Meat appetizers are a must on the festive table, especially if the celebration is not complete without alcohol. Such a dish belongs to the category of hearty and will allow you to provide a hearty snack before serving hot. The meat goes well with mushrooms, vegetables, flour products and even fruits. There are also many options for serving snacks on the table: in envelopes, on skewers, rolls, in pita bread, etc.
Pork in beer batter
Pork in beer batter will be indispensable as a snack for men. It can be served both hot and cold, thanks to a special batter recipe, it does not get worse when it cools. The batter is crispy.
You will need:
- 400 grams of pork;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- ginger of the same volume as garlic taken;
- 350 ml deep frying oil.
For batter:
- 2 tbsp flour;
- 1 egg;
- 50 ml of dark beer;
- 2 tbsp potato starch;
- 1 tbsp soy sauce.
Cooking process step by step
Beat the piece of pork very, very hard. Wrap it with cling film beforehand. Squeeze out the ginger and garlic through a garlic press, mix.
Rub the broken piece with a squeezed mass and leave for 5 minutes. Cut the meat into strips in portions across the grain or diagonally; otherwise, the pieces are longer.
After preparing the meat, put the oil for deep frying on a high heat.
Start making batter. Beat the egg with a foam mixer, add soy sauce, flour and starch to it. Beat the mass again and pour in the beer, mix everything.
When the oil warms up, start frying. To do this, dip the pork strips in beer batter, roll them on all sides, then toss them into boiling oil.
You need to fry the meat one by one and carefully so as not to burn yourself. Fry the strips until golden brown, remove with kitchen tongs and place immediately on paper towels to drain off excess oil. Serve immediately.
Meat loafs with surprise
This meat appetizer looks very original on the festive table, having prepared it in advance, it can be quickly served at a buffet table. In the cut loaf, guests will find a surprise - a carrot or any other vegetable to taste. The main thing is that it stands out brightly against the general background.
You will need:
- 400 grams of minced beef or pork and beef;
- 1 egg;
- 2 boiled carrots;
- 2 tbsp. l. boiled or canned corn;
- 1/2 tsp spices for meat;
- 1-2 cloves of garlic;
- 1-2 slices of white bread;
- 1 onion;
- 3 tbsp. l. sour cream;
- 3 sweet peppers;
- 2-3 st. l. adjika or tomato sauce;
- 80 grams of cheese;
- salt, ground black pepper to taste.
Prepare the food you need. Peel boiled carrots, rinse and peel bell peppers. Put a raw egg, salt, ground pepper and other meat spices in the minced meat.
Cut the coarse crust from the bread slices, chop the pulp a little with your hands and add to the minced meat. Put finely chopped garlic there, mix the whole mass well.
Finely chop the onion, fry in a pan in a teaspoon of sunflower oil and also add to the minced meat, add corn there and stir.
Lubricate the serving tins with vegetable oil. Put some of the minced meat in them on the bottom, tamp. Place boiled carrot rings in the center.
Place more minced meat on top, press it down a little along the edges. Place 3-4 sweet pepper rings on the top layer.
Send the forms with stuffed loaves to the oven preheated to 180 ° C. Bake for 20 minutes. During this time, mix sour cream with tomato sauce or adjika. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
After 20 minutes, remove the loaves from the oven and pour generously with the sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese on top. Place them in the oven for another 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the molds.
Allow the prepared meat loaves to cool completely, carefully remove the still warm snack and cut. Garnish with herbs and other beautifully decorated vegetables when serving.
Meat cakes with quail eggs
This recipe contains a lot of meat, cheese and a quail egg - this delicious appetizer is clearly not for those who are on a diet. But it will be indispensable on the festive table, decorating it with its appearance.
You will need:
- 250-300 grams of minced meat;
- 100-150 grams of bacon;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 6 quail eggs;
- 1 chicken egg;
- mayonnaise to taste;
- salt and spices to taste.
Prepare all the ingredients you need. Boil quail eggs in boiling water for 5 minutes. Cool and clean immediately.
Break an egg into the minced meat, salt and add spices if desired. Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Place the bacon on the bottom in small ring-shaped forms. Fill the molds with minced meat 1/3 of the height and insert a boiled quail egg into the middle of each.
Put the remaining minced meat on top of the eggs, crushing slightly. Brush the surface with a little mayonnaise if desired and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bake meat cakes for 35-40 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 ° C. As soon as you take it out, you can immediately serve it to the table, the appetizer is delicious both hot and cold.
Meatball burger: a simple recipe for a festive table
The Meatball Burger is a hearty, juicy and flavorful snack. In the absence of a French baguette, you can take ordinary long buns.
The amount of food specified in the recipe will make 3 large servings. One long bun can hold 4 slices of cheese and 4 large meatballs.
