Lenten festive dishes: recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

A lot of people in our country keep Lent. However, it should be noted that no one can cancel name days, March 8, birthdays, etc. on these days. That is why you should know how to cook fasting festive dishes that will make your dining table beautiful and varied.

Making a tasty and satisfying second course

If you want to surprise your guests with a lean, but at the same time hearty and tasty lunch, we suggest using the recipe below. Thanks to him, you can make an unusual vegetable stew with mussels and mushrooms.

So, we need:

• fresh champignons - about 300 g;
• frozen mussels - approximately 250 g;
• large bulb - big head;
• garlic cloves - 5 pieces;
• fresh tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
• wheat flour - 3 large pieces;
• unflavored vegetable oil - about 45 ml;
• frozen green beans - about 200 g.

Processing components

Leanholiday dishes, the recipes of which we are considering, are made easily and simply. To cook vegetable stew, you should process all the ingredients one by one. First you need to cut large onions and fresh tomatoes into cubes, and then chop the mushrooms into plates. Next, you need to defrost the mussels and cover them with flour with crushed garlic cloves.

Heat treatment

After preparing the ingredients, fresh mushrooms and onions should be placed in a saucepan with oil and fried a little. Next, they need to lay out fresh tomatoes and simmer under the lid for about ¼ hour. At the end, add frozen green beans to the mushrooms and continue the heat treatment until it is completely soft.

While the ingredients are stewing on the stove, you should start frying the mussels. After mixing them with flour and garlic, they need to be put in a separate pan with oil and cooked over medium heat for literally 5-6 minutes. During this time, the seafood should be well fried.

In the end, almost ready mussels must be mixed together with mushrooms and green beans. After holding the dish under the lid for about 3 minutes, the stewpan should be removed from the stove.

Properly served to the table

Knowing how fasting holiday dishes are prepared, you can set a very rich and beautiful table. After the vegetable stew with mussels and mushrooms is cooked, it should be distributed on plates and served immediately to guests.

Making delicious mackerel salad

Festive Lenten fish dishes are madefast and pretty easy. To make your own salad, we need:

• hot smoked mackerel - 1 medium pc.;
• medium potatoes - 4 pcs.;
• celery stalks - about 6 pieces;
• green onions - use to taste and discretion;
• mustard beans - 3 large spoons;
• lean mayonnaise - about 6 large spoons;
• unflavored vegetable oil - 2 large spoons.

Preparing the ingredients

All Lenten festive dishes should be prepared with the processing of the main ingredients. To create a delicious salad, you need to clean the smoked mackerel from the insides, skin and bones, and then divide the fillet into flakes. Next, wash the celery roots and cut them into thin slices. You also need to chop green onions.

As for medium potatoes, it must be boiled in their skins, cooled, peeled and cut into slices.

Filling up

Lenten festive dishes in the form of appetizers and salads should only be prepared using lean mayonnaise. It can be purchased at almost any store.

To create a delicious salad, it was decided to use a special dressing. To prepare it, you need to mix lean mayonnaise, vegetable oil without aroma, as well as mustard seeds. In this form, the sauce should be kept warm for about ¼ hour.

Shaping the salad

Lenten holidaysmeals and snacks are formed quite easily and simply. To prepare a fragrant salad, you need to take a large bowl and put the following ingredients in it: smoked mackerel fillet, slices of boiled potatoes, celery stalks and green onions. Next, all the components need to be seasoned with lean mayonnaise with mustard seeds and mix thoroughly. In addition to the appetizer, you can add pepper and s alt.

Properly present to the table

Now you have an idea of how festive lean salads are made delicious. Their recipes may include not only the ingredients mentioned, but also other products. The main thing is that they should not be banned.

After making a fragrant salad with smoked mackerel and dressing it with mayonnaise sauce, it should be put in a deep plate and immediately served to invited guests. If desired, such a dish can also be placed in portioned bowls.

Make a lean dessert for the festive table

Not everyone knows what kind of Lenten festive dishes of Orthodox cuisine can be prepared. That is why in this section of the article we decided to present a detailed recipe for a delicious apple pie. For him we need:

• sifted light flour - full glass;
• semolina - full glass;
• white sugar - full glass;
• fresh non-sour apples - 6-8 pieces;
• regular margarine (based on vegetable raw materials) - approximately 200 g;
• baking powder - dessert spoon.

Cooking the base

Leanfestive dishes, the recipes of which do not include the use of products of animal origin, can be consumed not only during the Great Orthodox Lent, but also, for example, if you are a vegetarian.

So, for self-preparation of a lean dessert, you should knead loose dough. To do this, add soft margarine to the sifted light flour and rub it well with your hands until a homogeneous crumb is obtained. After that, you need to add semolina, white sugar and baking powder to it. As a result, you should get a dry and loose base.

Apple processing

Lenten recipes for the holiday should be kept in your own cookbook. This is due to the fact that not all housewives have an idea of how to make a pie without eggs, milk and other "forbidden" products.

To make a lean dessert for the festive table, apples should be carefully processed. They must be washed well, and then peeled and cut into thin slices. This requires removing the entire seed pod.

Pie formation process

To form a lean dessert, take a deep baking dish and grease it a little with cooking oil. Next, you need to pour ¼ of the loose base into the dishes, and then put a part of the apples on it. Next, the fruit must be covered again with dough and the filling should be placed in the same way. Continue these steps until you run out of all the ingredients. Moreover, the margarine crumb should act as the last layer.

Oven baking process

Having formed a lean cake, it must be immediately placed in a preheated oven. It is recommended to bake it at a temperature of 210 degrees for half an hour (a little more is possible). During this time, the top of the dessert will brown well, and its entire thickness will be completely baked.

Properly present to the table

After preparing a lean holiday cake in the oven, it should be carefully removed and cooled. If you try to get the dessert out of the mold right away, it can break right there. Moreover, such a delicacy is very easy to get burned.

Thus, having cooled the apple pie, it should be carefully removed from the dish and placed on a large cake stand. Next, it must be cut into pieces. After placing pieces of dessert on saucers, you need to distribute it to invited guests along with a cup of black tea.

Summarize

As you can see, cooking lean meals is not as difficult as it might seem from the very beginning. Moreover, their preparation does not require expensive components. After all, they do not include products such as meat, eggs, milk, etc.