You will need:

Chicken egg – 2 pcs.
- 40 g flour
- chicken breast – ½ pc.
- a bunch of dill
- two dessert spoons of breadcrumbs
- salt
- butter
- spices

How to cook:

Boil the egg, rinse the chicken fillet, and dry thoroughly with a paper towel. Wrap the fillet in plastic wrap and beat it lightly. The meat should be of medium thickness. Season with pepper and salt. Place chopped dill on top of the chopped fillet. Peel the egg, place it on the meat, and wrap it in an oblong roll. Sprinkle the chicken stock with flour. In a separate bowl, beat the second egg, dip the chicken roll seasoned in flour in it. The last layer of breading is breadcrumbs. Fry the workpiece in a hot frying pan. Place the roll on the foil, leaving a small space. Approximate cooking time is 25 minutes.

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Light inexpensive snacks

Liver appetizer

Required Products:

Chicken egg – 2 pcs.
- onion
- liver – 600 g
- flour – 80 g
- milk – 45 ml
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- garlic clove – 2 pcs.
- greenery
- tomatoes
- half a bunch of greenery
- mayonnaise – 5 tbsp. spoon
- hard cheese – 145 g

Preparation:

Wash the liver, remove the film if necessary. Peel the onions, wash them, cut them into 4 parts. Pass the onion and liver through a meat grinder. Season with spices, beat in eggs, stir, add milk, mix with baking powder. Add flour, beat well. Heat a frying pan, pour a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Place liver pancakes in hot oil, fry for a couple of minutes high fire. Turn over and fry on the other side. Fry all the pancakes. Pour in vegetable oil as needed. Cool the pancakes.

Prepare the filling: peel the garlic and grate it. Chop the garlic and grate the cheese. Wash and chop the greens. Place herbs, mayonnaise, garlic and cheese in a bowl. Grind the filling thoroughly. Pack a snack. Grease one pancake with filling, cover with the second one. Place all the pancakes in pairs. Wash and cut the tomato into slices, decorate the prepared pancakes. Place a sprig of fresh herbs on top.

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Simple and light snacks

Lavash rolls

You will need:

Chicken fillet – 300 g
- sour cream – 4 tbsp. l.
- processed cheese – 90 g
- thin Armenian lavash
- chicken fillet – 290 g
- pepper and salt
- greens - half a bunch
- sunflower oil

Cooking steps:

Boil the chicken breast until cooked, cool it, and grind it through a meat grinder. Add a pinch of salt and a little black pepper to the meat. Grate the processed cheese. Mix with cooked chicken breast. Mix with sour cream and chopped herbs, stir. Add enough sour cream so that the filling can be easily distributed over the surface. Divide the filling into 2 parts, divide the pita bread into 3 parts. Place some of the filling on a sheet of lavash, spread over the entire surface, and level it. Cover with a second sheet of pita bread. Transfer the rest of the filling to the second sheet, trim it, and cover with the third sheet. Carefully roll up the pita bread, starting with long side. The roll will be long. Wrap it in cling film to prevent it from weathering. Let it sit for 20 minutes. Remove the cling film and cut into several pieces. Place the chopped parts in a frying pan with heated oil.

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Recipe delicious lungs snacks

You will need:

Eggplant
- zucchini
- red sweet pepper
- feta cheese – 145 g
- Red onion
- olive oil – 0.25 tbsp.
- a bunch of mint
- crushed garlic
- small pita breads – 4 pcs.

Preparation:

Turn on the oven, preheat it to 210 degrees. Stir the vegetables in a deep pan, add garlic and olive oil, sprinkle with seasonings, stir well. Place the baking sheet in the oven. Grate the cheese, crumble it, add it along with vegetables and mint, stir. Heat a grill pan over high heat until smoking appears, fry the tortillas for a few minutes, transfer to a board, place the baked vegetables on top, roll up, and serve.

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Light snacks for the holiday table

Snack pancakes

Ingredients:

Small spoon of basil
- egg
- flour – 65 g
- water – 50 g
- salt, pepper – ¼ tsp.
- soda, vinegar - 0.25 tsp each.
- corn – 90 g
- cheese – 50 g
- vegetable oil – 4 tablespoons

Preparation:

Combine the egg with water, add flour, stir. Season and stir. Quench the soda with vinegar and add to the dough. Grate the cheese, add it to the dough, mix with corn. Stir and let sit for 15 minutes. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the pancakes over moderate heat.

