First of all, in our country, we all eat apples on Christmas Eve because the word "apple" is homophonic and means peace. Therefore, it is a custom to send apples on Christmas Eve. Those who send apples on behalf of those who send apples wish those who accept apples a safe and sound new year. "Ping An Fruit" is made of imported apples, with bright colors and good looks. Most of them are red snake fruits and green snake fruits. Of course, some domestic red Fuji apples are packaged as "Ping An Fruit".
Apple pie
There are many people who "eat" apples and make apple pie, which is not only sweet and delicious, but also very creative and auspicious, and it is also very suitable for this festive atmosphere. See what you can't do. First, prepare two apples, 15g corn starch, 30g butter and sugar, one egg and three cakes. Then put the hand-held cake into the mold, press the edge to submit, insert the fork into the small hole, exhaust, facilitate baking, and improve the face value. Peel the apple, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot, add butter and sugar, stir-fry until soft, add starch, add water with twice the starch, thicken the apple, and then pour the pie base. Cut the remaining two hand-held cakes into strips, and do it lightly, otherwise the finished product will be ugly and affect the appearance. Layer by layer, it must be slow. In the process of knitting, hand-held cakes become soft and easy to break, so be careful. Finally, remove the cake from the edge. Screw out the remaining scraps from the edge of the cake and put them into the edge of the mold, which is not wasteful but also beautiful. Take an egg, use only the yolk, break it up, brush it to the surface with a silicone brush, and gently brush it. Before this, preheat the oven 190 degrees, and be sure to preheat it enough, about 5 minutes or more. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees 15 minutes, then bake at 180 degrees 15 minutes, and take out. After a little cooling, sprinkle with moisture-proof powdered sugar and cut and eat. The skin is crisp, the apple is sweet and soft, and it is delicious.
Because we all eat apples on Christmas Eve, many people naturally think that people from other countries in the world will eat apples on Christmas Eve. Actually, it's not. Only people in China eat apples on Christmas Eve. Did you break your previous thinking? Although they don't eat apples, every country has its own Christmas Eve food.
The British have the most orthodox Christmas Eve and the longest history. On this day, every family must eat turkey. This custom has a history of more than 300 years in the west. It is said that on Christmas Day of 1602, a large number of immigrants from Britain arrived in the United States. At that time, there were only turkeys in Shan Ye, so they grabbed turkeys as the main course of the festival.
Trunk cake
The French will definitely eat "tree cakes" on this day. It is said that a long time ago, when there was no electricity, the French would give a good piece of wood as a gift to relatives and friends at Christmas. At that time, a young man couldn't afford a Christmas present, so he picked up a piece of wood in the forest and gave it to his lover, and finally succeeded in capturing each other's heart. Since then, the "trunk cake" of Christmas has become one of the foods that couples must eat.
How is this special cake made? Prepare ingredients: sugar 45g, egg yolk protein 66g 104g, chocolate 66g, whipped cream 227g, fine sugar 45g, almond powder 2 1g, cocoa powder 4g, and start making. Beat egg yolk and 30g sugar until light and fluffy; Adding melted chocolate liquid and almond powder, and stirring until the mixture is uniform; Add sugar to the protein several times to form a stiff sharp corner, then add 1/4 protein cream to the chocolate mixture and stir well; Then pour the mixture into the remaining meringue and gently stir well. Spread baking paper on the baking tray in advance, pour the cake paste into the baking tray and smooth the surface with a spatula. Adjust the oven to 175℃ and bake for 15 minutes, then take out the baking tray, sieve the cocoa powder, and quickly cover it with soaked kitchen paper or clean towel. After cooling, transfer the cake and baking paper to a drying net and take out the baking paper. Spread the fully whipped cream on the cake roll as filling, roll it up and refrigerate it for one hour. Cut a knife at one end of the cake roll and put the cut small cake roll on the whole cake roll as a "trunk" knot; Smear dark chocolate butterscotch ornaments, draw tree lines on the candy ornaments with a fork, and draw vortex lines at the top of the knot; Place appropriate decorations; Refrigerate for at least an hour, and then enjoy.
borsch
Romanians usually have Luo Songtang and meatball sweet soup for Christmas dinner. The main course is sausage, pork, chicken or fish and the dessert is sponge cake. Here's how to do Luo Songtang. This soup is rich in flavor, and the mixed aroma of vegetables and beef blends together. The taste of tomatoes is slightly sour and very delicious. Cut the beef into small pieces, bring it to the boil, and then add water for 2 hours until it is cooked and soft; Cut onion, potato, peeled tomato, Chinese cabbage and carrot into dices of the same size, add appropriate amount of butter and vegetable oil into the pot, add onion and stir-fry until fragrant, and then add potato, carrot, Chinese cabbage and tomato and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour the beef into the pot together with the broth and continue to stew for more than half an hour until the potatoes and carrots are soft. Take another pot, when the water is dry, add flour, stir-fry until it is slightly yellow, pour it into the beef pot and stir, and continue cooking for half an hour. Season with tomato sauce, black pepper and salt before eating.
The main course of the Portuguese is usually cod, as well as eggs, potatoes and vegetables. In addition, there will be wine and various desserts. Australians will have steaks, sausages, chicken skewers, potatoes, sweet potatoes and all kinds of vegetables. The traditional food in Denmark is roast pig, goose or roast duck, with potatoes, purple cabbage and a lot of thick soup gravy. After that, the dessert is rice cake pudding, which usually contains an almond. Those who are lucky enough to find it can get gifts such as almond gift boxes. In a traditional Ukrainian dinner, there should be 12 dishes on the table. The main course is jiaozi, which is usually served with mushroom soup, candied fruit and dessert. Candles and branches on the Christmas tree will be used as decorations.
Before midnight mass, there was no red meat on the traditional Italian dinner menu, only fish. In a few hours, the Italian people will drink a cup of hot chocolate and an indispensable soft cake made of dried fruits, candied fruit and almonds to send a warmth to the cold winter night. Russian dinner generally includes pasta, pork, cheese, tomatoes, salads and sausages; In addition, olive salad and herring are the dishes that will appear on the table of most Russians. There are also salted fish, roast chicken and mashed potatoes. At Christmas, most Russians drink champagne to celebrate. Cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing, corn, juice, peas, beef pies, desserts, pumpkin pies and fruit cakes will appear on most American tables, and some families will replace turkey with ham and roast beef.