Today in almost any supermarket you can buy a wide variety of salads. However, a self-made dish will always be much tastier. We will not consider those recipes that take a lot of time. The topic of our conversation is beets with garlic and mayonnaise.
It takes only a few minutes to cook this famous salad. The main thing is to always have boiled beets on hand. We will consider several options for this dish. And we begin our conversation with a basic recipe.
Beets with garlic and mayonnaise are very easy to prepare. And some special ingredients are not needed for this. Perhaps, any housewife will always find two small beets and a few cloves of garlic. The most common mayonnaise is ideal for dressing this salad. Here, in principle, is all that is needed to prepare this dish.
I think no one needs to be reminded that beets should be pre-cooked. And in order for this root crop to cool as quickly as possible, place it in cold water for half an hour. During this time, you can prepare the appropriate dishes for the future salad, as well as peel the garlic.
So, to your attention beets with garlic and mayonnaise. We rub the peeled beets on a large or medium grater - this is already as you like. Pass the garlic through a press or chop finely. It remains only to combine these two ingredients together and season our salad. You can add a little salt if necessary. Beets with garlic and mayonnaise are ready to eat.
For those who do not like classics, we offer to diversify the recipe for this dish. So, for example, finely chopped walnuts will add some piquancy to this salad. Moreover, now we will consider another option.
Beets with walnuts blend perfectly with apple and raisins. However, the cooking technology of such a dish is slightly different. In this case, boiled beets and fresh apples are cut into cubes, and chopped walnuts. As for raisins, it must first be soaked. At the final stage of preparing this salad, we combine all the available ingredients, season with mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top.
Salad, as you can see for yourself, is extremely simple. However, thanks to this combination of products, it causes a vivid taste sensation. You will spend a little time on its preparation, but you will please yourself and your loved ones with a rather unusual dish.
Fantasies on the topic of beets do not end there. Believe me, there are many more various variations of the preparation of this vegetable. To your attention beets with cheese. We will offer you several recipes for this combination of products. You will choose the most suitable option for yourself. And let's start with the simplest.
We clean the boiled beets, cut into strips and season with sour cream. Before serving, sprinkle our salad with grated cheese.
Now complicate the recipe a bit. As always, start with beets. We clean it and three on a coarse grater. Grind the garlic and add to the beets. We take cheese (it is better if it will be hard varieties) and also grate it on a coarse grater, and then combine with the above products.
The peculiarity of this salad is that prunes are added here, which must first be held for ten minutes in hot water. After that, cut it into strips and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
The final touch remained, namely chopped walnuts. Now that all the components of this salad are gathered together, season it with mayonnaise and serve. If desired, decorate with parsley branches.
In conclusion, only one thing remains to be added: the dressing for this dish can also be slightly changed. Take sour cream and mayonnaise in a proportion of one to one, mix and season our salad. Its taste will be a little softer. Good appetite!