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In different countries the New Year in different ways. In Bulgaria, looking forward to the 12-second attack hours. At this time in their homes for an instant the light goes off for New Year's kisses. Only after this woman starts to cut the cake baked in its surprises. If the coin will get - wait for wealth, a branch of roses - love. The same tradition is widespread in Romania and Australia.

In Denmark, the owner shall submit to midnight on the holiday table a huge bowl of sweet rice porridge, but not simple, but with a secret. The peculiarity of this cereal is that the bottom of the bowl concealed nuts (almonds). Single girls, attention! If you hit nuts - for the next year marriage was inevitable. The others simply promised a happy new year. That in itself no bad thing.

New domikItalyantsy at the end of the year have the custom of throwing old or unwanted furniture, and directly from the windows. On the Christmas table they like to file eels. A young Italian woman waiting for gifts from Santa Claus, though not quite the Snow Maiden, which is called La Befana.

Earlier in Russia on New Year's table put all the best, the main fare was suckling pig and roast pork. The girls, escaping on December 31, stranded carefully under the table, whenever a cereal grain - to marry, but to the whole year were new dresses, January 1, put all the best in the course of the day a few times dressed. And today the New Year in Russia's favorite holiday. This beautiful Christmas tree and Christmas Ball, and Santa Claus with gifts, and of course New Year's feast.

What to prepare for the new year?

KuritsaMozhno make jellied fish, stuffed chicken (or stuffed chicken legs), fish marinated. Zhuleny, pies sturgeon (or cabbage). Sponge cake with fresh strawberries. For dessert - multi-colored ice cream (now without any problems in buckets), and canned fruit. You can also buy ready-made puff baskets and arrange them on a variety of salads, or caviar. It's all in addition to the mandatory salad, jellied meat and different kinds of meat and fish cuts. And do not forget to make the original New Year's dish - veal tongue.

We'll talk more in detail about the salads:

SalatSalat "New Year". Dice crabsticks, Grate cheese, add finely chopped garlic and boiled meat, squeeze 1 / 4 of a lemon, add olives, pitted and bread croutons, diced, mayonnaise.

You can try the following salad: chicken boiled meat, boiled tongue, cabbage, a few mushrooms (or other mushrooms) and mayonnaise. Chicken, language and cabbage cut into fine strips (julienne it), mushrooms, cut julienne not necessarily. All oil mayonnaise. Yum!

Salad: boiled liver (beef), chopped straw, carrots and onions (poluzharenye polutushenye, carrot grated on a coarse grater), shapinony chopped, mayonnaise. The combination of braised carrots and onions and liver are very original and pleasant.

KorzinochkaOriginalny New salad - and beautiful, and delicious, is called "Garnet": 1 layer - finely chopped cooked chicken, 2 layer boiled potatoes, 3 - onions, pre-aged 15 min. vinegar, 4 - boiled carrots, 5 - boiled beets. Each layer of grease with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Vegetables cut in small cubes, and onion rings. Reaches the upper layer - in the fridge. Before serving, sprinkle with green top and a dense layer of garnet grains. Do not be alarmed many layers. Very simple, tasty and beautifully.

Amazing fruit salad! Take a banana, apple, pear, tangerine, persimmon, kiwi, etc. (The more different fruits - the better), cut and mix. Fill - Beat the melted ice cream with yogurt and a couple of spoons of wine. Very tasty!

ShampanskoeZa New Year table, everything should be unusual, original, including drinks. Champagne, of course, traditional New Year's drink, but especially for fastidious guests, you can make a flip, which includes the addition of champagne (one serving) 1 egg yolk, a teaspoon of sugar, 20 g of Cointreau, juice of half an orange and some ice. Whip the yolk and sugar, add liquor, ice and juice, pour in the pre-frosted glass and top up with champagne. Ready to pour a cocktail immediately after its preparation and, if portions planned much better to put the glasses in a row and fill them halfway. In this case, it is more convenient distribute the remainder of the cocktail.

Here are some recipes alcoholic cocktails:

Pina Colada "Pina Colada". Is made from coconut milk, rum, pineapple juice + ice. Garnish with a slice of pineapple. There is a version of "Virgin Pina colada @ - without alcohol, and milk.

Another cool cocktail "Tears of a snake. Mixed Cointreau, fresh lime juice, tequila and ignited separately poured in the rest of the mixture. Drunk from the two tubes, it is burning.

"Cyrus" and "Kir Royale": in a triangular glass at the bottom pour 1 part of blackcurrant liqueur, then 3 parts dry white wine - will be Cyrus, but if you add instead of wine Brut (or dry champagne) will Kir Royale. Remarkably is Ammaretto with Brut 1 part in 3 parts.

"Campari, Campari, orange juice, orange wedge, chipped ice.

And another killer cocktail "control shot". White Muscat, fanta, absinthe. Absinthe ignited and drink up. Do not drink more than one.

KokteylKokteyl, which is called "Snow Maiden". Mix 1980 white table wine, vodka in Moscow in 1930, 1920 Water, 1915 canned or frozen fruit (cherries, grapes), 1925 cherry liqueur or home infusion, juice of lemon or a quarter in 1910 citric acid and add the ice in 1930. For hot cocktail is the same recipe. Only instead of white wine taken red. The wine is heated without fruit - they are placed, when poured into a cocktail glass.

"Love in the snow: 40 ml of liquor DiSaronno ORJ?NAL (DiSaronno Originale), 20 ml of vodka, cream. To decorate: strawberry syrup, grape, cherry, lemon twist, slices of lemon and an umbrella. Pour vodka and liqueur in a glass, put into a twist of Lemon peel and pour whipped cream. Drizzle with syrup and cream, decorate and submit.

DevushkiKokteyl Fireworks love. " At one serving: vodka - 20 ml orange liqueur - 20 ml, -20 ml orange juice, lemon juice - 20 ml, sparkling water - 100 ml, powdered sugar - 1 tsp, crushed ice. Vodka, liqueur and juices to mix in a glass with ice and pour into tall glass. Add soda water and then do not mix. Then, carefully, so foam does not flow over the brim, add powdered sugar. Happy New Year and Bon Appetit!