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Christmas dishes are a constant attribute of Christmas. They bring a festive feel to our home, with the Christmas table having important symbolic significance. More on Christmas dishes...
As you know, there is a Catholic Christmas and Orthodox Christmas, and at the same time it is difficult to find even two Catholic or Orthodox countries that would have absolutely identical Christmas dishes and a Christmas menu. The Christmas table should not only saturate the family, but also symbolize abundance, the beginning of a new life. Traditional Christmas dishes in different countries are very diverse, a variety of products are allowed due to the end of fasting. For example, from the end of November to January 7, the Orthodox Christmas fast lasts, the menu of the Christmas fast is a great way not only to cleanse yourself spiritually, but also physically. Eating in the Christmas fast excludes fatty animal food, fish can be eaten several times a week. But after the post, the recipes for Christmas dishes are more diverse, there is meat, fish, and dairy products.

For countries in Western Europe, sweet dishes are especially characteristic of Christmas baking recipes. At this time, Christmas pastries really fill houses and bazaars. The recipe for Christmas pastries is Christmas cookies, as well as Christmas gingerbread. Recipes for Christmas cupcake and Christmas candy are also very popular. England even has a special English Christmas cupcake. The recipe for Christmas cookies is simple, the main thing is the beautiful design. To please loved ones and, especially, children, we offer you a recipe for Christmas gingerbread. You will need flour, sugar, soda, eggs, butter, cocoa, honey, spices. After blending the ingredients and kneading the dough, it should be refrigerated overnight to be infused and soaked in spice, in which case you'll get a particularly flavoursome Christmas gingerbread. The recipe for Christmas gingerbread will also require a certain artistic taste from you, because it will be necessary to mold figures of a person, animals, or some geometric ones from the dough. After that, the cookies are baked in the oven and decorated with glaze. Christmas cookies are prepared in much the same way. The recipe for Christmas cupcake is very popular in England. It is prepared with dried fruits and nuts, soaked in some kind of alcohol. For Orthodox sweets, Christmas sweets are primarily Christmas kutya and Christmas pastries, such as Christmas pie. The recipe that creates a holiday for children is lollipops in the form of cockerels. The ideal option for Christmas baking will be Christmas tea. It is made from black tea, ginger, cinnamon and orange peel.

Also in many countries of Europe, a mandatory Christmas dish, it is Christmas goose, Christmas duck or Christmas turkey. Christmas goose is prepared in Germany, Denmark, Greece, Russia. You definitely won't regret having a Christmas goose on your desk. The Christmas goose recipe usually uses apples and prunes. Christmas turkey is a recipe that is characteristic of England and the United States. Christmas salad is often served for meat dishes, the recipe of which may differ from country to country.