Mussels, like other seafood, are the maximum protein and, paradoxically, quite a bit of calories. Therefore, they are often used in diet food. They perfectly saturate the body and are completely harmless to the waist: 100 g of the product contains only 20 Kcal. In addition, mussels are rich in vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids and minerals.
These seafood is used for first courses, fried, and made snacks. The following is a basic recipe for mussel salads. Based on it, experimenting with different vegetables and dressings, you can cook a lot of delicious dishes.
The choice of mussels should be treated very responsibly. Do not forget that seafood is perishable. If you buy frozen clams and are not going to cook them today, do not let the packet melt. Spoiled mussels can cause dangerous poisoning. Fresh mollusks have tightly closed shell leaves and a pleasant smell of the sea. The main recipe for salads with mussels involves the use of boiled seafood without shells.
In the case of using frozen mollusks, care must be taken to ensure that the pack thaws out gradually. You need to shift it from the freezer to the lower shelf of the refrigerator. Then rinse the clams with running water. Put seafood in a saucepan and cook. A universal recipe for salads with mussels does not indicate how they are cooked, because there are different ways, up to the point that you need to cook them in boiling milk. But in most cases, the mollusks are poured with cold water, slightly salted and put on fire. After boiling, let them boil for literally two minutes. They pour boiling into milk. There they need to withstand a little longer - four minutes. You can cook clams in red wine.
The easiest mussel salad is with eggs
You need to grate 150 g of hard cheese, cut into slices of fresh cucumber. Boil 200 g of mussels and 3 eggs. Finely chop the last. Combine clams, cheese and eggs, season with mayonnaise. Place salad on the bottom of the dish. Leaves are also placed on top. Garnish with cucumber slices and parsley. This dish can be modified. Instead of lettuce - Beijing cabbage. Cheese can be cut into cubes, and fresh cucumber can be replaced with gherkins.
But the salad of pickled mussels should be cooked with boiled vegetables. You can buy a package if necessary, but if you want to do everything from “A” to “Z”, cut carrots, a small fork of cauliflower, red bell pepper, half an onion. Pour everything with cold water, add a pinch of saffron, 10 coriander grains and set to boil. When the liquid boils, pour a quarter cup of vinegar with sherry. Throw the vegetables in a colander, mix with 300 g of pickled mussels. Add a few sliced cherry tomatoes. This salad should be seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice.
There is a more satisfying recipe for salads with mussels. It is suitable for a light lunch. First, rice or pasta is boiled separately. Fried mushrooms, noble fish slices (salmon, salmon), canned corn, walnuts, apples and homemade marinades are organically suitable for such a basis.