From time to time we all have to takeguests. Of course, you can not bother too much and book a table in a restaurant, but sometimes you still want to sit in a cozy home environment with nice people, at a set table on which there is delicious home-cooked food, cooked with love. Agree, it is worth a lot. And if you think over the menu in such a way that the hostess does not fall off her feet, but at the same time the table is tasty and beautiful, then with complete confidence you can say: the holiday was a success. The best option for the main dish, which does not require much effort and time, is meat baked in foil or in a sleeve. So, if you decide, for example, to bake meat in foil, then for this you will need, at a minimum, foil and meat. But seriously, the quality of the final product depends on the choice of a suitable part of the pork carcass for baking. Often the back part is used for this. A matter of taste, of course, it seems to us that the shoulder is better. Lean neck is very good, after cooking it becomes very tender and soft. However, here everyone should be guided by their own preferences. Let's assume that we have chosen the meat and now we have to prepare it for the process of heat treatment.
Baked meat
The meat should be washed, cleaned of excess fat, films, dried and rubbed with a spice mixture so that it marinates well. Spice mixture for marinating:
- ½ tablespoon of salt,
- pepper black freshly ground - by eye,
- ½ clove of chopped garlic,
- 1 crushed bay leaf,
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Mix everything and rub the meat thoroughly.Make slits with a long narrow knife, put spices in them and leave in a cool place for several hours (or overnight). Wrap the meat in foil and put it in the oven preheated to 200 degrees. After half an hour, reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and cook until the product is ready. The time depends on the weight of the meat, usually the layout is as follows: an hour is required for each kilogram. In other words, if we have a two-kilogram piece of meat, then we cook it for about two hours. As you can see, there is little hassle with such a dish. It will take no more than 15 minutes to wash the meat and rub it with a spicy mixture. All that remains is to put it in the oven and then take it out. The dish is definitely tasty, looks great, and you can feed a lot of people with it. And if you also take care of a decent side dish, your guests will definitely be satisfied. You can bake meat in a sleeve, just on a sheet in the oven or in a baking dish. If the meat is cooked without a lid, foil, or sleeve, it should be occasionally poured with the juice that appears during the cooking process. You can (and should) experiment with the marinating mixture. There are no strict rules here, so your imagination should work at full capacity. It is quite acceptable to use soy sauce, mustard, a variety of herbs and spices.
Cherries for meat
An excellent addition to such meat can becherries fried in caramelized sauce. Method of preparation: Put a spoonful of honey, washed and dried cherries in a slightly heated frying pan, sprinkle them with lemon juice and quickly fry. Pour in the sauce that formed during the roasting of the meat and stew the berries for about 5 minutes. The side dish is ready. In winter, you can use frozen berries. You can cook apples using the same principle; they also go very well with baked meat. And one more dish made from baked meat, which also does not require too much effort and always turns out great.
Meat with onion, cheese and mayonnaise
Ingredients:
- 400 grams of entrecote or tenderloin,
- one head of onions.
- 100 grams of hard cheese,
- 20 grams of mayonnaise,
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Method of preparation:Wash the meat, remove any excess and cut into portions. Beat lightly, add salt and pepper. Grate the cheese and finely chop the onion. Place the meat on a baking sheet, sprinkle with onion, pour mayonnaise over it and top with grated cheese. Cook in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. All the necessary ingredients (except onion) can be prepared in advance. It is better to chop the onion immediately before cooking. In this case, you can pepper the meat, but do not salt it beforehand. In general, you need a little salt, since mayonnaise and cheese already contain a certain amount of this seasoning. You can also add mushrooms to all of the listed ingredients. It is better to choose cheese that melts well, for example, Russian. You can always cook meat baked in a sleeve, foil or in any other way, without wasting too much time and effort. And original additions to this simple dish will make it a real delicacy. We recommend reading:
