What traditional foods do westerners eat at Christmas?

In China, the highlight of the Spring Festival is the New Year's Eve dinner, where families sit around and chat while eating. Similarly, Christmas is also the biggest gathering for friends and family. Everyone prepares dinner together, drinks and laughs together. Even if there were festivals and unpleasantness, they could always break the ice on this day. Looking at the delicious food on the table, the warm feeling can override everything, which may be the true meaning of Christmas dinner.

So what do people in western countries eat at Christmas?

One. ? turkey

Turkey is definitely the protagonist of the Christmas table in western countries. If there is no fat turkey on Christmas Eve, it is not complete. The custom of eating turkey in the west is to fill the turkey's belly with a lot of fruits and vegetables spices, then cook it in the oven, put the whole turkey on the table, chop it up with a knife and fork, pour the marinade and sprinkle with salt, and you can enjoy it beautifully ~

American roast turkey

What ingredients are prepared?

Turkey, rice, bacon, fungus, yellow flower, carrot, minced garlic, 1-2 handfuls of salt, pepper, sugar, yellow wine, roast chicken powder, honey, soy sauce, butter, roast chicken powder and olive oil.

What are the production steps?

1. Wash the turkey, wrap it with marinade (1-2 put salt, pepper, sugar, yellow wine and roast chicken powder) and store it in the freezer for 24-72 hours; Boil a large pot of boiling water before roasting and marinate the turkey. All skin parts should be scalded to make the skin tight. Add bacon, fungus, yellow flowers, carrots and minced garlic to the turkey belly and sew it up.

2. Rub salt, roast chicken powder and soy sauce on the inside and outside of the turkey, especially on the chest and thighs. Touch it, and wrap the wings and legs with tin foil respectively. Put it into an oven preheated to 200 degrees, wrap the turkey with two layers of tin foil, and bake it 1 hour first; Reduce the temperature to 170℃ and bake for 3 hours.

3. Take out the peeled tin foil, brush it with spices mixed with honey, soy sauce, butter, roast chicken powder and olive oil, bake it in the oven 170℃ 15 minutes, then take it out and brush it again, and repeat this process for 3~4 times to bake a satisfactory golden color.

2. roast suckling pig

Some westerners, especially older families, put a whole roast suckling pig on the Christmas table and like to put an apple in the pig's mouth as decoration. According to legend, the habit of putting roast suckling pigs on Christmas comes from some big families, because only big families can eat a pig. Later, some ostentatious people followed suit when they invited guests at Christmas. Therefore, local tyrants, this dish is the best choice to show their identity. Why don't you learn it quickly?

Christmas roast suckling pig

What ingredients are prepared?

1 suckling pig, 1g spiced powder, 1g star anise, 35g salt, 15g sugar, 25g peanut oil, 15g vinegar, 150g onion, 5g mashed garlic and15g garlic.

What are the production steps?

1, spiced salt is applied to the pig cavity (suckling pig) for 30 minutes, and 25g of bean paste, fermented bean curd, sesame paste, fenjiu, garlic paste and white sugar are evenly mixed and applied to the pig cavity for 20 minutes, and the burning fork is inserted into the cheek from the arm. After the fork, the pig's head tilts upwards, and the pigskin is washed with clear water, soaked in boiling water and coated with sweet and sour;

2. Put the charcoal in the oven and light it. Bake the suckling pig in the oven with low fire 15 minutes until the pigskin is bright red. Peel the roast suckling pig skin, plate it, put the pig skin on the pig, rinse it with cooked peanut oil, and serve two plates of Melaleuca cake, sweet and sour vegetables, onion balls, sweet noodle sauce and sugar.

Three. ? Christmas pudding

In Britain, Christmas pudding is a must-have dessert for Christmas. Christmas pudding has the same effect as Christmas cake, because it is made of brandy, so it can be eaten while it is hot. Some also have chocolate sauce, various sweet fillings and nuts. Much like jiaozi in China, you always put a coin in it, and you will get the lucky one. Traditionally, every family member will make a Christmas pudding while mixing dough to symbolize unity and harmony.

Christmas pudding

What ingredients are prepared?

Butter? 50g, bread flour? 125g, flour? 0.25 spoon, raisins? 125g, seedless raisins? 125g, golden raisins? 125g, fudge? 30g, red cherry? 30g, shredded lemon peel? A little chopped orange peel? A little shredded carrot? A little, apple? A little, crushed walnuts? A little, almond powder? 30g, brown sugar? 125g, young sugar? 65g, comprehensive spice? A little salt? A little, eggs? Second, dark beer? 80 ml

What are the production steps?

1. Take a large pot and add raisins, bread flour, baby candy, brown sugar, soft candy, shredded carrots, red cherries, shredded lemons, shredded oranges, almond powder, comprehensive spices, flour, apple pieces and salt in turn.

2. Fully stir the materials in step 1.

3. Take another bowl, add the eggs ~ beat them into egg liquid, and then add them to the bowl in the second step.

4. Add dark beer and mix well by hand.

5. Take a glass bowl and wipe the whole glass bowl with butter.

6. Put the stirred materials into a glass bowl for compaction.

7. Press the bowl surface with baking paper or pe plastic wrap, and then wrap it with tin foil. Be sure to wrap it tightly.

