What could be more original and simpler than nettle salad? If you are still skeptical about the use of nettles in cooking, then let us first turn to data showing the merits of this herb.
Nettle salad: the benefits of the dish
Any nutritionist will tell you that if you want to lose weight or maintain a slim figure, you must adhere to certain rules of nutrition. But eating one rutabaga and apples is not very interesting. How about nettles? It can be added not only to salads, but also to soups, even used as a filling for pies. As for the direct effect of the plant on our body, nettle increases hemoglobin, increases the number of red blood cells (these are red blood cells, which are extremely necessary for humans and for all living things). In other words, nettle can significantly improve the composition of the blood, no matter how paradoxical it may sound. The main thing is to catch this miraculous grass on time! Nettle grows until late autumn, because it has an amazing ability to grow from the roots again and again. If you spend the summer in the country, then just walk around the village. Perhaps this beauty is hiding somewhere very close.
Nettle spring salad: recipe
To prepare this dish, you must use exclusively young leaves of the plant. Neither its stems, nor the old damaged leaves will fit. Take three hundred grams of young nettle leaves, two hundred grams of washed sorrel and the same amount of plantain. Try to tear the plantain where fewer cars drive, otherwise you will get the opposite effect: a nettle salad will turn into a dangerous dish. Also stock up on dandelion leaves. There should be fifty grams, not more. The most "commonplace" salad ingredient is feather green onions. It can be put as much as you like, because, firstly, it is extremely useful, and secondly, it is unlikely to spoil the taste of the finished dish.
Nettle Salad: Cooking Method
Now, regardless of whether you picked the greens in the garden or bought in the market, rinse it thoroughly. The so-called “control flush” will remove dirt that could stick while you collected grass. Dry the Vitamin Set with a kitchen towel or napkin. You have two ways: you can just finely chop all the greens by hand, or you can skip it through a meat grinder. By the way, usually lazy housewives choose the second option. However, remember that in the process of such grinding, greens quickly lose juices, and with them their beneficial properties. A nettle salad simply has to be healthy. Now boil hard-boiled two or three large chicken eggs. They also need to be crushed and mixed with chopped herbs. In principle, the salad is ready to eat, but if you plan to treat someone to it, then you can conjure a little more over a masterpiece. Take a fresh radish and crumble it with ringlets, mix with a salad and season it with oil (can be sunflower or olive). Mayonnaise is generally not recommended. Now your salad is perfectly seasoned, and bright accents (radish) decorate the dish and give it a restaurant look.