Carpaccio is an original appetizer of Italian cuisine, which is served in front of the main course - to "warm up" the stomach. Traditionally made from raw red meat, but now also from chicken, turkey, fish, vegetables.
With proper preparation (by prescription), carpaccio is a very healthy dish that can be tasted in a restaurant or made at home.
Description
In general, Italy is considered the birthplace of many unique dishes that win the hearts of different peoples of the world with their original composition, bright design and piquant taste, from ordinary people to presidents and famous politicians.
It is this dish that is considered carpaccio. Of course, on Italian territory it is prepared exclusively according to a traditional recipe - from red meat, lime and olive oil. Well, in Russia, for example, this dish was made more adapted to the tastes of Slavic gourmets and prepared from beef, veal, poultry, different varieties of fish (red, tuna, cod and others), vegetables.
And each recipe is original in its own way and quite tasty! Some of them will be considered in our article.
A bit of history ...
The dish owes its name to the Venetian Renaissance artist - Vittore Carpaccio (years of life and work - XV-XVI centuries).
The thing is that the main color of his work was red. And this dish also consists mainly of red meat (according to a traditional recipe).
Carpaccio was first prepared in the middle of the last century in one of the Venetian cafes by the chef of the establishment. It was just that one visitor who liked her had a special diet regarding the consumption of meat (a ban on a thermally processed product), and this prompted the cook to prepare a completely unique dish - from pickled slices of beef.
And carpaccio took root - first in his homeland (and in this institution as well), and then in Asia and other countries.
Residents of the Russian Federation are also very fond of this dish and, having somewhat processed the traditional carpaccio recipe, they prepare it from various ingredients, including Asian (from turkey meat).
Chicken fillet
The most delicious appetizer will be a worthy decoration of the festive table, will give an appetite for a hot dish.
Ingredients and steps for making chicken carpaccio (according to the recipe):
- Fresh chicken fillet (1 kilogram), cleaned of films and fat, cool well in the freezer (60 minutes).
- For marinade, you need to make lemon juice (50 milliliters) and pour it into a container.
- Add olive oil (100 milliliters), salt (20 grams) and a mixture of ground black and red peppers (15 grams), mix.
- Chopped meat into thin slices (plates) and put on a flat dish (or on serving plates), pour marinade and garnish with lime slices (100 grams of the whole ingredient).
- Insist in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
You can also decorate the dish with grated Parmesan cheese and leaves of fresh arugula (or other greens).
Chicken fillet, rum and capers carpaccio recipe
An interesting way to cook the famous Italian dish, in which there are many spices, fresh herbs, parmesan and cherry tomatoes.
Components and preparation:
- Freeze chicken fillet (150 grams).
- For the sauce, squeeze the juice from 1 lemon and 1 lime, mix and add rum (20 milliliters).
- Then grate the chilled meat with ginger (10 grams), coriander (5 grams), paprika (20 grams).
- Using a large sharp knife (or slicer) chop the chicken into thin slices.
- Put on a flat dish, sprinkle with salt (20 grams) and ground pepper (a mixture of white and red).
- Pour over the sauce, put slices of cherry tomatoes (50 grams), capers (80 grams) and grated parmesan (30 grams) on the meat.
- Sprinkle the dish with chopped arugula.
Chicken carpaccio (according to the recipe), cooked at home, can be served.
From turkey
A unique recipe in which West and East meet is the Italian approach and the Asian style.
Ingredients and Preparation:
- Marinate the turkey fillet (0.5 kilograms), grate with sea salt (20 grams), paprika (10 grams) and thyme (5 grams). Set aside for 30 minutes to soak.
- Then heat the meat steamed (using a water bath) - 25 minutes (turn over).
- On a flat dish put a mixture of fresh salads - arugula, korna, radichio.
- Pour lemon juice (50 milliliters) and olive oil (50 milliliters) evenly onto the leaves.
- Finished chilled turkey chopped into thin plates and put on greens.
- Sprinkle the meat with chopped pickled ginger (30 grams).
- Top with soy sauce (20 milliliters) and ground black pepper (10 grams) on the dish.
Serve turkey carpaccio with grated parmesan.
