How to make a Bavarian salad?

Traditional Bavarian cuisine is very delicious and hearty dishes. Even salads serve in it not as an appetizer, but are served separately or as a side dish to meat. This can be explained by the fact that they are very nutritious. They include meat products, cheese and fresh vegetables. Traditionally, the Bavarian salad contains sausages or German sausages, pickled cucumbers, cheese and greens. You can add other vegetables, such as tomatoes or a german cabbage. There is another version of the classic "Bavarian" salad - potato. This is also very satisfying and tasty dish.

Features of Bavarian salads

All of them contain meat products. Most often these are sausages, smoked sausage or brisket. But such salads are also common with chicken. Salad "Bavarian" differs aromatic and moderately sharp seasonings. Most often it is vinegar, mustard, black pepper and greens. It is filled mainly with special sauce, which is prepared separately. But there are options with mayonnaise, sour cream or with olive oil. Ingredients of Bavarian salads are often cut with straws. But you can cut them into cubes, and small cornichons sometimes put whole.

If you put the salad for half an hour in the fridge, it will be soaked with dressing and it will become even tastier. To serve on the festive table, the components of such a dish can not be mixed, but laid in layers, for example, on a lettuce leaf. Decorate with a dill branch, olives or corn.

Salad with sausage products

There are several options for this dish. But they all contain the obligatory ingredients and are prepared the same way.

1. Traditionally, the Bavarian salad can include salted or fresh cucumbers, tomatoes or cabbage.
2. Ingredients are sausages. Classic salad "Bavarian" contains Viennese sausages or German sausages. They are boiled or added raw. But you can take any smoked sausage, ham or sausages.
3. The third mandatory component of the traditional salad is hard cheese. Emmental is the best, as it gives the dish an unusual fruit-nut flavor. But you can take any variety, even fused.
4. And the last ingredient is a red sweet onion, cut into rings.

It's easy to cook such a dish: all the ingredients are cut into strips or cubes and mixed. But that the salad corresponds to traditions, it is necessary to fill it correctly. There are several options for dressing except for mayonnaise and sour cream:

• Mix a few tablespoons of pickle from gherkins, vegetable oil, preferably from pumpkin seeds or olive, and white wine vinegar, add black pepper and salt to the mixture;
• An unusual sauce is made with beer and honey: for 100 ml of olive oil you need half a glass of meat broth, half a cup of vinegar, 3 tablespoons of beer, a teaspoon of honey and marjoram, cumin, ground pepper and salt.

"Bavarian" salad with chicken

In addition to sausages in traditional German dishes , white lean meat is often used. It is tender, but nutritious. It also includes Bavarian salads.

1. A classic salad with beans and mushrooms is quite hearty and has an unusual taste. It's very simple to cook it: mix everything and season with mayonnaise. What is included in its composition? Smoked chicken breast, canned beans, marinated mushrooms, onions and greens. Salt and pepper are added to taste.

2. Tasty and nutritious salad "Bavarian" with chicken and croutons is obtained. Cook it quickly and simply: smoked chicken, tomatoes and hard cheese cut into cubes and mix, season with mayonnaise with grated garlic and pepper. Before serving add white bread crumbs, dried with paprika and salt.

Potato salad "Bavarian"

The recipe for this traditional dish can also have different options. In Bavaria, a potato salad is very popular: it is eaten cold or hot, separately from everything or as a garnish. The basis of this dish is boiled potatoes. To it you can add any products: cucumbers, meat, eggs or greens.

Very delicious potato salad "Bavarian" with salami. To make it, you need to mix finely chopped boiled potatoes, salami (or any half-smoked sausage), pickled cucumbers and red onions. Sprinkle with chopped dill and dress with sauce: olive oil, granular mustard, salt and pepper.

A hearty and delicious dish is obtained if the potatoes boiled in a uniform mix with fried smoked sausage, onions, broth, broth, sugar, vinegar and mustard, pickled cucumbers and greens. This salad can be served both cold and hot.