Original recipes for cold starters

Each housewife has her favorite recipes for cold snacks. For many reasons, we rarely change our habits, including taste. But when it's the same on the table, it's annoying, so the new recipes for cold snacks that we would like to offer you in this article will diversify your menu.

Shrimp salad in French

Many people like to cook shrimp at home. And now you can find many original recipes. For snacks and salads, boiled shrimps are preferable , they can be cooked quickly, and shops are already sold.

Studying the recipes of other countries, you can get a lot of useful information. For example, spices for the preparation of shrimp are so diverse that, using them, you can get different products to taste. Take the following recipes for cold snacks on the note. Different recipes for cold snacks will bring more vitamins and other nutrients to your body.

First of all, we suggest to try this recipe of "shrimp salad" in the French manner. The dish is not only very tasty, but also useful.

Ingredients:

800 grams of peeled shrimp, 200 grams of green peas, 2 carrots, fresh salad leaves, half a glass of olive oil, white wine vinegar, spices: salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Place the shrimps in a saucepan and boil them in hot water for at least 2-3 minutes, for an excellent taste, add a few twigs of young fennel into the water and salt. Drain the water, cool. When the shrimps cool, peel them from shells and fry in olive oil until a little blush. Carrots cook over medium heat for at least an hour. When the carrots are cooked, peel and cut into slices. Remove the green salad leaves with fine straws.

For a salad you will need to prepare a refueling. In olive oil, add the vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.

For registration you will need a plate. On the plate lay cut salad leaves , layers of carrots and green peas. The last layer will be from shrimps, which are laid out in a hot form. Pour the dressing! Salad ready. On the table serve with a cool, fragrant white wine and a crispy French baguette.

We guarantee: everyone will like it!

Remember that cold snacks and salads need to be cooked not only on holidays, but also on weekdays. We present to your attention the second, not less delicious recipe.

Salad for snack "Herring in a doublet"

The recipe for making a salad for a snack "Herring in a doublet" is very simple.

You will need the following ingredients:

Herring, eggs - 4 pieces; Onion - 2 pieces; Carrots - 3 pieces; Walnuts - 0,5 st; Sunflower oil, fresh cucumber, parsley spices: salt and pepper.

Preparation:

In case you buy not ready cut herring, but whole and not purified, then clean the herring. From the bones, carefully separate the fillets. Cut the fish into small pieces. Chop the walnuts. (Of course, other nuts can also be used, but the best ones are the walnuts). Peel the onions. Rinse and cut into cubes. Fill with sunflower oil. Boil the carrots. When it cools down, peel and grate on a coarse grater. Cook the hard-boiled eggs. Cool down. Cut into small cubes. Lay all the ingredients in layers on a dish.

1 layer - herring, 2 layer - nuts, 3 layer - eggs, 4 layer-onion, 5 layer - carrots.

Grease the top of the salad with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with herbs and decorate with slices of fresh cucumber. You can complement the decoration with circles of boiled carrots. This will give the salad a more festive and elegant look. The dish is ready.

Bon Appetit!

Be sure to try to prepare both these options. Cold and hot appetizers, "Herring in a doublet" and "shrimp salad in French" definitely will appeal to you and, perhaps, even become your favorite dishes in your family.