Caesar with shrimps: recipe and cooking tips

The highlight of any festive table will bedelicious Caesar salad with shrimp. This dish is a masterpiece of Italian cuisine and a variation of the long-loved Caesar salad. Thanks to the recipe using shrimp, this version of the salad enchants with the richness and tenderness of its taste. Each housewife has her own recipes, secrets and features of preparing this dish. We offer a recipe for Caesar salad using shrimp, which requires a minimum of effort and time. This article contains useful tips for preparing Caesar salad.

To prepare the Caesar salad according to the recipe, we will need the following ingredients:

large unpeeled shrimps - 700 gr.,
fresh loaf or baguette - 200 g (can be replaced with a pack of croutons),
quail eggs - 10 pcs., or 3-4 chicken eggs,
cherry tomatoes - 9-10 pcs., or 2-3 medium-sized tomatoes,
half a lemon,
a bunch of green salad or a mix of salads,
Parmesan cheese or any other hard cheese - 200 gr.,
refined sunflower oil - 150 ml,
olive oil - 50 ml,
1 clove of garlic (for cooking suhariki),
mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, salt, spices, herbs (for sauce).

Preparation of salad

Cut the loaf into small cubes (no thicker than 1.5see) and spread evenly in one layer on a baking sheet. Lightly drizzle with sunflower oil and sprinkle with finely chopped garlic. Place everything in a preheated oven, remembering to stir the croutons from time to time. Bake in the oven at a medium temperature for 10-15 minutes until the croutons are browned and crispy. The main thing is to keep an eye on the croutons so that they do not burn. Pull out the baking sheet and set aside to cool. You can also fry the croutons in oil and garlic in a regular frying pan. Fry over medium heat for about 3-5 minutes until golden brown, stirring constantly. If you do not have time to cook croutons, you can buy regular white croutons with sour cream or garlic flavor in the store. Since we are not preparing a regular "Caesar" salad, but one with shrimp, it makes sense to add seafood or shrimp flavored croutons.

To prepare the dish according to this recipeIt is advisable to use king or tiger prawns, smaller types have a less juicy and rich taste. The prawns should be completely defrosted beforehand. Next, fry the prawns in sunflower oil in a very hot frying pan for 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly. They also turn out very tasty if cooked on the grill. Pull the prawns out of the oil, cool, clean and marinate in lemon juice with the addition of spices, salt, pepper and other seasonings to taste. Set aside for half an hour so that the prawns are properly marinated.

Wash and boil the quail eggs wellsalted water until fully cooked and leave to cool. Peel and cut them in half. If necessary, quail eggs can be easily replaced with regular chicken eggs (3-4 pcs.). In this case, it will be more aesthetically pleasing to lay them out in sliced circles.

Soak the lettuce leaves in cold water15-20 minutes, this will allow it to retain its crispy taste, fresh and attractive appearance longer. Then carefully blot the leaves with a paper towel and tear into small pieces. It is very important to tear the salad, since when cutting with a knife, the leaves lose their taste and quickly lose their appearance.

Prepare the sauce. Take 100 g of mayonnaise and 50 g of salt.sweet (Dijon) mustard, add 100 ml of sunflower or olive oil, pepper, salt, seasonings and beat in a blender until thick and smooth. You can also add chopped greens (dill or parsley) to the sauce. Of course, if time and skills allow, it is advisable to make mayonnaise yourself, the recipe for which is not at all complicated (beat the yolk, mustard, sunflower oil and lemon juice).

Prepare the tomatoes. According to the recipe, for a more delicate taste, you need to scald them with boiling water and peel them. Cherry tomatoes can be replaced with regular red tomatoes, cut into cubes.

We take a beautiful large dish to serve ourmasterpiece and put torn lettuce leaves on it. Pour half of the sauce prepared in advance evenly over the salad. Cut the tomatoes into 2 or 4 pieces and put them on the sauce with the salad. Then put the shrimps, pouring the marinade in which they were marinated on top of them. Sprinkle everything with croutons and put the quail eggs. Pour the remaining half of the prepared sauce over everything. Sprinkle everything with finely grated Parmesan or any other hard cheese on top.

According to the recipe, the Caesar saladYou can either serve it in layers or mix it just before serving. If there are few guests, you can put the salad on a separate plate for each guest. The dish turns out tender, unusual and very tasty. In addition, in addition to its taste, the salad has a bright and colorful appearance. The ingredients and sauce for the Caesar salad can be prepared in advance and stored separately in the refrigerator. It is advisable to lay out the ingredients in layers just before the presentation to the guests, since the croutons get soggy after a while, become not crispy, and the salad loses its exquisite taste.