Soufflé with sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms

Ingredients:

Dried porcini mushrooms – 25 g
- butter – 40 g
- parmesan – 20 g
- chopped cheddar – 50 g
- milk – 250 g
- eggs – 4 pieces
- grated parmesan – 20 g
- a tablespoon of chives
- ground black pepper
- sun-dried tomatoes – 2 pcs.

Preparation:

Pour boiling water over the porcini mushrooms and leave for 15 minutes. Grease the pan with butter and sprinkle with Parmesan so that they are evenly distributed inside. Turn on the oven to preheat. Melt 40 g of butter in a small saucepan and remove from the stove. Add flour and place over low heat again. Cook while stirring for one minute. Remove the container from the stove, gradually pour it into the milk, place it back on the stove, and boil. Remove the pan, add cheddar and spices. Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. Add to container egg yolks. Add chives and sun-dried tomatoes. Dry the mushrooms and add to the pan with the sauce. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fluffy. Distribute the resulting mass among the prepared pans, place them in a heated oven, and bake for exactly 25 minutes.

Simple snack recipes

Bean quesadilla

You will need:

Spicy cheese – 90 g
- black canned beans– 420 g
- fresh chopped tomatoes – 4 pcs.
- tortillas – 4 pieces
- a tablespoon of olive oil
- fresh cilantro – ½ tbsp.
- canned chopped garlic – 1.6 tsp.

For salsa:

Lime juice – two tablespoons
- fresh cilantro – ½ tbsp.
- frozen corn grains – 1 tbsp.
- crushed canned – ½ tsp.
- bell pepper

Cooking steps:

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Heat a large frying pan, add olive oil, add garlic, stir and cook for 30 seconds. Add sun-dried tomatoes, beans, cilantro, cook until liquid evaporates. Place the tortillas on a baking sheet. Place 0.5 cups of bean filling and a little cheese on one half, cover with the other half. Spread butter on top. Place the baking sheet in the oven. Cut each tortilla into 3 pieces. Make the salsa: In a small saucepan, combine cilantro, lime juice, corn, bell pepper, and garlic, bring to a boil, and cook while stirring for a couple of minutes. ready!

Five step by step recipes quick, but very beautiful and appetizing snacks for the holiday table

2017-11-17 Natalia Kondrashova

Grade
recipe

17861

Time
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Portions
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In 100 grams ready-made dish

13 gr.

14 gr.

Carbohydrates

2 gr.

190 kcal.

Recipe for a simple, beautiful holiday snack “Bouquet of Tulips”

A very simple recipe for a festive snack, which will appear in the form of a bouquet of tulips. It is very easy to prepare, the main thing is to find the right tomatoes. It turns out beautifully with elongated varieties like cream. It is also important that the tomatoes are firm and do not leak or wrinkle when slicing.

Ingredients

5 medium sized tomatoes;
egg;
120 g processed cheese;
40 g mayonnaise;
8 g garlic (2 cloves);
a bunch of onions;
black pepper, salt.

Step-by-step recipe for classic tomato tulips

It’s better to start with the filling so that it sits for a while and the spices dissolve. Grate the melted cheese. Boil the egg, cool, peel. We also rub it directly into the cheese.

Add chopped garlic and ground black pepper to the filling. Stir, add mayonnaise one spoon at a time and rub well. If the sauce is runny, add a little less.

Tomatoes need to be cut approximately to the middle from the side of the spout with a cross. We use a sharp knife. Then take a teaspoon and take out all the pulp. We do everything carefully, trying not to damage the petals of future tulips.

Using a teaspoon (or from a pastry bag as shown in the photo), carefully fill the tomatoes with the prepared cheese and egg filling.

Place the stuffed tomatoes on a dish in the form of a bouquet, adding fresh green onions.
The tomato pulp, which has been scooped out with a teaspoon, does not need to be thrown away. It is useful for making soups and sauces; it will last well for two days in the refrigerator and will last much longer in the freezer.

Option 2: A quick recipe for a simple and beautiful holiday appetizer of fish with red caviar

For this recipe, you can use any lightly salted red fish. It is important to cut it into thin and long layers to make neat rolls. Red caviar is used for decoration. Of course, it's best to use the original.

Ingredients

10 slices of fish;
3 tsp. caviar;
lettuce leaves;
40 g soft cheese;
30 g butter;
sprig of dill.

How to cook quickly

Soften the butter, combine with soft cheese and a chopped sprig of dill. The filling is ready! For ease of use, you can put the mixture in a pastry bag or simply in a tight bag and cut off a corner.

