Caesar salad has long won our love.Many housewives are wondering - how to properly prepare Caesar salad at home to surprise their guests. Recipes are many and the ingredients in them often sound very exotic. But even in the most elite establishments there is a recipe, and even not one. The peculiarity of this salad is its variety and it is believed that the main thing is to prepare a Caesar salad sauce, which gives it a unique taste.
For classic sauce, products are required,which are not always easy to find. So at home you can make sauces for this salad with a slightly different recipe, which does not spoil the overall impression of the dish, but only adds to it the raisins.
Preparation of sauce
Sauce is the first thing that the owner is interested in answering the question of how to prepare a Caesar salad.
It is best to mix all the ingredients for the sauce with your hands, as this conveys the positive energy of the person who cooked it.
In a small saucepan, two eggyolk, lemon juice, two small crushed cloves of garlic and one dessert mustard spoon. The mixture is then thoroughly mixed and whipped, and olive oil is gradually added to it (half the glass is enough). You can add to this version of the sauce also one or two tablespoons of vinegar to your liking. The sauce is beaten until thick.
The second version of the sauce
This sauce is sour-based, softer.To a glass of sour cream of medium fat content is added a teaspoon of mustard and two crushed cloves of garlic. Also, for piquancy, you can add there three small pickled cucumber (better than a gherkin). The dressing is mixed in a mixer or blender.
Preparation of rusks
Crackers for Caesar salad are called croutons.Prepare them easily and quickly, most importantly, decide on the choice of bread (black or white). Most often for croutons use white bread. It is not recommended to make croutons from old bread or bought breadcrumbs, as this can spoil the taste of the whole dish.
Two hundred grams of bread must be peeled off,cut into cubes (with a margin of about a centimeter), dipped in olive oil and bake in a heated oven for five to seven minutes. Croutons should only be covered with a light golden crust.
Preparation of the basis of lettuce
How to prepare a Caesar salad classic?The recipe is quite simple and provides only the presence of cheese, lettuce, croutons and sauce. Lately, many improved versions of this salad have appeared. For example, such as Caesar with chicken or anchovies.
Prepare a version of a salad with chicken tooit is simple: its fillets are cut into small cubes, crumbled in seasoning and fried until golden brown. After this, it is necessary to let the chicken cool on a plate and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. If the choice was made in favor of anchovies, it is necessary to cut them fairly finely.
Choice of cheese
Parmesan is needed for the classic Caesar, butyou can use cheese and other varieties of the main thing, so that it is hard. Calculate the amount of cheese can be to your liking, focusing on the usual salad norm - 50 gr. per serving.
Salad leaves should cover the bottom of the plate in three to four rows. After them, the salad is laid out.
A general phased recipe for salad or how to prepare a Caesar salad with chicken.
The first is to prepare the chicken according to the method described above and let it cool down.
The second is to prepare the sauce and grate the cheese.
Third - to lay the bottom of the plate with lettuce leaves and pour on them about a third of the sauce.
Fourth - add ragged lettuce leaves, chicken, half of breadcrumbs and grated cheese to the rest of the sauce, mix everything and put on a plate on lettuce leaves.
And, finally, the fifth - let the salad sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese and croutons and serve on the table. If desired, you can decorate it with olives or small cherry tomatoes.
These are the basic answers to the question of how to prepare Caesar salad at home. Instead of chicken, you can take anchovies, seafood or fish (fried, weak salting or smoked).
