Easter is a special holiday for Orthodox Christians. on this day, it is customary to invite loved ones to dinner and treat them with the most delicious dishes. But they must not only have excellent taste, but also be beautifully decorated.
It is necessary
- For cookies;
- - 1 egg;
- - 200 g butter or margarine;
- - 1 cup of sugar;
- - 2 cups sifted flour.
- For the cream:
- - 1 bag of gelatin;
- - 50 g of sugar;
- - 1 egg;
- - 1 pinch of vanillin;
- - 50 ml of milk;
- - 1 teaspoon lemon juice;
- - 50 ml of water;
- - baking soda on the tip of a knife;
- - 1 pinch of salt.
- - food colorings.
- For decoration:
- - marmalade;
- - chocolate;
- - confectionery sprinkles;
- - pills;
- - straws;
- - multi-colored coconut flakes.
Instructions
Step 1
Bake the most common shortbread cookies. Mix softened butter or margarine with sugar and egg, add flour to the mixture and knead into an elastic dough. Roll it into a layer and cut out circles and ovals.
Step 2
Heat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees. Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper or grease with margarine. put cookies on it and put in the oven for 15-20 minutes until tender. After that, remove the baking sheet and let the liver cool completely.
Step 3
Prepare the cream. For decoration, any, oil, protein, from condensed milk is suitable. But marshmallow looks very nice, besides, it is quite simple to apply it to the surface, and it will not lose its shape when the cookies are on the table. So, pour gelatin with boiled and chilled water and milk. Stir the mass and leave for an hour, during which time it should swell. Then put the mixture on fire and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add a pinch of vanillin and continue heating the gelatin until the granules are completely dissolved. Then remove it from the stove and let it cool. The cream mass should be warm.
Step 4
Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat them with a mixer until light foam. Then gradually add sugar, add a pinch of salt and continue to beat for about 5 minutes at medium speed, then set to maximum and beat the cream for another 10 minutes, the protein should turn into a strong, stable foam. Add the swollen gelatin to the protein mass. Beat for another 10 minutes. Then add the baking soda on the tip of a knife and lemon juice. Beat the cream for another 5 minutes. As a result, you should get a white glossy mass.
Step 5
Divide the cream into pieces and add food coloring to each. Stir the mixture gently but thoroughly until smooth.
Step 6
To make the chicken, use a round cookie. Spread a layer of yellow cream over it. Cut out the scallop, beak and legs from the orange marmalade and place them on the cookies. Chicken wings and feathers can be made from chunks of straw. Draw the eyes with chocolate melted in a water bath.
Step 7
A dyed egg is an indispensable attribute of an Easter lunch. To decorate the dyed cookies, spread the marshmallow cream of the desired shade on the oval parts. Cut strips of marmalade and attach them to the surface. Decorate the cookies with sprinkles and small dragee candies. Alternatively, you can put the cream in a piping bag and paint the pattern you want.
Step 8
The original idea is to make nest cookies. Spread cream on the round cookies, sprinkle generously with coconut and add 3-4 oval-shaped candies.
