Ever since ancient times, a meat dish was always present on the family table . At the same time, the meat dish not only looked appetizing, but also had good taste. To date, any kitchen in the world can not do without meat products, but how to cook tasty meat that would please not only the chef, but all of his guests?
First you need to choose meat. When making a purchase, you need to pay attention to its texture, color and smell. At the same time, fresh and high-quality meat should have a uniform pinkish tint, delicate aroma and be dense. You should not refuse from a frozen product, as it retains all the beneficial properties and taste.
Before you cook delicious meat, you need to decide on the method of its preparation, since today there are a huge number of them. This can be boiled meat, stewed or fried, as well as grilled or steamed. In addition, it is also necessary to know what part of the carcass is prepared. So, beef tenderloin, as well as thin and thick edges, are fried in whole or in small pieces, the lower and upper parts of the back leg are portioned, the outer and side parts are used to prepare the meat. Most often, the pot and brisket are cooked, and minced meat is prepared from the scraps and neck or used to make broths.
The back leg and the loin of pork or lamb are used for frying a whole piece, and the brisket and shoulder blade for frying in small pieces, the neck - for cooking minced meat.
Let's look at a few ways to make delicious meat.
1. Boiled meat is a dietary product. To give the dish a juiciness and softness, it is recommended to lower it into boiling water and cook on low heat. To make the meat fragrant and tasty enough, it is pre marinated for several hours in vinegar or lemon juice.
Boiled beef
One and a half kilograms of beef meat (pulp of the shoulder blade, brisket) is cleaned by removing the films and tendons, cut into large pieces, put them in a bowl, pour a small amount of boiled water and cook over low heat for half an hour. Then add carrots, roots, onions, and at the end of cooking - spices, salt, bay leaf. The finished product is cut into pieces, put on a dish, watered with broth and served with sauce and side dish.
2. Stew is a component of a fairly large number of dishes, which also add various vegetables, spices and seasonings. One such dish is curry. For its preparation, take low-fat small pieces of pork and stew in a frying pan in butter, adding spices. After the meat has become crisp, it is poured with a small amount of water, vegetables are added and stewed until cooked, the finished dish is seasoned with yogurt and sprinkled with herbs.
Rustic Meat Stew
Ingredients: eight hundred grams of beef, three onions, one carrot, celery root, two slices of rye stale bread, two hundred grams of bacon, half a glass of flour, fifty grams of melted butter. As well as two glasses of broth, half a glass of fat sour cream, six potatoes, four eggplants, one tomato, three tablespoons of wine, two cloves of garlic, herbs, salt and spices.
The meat is cut into large cubes, salted, breaded in flour and fried. Onions, carrots, celery (cut into strips), eggplant (cubes) are mixed in a separate bowl. Slices of bacon are lined at the bottom of the pan, onto which a layer of beef is laid, and then a layer of vegetables and bread, meat and vegetables are again placed on the bread. All this is poured into broth and put on fire until it boils, after which the dish is placed in the oven and stewed for two hours. Half an hour before cooking, salt and spices, as well as garlic and sour cream, are added to it. The finished product is sprinkled with herbs.
3. Roasted meat will have excellent taste if it is previously beaten. A little fried meat is put in the oven and baked until tender, periodically pouring the broth. It should be remembered that a large piece of meat must be fried for at least two hours.
Pork Medallions
Ingredients: two slices of pork, prunes (7 pieces), onion, one hundred grams of wine and broth, salt and vegetable oil.
The onion is finely chopped and fried until soft, then wine and broth are added to it and stewed for about ten minutes. After this, prunes are added and boiled until the sauce thickens.
Meanwhile, medallions are made from meat. To do this, it is cut into identical pieces, from which the fat and veins are removed, allowed, sprinkled with spices and salt. The prepared pork is fried for several minutes on each side, laid out on a dish and watered with sauce.
4. You can cook meat quickly and tasty using a double boiler. At the same time, meat dishes will have not only a delicate taste, but also benefit the body, as they will retain all their useful properties and qualities. In order to cook steaks, for example, it is necessary to pass lean pork through a meat grinder, add salt, cream, pulp of bread to it and cook in a double boiler for about half an hour. Serve cutlets by pouring them with sauce.
5. The meat cooked on the grill will delight not only the cook, but also his friends, who will certainly want to try this dish. For grilling, take pork or beef meat (neck or loin), pre-beat it, season with spices and herbs, fry.
Let's look at an example of how to cook a very tasty meat dish.
For the preparation of “French meat” you will need any meat, onions, apple cider vinegar, salt and sugar, potatoes, a mixture of dried herbs, cheese and mayonnaise.
The meat must be cut into rectangular pieces, beat, season with spices and put on a baking sheet. Onions must first be marinated. To do this, cut it into circles, fill it with water diluted with vinegar, and add sugar and salt. Thus, the onion should be pickled for half an hour, after which it is squeezed and laid out on a layer of meat.
The next layer will be potatoes. It is cut into circles and beautifully spread on top of the onion, not forgetting to salt and sprinkle with dry herbs. On top lay a grated cheese on a coarse grater, on which a layer of thick mayonnaise is then applied. The dish is baked in the oven for one hour.
Thus, before you prepare delicious meat, you must correctly select the meat product and decide which dish will be prepared from it. In any case, it should be remembered that the meat should be fresh.