Wash the lettuce leaves in advance to dry them and place them on a dish. You can replace them with Chinese cabbage or other greens.

Squeeze the cheese filling with butter onto the edge of each piece of fish and roll it into a roll. Place on a lettuce leaf. Form a snack from the remaining ingredients.

Place a little red caviar on top of each fish roll.

You can use other filling options for filling. There is a recipe in which an ordinary olive is wrapped. You can use a slice of lemon or other citrus fruits; they all go well with fish.

A simple and beautiful holiday appetizer made from chicken croquettes.

This appetizer looks very beautiful, resembles kebabs, is filling, and is made from chicken. You can make minced meat yourself or buy it in a store. Additionally, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes are needed for decoration. The croquettes will be strung on wooden skewers or skewer.

Ingredients

500 g minced chicken;
egg;
2 peppers;
500 g oil for frying;
50 g corn flour;
100 g cherry;
spices for minced meat.

How to cook

IN minced chicken add one egg and salt. IN original recipe Hot red peppers are often used, which can also be done. Mix thoroughly, add half the corn flour. Stir again.

Wetting your hands with cold water, roll the prepared mixture into small balls the size of a walnut. Roll in the remaining flour.

Heat deep fryer. Throw the prepared balls into it, but not all of them. We fry no more than seven pieces at a time. Cook for about three minutes. Remove from the fat with a slotted spoon and immediately onto the paper to get rid of excess oil.

Cut bell pepper into large pieces. Simply wash and dry the cherry tomatoes.

Thread croquettes onto skewers, alternating with vegetables. Transfer to a flat plate and serve immediately after cooking.

You can string not only peppers and cherry tomatoes onto a wooden skewer, but also whole fried champignons; it turns out interesting with slices of cucumbers, but it is important to wipe them thoroughly so that the crust of the croquettes does not become soggy when adjacent to vegetables.

Simple and beautiful holiday appetizer “Jolly Penguins”

Not only is this a simple and beautiful holiday appetizer, it's also super fun. Penguins look adorable. They can be “seated” simply on a dish, any greens or a variety of salads can be used as a base. To create birds you need large and small olives. The quantity of products is calculated for ten pieces.

Ingredients:

10 large olives;
10 small olives;
1 carrot;
40 g cream cheese.

Step by step recipe

We take a long carrot. Cut into half centimeter circles, we need ten pieces. From each we cut out a corner that will be the beak.

Using a sharp knife, first cut small olives, fill them with cheese, and stick the beaks into the holes. Then we cut large olives and fill them with cheese, but so that we get a white stripe. We stuff it tightly.

We pierce the head of the olives, the body and seat each penguin on a piece of carrot. The snack is ready!

If desired, you can further decorate the penguins by placing a collar of parsley or a piece of cucumber between the head and body. You can put a bright tomato cap on the protruding tip of a toothpick or bell pepper. Maybe insulate the penguin with a scarf of green onions or Chechil cheese?

A simple beautiful holiday appetizer with cucumbers and sun-dried tomatoes

Despite the ease of preparation and the use of simple ingredients, the appetizer looks amazing. It is advisable to use basil or rosemary for decoration. If there is nothing like that, then regular dill will do.

Ingredients

large cucumber;
6 pieces of sun-dried tomato;
greenery;
3 quail eggs.

How to cook

Boil the quail eggs, two minutes after boiling water is enough, the yolk may remain a little weak, it will be even better. Peel each egg, cut in half with a curly or regular knife.

Peel the cucumber, but not completely. Cut the peel into strips. Then divide into 6 equal parts, removing the ends. This will be the base of the appetizer, transfer it to a dish.

Place an egg on each cucumber and then a sun-dried tomato. Decorate with a small sprig of greenery.

You can put a piece of pickled cheese on the cucumber instead of an egg, it will also be delicious. We remember that such an appetizer cannot be stored; we serve it immediately after preparation.

A simple, beautiful holiday appetizer made from ham “Roulettes”

The recipe is a simple and beautiful holiday appetizer that can be placed on the table instead of a meat or cheese plate. To roll the rolls, you need to use a flexible ham that does not break. Cheese is used for filling; you can take hard or processed varieties. Depending on the consistency, the amount of mayonnaise may vary slightly.

Ingredients:

10 slices of ham;
180 g cheese;
2 eggs;
3-4 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
a bunch of dill;
salt, garlic to taste.

How to cook

Boil two eggs, cool and chop finely. You can prepare the filling without them by increasing the amount of cheese.

