New Year is very close, it's time to think over the holiday menu. You will not be surprised at the abundance of various original salads on the table, so we suggest diluting them with delicious and satisfying hot dishes of American cuisine.
Baked turkey
This bird is a very popular table decoration in Christmas films. A whole baked turkey with a crispy crust seasoned with aromatic herbs will look great in the center of the table.
We will need:
- Turkey - 1 pc;
- Butter - 100 g;
- Fresh thyme - 1 bunch;
- Sage - 1 bunch;
- Garlic - 1 pc.;
- Salt;
- Ground black pepper;
- Lubricating oil (olive).
First you need to clean the turkey and cut off the tips of its wings. Separate, but do not cut, and do not damage the skin on the sternum, legs and back. Sprinkle the meat under the skin with salt and pepper.
Next, cut the butter into small pieces and put it under the skin along with sage leaves. Inside the turkey we stick a bunch of thyme and whole garlic.
We tie the legs with a thread or fasten them together with a toothpick, we turn the wings inward. Put the turkey in a baking dish and pour over the butter.
We put the form in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. The baking time depends on the size of the bird: 2.5 kg - about an hour and a half, and a larger turkey can cook for 3 hours. As you cook, you need to water the turkey with the secreted juice.
Steak
As a rule, the steak is cooked on the grill, but not everyone has this opportunity, so the recipe will be using a frying pan and oven.
Ingredients:
- fresh beef - 700 g;
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- olive oil;
- balsamic vinegar;
- butter.
Beef should be cut into steaks 3 cm wide, grated with salt and pepper, and poured with olive oil. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
Heat 20 g butter and olive oil in a pan. Chop the onion and fry it until golden brown, add the finely chopped garlic, mix and hold everything together in a pan for a few more minutes. Cut tomatoes into thin slices and put onion and garlic. Gently mix and simmer the vegetables for a couple of minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
Fry steaks in a hot frying pan on both sides, so that there is a crust, but inside they were not fried. After that, pour them with balsamic vinegar, a teaspoon of olive oil and put in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes.
Remove the prepared steaks from the oven and leave to rest for five minutes. After cutting into small slices, one and a half centimeters and beautifully lay on a plate. Serve meat with fried tomatoes.
Apple pie
For dessert, serve a fragrant apple pie with cinnamon.
For the test we need:
- flour - 300 g;
- butter - 150 g;
- water - 60 ml;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon;
- salt - 0.5 teaspoon.
For filling:
- medium apples - 6 pcs;
- sugar - 200 g;
- starch or flour - 3 tablespoons;
- lemon juice;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon.
We will prepare the dough for our pie using a processor. Mix the flour, salt and sugar. Butter must first be put in the freezer for an hour, then cut into cubes, add it to the flour and grind everything in the combine to a fine crumb. Next, gradually add water, until the dough ceases to crumble in your hands. Divide the dough into two identical parts, wrap in cling film and put in the freezer for 15 minutes.
We clean the apples and cut them into small cubes, sprinkle with lemon juice. Add sugar, cinnamon, starch and mix everything thoroughly.
We take out the dough from the freezer and, using a small amount of flour, roll it to the size of our form (each piece of dough separately). One of the layers of dough is neatly laid in the form, then lay out the filling. We cut the second layer into long strips and decorate our cake with them, laying them on top of the filling with a wire rack.
Put the cake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about an hour. Serve it hot with a portion of ice cream.
Meat pie
Juicy meat pie is made with and without vegetables. We will cook it with carrots.
Dough:
- flour - 320 g;
- salt - 1 tablespoon;
- margarine - 150 g;
- water - 125 ml.
Filling:
- beef - 450 g;
- water - 500 ml;
- carrots - 3 pieces;
- starch - 25 g;
- salt;
- pepper.
Dice the beef and fry until golden brown. Put the meat in a pan and pour water so that it slightly covers it. Cook for two hours over low heat until the meat breaks down into fibers. After that, put it in a separate bowl, and cook the diced carrots on beef broth (20 minutes). Mix the finished carrots with meat and add salt and pepper. We dilute starch in 80 ml of water, add to beef broth, bring to a boil and simmer for five minutes.
While preparing the dough, preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Mix flour with salt. Cut the chilled margarine into cubes and mix with flour in the combine, and add 125 ml of water there. Divide the dough into two parts, roll out. Put the first layer in the mold, add the filling and pour the broth. After cover with a second layer of dough. The cake must be baked for 25 minutes, so that a golden crust appears.
Pizza
Cooking this pizza will not take much time, and the result will pleasantly surprise you. The ingredients are listed in two pieces.
Dough:
- flour - 400 g;
- water - 200 ml;
- vegetable oil - 5 teaspoons;
- salt;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon.
Filling:
- ketchup - 2 tablespoons;
- hard cheese - 300 g;
- medium tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
- smoked sausage - 200 g;
- black pepper.
Mix flour with salt, add oil and water. Knead the dough until smooth and divide into two parts. Roll each layer on the surface, sprinkled with flour. We spread on a baking sheet, greased with oil, form small sides.
Grease the base of the pizza with ketchup and sprinkle with grated cheese. Cut the tomatoes into thin round slices and spread them on the cheese. Dice the sausage, evenly distribute it throughout the pizza, sprinkle with black pepper. We put in the oven heated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
Now you know how easy it is to cook some American dishes. So you can definitely surprise guests in the New Year.
