No holiday is complete without a standardmenu: "Herring under a fur coat", "Olivier", crab stick salad. We suggest treating guests to another very simple, but at the same time healthy and incredibly appetizing dish - they will definitely like beets with garlic, seasoned with mayonnaise. It is suitable for both a regular family lunch or dinner, and for a more formal occasion.
A simple beetroot recipe with garlic
As you know, boiled beets are healthy andis a healthy product. It improves digestion and never stays on the body as extra pounds. If you combine it with garlic and season it with mayonnaise, you will get a juicy and bright salad. Try it yourself! Ingredients:
- one medium beet
- three tablespoons of any mayonnaise
- salt - according to your taste
- one garlic clove
Method of preparation:You can make this salad in two ways: boil the beets or use them raw. However, not everyone likes the “earthy” taste of this vegetable, even though it contains a lot of vitamins, the amount of which naturally decreases during processing. Therefore, if you are afraid of spoiling the dish, bake or boil the beets. Otherwise, we recommend choosing cylindrical varieties, as well as those with an intensely colored root vegetable inside - such a vegetable is always very sweet and not at all “earthy” in taste. So, let's stop at the first option: boil the beets in slightly salted water, then peel them and grate on a medium grater. Then peel the garlic and crush it with a special press; if you do not have one, use a regular knife. Now put both ingredients in a deep salad bowl and pour mayonnaise, adding table salt to your taste. If you have your favorite spices or like the aroma of ground black pepper, add a small amount of these seasonings to the dish. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly with a spoon and you can set the table. This salad is prepared in five minutes at most, and to save time, you can buy already cooked beets in the supermarket. To avoid getting bored with the dish, complement it with a variety of products to your taste: nuts, peanuts, cheese, prunes and others. This dish, full of vitamins and health, will appeal to everyone from young to old!
Beet and prunes under mayonnaise
Since we mentioned that you can add walnuts to beetroot salad, it would be unforgivable not to tell you this recipe. So write it down or remember it! Ingredients:
- one kilogram of sweet beetroot
- garlic - two denticles
- 300 grams of prunes
- salt
- 200 grams of walnuts
- delicacy mayonnaise - according to your taste
Method of preparation:Place the washed beets in a deep saucepan, cover with water and cook until done. This will take from forty minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the vegetable. Now you need to crush the walnuts. To do this, wrap them in a clean kitchen towel and beat them with a special hammer or use a rolling pin. Some housewives like the dish to be uniform, so they grind the nuts to a flour state. As for the prunes, they should be cut into small cubes. If they are very hard, pour warm water over them and leave for fifteen minutes. Then get rid of excess liquid and dry the prunes well by placing them on paper towels. The beets should be ready by this time, so cool them, peel them and grate them on a coarse grater. Then put it in a deep bowl, add nuts, prunes, crushed garlic and, having sprinkled everything with a small amount of salt, season with gourmet mayonnaise. Mix all the products well and arrange the salad on portioned plates. If there are greens, you can chop them and decorate the dish. If you are preparing a dish for a festive table, it is necessary that it is not only appetizing, but also looks beautiful. To do this, we recommend distributing the beets under mayonnaise in elegant glass bowls, and sprinkling with nuts on top or decorating with parsley leaves.
