Italian dishes very often include tomatoes and cheese. Salads are not complete without these products. Let's talk about how to cook simple dishes.
Italian Salads: Shrimp Recipe
To prepare this light, tender salad, you will need shrimps, lettuce, sour cream, tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, garlic. Boil a pound of shrimp in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, clean them. Or use a ready-made frozen product that you only need to hold for several minutes in hot water. Narrow or chop lettuce. Put them beautifully on a plate or in a special salad bowl. Put peeled shrimp on top. Make the sauce. Mix sour cream, sweet ketchup, mayonnaise. Squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic into the mixture. The sauce should be pale pink. Pour them shrimp and serve salad to the table.
Italian salads: recipe with cheese
Another simple and delicious salad. Use pasta (small), ham, cheese, mayonnaise. Boil pasta in boiling water, salt. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater or better cut into strips. Chop the ham in the same way. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl, either in layers or in random order. Season with mayonnaise. Salt is not necessary. Italian salad with cheese is ready. You can decorate the dish with herbs and serve.
Italian salads: recipe with tomatoes and bread
When preparing this salad, you can use any number of ingredients. It all depends on how many people you plan to treat. So, you need: tomatoes (preferably ripe), a few pieces of stale bread (preferably white), water,
wine vinegar, onions, basil,
balsamic vinegar, salt, olive oil. Start by preparing the bread. You can cut the longened pieces of the loaf into cubes, but it will be better if you use fresh bread and dry it in the oven. Mix 100 grams of water with a tablespoon of wine vinegar. Dip bread in this liquid for a few seconds. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Chop the onion into half rings. In a salad bowl, carefully lay out the bread, onions and tomatoes. Add dried and fresh basil, sprinkle all products with balsamic vinegar, lightly pour olive oil and salt. That's all. Italian salad with tomatoes is ready! For a better taste, let the dish brew a little in the cold.
Italian salads: caprese recipe
One of the most popular dishes from Italy is the Caprese salad. Easy and quick to prepare, it is perfect for lovers of Italian cuisine, as well as for people who adhere to a healthy and proper diet. The traditional caprese recipe includes five ingredients: tomatoes, olive oil, mozzarella cheese, basil and salt. We added a little to our recipe by adding dark balsamic vinegar and black pepper to it. In addition, you can put olives and oregano in the salad. From this, it will become even more aromatic and piquant. The cooking process is very simple. You should cut cheese and tomatoes in evenly non-thick slices. Lay them out alternately, put basil leaves on top. For the sauce, mix the oil and vinegar, add salt and pepper. Pour the mixture with salad. Done!