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What to cook for a festive table

Seventy dishes for a festive table with a price per serving: salads from olivier to the pomegranate bracelet, starters and platters, mains of chicken, pork, duck and fish, sides, cakes and desserts, drinks. Ready tables: classic, in an hour, budget, for a big party, dinner for two, no oven.

70recipes
$0.36–$6.08per portion
10 min – 19 hto cook
85–1626kcal per portion

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Guests on Saturday and the menu in your head is the same as always: olivier, chicken, a cake from the shop. Here are seventy dishes for a festive table, each with time, calories and a price per serving at your store's prices. Salads from olivier and mimosa to the pomegranate bracelet and shrimp with avocado, starters from salmon tartlets to a cheese board, mains of chicken, pork, duck, trout and pike-perch, cakes from medovik and napoleon to pavlova and cheesecake.

Below are six ready tables of six dishes each: a salad, a starter, a main, a side or second starter, a dessert and a drink. "Classic" is what parents expect, "In an hour" has nothing over 35 minutes, "Budget" is the cheapest set here, "Big party" is dishes that cut into ten portions, "Dinner for two" is for a date, "No oven" is for when the oven is busy or missing. Every recipe has a servings counter: set the number of guests and the grams and price are recalculated, and the shopping list covers everyone.

Ready menus

Classic table

Olivier, herring under a fur coat, kholodets, buzhenina, potato gratin, medovik. What people expect from a holiday; kholodets and medovik are made the day before.

Table in an hour

Crab salad with apple, caprese on a big platter, salmon tartlets, garlic butter shrimp with rice, tiramisu, homemade lemonade. Nothing over 35 minutes, the dessert comes together while the rice cooks.

Budget table

Stolichny salad, beetroot with herring and no mayo, chicken with potatoes, rye garlic croutons, kefir chocolate cake, cranberry mors. The cheapest set in the collection, the price per guest is under the list.

Big party table

Pomegranate bracelet, meat platter, accordion pork with cheese, country-style potatoes, napoleon, pickle plate. Everything cuts into portions and does not need to be served hot from the stove.

Dinner for two

Pear and blue cheese salad, shrimp and avocado bruschetta, duck breast with orange, salmon pasta, creme brulee, berry mojito. Two servings, an hour in the kitchen.

Salads 16

Olivier salad Dinner40 min618 kcal≈ $1.77

Herring Under a Fur Coat Dinner50 min627 kcal≈ $2.27

Crab Salad with Apple and Corn Dinner20 min406 kcal≈ $1.73

Caprese Platter Dinner10 min320 kcal≈ $2.20

Capital Chicken Salad Dinner55 min445 kcal≈ $1.00

Beetroot with Herring, Apple, and Onion (No Mayo) Dinner15 min290 kcal≈ $2.09

Pomegranate Bracelet Salad Dinner55 min460 kcal≈ $2.12

Pear, Blue Cheese & Walnut Salad Dinner12 min513 kcal≈ $4.08

Orange Chicken and Cheese Salad Dinner40 min399 kcal≈ $2.07

Cod Liver Salad with Egg Dinner15 min384 kcal≈ $2.89

Mimosa Salad Dinner40 min746 kcal≈ $2.05

Crab Stick Rice Salad Dinner20 min508 kcal≈ $2.34

Vinaigrette with Herring Dinner50 min411 kcal≈ $2.30

Chicken, Pineapple and Cheese Salad Dinner35 min472 kcal≈ $1.89

Tender Chicken & Date Salad Dinner40 min541 kcal≈ $2.23

Shrimp, Avocado, and Cherry Tomato Salad Dinner15 min319 kcal≈ $3.97

Starters 15

Pork and Beef Kholodets Snack19 h500 kcal≈ $1.79

Tartlets with Cream Cheese and Salmon Snack20 min390 kcal≈ $2.76

Crispy Borodinsky Bread Croutons with Garlic and Cheese Sauce Snack18 min430 kcal≈ $1.82

