Many housewives often puzzle over what to cook to surprise both guests and home. Italian pancake salad is suitable for a festive table, as well as for a hearty and unusual dinner. Moreover, it is not so difficult to cook it.
Whip recipe
Italians are very kind to cooking, but there are also quick snacks in their kitchen. They do not require special training, and therefore are popular. And salad (Italian recipe), which includes pancakes without fail, is no exception. It will require:
- ready-made thin pancakes (you can frozen);
- smoked ham;
- soft cheese;
- pitted olives;
- greenery;
- onion.
All ingredients are cut into strips. In addition to cheese. It is preferable to cut into cubes and roll in poppy seeds. Greens finely chopped, mixed with separated onions. As a dressing, you can use mayonnaise, sauce or lemon juice. An Italian salad with pancakes increasingly began to appear on Russian holiday tables, however, it is prepared in a slightly different way.
Russian adaptation
For the recipe you will need:
- five raw chicken eggs;
- potato starch (5 teaspoons without a slide);
- garlic to taste;
- apple cider vinegar (1 tsp);
- onion;
- smoked chicken ham.
Many housewives prefer to cook pancakes on their own. Especially since dishes with them are tastier. Italian salad with pancakes in the Russian interpretation begins with baking pancakes. It is not so difficult.
Salad Pancakes
Beat the eggs with a whisk or mixer until a firm foam is formed, then starch is gradually introduced. The mass does not stop stirring, otherwise the pancakes will not turn out light and airy. For taste, you can add some spices or salt. Pancakes are baked in a hot pan for several seconds on one side and the other. Then they are allowed to cool, only then cut into strips.
Onion marinovka
An Italian salad with pancakes and chicken is especially tender and piquant if you pickle onions in advance. This is done quite simply. First, chop the onion in half rings, then add salt and apple cider vinegar. You can slightly mash everything with your hands so that the pickling happens faster. Only 5-10 minutes are enough, and the onion is saturated, it becomes soft, juicy, with a sweetish aftertaste.
Cooking snacks
When the preparation is finished, you can proceed to direct cooking. Pancakes and smoked ham are cut into strips, add onions to them. Garlic is wiped through a grater. Sometimes housewives add a green sour apple or greens to the salad, depending on preference. Some use canned corn as an additional ingredient . As a dressing, tartar or cheese sauce is ideal. Italian pancake salad can be prepared as you like - even with fruit!
Sweet snack
Most often, this recipe is used to prepare a dessert for tea, coffee, liquor or sparkling wine. You will need any fruit that does not give a large amount of juice (citrus fruits are not suitable), and pancakes that can be baked using the method described above. The ingredients are mixed, then seasoned with yogurt or sour cream. Some even prefer condensed milk, but this is a matter of taste.
How to replace chicken and ham?
Not every kitchen always has smoked chicken legs or oily ham. But there is also an Italian salad with pancakes and sausage! In this case, you can use both boiled and smoked varieties. Both types are especially well combined in one salad. It is noteworthy that boiled sausage can first be fried, and then cut into thin strips. Smoked varieties are also better chopped in the same way. In this case, salt and spices can be omitted.
An Italian salad with pancakes can be prepared for any side dish and hot, but it goes well with boiled potatoes and stews. In addition, the dish turns out to be quite satisfying, so it is not necessary to cook in large volumes even for a large family. Some experienced housewives add pomegranate seeds to the recipe with smoked legs, so that the salad is not only tasty, but also healthy.