8. Put the bowl in a steamer with hot water. The water should be at least half of the glass bowl and heated for about 2 hours. Stick it in with a bamboo stick to make sure there is nothing sticky.

Four. ? Gingerbread house

The gingerbread house must be familiar to everyone. It's a dessert for decoration under the Christmas tree. It's between a cake and a biscuit. It is made of baked gingerbread and combined into various shapes, such as mini-huts. It's not very fairy tale or beautiful to put under the Christmas tree. Legend has it that during the Crusade, "ginger" was an expensive imported spice, so it was only used for Christmas, Easter and other important festivals. Adding ginger to cakes and biscuits can not only increase the flavor, but also drive away the cold. There is also a legend in Britain that unmarried women can meet their ideal partner after eating gingerbread.

Mini gingerbread shop

What ingredients are prepared?

600g of low-gluten flour, soft butter 180g, 60g of water, brown sugar 150g, appropriate amount of sugar powder, honey 130g, 50g of egg, ginger powder 10g, egg white 40g, sugar powder 130g, and lemon juice 65438.

What are the production steps?

1. Draw the structure of the gingerbread house with clean paper and cut it out. This is a model of the gingerbread house.

2.？ All flour, brown sugar and ginger powder are sieved and put into a container to be mixed with butter, eggs and honey. The process is painful and requires a lot of effort. Add water bit by bit and knead into a smooth dough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.

3. After one hour, take out the dough. Press it into 3 mm thin slices with a rolling pin. Put the finished gingerbread house structure on the sheet, and cut off the roof, chimney, wall, fence and door with a knife or scraper.

4. Preheat the oven and bake at 180 degrees 15- 18 minutes.

5. After cooling, you can build a gingerbread house.

6. Make icing to bond gingerbread houses and decorations. 40 grams of egg white, lemon juice 1 ml, and powdered sugar 130 grams are sent to "pour the cup without spilling it"

7. Christmas trees and snowmen are made of soft candy and food coloring.

8. Sprinkle powdered sugar after shaping, sift the powdered sugar and slowly sprinkle it on the roof.

Verb (short for verb)? Trunk cake

Buchedenoel is an essential food for Christmas in France. It is said that a long time ago in France, people would light a prepared fruit tree trunk in the fireplace on Christmas Eve and let it burn for 65,438+02 days of Christmas, wishing for a bumper harvest in the coming year. In addition, the longer the firewood is burned in the fireplace, the better, especially not at midnight mass, otherwise it will be unlucky. Time flies. Now, this custom has gradually disappeared, and people express their yearning for a happy life in another way. Romantic French skillfully combine "cake" with "wood", which is not only full of cultural charm, but also a unique Christmas food and a must-eat food for French people to celebrate Christmas.

Trunk cake

What ingredients are prepared?

1 group: 500g whole egg and 350g fine sugar.

The second group: 250g of low-gluten flour, 2g of cocoa powder and 2g of baking soda.

Group III: 50g salad oil and 50g milk.

The fourth group: 300g of fresh cream and appropriate amount of chocolate sauce.

What are the production steps?

1. Heat the material group 1 to about 38 ~ 43 C.

2. Beat with an egg beater until it is thick, smooth and smooth.

3. After sieving the two groups of materials together, add them to Exercise 2 and stir them evenly.

4. Add the third group of materials and the fourth group of materials and mix well.

5. Pour the batter into a flat-bottomed baking pan, evenly spread the batter thickness, and bake at 200°C 12 minutes.

6. Beat the whipped cream and add chocolate sauce to make chocolate whipped cream.

7. After the cake is baked, it is completely cooled, then it is rolled up and shaped. Before decorating the Christmas ornaments, it is decorated with cream cream.

6.eggnog

After eating and drinking, eggnog is the most representative drink at Christmas. It is made of eggs, milk and rum. It is said that during the colonial period in North America, people mixed eggs and milk with rum to make eggnog. At that time, rum was also called Grog, and eggnog was also called "Eggs and Grog". At that time, eggnog was put in a wooden mug called noggin. After a long time, people call this eggnog with rum "eggnog". Since19th century, eggnog has become popular in North America, and eggnog has also become a necessary holiday drink for Christmas.

Egg wine

What ingredients are prepared?

4 eggs, sugar 1/2 cups (divided into two equal parts), rum 1/2 cups, milk 1/2 cups, whisky 1/2 cups, heavy cream 1 cup and nutmeg powder.

What are the production steps?

1. Separate the yolk from the egg white;

2. Stir the egg yolk with 1/4 cups of white sugar until the color turns pale yellow;

3. Stir the egg white with the remaining 1/4 cups of white sugar;

4. Slowly pour the stirred egg yolk into a container filled with egg white and stir until uniform;

5. Slowly pour rum into a container filled with egg whites and stir until uniform;

6. Slowly pour the milk into the egg white container and stir it evenly;

7. Slowly pour the whisky into the egg white container and stir until uniform;

8. Pour the heavy cream into a container filled with egg whites and stir until uniform;

9. Add nutmeg powder;

10. put it in the refrigerator for about 2 hours and you can enjoy it!

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