What is the difference between a birthday and other holidays? Well, firstly, by congratulating with him only one person - the hero of the occasion. Secondly, the fact that the “newborn” in turn wants to thank and surprise his friends with a delicious and original treat. And how to do it? There are a lot of options, and one of them is to prepare a festive table in nature, in the fresh air, in a forest or in a country house, especially if the holiday falls on the warm summer months. The main advantage of such a birthday is that you do not need to pay special attention to table setting and selection of recipes. Fresh air and hunger, which inevitably arises in such a “healthy” environment, will be the best seasonings for your dishes. What to cook for a birthday in nature so that it is tasty, satisfying and everyone likes? We offer several recipes for dishes that can form the basis of the festive table.
Pork BBQ Recipe
What to cook for a birthday outdoors as the main dish? It so happened that in the whole of the former USSR, the main hot meat dish, which is cooked at the stake, was, is, and most likely, there will be shish kebab for a long time to come. In the Caucasus, his homeland, lamb skewers are mostly fried. But in our stores more frequent guests are pork, beef and chicken - from which they cook their favorite kebab.
Our summer birthday menu will include pork skewers.
To prepare it, we need:
- 2 kg of pork (rump);
- 4 onions;
- seasoning for barbecue;
- tomato - 100 g.
Pickle meat in tomato, salt and seasonings. Refrigerate for several hours.
When the bonfire burns to the coals, you need to string the barbecue on skewers, alternating meat and onions, and then place in the brazier.
In the future, observe two rules: do not ignite the coals and do not leave the meat for a long time in one position so that it does not burn. If the first occurs, extinguish the flame without losing a minute, to avoid the second - turn the skewers as often as possible. Based on the fact that in an ideal embodiment, the kebab rotates continuously.
The cooking time is about 40 minutes. In order to check the readiness, pierce the meat with something sharp and make sure that the juice flows out of it transparent as a tear or does not flow out at all.
Recipe "Eggplant with bacon on skewers"In addition to barbecue, what to cook for a birthday outdoors? The best addition to meat is vegetables. And since we have a fire, it’s a sin not to use it. As a hot appetizer, we offer to cook eggplant with bacon and skewers.
The recipe for this dish is as simple as it is ingenious. From homemade preparations we need eggplant (at the rate of 1 vegetable per 1 skewer) and a piece of bacon.
At home, cut the eggplant rings no less than half a centimeter thick, fat - thinner slices. Salt the vegetables. On the spot you only have to string the eggplants with bacon and skewers in turn and bake in the barbecue until golden. You need to rotate skewers with vegetables with no less zeal than with meat.
However, baked eggplant alone should not be limited. Other vegetables will be perfectly cooked on skewers: bell peppers, tomatoes, onions - all this can be alternated and so mixed up to offer guests. In addition to baked, fresh vegetables will be very handy: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers. It is better to take them with you whole, and already in place cut into fairly large pieces, especially if you are spending a children's holiday. Because it’s best to prepare dishes for the child’s birthday in the forest that will not crumble, drip, dirty their hands and clothes.
In the forest or on the lawn it is rather inconvenient to engage in cooking, so it will be useful to prepare something at home. What else can you cook for a birthday outdoors? For example, portioned dishes: pies, roll in a pita with fish, potatoes, baked or fried whole. Take plenty of fresh bread, sauces and greens. For sweets, donuts, cookies, sweets, marshmallows and marshmallows are suitable. And do not forget about drinks, napkins and dishes.