In order to put an original and really tasty dish on the festive table, young housewives do not need to rack their brains or rush to the supermarkets in search of special products. It is enough to have on hand a standard set of greens, meat, eggs and vegetables to invent a couple of wonderful salads. Just buy a few pomegranate fruits!
Why pomegranate?
But really, why? What role can this fruit play in dishes? It turns out to be very important. Take
beef and pomegranate
salads . Grains of the fruit, of course, when it is ripe, juicy, with a pronounced sweet and sour taste, with a pleasant tartness. In a culinary duet with meat, they create the same unique bouquet for which dishes are so highly appreciated by gourmets. Salads with beef and pomegranate are especially advantageous. Beef meat is somewhat harsh and dry, especially if it is old. Fruit and berry supplements save the situation. In addition, the dark red bright color of the grains also performs a decorative function. Salads with beef and pomegranate look very impressive among other dishes, if they are decorated with grains, alternating with fresh herbs or as a background using mayonnaise dressing. However, we will not be unfounded! Try it and you cook different salads with beef and pomegranate, using the proposed recipes.
Pomegranates with nuts
The first of them, it would seem, is rather unpretentious. However, having tried it once, you will surely again and again please the delicacy of home. This
salad with pomegranate and beef is prepared from such products: about 350 g of boiled meat, 200 g of walnuts (peeled nucleoli), 150 g of prunes. Of course, pomegranate seeds. A handful of caraway seeds and dried marjoram. And dressing from unsweetened yogurt or mayonnaise.
Boil beef in salted water, always with spices. Choose a piece without fat. Finished and cooled fillet cut into cubes. Soak prunes in advance, clear of stones. Cut into pieces. Chop the nuts. Combine all products, add pomegranates and spices, season with sauce, mix. You can add salt and pepper. Cover the bottom of the vase with lettuce leaves. You can whole, or you can torn into large pieces. Lay out a salad with pomegranate and beef. From above, make a pattern of grains, you can add chopped greens or twigs of fresh parsley. Let it brew for about an hour and serve. By the way, this salad is perfect for a romantic dinner. After all, it contains products recognized as strong aphrodisiacs!
Appetizing Salad
The next dish, which is also very tasty and healthy, nutritious and vitamin, contains green peas,
pickled onions, canned cucumbers, carrots, meat. Naturally, this is also Beef and Pomegranate salad. The recipe also includes ham, potatoes, apples, bell peppers, eggs. The ingredients are stacked in layers that are coated with mayonnaise or mixed and seasoned with Provencal sauce.
Boil 4 potatoes, 2 carrots, 3 eggs. Cut into half rings and pickle the onion. The marinade is this: pour 5 tablespoons of olive oil, 3 - lemon juice into a bowl and add salt to taste, mix. Pour vinegar into the mixture, let stand for an hour or a half. Boil and 250 g of beef tenderloin. Cut the ham and finished fillet into strips. Peel and cut potatoes and carrots into cubes, do the same with cucumbers, peppers and apples. Do not remove the peel from the latter. Drain the onions and peas. Peel pomegranate seeds. Chop 2 eggs. Combine all the ingredients, salt, pepper, season with mayonnaise. Send to the salad bowl, cut the remaining egg into circles and cover them with food. Sprinkle with pomegranates and peas and serve.
Mushroom salad
Another superb dish you can be proud of also includes beef and pomegranate seeds. As well as mushrooms, hard cheese, boiled potatoes and green onions. Mushrooms (fresh) cut into pieces and fry in vegetable oil until cooked. Boil potatoes in their uniforms (3 pieces) and meat, cut. Cheese grate on a coarse grater. Chop the onion feathers finely. Put a layer of potatoes on a dish, add salt, pepper, sprinkle with chopped onions and coat with mayonnaise. Disassemble the beef into fibers and make a second layer of it. Pepper too, sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and add mayonnaise. Let the mushrooms go in the third layer, and cheese in the fourth. Between them is a layer of mayonnaise. If food remains, repeat. At the end, decorate the salad with a pattern of pomegranate seeds. Beautiful and very tasty!