How to decorate a table for Easter so that it looks festive and cozy

04/17/201904/17/2019 Olga Bilovitskaya

The most important, great holiday for all Orthodox Christians is Easter. He meets as usual, with his family. Previously, people got up in the morning, put on their best clothes and went to church. Those who were stronger stood all night the night before at the all-night service.

We waited for this holiday with trepidation and prepared for it. Before this day, we fasted and prayed for 7 weeks. The eve of Bright Resurrection is the strictest, but in the morning a generous table was set for the whole family. After the end of the service, children and adults said Christ and presented each other with colored eggs. Where does Easter preparation begin:

Culinary symbols of Easter

• Easter cottage cheese Tsarskaya

All ingredients are mixed, then Easter is formed in the shape of a pyramid with four sides. This shape is a symbol of the Holy Sepulcher. On the front part they write two letters ХВ - Christ is Risen. On other sides, a cross, a spear and flowers are figuratively squeezed out - all this in memory of the torment of Christ.

Ingredients:

1. Sour cream – 100 ml.
2. Butter – 100 g.
3. Cottage cheese – 800 g.
4. Eggs (yolks) – 3 pcs.
5. Sugar – 150 g.
6. Candied fruits – 30 g.
7. Nuts – 30 g.
8. Dried fruits – 30 g.

This type of Easter must be served on a special dish. That’s what it’s called – beekeeper. It is very tasty to eat Easter with freshly brewed black coffee.

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• Kulich Paska

We put the pastry on the dough according to the classic recipe. It is distinguished by tasty and aromatic additives: lemon, orange, nutmeg and vanilla sugar. At the end of the kneading, add raisins. Knead the risen dough 2 times and distribute among the molds. We wait for it to rise a little again and put it in the oven.

Ingredients:

1. Milk – 500 ml.
2. Flour – 1.5-1.8 kg.
3. Egg – 10 pcs.
4. Butter – 350 g.
5. Sugar – 0.5 kg.
6. Salt – 1 tsp.
7. Lemon – 1 pc.
8. Orange (zest) – 1 pc.
9. Nutmeg – 1 tsp.
10. Vanilla sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
11. Yeast – 100 g.
12. Raisins – 200 g.
13. Powdered sugar – 100 g.

From the declared ingredients you will get 10 beads, which must be covered with sweet glaze and bright multi-colored sprinkles. The paskas are fluffy, porous and very tasty!

• Chocolate cake in a slow cooker

It is very convenient to bake Easter cake in a slow cooker. Let the dough rest for just 2 hours. Bake on the Keep Warm setting for 40 minutes. and in Baking mode – 35 minutes.

Ingredients:

1. Flour – 350-400 g.
2. Salt – 1 tsp.
3. Sugar – 100 g.
4. Cocoa – 2 tbsp. l.
5. Dry yeast – 10 g.
6. Butter – 50 g.
7. Chocolate milk – 200 ml.
8. Egg – 2 pcs.
9. Condensed milk – 2 tbsp. l.
10. Raisins – 100 g.
11. Sour cream 20% – 2 tbsp. l.
12. White chocolate – 100 g.

Decorate the cake with melted chocolate or chocolate icing, and on top with bright sprinkles. We place multi-colored eggs around the Easter cake - very beautiful!

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• Cottage cheese Easter in the oven

Cottage cheese Easter bakes very quickly in the oven. The result is a tasty, tender, pleasant, fatty substance. Be sure to whip the cream, this will make the Easter less dense.

Ingredients:

1. Homemade cottage cheese – 1 kg.
2. Egg – 4 pcs.
3. Sugar – 300 g.
4. Vanilla sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
5. Lemon juice – 50 ml.
6. Raisins – 100 g.
7. Butter – 100 g.
8. Cream – 200 ml.

Bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. Decorate with sweet icing or chocolate.

• Painted egg

In memory of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, believers give each other eggs with the words “Christ is risen!” The egg symbolizes new life. Historians argue a lot about the reason for the origin of the tradition of coloring eggs for Easter, but this is not important in our time. It's just beautiful and fun!

Ingredients:

1. Egg – 10-15 pcs.
2. Natural dye – 4 pcs.

It is very convenient to color eggs by adding natural dyes. If you were unable to buy dyes, then add brilliant green or color white eggs brown by boiling them in onion skins.