Finely grate the cheese and garlic, combine with the previously prepared eggs, add mayonnaise to them, and add salt if necessary. Prepare a thick paste for the filling that will not leak.

Distribute the cheese mixture evenly between all the ham slices. Roll the rolls.

Place the appetizer on a plate. It can be a slide or in the shape of a sun or a flower. Sprinkle with fresh dill.

If the rolls do not want to keep their shape, then you can pierce each one with a toothpick, fasten it with a curly skewer, or tie it with a feather of fresh green onions.

A simple and beautiful holiday snack using chips with crab sticks

A great alternative to tartlets or regular sandwiches. Everything is prepared very simply and quickly, but it turns out original and beautiful. Chips for such a snack should be used the same, that is, from cardboard or metal tubes. There are a lot of filling options; this is one of the most popular and delicious ones with tomato and crab sticks.

Ingredients

chips;
6 sticks;
1 tomato;
70 g hard cheese;
mayonnaise;
greens for decoration.

How to cook

Cut the tomato into four parts. Remove all seeds and liquid from it. Cut the pulp into small cubes.

Chop the sticks freed from the film into the same cubes and cut the cheese. Combine everything in a bowl. Garlic is often added here, which can also be done.

Fill the chips filling with mayonnaise. We don’t add a lot of sauce, as the tomato will still release juice, and the chips will simply become soggy from excess moisture. Stir well.

Place the filling on the chips and place the snack on a flat plate. We use any greenery for decoration. Serve the salad on chips immediately, before the base becomes soggy.

You can stack the chips in pairs, so they will become stronger and retain their original appearance longer. In addition to this filling, you can use ordinary crab salad. The classic cheese mixture with garlic, herbs, and eggs is also suitable.

Stuffed eggs with red caviar

A popular recipe for a quick and easy snack on the holiday table is stuffed eggs, decorated with grains of red caviar. Rarely does a New Year's feast go without this dish, and the method of creating it is familiar to every housewife.

To prepare deviled eggs you will need:

5 chicken eggs;
2 cloves of garlic;
fine salt;
ground pepper;
mayonnaise sauce;
a little red caviar;
lettuce leaves or other greens for decoration.

How to cook stuffed eggs with red caviar

Boil the chicken eggs, not forgetting to generously add water to make them easier to peel.

While the base is being prepared, peel the garlic, press it and wash the greens.

Place a saucepan with chicken eggs under the stream cold water, and when they cool down, remove the shells.

Cut the peeled eggs lengthwise into two parts and carefully remove the yolk using a teaspoon.

Place the yolks in a bowl, add crushed garlic and thoroughly grind the ingredients until smooth.

Salt, pepper, season the yolks with garlic with mayonnaise sauce, and thoroughly stir the filling.

Using a teaspoon, stuff the egg “halves” and place them on a dish, placing grains of red caviar on each portion.

Now all that remains is to decorate with lettuce leaves or other herbs quickly and light snack on the festive table, prepared according to classic recipe, and serve to guests.

Ladybird tartlets with spicy filling, olives and cherry tomatoes

When you need to quickly and easily make a snack for the holiday table, you can use simple recipe preparing tartlets with a spicy filling, decorated with olives and cherry tomatoes.

Ingredients:

medium sized tartlets;
hard cheese varieties;
garlic cloves to taste;
pickled cucumbers;
cherry tomatoes
olives;
mayonnaise sauce.

How to cook

We remove the garlic cloves from the husks and crush them using a press.

We turn the cheese into shavings using a fine grater and mix it with garlic and a small amount of mayonnaise.

Place slices of pickled cucumber on the bottom of the tartlets.

Spread the mixture into tartlets using a teaspoon, place half an olive and half a cherry on top so that they form a ladybug figurine (see photo).

Place the filled tartlets on a flat plate, decorating the dish with sprigs of any greenery.

Meat rolls stuffed with fried mushrooms

Rarely is a feast complete without meat dishes prepared different ways and served both hot and cold.

For preparation you will need:

thin layers of chicken meat;
any mushrooms;
1 onion;
ground bell pepper;
salt and spices;
cheese in strands;
cherry tomatoes and lettuce leaves for decoration;
vegetable fat for frying.

How to cook

We peel the onion, cut off the lower part of the mushroom stalk and wash the ingredients for the filler in running water.

Chop the onion into small cubes, simmer a little in lean fat, and then add the chopped mushrooms, not forgetting to salt and season the filling with spices.

