The key facts

  • The menu for four was estimated at 2,848 rubles — 712 rubles per person
  • The most expensive dish is aspic (1,113 rubles), mainly due to beef on the bone costing 949 rubles
  • The calculation took into account only the amount of products required by the recipes; when buying whole packages, the total will be higher

How much does a festive menu cost

The cost of groceries for a New Year's menu for four people came to 2,848 rubles — such calculations from the X5 Club loyalty program were received by Gazeta.Ru. The analysts included three salads (Olivier, herring under a fur coat, and crab salad), sandwiches with red fish, aspic, French-style meat, and non-alcoholic sparkling wine in the menu. That works out to 712 rubles per person at the table.

Breakdown by dish

The most expensive dish turned out to be aspic — 1,113 rubles, with the bulk of the expense coming from a kilogram of beef on the bone costing 949 rubles. French-style meat was estimated at 387 rubles, sandwiches with lightly salted red fish at 326 rubles, and the non-alcoholic sparkling wine added 330 rubles to the calculation. Ingredients for Olivier came to 138 rubles, for herring under a fur coat — 275 rubles, and for crab salad — 279 rubles.

What you should know about the calculation method

The analysts took into account the cost of exactly the amount of products needed for the recipes — for example, 50 grams of butter for sandwiches or 120 grams of mayonnaise for Olivier. This means that if you buy all the ingredients from scratch in whole packages, the total at the checkout may turn out to be noticeably higher. X5 also advised dressing salads in small portions, storing prepared dishes in closed containers in the refrigerator, and not leaving cooked food on the table until morning after the feast.