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• Egg with ornament

Our parents also gave us boiled white eggs so that we could draw various patterns on them with simple felt-tip pens. It may not have turned out very nicely, but we happily agreed to participate in it. Nowadays, stores sell a large number of special Easter stickers and transfers for eggs. Be sure to use them to make the holiday even more interesting, even more colorful!

Cookies "Bounty"

You will need: 100g butter, 2 egg whites, 100g flour, 100g ground almonds or almond meal, 80g cream cheese, 100g sugar, 100g coconut for dusting.

Cooking method:

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator an hour before cooking to soften it. Add sugar, pour in egg whites and stir.
2. Add cream cheese and flour.
3. Add ground almonds and knead into a smooth dough. Cover it with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
4. Roll into walnut-sized balls and roll in coconut flakes. Bake on parchment for 10–12 minutes at 160°. It is better to store cookies in a closed jar so that they remain soft.

Snacks

• Eggs stuffed with herring

Eggs stuffed with herring are a real Russian appetizer. There is nothing easier than boiling eggs and stuffing them in 5 minutes. Salted herring will add piquancy to the soft egg, but the eggs themselves are always satisfying and tasty.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken egg – 6 pcs.
2. Salted herring – 150 g.
3. Mayonnaise – 1.5 tbsp. l.
4. Pepper - to taste.
5. Parsley - for decoration.

Serve the egg halves on a beautiful plate. There will be 12 of them, and this is quite enough for a snack. Decorate the dish with herbs. Very beautiful!

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• Egg-shaped aspic

Let's prepare empty eggshells. We make a hole in the shell from the blunt end, no more than 2 cm in size, so that later it will be more convenient to install the filler. We remove the contents and rinse the inside using table vinegar or soda solution. Place the chopped ingredients in shells, fill them with broth and gelatin and refrigerate.

Ingredients:

1. Empty egg shells – 10 pcs.
2. Lemon – 1 pc.
3. Green peas – 100 g.
4. Chicken fillet (ham) – 200 g.
5. Olives – 150 g.
6. Canned corn – 100 g.
7. Gelatin – 2 tbsp. l.
8. Parsley – 15 g.
9. Broth – 400 ml.
10. Red bell pepper – 1 pc.
11. Carrots – 1 pc.

After hardening, peel the “eggs”, turn them over and place them on a plate with the blunt end down. Unusual, tasty and pleasing to the eye.

• Chicken rolls wrapped in bacon

Plain chicken rolls are often a bit dry. Bacon will add fat, juiciness and piquant taste.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken fillet – 400 g.
2. Bacon – 100 g.
3. Mustard – 2 tsp.
4. Olive oil – 2 tsp.
5. Quail egg – 2 pcs.
6. Salt - to taste.
7. Pepper - to taste.

Place the rolls on paper towels to remove excess fat. Garnish with mint leaves and serve cooled as a delicious appetizer or as a main course with rice, potatoes, buckwheat and vegetables.

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• Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes are a very impressive decorative appetizer. Choose stronger tomatoes for it so that, filled with filling from the inside, they retain their shape.

Ingredients:

1. Stewed mushrooms – 200 g.
2. Processed cheese – 150 g.
3. Egg – 3 pcs.
4. Small tomatoes – 12 pcs.
5. Salt - to taste.
6. Seasonings - to taste.

We recommend using small tomatoes – “one bite size”. The filling may be different, but we know for sure that you can’t go wrong by stuffing tomatoes with mushrooms or meat.

• Jellied meat made from different types of meat

The more varied the meat products, the tastier the jellied meat. Properly cooked, it will remain transparent, beautiful, truly festive. We don't need gelatin in this recipe. The thick, rich broth will harden perfectly on its own.

Ingredients:

1. Lean beef – 1 kg.
2. Beef shank – 1 pc.
3. Pork legs – 3 pcs.
4. Chicken – 1 kg.
5. Onions – 2 pcs.
6. Carrots – 1 pc.
7. Bay leaf – 1 pc.
8. Black peppercorns – 10 pcs.
9. Garlic – 7 zb.
10. Salt - to taste.

Place the jellied meat in a shallow bowl so that before serving it is easy to remove it by turning it over onto a plate. You can use a silicone cake pan or small serving molds.

