Salad "Berlin" belongs to the category of assorted dishes. It includes both vegetable and meat components. The ingredients may be fresh and canned. From meat products, cooked or smoked sausage (but not hard varieties), ham is well suited. And even boiled meat, including the tongue. For dressing, a ready-made mayonnaise is taken or a special filling is done. And now more about recipes. It should be noted that there are many variations of this dish, and each is very tasty in its own way.
Berlin Classic
The basic Berlin salad recipe requires the following ingredients:
- fresh white cabbage - half a fork (or more, depending on the desired amount of snack);
- cooked sausages - 350-400 gr;
- fresh cucumbers - 2-3 pieces;
- a bunch of fresh onions and a couple of sprigs of dill;
- handfuls of sesame seeds or roasted peanuts.
If the last ingredients are missing, the Berliner salad recipe allows you to take ordinary walnuts, which should be finely chopped with a knife. And the dish is prepared as follows: cabbage and sausage need to be cut into small strips. Cucumbers - in small slices. Chop greens. All put in a bowl, salt, sprinkle with pepper. Season with your favorite mayonnaise. If you want a sharper appetizer, the Berlin salad recipe recommends adding a little mustard. Let the dish infuse a little, and serve. It can be an independent snack and a complement to vegetable and pasta dishes.
Smoked Salad
You will have a slightly different treat if, instead of boiled, you use smoked sausage or ham. They will give the food their special, pungent flavor. Fresh cucumbers in this case, replace with salted or pickled. But cabbage is needed. The main thing is to be more frequent. In order for the vegetable not to get dry in the dish, the Berlin salad recipe recommends chopping the cabbage slightly, grate with a little salt. Then proceed as in the previous version.
Berlin salad with green tomatoes
Having described the main method of making salad, let us turn to its varieties. And let's start with this spicy, the main components of which are green tomatoes and meat. As additional ingredients are suitable: onions - peppers or feathers (bunch), lemon and herbs. So, cook the meat until cooked in salted water with spices. Suitable beef tongue, chicken. If pork, then low-fat, without fat. And if the beef is not stiff, 400-500 grams.
Now about how this Berlin salad is prepared (recipe). Cut meat into thin strips or cubes. Next, take a few tomatoes - pieces 3-4. Cut into small slices. Chop the onion. Mix everything, add salt. Make dressing for dressing: mix a few tablespoons of vegetable oil with tomato juice or ketchup, boil, cool, pepper. For a sharper taste, chop 2-3 cloves of garlic. An appetizer is such that it’s better and not necessary, believe me! Before serving, sprinkle the salad with herbs, garnish with lemon slices.
Salad with Cheese and Bell Pepper
You can make a Berlin salad (recipe with photo attached) with cheese and eggs. To do this, cut into cubes about 300-350 g of ham (do not put greasy pieces), grate cheese (about 100 g), chop 2-3 hard-boiled eggs. Cut into strips 1 large bell pepper and fresh cucumber. Mix everything, sprinkle with dill seeds. Add salt and season with mayonnaise. You can flavor a little with lemon juice (to taste).
Potato salad
In many culinary sources in the "Berlin" salad recommend adding, among other things, boiled potatoes. And if the very first recipe we can attribute to spring dishes, then this one - to winter-type salads. To make it, take some pickled or pickled cucumbers, 50-70 g each of celery and parsley roots, 4 potatoes and 2 beets, the same number of sweet and sour fresh apples. Boil well washed vegetables and roots, peel, cut into cubes. Chop cucumbers and apples. Stir, salt. Make dressing with mayonnaise and mustard, or mayonnaise and tomato.