Veal
A delicious dish in which, in addition to the main ingredient, beets, capers and wasabi are also used. This gives the carpaccio an extraordinary piquancy.
Cooking:
- Freeze lean veal fillet (250 grams).
- Boil beets (150 grams), peel the skin and grind with a blender.
- Add mayonnaise to the vegetable (to taste) and prepare the sauce.
- Chop veal into thin slices.
- Grease a flat dish with olive oil (150 milliliters) and put the meat out.
- Garnish with beetroot sauce, wasabi (10 grams) and capers (50 grams) on top.
From beef
This method of cooking is offered by Julia Vysotskaya. Slicing is used for slicing.
For a traditional homemade carpaccio recipe, the photo of which is presented in this article, you must:
- Beef fillet (0.5 kilograms) free from fat and scum.
- It is good to grate the meat with a mixture of Italian herbs (20 grams), salt (15 grams), olive oil (10 milliliters).
- Place beef in food grade polyethylene and freeze.
- Grate parmesan (30 grams), prepare arugula.
- Cut the frozen fillet into slices.
- Grease the dish with balsamic vinegar, then spread the beef evenly, along the perimeter of the arugula and parmesan.
Red fish carpaccio
The original dish can also be made from salmon, cheese and herbs. This extremely tasty dish will delight seafood lovers in combination with vegetables and a creamy component.
Ingredients and steps for making carpaccio (recipe with photo):
- Place the salmon fillet (200 grams) in foil and refrigerate in the freezer.
- Then cut the fish into thin slices.
- Prepare a container (deep, small) and cover with a sheet of foil.
- Spread salmon slices in a container (first layer).
- Finely chop vegetables, fresh cabbage, cucumbers, parsley and dill to taste, season with mayonnaise and lay out in a second layer.
- Grate mascarpone cheese and form a top coat.
- Turn the sealed dish over and put on a flat surface (remove the foil), garnish with capers (100 grams) and French mustard sauce.
From tuna, olives, mustard and vegetables
A rich carpaccio (prescription for home use) will delight children and adults with such an unusually delicious combination of ingredients.
Preparation and components:
- Chop the tuna (300 grams) with rings and put on a dish.
- Grind 100 grams of onions, 100 grams of carrots and 200 grams of fresh cucumber.
- Add vegetables to the fish (distribute along the perimeter of the dish).
- Sprinkle with salt (15 grams) and ground black pepper (10 grams).
- Put 80 grams of mustard (red, yellow, green) on the dish.
- Prepare dressing from soy sauce (20 milliliters), balsamic sauce (20 milliliters) and lemon juice (20 milliliters), mix. Pour in olive oil (100 milliliters).
- Pour the tuna carpaccio into the sauce, garnish with green and black olives (20 grams).
Fresh Tomato Carpaccio
Vegetable dish, which can also be made from zucchini zucchini, bell pepper, cucumbers and other plant ingredients, will please all vegetarians and just lovers of unusual carpaccio recipes.
Components and preparation:
- Tomatoes (round or oval, red, yellow or pink) in the amount of 2 pieces chopped into thin plates.
- Put on a flat dish in a circle (lap).
- Squeeze juice from 1 lemon and pour vegetables.
- Pour salt (15 grams) and ground black pepper (5 grams) evenly into the dish evenly.
- Leave the vegetables to marinate (15 minutes).
- Then add olive oil (40 milliliters) and sliced ββgreen olives (20 grams) to the dish.
- Chop finely fresh basil (10 grams) and parsley (20 grams), decorate carpaccio with vegetables.
Summary
There are a lot of recipes for cooking this dish at home. There is a wide field for experiments and fantasies of chefs who love carpaccio according to recipes from sunny Italy or adapted to the tastes of the Slavs.
But there are several recommendations regarding the preparation of the dish, which will help to make it even more saturated and tasty:
- The meat must be selected perfect, freshest (then you can not freeze it) - home or farm. It is important that the animal feeds exclusively on natural food.
- For chicken carpaccio, you can add a large amount of red ground pepper to give the dish a natural shade - red.
- This dish is portioned, and therefore it must be served in a small flat plate;
- You can eat carpaccio with a table fork.