• Cucumber mousse

A healthy, tasty, green cucumber will make any dish juicy, and our kitchen will be filled with the aroma of freshness. Combine it with cream and cheese and we’ll get an excellent jelly snack.

Ingredients:

1. Long cucumber – 1 pc.
2. Cream – 150 g.
3. Gelatin – 16 g.
4. Cheese – 200 g.
5. White wine vinegar – 1 tbsp. l.
6. Vegetable broth – 300 ml.
7. Salt - to taste.
8. Pepper - to taste.
9. Greens - to taste.
10. Shrimp for decoration – 4 pcs.

Take the mousse out of the refrigerator just before serving and cut it into small pieces, just like jellied meat.

• Salad Cockerel

The salad itself can be made from any ingredients, but since the chicken theme has been chosen, then for Easter we make it from chicken breast, champignons and eggs.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken breast – 300 g.
2. Champignons – 200 g.
3. Chicken egg – 3 pcs.
4. Cheese – 100 g.
5. Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
6. Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.
7. Pepper mixture – 0.5 tsp.
8. Salt - to taste.
9. Bell pepper – 1 pc.

It would be great to use red and yellow bell peppers for decoration. Let's cut it into curly rings and arrange it, imitating the beautiful tail and wing of a cockerel.

• Salad Easter wreath

The salad, decorated as an Easter wreath, turns out to be very beautiful. Potatoes make it soft and satisfying, carrots and onions give it juiciness, and cheese and mayonnaise add fat. This is delicious!

Ingredients:

1. Chicken fillet – 300 g.
2. Potatoes – 3 pcs.
3. Egg – 4 pcs.
4. Carrots – 1 pc.
5. Onions – 1 pc.
6. Hard cheese – 50 g.
7. Garlic – 1 gb.
8. Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. l.
9. Salt - to taste.
10. Pepper - to taste.

Place the salad in the shape of a wreath, sprinkle with grated cheese and boiled egg white. Place decorated multi-colored quail eggs in the center on the greenery. You can also use chicken ones, but then no more than 3 pieces, so as not to weigh down the dish.

• Easter nest salad

For the salad, buy quail eggs, because chicken eggs will not work here. Cut the entire salad into thin strips and fry the potatoes in vegetable oil to make crispy French fries. When frying, add paprika for color and sprinkle the salad with golden potato strips to create an imitation of a nest.

Ingredients:

1. Boiled veal – 200 g.
2. Chicken egg – 1 pc.
3. Quail egg – 9 pcs.
4. Champignons – 80 g.
5. Vegetable oil - for frying potatoes.
6. Salt - to taste.
7. Pepper - to taste.
8. Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
9. Potatoes – 2 pcs.
10. Green onion – 10 g.
11. Paprika - to taste.

We form the salad on a platter on large green leaves, and place boiled and peeled quail eggs on the greens in the center of the “nest”. Boiled veal, which also needs to be cut into strips, will give the salad an original taste and richness.

• Easter meat loaf

Easter meat loaf is good both hot and cold. It's not difficult to prepare at all. Place the bacon in a “chamomile” pattern, mincemeat on it, boiled whole chicken eggs in a circle and mincemeat again. Then we wrap everything with “chamomile petals” inside and put it in the oven for 60 minutes at 180 degrees.

Ingredients:

1. Beef – 1 kg.
2. Egg – 6 pcs.
3. Green onion – 15 g.
4. Sunflower oil – 1 tbsp. l.
5. Onions – 2 pcs.
6. Bacon – 250 g.
7. Greens – 15 g.
8. Salt - to taste.
9. Ground black pepper - to taste.

When cut, the Easter meat loaf looks very beautiful. Each piece contains a boiled egg, minced meat and bacon. It's filling and very tasty!

Oreo cookies

You will need: 200 g flour, 200 g butter, 150 g granulated sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 egg, vanilla sugar, 200 g chocolate, 3 tbsp. heaped spoons of cocoa powder, 10 g of baking powder.

Cooking method:

1. Mix softened butter with flour and granulated sugar.
2. Add cocoa powder, salt, vanilla sugar to taste and egg.
3. Melt a bar of dark chocolate in the microwave.
4. Mix chocolate with remaining ingredients. Knead the dough and put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
5. Form a sausage with a diameter of 5 cm, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for another hour.
6. Cut the sausage into slices 0.5 cm thick and bake at 160° on parchment for 20 minutes.

