Popular salads. Cooking recipes

Different salads are irreplaceable dishes at festive feasts. And in everyday life, the housewives often make them happy with their household members. By the arrival of guests, new recipes are usually sought, new dishes are tasted, experiments are conducted with products. But do not forget about the usual and so popular salads, which were prepared by our grandmothers. They remain relevant in any case and never get bored.

Each of us since the childhood are known "Herring under a fur coat", "Mimosa", "Olivier" and other popular salads. Recipes have been tested for years. You can read about some of the dishes known in our country in this article.

"Caesar"

Salad received such a majestic name from its creator - the American chef with Italian roots named Caesar Cardini. As the cook himself told, the dish was created on Independence Day, July 4, 1924. The stores of food were practically devastated by the visitors of the restaurant, and he had to prepare a salad from what was left in the refrigerator.

The recipe is somewhat different from the original version. This is due to the fact that between different countries there are differences in kitchens and products. Despite this popular salads, such as "Caesar", are often prepared both in domestic restaurants, and for a home festive table.

So, for the dish you need:

• 100 g of Parmesan;
• 300 g of chicken fillet;
• 200 g of salad;
• 200 grams of loaf.

For roasting chicken and crackers should be prepared:

• clove of garlic;
• olive oil.

To make a sauce, which will fill the salad, you need:

• 2 eggs;
• 1 tbsp. L. Mustard;
• 1 tbsp. L. Lemon juice;
• 1 tsp. Vinegar;
• 100 ml of olive oil;
• clove of garlic.

In addition to the above ingredients, pepper and salt are added.

Preparation

First, all the ingredients are prepared.

• In a small amount of oil, garlic is squeezed out and infused for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, the loaf is cut into small cubes. Then it is fried in butter with garlic until golden brown.
• Chicken fillet is cut and laid out on a heated frying pan with olive oil. It is fried until ready. To the chicken was not too dry, after the appearance of a crusty crust, you need to add a little water and put out.

Then the refueling is prepared. For this:

• The clove of garlic is squeezed into olive oil and infused for 10-15 minutes.
• Mustard is rubbed off with boiled egg yolks, after which lemon juice, vinegar, garlic oil, salt and pepper are added to the mixture.
• All this is mixed until a uniform consistency is obtained.

The leaves of the lettuce are torn and laid out on the bottom of the plate . On it it is necessary to put crackers, and then chicken fillet. Next, lettuce is poured over the prepared dressing. Parmesan cheese is rubbed on a fine grater and sprinkled on top.

Here is a salad and ready. You can serve it with a multi-layered composition or mix all the ingredients. The most popular salads, which are prepared on the principle of "Caesar", sometimes instead of chicken are supplied with shrimps, anchovies or slices of salmon.

"Olivie"

Salad "Olivier" is the most famous and popular dish in our country. Probably, no New Year or any other holiday can not do without it. This salad is very hearty, tasty, and besides it consists of inexpensive components available. Although initially it was completely different.

In 1960, it was created by the French chef Lucien Olivier, who works in a Moscow restaurant. The original salad recipe is still unknown to anyone, as the cook was keeping it in strictest secrecy. Presumably there were capers, caviar and other expensive products. Ordinary mistresses have modified it beyond recognition, replacing components with cheaper ones, and since then the Olivier varieties are the most popular salads in our country.

Necessary ingredients:

• 6 potatoes;
• 300 g of low-fat meat;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• 3 carrots;
• 4 eggs;
• bulb;
• A jar of green peas.

Salad dressed with mayonnaise. To taste, salt and pepper are added.

Preparation

Eggs are boiled hard. Carrots and potatoes are cooked unpeeled until cooked. Meat must also be boiled. All this is cooled, cleaned and cut into cubes. In the same way, onion and cucumber are crushed. Add peas, salt and pepper. Salad dressed with mayonnaise and mix well. With regard to filing and decorating "Olivier", everyone acts on their own. Many housewives love to serve popular salads in some original form.

"Greek"

A wonderful dish - Greek salad - is a real storehouse of vitamins and other useful substances. Light, bright, fresh and delicious it has long won the hearts of our compatriots. They can decorate and diversify as a daily meal, and a festive feast.

This salad is known all over the world for a long time. By the way, the Greeks themselves call it "Rural", because it was prepared by the peasants. They added products from their own garden to popular salads. In the 19th century, a Greek emigrant brought a recipe to America, from where he spread throughout the world.

For the preparation of salad will require such components:

• 500 g of sweet tomatoes;
• 400 g of cucumbers;
• 350 g of bell pepper;
• 150 g of pitted olives;
• 150 g of purple onion;
• 200 grams of sheep feta cheese.

To fill a salad, you will need:

• 5 tbsp. L. olive oil;
• 2 tbsp. L. Lemon juice;
• salt;
• pepper;
• Greens (oregano, oregano or basil).

Preparation

Tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into large cubes, onion - semicircles, Bulgarian pepper - squares. Olives are added to vegetables and mixed lightly. The top is laid out cubed cheese.

For dressing, mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Salad is poured with the resulting sauce and sprinkled with herbs.

The dish itself is very bright and beautiful, so it does not really need additional decoration. If desired, you can put it on the sheets of lettuce and decorate with a thin slice of lemon.

Finally

So, in the article we gave recipes on how to make popular salads (with a photo). Having written them down, you will always have in stock a couple of tested dishes, which will surely appeal to guests and household members.