You will need:
- 450 grams of minced beef or pork and beef;
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 French baguette or 2-3 long rolls
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of grated cheese;
- 12 slices of cheese;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of olive oil;
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp. spoons of herbs: dill, parsley, green onions;
- 2 cloves of garlic or dried powder
- salt to taste;
- 1 tsp provencal herbs.
Prepare food, wash and chop greens. Add 2 tablespoons of grated cheese, herbs, chopped garlic, Provencal herbs, salt and bread crumbs to the minced meat.
Beat a raw chicken egg into the minced meat and stir the mixture with your hands until smooth. Let the minced meat stand for 2-3 minutes.
Wet your hands with water and roll 12 meatballs. Thanks to the inclusion of bread crumbs, the minced meat received a pleasant consistency, it easily takes the desired shape.
Place the meatballs in a fireproof dish or on a greased baking sheet. Put them in the oven at 200 ° C for 20 minutes.
In a saucepan, put the tomato sauce to warm up, as soon as it starts to boil, put the prepared meatballs in it and roll on all sides. Simmer the meatballs in the sauce for 2-3 minutes.
Cut the French baguette or long buns into halves lengthwise and remove the inner flesh.
Lubricate the inner surface with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and send to brown in the oven for 2-3 minutes. Then remove and place the meatballs in the sauce in each bun.
Cover each meatball with a large slice of cheese and place the buns in the oven again for 2-3 minutes to melt the cheese.
Finish with hot tomato sauce from a saucepan over the meatballs. Cover the baguette or rolls and cut into small pieces. Serve the appetizer hot.
Vitello tonnato
Vitello tonnato is an Italian appetizer consisting of slices of veal with a delicate tuna sauce. This wonderful taste organically combines meat and fish.
The recipe shows an interesting way to cook veal. It turns out soft and juicy. The appetizer is served cold, so it is best to cook it on the eve of the celebration, and before serving it, all that remains is to pour it over with sauce.
You will need:
- 1 kg of veal;
- 1 liter of meat broth;
- 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
- 4 egg yolks;
- 100 ml cream;
- 1 tbsp. l. mustard;
- 150 ml of olive oil;
- 200 grams of canned tuna;
- 1 tbsp. l. capers or 1 pickled cucumber;
- 10 anchovies in oil.
Cut a piece of meat in half along the grain. Wrap it tightly in the form of a sausage in plastic wrap folded in several layers, tie the ends.
Pour the meat broth into a saucepan and put on fire. When it boils, dip the sausage into it, close the lid and turn off the heat. Take out the sausages after 4 hours, remove the foil and cool.
Make the sauce. Place the yolks, vegetable oil, lemon juice, salt, mustard and pepper in the bowl of the hand blender. Start mixing the mixture by holding the blender at the very bottom for 1 minute. Then raise it gradually upward, stirring all the sauce. You should get a fairly thick mass.
Pour the juice from the canned tuna, squeeze out the flesh of the fish. Add it to the sauce, add anchovies, cream, pepper, balsamic vinegar and 1 tablespoon of broth to it. Grind everything with a blender until smooth.
Unwind the sausages and cut the cooled meat into thin slices. Squeeze out the capers and chop the herbs. You can use finely chopped pickled cucumber instead of capers.
Top the chopped meat with sauce and sprinkle with herbs and capers or cucumbers.
Beef stroganoff in pita bread
A well-known dish - beef stroganoff or Stroganoff meat - is thinly sliced pieces of beef in sour cream sauce. It is usually served as a main course. And if you wrap it in thin Armenian lavash, you get a great meat appetizer.
You will need:
- 500 grams of beef tenderloin;
- 1 onion head;
- 150 ml sour cream;
- 150 ml of water;
- 1 tbsp. l. flour;
- 1 tsp tomato paste;
- 1 bunch of lettuce
- 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- 3 pcs. Armenian lavash;
- salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Prepare all foods. Rinse the meat, dry and cut across the fibers into thin slices 5-6 mm thick. Cut the slices themselves into thin strips. Peel the onion and chop into thin quarters of the rings.
Heat vegetable oil in a skillet. Put the meat in one layer in it, so it can cook evenly, and the meat juice does not flow out. Fry each batch of meat until golden brown for about 2-3 minutes and place immediately on a plate.
After all the meat has been fried, add a little oil to the pan and fry the onions until golden brown.
Add flour to the onion, stir and fry everything together for 1 minute. Then put sour cream, tomato paste in a frying pan and mix everything. Pour in hot water, heat the mass for half a minute.
Transfer the meat to the sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir and simmer for another 5 minutes until the meat is tender.
Cut the pita bread in half. Put 2-3 lettuce leaves in the center of each half, some meat on top, tuck the edges of the pita bread and wrap it in a roll.
Prepare all the pita bread in this way and put them on the oven rack. Preheat the rolls in the oven at 180 ° C for 5 minutes.