Hot

• Catherine's cutlets

Super chicken fillet cutlets with mushrooms! Very tasty! Add sour cream for softness, fat and juiciness.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken fillet – 600 g.
2. Semolina – 4 tbsp. l.
3. Mushrooms – 200 g.
4. Chicken egg – 2 pcs.
5. Onions – 1 pc.
6. Greens - to taste.
7. Garlic – 2 g.
8. Sour cream 15% – 4 tbsp. l.
9. Salt - to taste.
10. Pepper - to taste.
11. Vegetable oil - for frying.

Mushroom flavor with a hint of garlic makes the cutlets original. We will serve them hot, but if suddenly they are left for tomorrow, they will be even tastier cold.

• Potatoes with chicken in a three-liter jar

Place the largest pieces of chicken and a few cloves of garlic on the bottom of the jar. Be sure to sprinkle everything with a mixture of spices and salt. Then lay out a layer of potatoes and also sprinkle with a mixture of peppers and salt. We repeat the layers until the jar is filled to the top. Cover the jar with foil, but loosely, and place in a cold oven for 1.5 hours at 180 degrees.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken – 1.2 kg.
2. Potatoes – 1 kg.
3. Carrots – 1 pc.
4. Garlic – 3 gb.
5. Onion – 1 pc.
6. Soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.
7. Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.
8. Salt - to taste.
9. Spices - to taste.

The finished potatoes will be perfectly saturated with chicken fat and saturated with the aroma of peppers. Place everything on a large platter and serve hot. Bon appetit!

• Chicken chops with sweet pepper and cheese

Cook the chicken breast chops thoroughly. Grease a baking sheet with butter, place the chops and pour mayonnaise over them. Place bell peppers and onions cut into rings on top. Bake for 30 minutes at 160 degrees. Then sprinkle everything with cheese and put it in the oven for another 5 minutes. It will turn out great, try it!

Ingredients:

1. Chicken breast fillet – 500 g.
2. Red bell pepper – 1 pc.
3. Cheese – 200 g.
4. Onion – 1 pc.
5. Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
6. Butter – 1 tbsp. l.

Serve the chops on a plate decorated with vegetables and herbs. Peppers and onions go great with chicken. You will definitely like it!

• Cutlets with quail egg

You always want a dish to be not only tasty, but also beautiful. Therefore, by adding quail eggs to simple cutlets, we get an original dish.

Ingredients:

1. Minced beef – 350 g.
2. White loaf – 100 g.
3. Quail egg – 10 pcs.
4. Onions – 1 pc.
5. Wheat flour – 50 g.
6. Minced pork – 150 g.
7. Garlic – 1 pc.
8. Vegetable oil – 1 pc.
9. Ground black pepper - to taste.
10. Salt - to taste.

Bake the cutlets in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees. Then we take it out and pour one quail egg into the pre-made hole in the cutlets. Bake for another 3-5 minutes, constantly watching, and take it out when the yolk has not yet set, that is, remains liquid. You will get very tasty “big-eyed” cutlets!

• Chicken breasts on a vegetable bed

We prepare a “soft pillow” from vegetables. Carrots, cauliflower and broccoli work well for this. In winter, you can use frozen vegetables. Distribute the vegetables evenly throughout the bag. Place well-marinated chicken breasts on them, and a few tomato slices on top to give the dish a slight sourness.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken breasts – 800 g.
2. Vegetables for the pillow – 350 g.
3. Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
4. Garlic – 3 gb.
5. Lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.
6. Pepper - to taste.
7. Salt - to taste.
8. Olive oil – 1 tbsp. l.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 40 minutes. During this time, the chicken will have time to cook perfectly and share its taste and aroma with the vegetables. We cut the culinary sleeve in the middle, transfer it to a glass oval dish along with the sleeve and serve “piping hot.”

• Potatoes with egg and cheese

We cut the potatoes in half, stuff them, sprinkle them with cheese and get 12 delicious fried “boats” with a cheese crust. Hot potatoes with greasy bacon are so delicious that it’s impossible to stop!

