The Magical Day
So, the official parties are over and the 31st of December arrived! The morning of this day is truly magical for every Russian. You open your eyes, remember what day is today and...kind of turning in your mind into a child who does believe in magic. From this moment on you start expecting something magical would happen to you today... And you have all of the pleasures of the day waiting for you! --- Friends, family, music, entertainment and , of course, enjoyable food !New Year Celebration Menu
Russians love to eat a lot of antipasti and salads. There are usually a few of them on the Christmas table.
No Russian Christmas/New Year celebration without Champagne! It must be there!
2.Salad "Mimosa" ( eggs,onion, carrot, fish, mayonnaise)
3.Salad "Herring under a fur coat" ( herring, potatoes, onion, beetroot, mayonnaise)
4.Kolbasa (Salami)
5.Fish
6.Pickled Gherkins ( pickled in water, salt, spices, no vinegar )
7.Pickled Tomatoes (pickled in water, salt, spices, no vinegar )
8.Pickled Cabbage in its own juice with salt and sugar ( no vinegar )
Hot course:
9. Pelmeni with horse reddish sauce, tomato sauce(ketchup) or sour cream (watch out for my lens about pelmeni )
10.Traditional Russian Christmas Goose with Apples ( watch video below)
Dessert:
11.Tart "Napoleon"
12.Tart "Honeyed"
13.Plenty of biscuits/cakes
14.Plenty of Chocolates
15.Plenty of Varenie ( preserved fruit in sugar syrop )
16.Fruit
Drinks:
17.Tea
18.Juice
19.Compote ( fruit pieces are cooked in water with sugar and preserved in the jars for winter)
20.Wine
21.Vodka ;)
Sometimes there is caviar on the table, but not often as it is expensive and ordinary people just can't afford it.
Here it is the"Olivier" winter Salad recipe (my favourite). In other countries is known as "Russian Salad". Click here to go to the recipe page.
Traditional Russian Christmas Goose Video Recipe
Very tasty!
Better a free range farm goose!
Traditionally it's stuffed with buckwheat and cooked with apples. You can substitute the stuffing with whatever you want.
Watch this video. The man speaks Russian, but you can follow the video and understand what he is doing.
Traditional Russian Sweets
Below are those traditional sweets that everybody knows and loves in Russia. Recommended.