Salad "Beetroot miracle" with mayonnaise, cheese and garlic
In winter, it is extremely important to saturate the bodythe vitamins it needs, which, firstly, will help fight common acute respiratory viral infections, flu, and secondly, will give you the strength to cope with the blues. After all, when it's freezing outside, it's still dark in the morning, and you have to go to work, your mood just disappears. Therefore, we suggest you master the recipe for a healthy beetroot salad with aromatic garlic. Thanks to the cheese that is added to the dish, it turns out original and unlike the others. Ingredients:
- two small beets
- two medium cloves of garlic
- salt
- 100 grams of hard cheese (use any on your own)
- light mayo - three large spoons
- golden raisins - optional
Method of preparation:Many housewives prepare this salad from boiled beets, but let's break the usual tradition. We suggest making it in the oven: to do this, wash the vegetable well and wrap each one in foil, then put it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Depending on the size, the beets are baked from 60 to 80 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the remaining ingredients: peel the garlic and pass it through a special press, and grate the hard cheese on a fine grater. When the beets become soft and begin to exude a characteristic aroma, take them out of the oven, cool them, remove the skin with a knife and grate into thin strips. Pour warm water over the raisins in advance, and after fifteen minutes drain it, rinse the product under the tap and dry well. You have very little left: combine all the above ingredients in one bowl, add a little salt to taste and pour mayonnaise. Now mix the dish and put it in a nice dish. If your oven is broken or you don't have one, boil the beets and then do everything according to the recipe. You can also use raw vegetables: grate them on a coarse grater and combine with the other ingredients. In addition, instead of raisins, some people put walnuts or steamed prunes, and replace mayonnaise with sour cream - this way the dish will be less caloric and more healthy.
Unusual beetroot with mayonnaise
Standard salad with beetroot and garlic,seasoned with delicious mayonnaise, can be original and unusual. Don't believe me? Then try making the dish using this recipe. For this you will need special clay pots. Ingredients:
- one clove of garlic
- beets - 100 grams
- 25 grams of kvass
- 50 grams of light delicacy mayonnaise
- any greens - to taste
- 20 grams of walnuts
Method of preparation:Peel the washed beets from the roots and put them to boil on low heat. If desired, you can bake them in the oven, having previously wrapped them in foil. When the vegetable is ready, peel them, cut them into thin strips and put them in a clay pot. Now crush the peeled garlic with a press or chop it finely with a knife. Then mix it with kvass and leave for 20 minutes. After this time, strain the resulting mixture and pour it over the beets. You proceed to the last stage of preparing this original dish: crush the nuts with a mortar and finely chop the fresh herbs. Pour all the above products into the pot and pour mayonnaise over them.
Toasts with beets and mayonnaise
Let's take a little break from salads.We suggest making toasts with boiled beets, garlic and mayonnaise. This dish will be a wonderful appetizer for a festive table for a birthday, New Year or Christmas. Ingredients:
- 200 grams of bread (we recommend using rye)
- one big beetroot
- eight cloves of garlic
- salt - at your discretion
- two tablespoons of mayonnaise
- refined olive oil - for frying
Method of preparation:Cut the rye bread into thin slices of the same size and moisten them with a little water. Then heat the olive oil in a frying pan and put the future toasts in it, fry them on each side. Now boil the beets in a deep saucepan in slightly salted water. When it is ready, remove the peel and grate the vegetable into thin strips using a grater. Crush the peeled garlic using a special press and mix it with mayonnaise. That's it, you have come to the final stage of preparing the dish: put the beets on the ruddy toast and pour everything with garlic sauce. Eat with pleasure! You can decorate the snacks with leaves of fresh herbs.
Apples with beets, raisins and mayonnaise
This sweet, vitamin-rich salad can be made for your child. It is tasty, healthy and very easy to prepare. Ingredients:
- 100 grams of mayonnaise
- 50 grams of golden raisins
- one boiled beetroot
- one large sweet and sour apple
- bunch of fresh parsley
- four grams of garlic
Method of preparation:The first thing you should do is boil the beets by placing them in a saucepan with lightly salted water. Now remove the core from the apple and cut it into small cubes, and the garlic into small pieces. You can crush it using a press. Chop the fresh parsley with a knife. By this point, the beets should be ready, so cool them, peel them and grate them on a medium grater. We do not recommend using a fine grater, as the salad will resemble porridge. Combine all the ingredients in one bowl and pour the sauce over them. To prepare it, mix mayonnaise with garlic and season the dish with it, mixing it thoroughly. At the very end, add the raisins, which should be soaked in warm water for fifteen minutes beforehand. As you can see, you can make anything from beets and mayonnaise, from appetizers to delicious salads. Add raisins, nuts, use a variety of spices and fresh herbs to the dish. In general, do not limit your imagination and cook like a real chef! We wish you success!