Fry the mushrooms and onions until tender, stirring constantly, and then put the mass in a colander or sieve to drain excess liquid and remaining fat for sautéing.

When the filling has cooled completely, put the filling on the layers of jar, roll it up into a tube, and tie a strand of cheese around each portion.

Place the formed meat tubes on a flat plate and decorate the appetizer with herbs and cherry tomatoes.

Spicy eggplant baked in the oven with minced meat and vegetables

Based on eggplants, you can prepare many quick and easy snacks for the holiday table, including using a recipe for baking these vegetables in the oven with meat filling.

To create such a dish you will need:

medium-sized eggplants;
chopped meat;
bulb;
garlic cloves to taste;
sweet and hot bell peppers;
carrot;
nut kernels;
any greens;
mayonnaise sauce;
salt and spices;
vegetable oil for frying;
tracing paper for baking.

How to cook

We rinse the blue ones, remove the stalks and cut the vegetables into two parts, moving the knife along the fruit.

Carefully remove the pulp and seeds from the resulting halves with a teaspoon so that the walls are no thinner than 0.5-0.7 mm, otherwise the “boats” will fall apart.

Peel onions, garlic, carrots and peppers and wash them in running water.

Chop the onion and eggplant pulp into small squares, cut the peppers into half rings, grate the carrots, crush the garlic cloves using a press.

Heat the lean fat in a frying pan, add chopped vegetables and sauté until soft.

Place the minced meat in a container, add salt and spices and continue frying.

When the filling is ready, cool it a little, and then fill the blue “boats” with the resulting mass and place them in a deep dish covered with baking paper.

We send the “boats” to the preheated oven compartment and cook for a quarter of an hour, after which we take them out, wait for the dish to cool down, and sprinkle with finely chopped fresh herbs.

Eggplants with meat filling are served hot or cold, adding a sauce of mayonnaise, minced nut kernels and the desired amount of garlic.

Meatloaf with broccoli and cheese for a holiday appetizer

Pork roll with broccoli and cheese, prepared as an appetizer for the holiday table in this easy and quick recipe, will never leave household members and guests indifferent.

Ingredients:

layer of pork pulp;
head of broccoli;
1 onion;
1 carrot;
3 cloves of garlic;
processed cream cheese;
mayonnaise;
salt and spices;
ground pepper;
oil for frying;
baking foil.

How to cook

We rinse the layer of meat under the tap, dry it with napkins and beat it with a hammer.

Rub the pork on both sides with a mixture of salt, ground pepper and your favorite seasonings, and leave to soak.

We disassemble the head of broccoli, peel the onion, carrot, garlic, and wash the vegetables in cold water.

Chop the onion into small squares, grate the carrots and crush the garlic using a press or mortar, and cut the cabbage into small pieces.

Heat vegetable fat in a frying pan and add onions, garlic and carrots, not forgetting to salt and pepper the filling.

When the fried vegetables turn golden, add the broccoli and simmer, covered, until soft.

Coat the meat layer on one side with a mixture of mayonnaise and processed cheese, spread the cooled filling in an even layer and form a roll.

We wrap the rolled meat with threads so that the dish does not fall apart during cooking, and place it in a deep baking dish covered with baking tracing paper.

Place the container with the meat in the oven and bake until done, not forgetting to pour the released juice over the roll so that it becomes crusty but not dry out.

Remove the finished dish from the oven, wait for it to cool completely and cut into pieces. You can serve a meat roll with broccoli and cheese at the table, garnishing it with herbs, olives, cherry tomatoes or boiled egg slices.

You can make your own adjustments to the given quick and easy recipes for appetizers for the holiday table, using other ingredients, and surprise your guests with original and tasty dishes from available products.

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 a quick fix" 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 Great Britain a snack is called appetizer, in France - hors d'oeuvres, in Greece - meze, in Spain - tapas, in Italy - antipasto, in countries Arab world– mazza. The list of countries, of course, is not limited to this, it is much wider.

Interesting fact from the field of 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, vegetables) 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 with 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 holiday table into something truly fantastic. Special subspecies holiday snacks- These are snacks for a group of guests at a party. 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 some 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 bright colors taste qualities appetizers, especially with red meat and exquisite 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 you can serve it with a 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 snacks that are nourishing and original in taste; these can be, for example, spicy chicken wings In addition, this drink goes well with crispy crackers (with or without additives), as well as dried or dried meat, fish, seafood, and 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 make it happen culinary recipes preparing and decorating appetizers to perfection!

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