Salad "Alexandra": culinary recipe, cooking features and reviews

How to cook a salad "Alexandra"? What is he like? You will find answers to these and other questions in the article. Often people want to cook a salad that the whole family and friends would like. So why don't you add variety to your menu and please your loved ones with Alexander salad?

This dish is named in honor of Tsar Alexander. It was previously prepared according to a unique recipe, which has survived to our times. Today, there are many variations of this salad. Consider some interesting recipes for it below.

Classic recipe

Consider the perfect recipe for the preparation of salad "Alexander". Take:

• 75 g peeled hazelnuts;
• 200 g boiled chicken fillet;
• 200 g of light grapes;
• 200 g of cherries;
• two grapefruits with pink flesh.
  

To create the sauce you need to have:

• a pinch of cayenne pepper;
• two tbsp. l wine vinegar;
• a pinch of salt;
• four tbsp. l lean oil;
• one large head of lettuce salad.

Cook this Alexandra salad like this:

1. Wash the lettuce leaves, shake the water off them, arrange them in a vase on a deep dish. Use only light inner leaves, but not the core.
2. Detail the nuts and fry in a skillet so that the flakes begin to separate. Then put them on a cloth and rub them until they are all separated. After nuts, grind on a coarse grater.
3. Peel the grapefruits, remove the white layer. Divide the pulp into slices, remove the films from them. Cut into four pieces each piece.
4. Wash the grapes, pat dry with a napkin, separate the berries from the brush. Cut into two halves and remove the seeds. Wash the cherry, remove the seeds.
5. Combine salt, vinegar, cayenne pepper and vegetable oil, mix in the sauce.
6. Mix grapes, grapefruits and cherries, transfer to lettuce leaves and pour over the sauce.

Sprinkle the food with nuts and serve.

With seafood

We will figure out how to cook Alexander salad with seafood. You will need:

• 35 g mayonnaise;
• 50 g avocado;
• 5 g of ketchup;
• 50 g cocktail shrimp;
• one lemon;
• half of fresh pineapple (half for serving and 120 g of pulp);
• 0.5 tsp cognac;
• 80 g fresh salmon fillet;
• dill greens (for decoration);
• 10 pitted olives;
• green onions (for decoration);
• 1 tbsp. l soya sauce;
• ground pepper black;
• salt.
  

This culinary recipe for Alexander salad provides for the implementation of such actions:

1. First, cut frozen or fresh salmon into tiny cubes of 3-5 cm, send to a pan with salted water, add lemon and soy sauce. Cook the fish for five minutes.
2. Wash the pineapple, cut into two halves, carefully cut the flesh from it. Next, chop the pulp into cubes, use the scraped half as a serving for the salad.
3. Wash the avocado, peel and remove the stone, cut into tiny cubes.
4. Put the shrimp in a hot skillet with vegetable oil, pour lemon juice on it. Then cover and fry on each side for three minutes.
5. Now cook the sauce. To do this, combine ketchup, cognac, mayonnaise, ground black pepper, salt and lemon juice, stir. Set aside for 10 minutes.
6. Put salmon in a salad bowl, pour sauce. Next, make the next layer of pineapple and avocado, pour over the sauce again. Place the shrimp on top, pour the remaining sauce.
7. Garnish the dish with olives, chopped rings, sprinkle with chopped dill and onions. Put the salad in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, and then serve it to the table.

Tasty salad

To create this kind of Alexander salad, you need:

• three eggs;
• one fresh cucumber;
• olive oil (for frying);
• smoked ham;
• 2 tbsp. l cream of any fat content;
• light mayonnaise.
  

Prepare this dish as follows:

1. First, cut a leg (separate the meat from the bones), crumble into small cubes.
2. Cut the cucumber into small strips.
3. Combine the eggs with cream and salt, mix. Fry the omelet in olive oil, roll into a tube and cut into strips.
4. Mix all the ingredients, add salt, season with mayonnaise.

With white beans

And how to cook the salad "Alexandra" with white beans? To create it, you need to cut three large tomatoes into strips. This condition is mandatory, since tomatoes with this cutting produce a lot of juice.

Next, cut into strips 400 g of smoked sausage and 300 g of crab sticks. Put all this in a salad bowl, send 250 g of white beans canned in its own juice there, stir.

Now season the dish with mayonnaise, add a pinch of dried thyme and other spices that you like. Before serving, decorate the salad with crushed greens.

Warm food

You do not know how to cook up a warm salad "Alexander"? We present to your attention an amazing recipe from which your loved ones will be delighted. We take:

• Chinese salad - 40 g of green and as much yellow;
• 30 g mayonnaise;
• 20 g of onions;
• 70 g chicken fillet;
• 50 g of ham;
• 10 g lean oil;
• 50 g cream 22%;
• frize salad;
• a sprig of thyme;
• a sprig of coriander.
  

This Alexander salad recipe stipulates the following steps:

1. Wash the Chinese salad of two colors, dry it and use your hands to chop into small pieces. Season with mayonnaise and mix.
2. Peel the onions and cut them into cubes, chicken fillet across across the plates, ham randomly into thin plates.
3. Fry the ham and onions in a skillet with vegetable oil until golden brown.
4. Next, send the chicken fillet to the pan and, in a few minutes, cream.
5. Salt the food and bring to a dense consistency.
6. Put on a plate a Chinese salad with mayonnaise, on top - a mass of pans.
7. Garnish with fries, coriander and thyme.

This salad can be served with dessert white wine or beer. It is better to cook it in the winter.

With mussels and mushrooms

Consider a variation of Alexander salad with mushrooms and mussels. This dish is good to serve for dinner. You will need:

• champignons - 200 g;
• two tomatoes;
• salt - one tsp;
• peeled mussels - 200 g;
• two large spoons of lean oil;
• mayonnaise - 100 g;
• one onion;
• one sprig of parsley and dill.

Cook this dish like this:

1. Wash the mushrooms and chop finely.
2. Peel the onion, wash and crumble.
3. Put mushrooms and onions in a hot frying pan with butter, sprinkle with salt. Fry food over moderate heat for 5 minutes, stirring until golden. Remove from heat and refrigerate.
4. Next, wash the mussels, dip them in salted boiling water. As soon as the water boils again, remove the mussels.
5. Wash the tomatoes, cut into cubes.
6. Put mushrooms in two portioned salad bowls, put tomatoes on them, then mussels. Pour everything with mayonnaise and decorate with greens.

Serve the finished salad to the table.

With cheese

To create this variation of Alexander salad, take:

• one fresh cucumber;
• some greenery;
• one tomato;
• a handful of pine nuts;
• one bell pepper;
• barley sprouts;
• two petiole celery;
• 1 tsp vinegar
• one can of yogurt;
• 1 tsp cane sugar;
• a teaspoon of mustard;
• a large spoonful of lemon juice;
• salt;
• 50 g of hard cheese (parmesan, grana served).

Follow these steps:

1. Cut the tomato into slices, cut the cucumber lengthwise and then across into small slices.
2. Next, chop the celery, cut the pepper into four parts, and then thin slices.
3. Crush dill and parsley.
4. Combine all components, sprinkle with salt and mix.
5. Use natural yogurt to create the sauce. Combine it with mustard, sugar, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice, stir.
6. Next, put the salad on a plate, pour vinegar, sprinkle with pine nuts and seedlings.
7. Sprinkle the grated cheese and serve.

You can create seedlings yourself. To do this, buy wheat or barley grains, rinse them and wrap them in a napkin moistened with home temperature water. Leave the package in a warm place. Add water as it dries. In a couple of days, sprouts will appear that are very healthy. Enjoy the trouble in the kitchen!