Ingredients:

1. Large potatoes – 6 pcs.
2. Hard cheese – 120 g.
3. Bacon (brisket) – 120 g.
4. Onions – 1 pc.
5. Butter – 60 g.
6. Salt - to taste.
7. Pepper - to taste.
8. Dill - to taste.

We bake the potatoes on parchment paper, place them on a beautiful dish, garnishing with herbs.

Honey gingerbread

You will need: 350–400 g flour, 1 tbsp. spoon of cocoa powder, 3 tbsp. spoons of crushed cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves, a pinch of salt, 100 g butter, 200 g honey, 1 egg.

Cooking method:

1. Mix flour with softened butter. Pour in melted honey.
2. Add spices, cocoa powder, salt and mix everything with a mixer.
3. Add the egg and knead into a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and place the dough in the refrigerator for an hour.
4. Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment into a layer 2 mm thick and cut out figures with molds. You can use a straw to make holes for ribbons. Bake on parchment for 10 minutes at 180°.

Bakery

• Easter butter wreath

We will weave a beautiful braid from the prepared, pre-set, sweet yeast dough. Brush the top with an egg or strong tea leaves to make it look brighter and crispier. Place the wreath on a plate and decorate with colorful Easter eggs.

Ingredients:

1. Milk – 300 ml.
2. Fresh yeast – 20 g.
3. Sugar – 6 tbsp. l.
4. Flour – 600 g.
5. Egg – 2 pcs.
6. Butter – 50 g.
7. Sour cream – 100 g.
8. Candied fruits – 150 g.

Allow the wreath to cool before placing the Easter eggs in the center of the wreath to prevent it from getting wrinkled. I wish I could eat such delicious bread every day!

• Yeast Easter buns

English yeast buns have taken root well here and decorate the Easter table with beautiful crosses made of white sweet icing. Soft, crispy raisin buns are enriched with aromatic additives, making them even tastier.

Ingredients:

1. Milk – 170 ml.
2. Egg – 1 pc.
3. Yeast – 10 g.
4. Butter – 50 g.
5. Salt – 0.5 tsp.
6. Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.
7. Cinnamon – 0.5 tbsp. l.
8. Nutmeg – 0.5 tsp.
9. Flour – 400 g.
10. Raisins – 80 g.
11. Cognac – 1 tbsp. l.
12. White glaze - for decoration.

Make the buns very small. The main thing is to make more of them, because they “disappear” very quickly.

• Easter loaf

Let's prepare yeast dough according to a special recipe with the addition of vanillin and ground nuts. Place the dough on a baking sheet and make a cross-shaped cut on top. Decorate the Easter loaf with whole almonds and sprinkle with powdered sugar. The nutty aroma of freshly baked bread will immediately fill the entire kitchen.

Ingredients:

1. Sour milk – 250 ml.
2. Sour cream 20% – 50 ml.
3. Egg – 2 pcs.
4. Sugar – 4 tbsp. l.
5. Salt – 0.5 tsp.
6. Butter – 100 ml.
7. Dry yeast – 2 tsp.
8. Flour – 600 g.
9. Vanillin – 0.25 tsp.
10. Ground nuts – 3 tbsp. l.
11. Whole nuts - for decoration.

Of course, it would be more beautiful and cultured to cut a loaf into equal parts, but how nice it is to break off a piece of a freshly baked loaf and eat it while still hot with milk or tea!

• Easter meat pie

It's delicious, delicious, beautiful, beautiful! Be sure to bake this pie! Please your loved ones and guests. You will need quite a bit of high-quality minced meat, flavored with spices, onions and tomatoes. And then we just deftly place it in the yeast dough and get another culinary masterpiece!

Ingredients:

1. Yeast dough – 600-800 g.
2. Minced meat – 400 g.
3. Onions – 2 pcs.
4. Rosemary - to taste.
5. Thyme - to taste.
6. Hard cheese – 30 g.
7. Tomatoes – 2 pcs.

Serve the whole pie on a large wooden tray. We cut it in front of our guests and serve them with Easter joy.

Openwork shortbread cookies

You will need: 200 g butter, 300 g flour, 150 g sugar, 1 egg, 10 g baking powder, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt.

