Spicy appetizer

Recipes that aren’t in the cookbooks

A rich and varied menu for the holiday table can be entirely composed of dishes that are prepared using refrigeration technology in the home refrigerator. It’s a cold soup, fish and poultry pours, cabbage rolls, dumplings, etc… For recipes for these dishes, I refer you to any modern American cookbook.

And we’ll talk about recipes that aren’t in these books yet.

Spicy appetizer

Keep a packet of melted cheese “Druzhba”, “Wave” or similar in the freezer until it hardens. Take off the wrapping and grate the cheese. Only in frozen form is this operation possible over melted cheese! Add finely ground thyme herb other names for this spice are thyme, thyme . Dress with mayonnaise and stir.

Use the resulting mass for sandwiches, canapes, decorating them with leaves of greens watercress is especially good for this . If you use rye bread instead of white one, for example Borodinsky, you can make a very effective flavor by frying the square slices in a pan with a little oil.

Before applying the mass, it is necessary to cool the bread to room temperature. You’ll see what a success this quick and easy casserole dish is!

Puff pastry

No recipe for puff pastry can do without indicating: place in a refrigerator or freezer for 30-40 minutes. The rest of the time is spent repeatedly unrolling the dough, folding the layers of dough into an envelope and unrolling again…

This is a time consuming and tedious business. Here’s a lighter recipe, also using the refrigerator. Let 300g of margarine stand in the freezer so that it can be easily grated. Add 3 cups of flour and stir. Make a pit in the top of the pile and pour three quarters of a cup of water in it. Add one egg, a pinch of salt.

In a small cup, mix one teaspoon of table vinegar with a pinch of baking soda, and pour sizzling mixture into flour and margarine. Mix evenly, pack and put into the freezer for 30-40 minutes. Now you can quickly and easily roll out the dough and make small pies with filling, or one large pie, or bake thin crusts for a layer cake “Napoleon”. This is a recipe from my aunt, at whose house we used to enthusiastically spin an old wooden ice cream maker as children…

Ice Cream Fruit Salad

With this “folk recipe” we end our holiday feast with a dish that uses refrigeration in the refrigerator. Cut the tinned fruit – apples, plums, peaches, pears, pineapples – into equal small cubes, removing the pips and seeds. Add canned pitted cherries. Put these assorted fruits in a salad bowl, pour the sour cream over them, and stir to combine.

Put it all in the freezer and serve in 20-30 minutes. Guests are thrilled with this dish and are at a loss as to how it’s made. Similar to ice cream, but better. If they only knew how easy it is!

You see, dishes made with home refrigeration techniques can make a big feast table. Today, comfortable and convenient appliances offer a variety of possibilities and a high quality of life.