Cold Cuts with Mustard and Cornichons Snack10 min341 kcal≈ $2.56

A Plate of Pickles for the Table Snack10 min140 kcal≈ $1.67

Garlic Shrimp & Avocado Bruschetta Snack18 min430 kcal≈ $2.83

Cheese Balls with Crab Sticks Snack15 min404 kcal≈ $1.75

Smoked Salmon and Farmer’s Cheese Canapés Snack15 min237 kcal≈ $2.10

Cheese, Grapes, Olives, and Ham Skewers Snack15 min397 kcal≈ $2.00

Lavash Roll with Salmon and Cream Cheese Snack15 min357 kcal≈ $3.56

Stuffed Eggs with Cheese and Caviar Snack20 min364 kcal≈ $1.69

Tomatoes with Cheese and Garlic Snack10 min321 kcal≈ $1.64

Eggplant Rolls with Cheese and Garlic Snack35 min408 kcal≈ $2.18

Cheese Board with Honey, Nuts, and Grapes Snack10 min437 kcal≈ $2.73

Tomato and Basil Bruschetta Snack15 min359 kcal≈ $1.63

Mains 21

Baked Buzhenina (Pork Neck) Dinner2 h587 kcal≈ $1.69

Creamy Potato Gratin with Cheese Dinner1 h 15 min472 kcal≈ $1.36

Garlic Butter Shrimp with Basmati Rice Dinner20 min465 kcal≈ $4.05

Garlic & Paprika Roast Chicken with Potatoes Dinner1 h 30 min663 kcal≈ $1.58

Pork Roll with Cheese and Tomatoes Dinner1 h 35 min516 kcal≈ $1.71

Rustic Potatoes Dinner50 min266 kcal≈ $0.58

Creamy Salmon Pasta Dinner20 min700 kcal≈ $5.02

Honey-Orange Glazed Duck Breast Dinner30 min497 kcal≈ $5.20

Pork Neck Steak with Caramelized Onions Dinner35 min697 kcal≈ $1.83

French-Style Pork Cutlets Dinner1 h567 kcal≈ $2.34

Duck stuffed with apples Dinner2 h 30 min1626 kcal≈ $6.08

Chicken Roulade with Ham and Cheese Dinner1 h351 kcal≈ $2.25

Pork Neck Roasted with Mustard and Garlic Dinner1 h 55 min573 kcal≈ $1.52

Pork with Prunes and Apples in the Oven Dinner1 h 30 min571 kcal≈ $1.55

Trout baked with lemon and broccoli Dinner30 min432 kcal≈ $4.72

Baked Pike Perch with Potatoes and Onions Dinner55 min336 kcal≈ $3.03

Creamy Baked Salmon with Spinach Dinner35 min468 kcal≈ $4.56

Honey-Rosemary Chicken with Oranges and Rice Dinner55 min641 kcal≈ $1.77

Turkey Leg with Cranberry Glaze Dinner1 h 30 min390 kcal≈ $1.77

Rosemary & Garlic Potato Wedges Dinner45 min233 kcal≈ $0.56

Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Butter Dinner35 min293 kcal≈ $0.61

Dessert 18

Honey Cake (Medovik) Snack2 h695 kcal≈ $0.94

Tiramisu with Coffee Soak Snack35 min425 kcal≈ $1.19

Homemade Mint Lemonade Snack15 min86 kcal≈ $0.36

Chocolate Kefir Cake Snack1 h 10 min423 kcal≈ $0.45

Cranberry Morse Snack20 min93 kcal≈ $0.45

Napoleon Cake with Puff Pastry Snack1 h 30 min458 kcal≈ $0.78

Crème Brûlée Snack2 h 50 min430 kcal≈ $0.86

Berry Mocktail (Non-Alcoholic) Snack10 min159 kcal≈ $2.73

No-Bake Orange Cheesecake Snack6 h 30 min453 kcal≈ $1.27

Candied Oranges in Dark Chocolate with Chopped Nuts Snack20 min352 kcal≈ $1.77

Classic Baked Cheesecake Snack1 h 35 min415 kcal≈ $1.14

Panna Cotta with Berry Sauce Snack25 min338 kcal≈ $1.21

Bird's Milk Cake Snack4 h 40 min425 kcal≈ $0.70

Berry and Sponge Trifle Snack1 h 5 min466 kcal≈ $1.67

Pavlova with Berries Snack2 h382 kcal≈ $2.11

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries Snack20 min298 kcal≈ $2.07

Mulled Wine Snack20 min197 kcal≈ $2.06

Non-Alcoholic Mulled Grape Juice Snack15 min194 kcal≈ $0.97

How to use it

Open each dish of the table, set the number of guests in the servings counter and add it to the shopping list: the products merge into one list in whole packs. A festive serving here is smaller than a lunch one because there are several dishes on the table: a salad is 250 to 350 kcal, a main 350 to 570, a cake 400 to 460. Not a herring person, take the mimosa: there are seven or eight options for every role.

Make kholodets, medovik, napoleon and cheesecake the day before, they need a night in the fridge. Assemble mayonnaise salads no earlier than two hours before the guests, layered ones can be done in the morning. Time the oven main so it comes out when the starters are gone; chicken and pork need about an hour.

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Questions

What can I cook for a festive table on a budget?

Stolichny salad, beetroot with herring, chicken with potatoes in the oven, garlic croutons, kefir cake and cranberry mors: the Budget table is these six, and the price per guest is under the list. Chicken, potatoes, beetroot and kefir bakes come out cheapest.

What can I cook for a festive table quickly?

Crab salad with apple in 20 minutes, caprese in 10, salmon tartlets in 20, garlic butter shrimp in 20, tiramisu in 35. The Table in an hour is made of these: the salad and dessert come together while the rice cooks.

What main course should I cook for a celebration?

A whole chicken with oranges, buzhenina, accordion pork with cheese, French-style meat, duck with apples, trout with lemon or pike-perch with potatoes. All of them go into the oven an hour before serving and need no supervision.

Which salads can I make for a party besides olivier?

Mimosa, pomegranate bracelet, Nezhnost with chicken and prunes, mandarin and chicken salad, cod liver salad, shrimp and avocado salad, crab salad with apple. Assemble layered salads in the morning, the rest an hour before the table.

What can I cook for a big party?

Dishes that cut into portions: accordion pork, buzhenina, meatloaf, country-style potatoes, pomegranate bracelet, napoleon. Set the number of guests in the servings counter of each dish and the grams and shopping list scale for everyone.