Cooking method:

1. An hour before cooking, remove the butter from the refrigerator to soften it and grind it with sugar.
2. Add baking powder, vanilla sugar and salt to taste.
3. Enter the egg.
4. Add flour sifted through a sieve.
5. Knead into a smooth, non-stick dough.

Advice. You can cut out funny shapes with molds.

1. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
2. Roll out the dough on parchment into a layer 2 mm thick and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
3. Place a lacy napkin on top of the cold dough and roll with a rolling pin.

Advice. You can make a simpler version of cookies from this dough. Roll the sausage and put it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, and then cut into pieces 3-5mm thick. To decorate, top with almonds or roll the entire sausage in cocoa powder.

1. Cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Bake at 170° for 5-7 minutes on parchment.

Dessert

• Chocolate nests for Easter

Chocolate nests are very easy to prepare. Mix corn flakes or straws with melted chocolate and butter. Carefully place in muffin tins and bake until crispy.

Ingredients:

1. Chocolate – 200 g.
2. Salted corn flakes – 100 g.
3. Butter – 50 g.
4. Chocolate eggs – 12 pcs.
5. Candies, nuts – 100 g.

We decorate the nests with pre-prepared bright and colorful chocolate eggs, nuts and candies. This dessert will definitely please everyone, and you will definitely be praised.

• Cake Easter eggs

Bake filled cupcakes in empty eggshells. Just fill the shells no more than two-thirds full with dough, otherwise the dough will rise and tear the fragile molds. Peel the cupcakes and dip them in melted chocolate and sweet icing. Add nuts and bright sprinkles.

Ingredients:

1. Cake dough – 200 g.
2. Chocolate – 200 g.
3. Nuts – 50 g.
4. Sprinkling – 50 g.
5. Raisins, candied fruits – 50 g.
6. Powdered sugar – 20 g.

If you have already decided to go crazy and make this delicious dessert with an Easter theme, then go to the end and make eggs in different ways: with dark chocolate, with white, with pink and yellow glaze, with candy inside, with candied fruits, with raisins and nuts. You will get assorted eggs. This dessert will greatly amuse your guests.

• Cottage cheese casserole with raisins

Casserole with raisins is a very tasty, cottage cheese dish known to everyone since childhood. It can successfully replace Easter cottage cheese, which is carefully prepared in advance. Cottage cheese casserole is made very quickly, with a minimum set of ingredients, and it turns out no worse than traditional Easter.

Ingredients:

1. Cottage cheese – 500 g.
2. Egg – 3 pcs.
3. Sour cream – 3 tbsp. l.
4. Sugar – 100 g.
5. Raisins – 50 g.
6. Semolina – 3 tbsp. l.
7. Butter – 70 g.
8. Salt – 0.5 tsp.

Be sure to add more raisins to the casserole and don’t skimp on sugar. You can also add candied fruits and nuts, the taste will only benefit. Cut it into medium pieces and eat it with aromatic green tea with mint or coffee.

• Curd Easter cake with dried fruits, nuts and candied fruits

For everyone’s favorite Christian holiday, you can prepare traditional Easter cottage cheese or Easter cake made from flour, but there is a third option, when you prepare Easter cake with cottage cheese. The result is a soft, porous curd cake. This is delicious!

Ingredients:

1. Cottage cheese – 500 g.
2. Egg – 4 pcs.
3. Sugar – 150 g.
4. Butter – 120 g.
5. Semolina – 1 tbsp. l.
6. Dried fruits, candied fruits – 300 g.
7. White chocolate – 100 g.
8. Vanilla sugar – 0.5 tsp.

Traditionally, we add raisins and dried fruits to cottage cheese cake. Decorate with nuts, candied fruits and snow-white sweet glaze. Such Easter cakes can be made very small or, on the contrary, one large one, so that later it can be solemnly cut in front of guests at the festive table.

General Tips

The Orthodox holiday of Easter always means Easter cakes, Easter cheese made from cottage cheese and colorful eggs. These bright, painted dishes are already enough to create a bright atmosphere of celebration. Red wine and meat dishes will complement the picture.

To turn a holiday table into a work of art, you need not only to prepare everything deliciously. You should pay attention to such details as the tablecloth, napkins, combination of tableware, as well as such little things as ribbons, flowers, decorative bird's nests.

To decorate the Holy Day, it is better to choose decorative elements in light or warm colors to emphasize the joyful mood. The most spring colors are blue, green and yellow, and don’t forget about red – a symbol of resurrection.

Beverages

• Green tea with mint

For Easter we prepare a lot of sweets and baked goods and be sure to wash everything down with hot green tea, which is better to prepare yourself with mint and lemon.

Ingredients:

1. Green tea – 2 tbsp. l.
2. Lemon – 0.25 pcs.
3. Mint - to taste.
4. Sugar – 2 tsp.
5. Water – 1 l.

We do not recommend preparing the tea leaves separately and then diluting it with water. It is better to take a larger vessel and prepare the entire tea drink at once. Tea with mint is very tasty, although any herb harvested in the fall will do: lemon balm, oregano, elecampane, St. John's wort, chamomile. The herbal aroma will fill the entire apartment, reminding you that summer is coming!

• Cahors - homemade recipe

Let's prepare our own fortified sweet wine of dark ruby ​​color for the holiday. This is what the Orthodox Church uses in its rituals. It’s very good if you manage to consecrate Cahors in advance, but if not, don’t be upset, the drink is already very tasty, healthy and suitable for taking communion on Easter.

Ingredients:

1. Dark grapes – 5 kg.
2. Sugar – 1 kg.
3. Raisins – 150-200 g.
4. Alcohol (optional) – 0.5 l.

Of course, you need to prepare Cahors in advance. It takes at least 1.5 months for the wine to infuse and become tasty and healthy. Cahors is pleasantly hot and easy to drink, but be careful with volumes - this is a fortified wine!

• Lingonberry tincture with vodka

There is nothing easier than preparing lingonberry tincture with vodka. They poured vodka over the berries, added sugar as desired and took them to a dark place to infuse under careful control - you need to shake the drink daily!

Ingredients:

1. Lingonberries – 250 g.
2. Vodka – 500 ml.
3. Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.

We advise you to take care of a gorgeous sweet and sour alcoholic drink in advance, because it needs to brew. Prepare more tinctures, because you don’t have to drink everything at once. The drink can be stored for up to 5 years.

• Khrenovukha

Khrenovukha is a sharp, bright, truly masculine alcoholic drink. And since all Russian holidays are necessarily accompanied by alcohol, then let it be a natural, correct, healthy drink.

Ingredients:

1. Vodka (moonshine) – 500 ml.
2. Honey – 2 tsp.
3. Fresh horseradish root, ground – 3 tbsp. l.
4. Lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.

To soften the bitter taste, add honey and lemon juice, although the drink remains really hard. But it is not at all necessary to drink it all at once; the shelf life of horseradish, provided it is stored in a cool place, ranges from 2 to 5 years.

• Homemade beer

Everyone’s favorite low-alcohol drink can be bought in any store today, but still, homemade beer for Easter is something! The rich malt taste with a hint of honey makes beer a very pleasant drink, and the main thing here is not to overdo it with its quantity.

Ingredients:

1. Dried barley malt – 2 kg.
2. Brewer's yeast – 11 g.
3. Dry hops – 20 g.
4. Honey (sugar) – 80-100 g.
5. Water – 14 l.

From the stated 14 liters of water, 10 liters of the finished drink is obtained. It would seem like a lot, but by Easter they will all disappear, and there won’t be enough!

Modern Easter meal

The fast is over, so you are allowed to eat whatever your heart desires. Gather with family, friends, relatives. The festive table should be rich and generous. The central place is given to traditional colored eggs, Easter cakes, and various Easter cakes. Then there are meat dishes: they are baked, boiled, fried.

Meat must be cooked for a long time. Remaining blood may spoil the product. There is a risk of poisoning.

Jellied meats made from beef, pork, and poultry are popular. In ancient times, they loved to cook duck with buckwheat porridge, goose with pickled apples and honey. In rich houses, many dishes were served to the table, according to the number of days in Lent. Today, too, on Christ’s Resurrection, the table is bursting with treats.

Easter traditions are very strong in Russia. Even during the war, people brought their last crusts of bread, blessed them and ate them with prayers for a quick victory over the enemy. And during the Soviet years of persecution of faith, stores sold Easter cakes under the “secret” name - Spring Cupcake. Hard times in the Christian faith have shown that people are not ready to part with their customs and traditions that came to us from their ancestors.

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