When do tourists visiting the Czech Republic startshare impressions, then along with the Charles Bridge, the Český Sternberg Castle and the Moravian Karst, the famous Prague salad is also sure to be mentioned. It is clear: this salad can also be safely attributed to the Czech attractions. In any case, to the culinary attractions. The salad is truly wonderful, and it conquers with an unusual combination of the taste of fried meat, fresh apples and pickles. The recipe for the classic Prague salad involves the use of beef (veal) and pork. Moreover, the Czechs themselves always pour lemon juice over the meat, put it on green lettuce leaves and decorate it with apple slices. And they also certainly add spices to the salad. Despite its unusualness, this salad should appeal to men for the presence of meat in it (especially fried!), and ladies will appreciate the very simple recipe for this dish and the ability to use it both for a festive table and for an everyday menu. By the way, in our country not only the classic Prague salad recipe is known, but also its interpretations (sometimes very free). We offer you a choice of several recipes for such a wonderful salad.
Traditional Prague Salad
Ingredients:
- Veal - 200 g;
- Pork - 200 g;
- Pickled cucumber - 200 g;
- Onions - 1 head;
- Sweet pepper - 1 piece;
- Leaf lettuce - 3-4 leaves;
- Apple sweet and sour - 1 pc .;
- Lemon juice - a tablespoon;
- Mayonnaise - 200 g;
- Spices - at your discretion;
- Vegetable oil for frying.
Preparation: First, prepare the meat for the salad.Take lean pork and veal, wash, dry and cut into thin strips. Then fry the meat in small portions in a frying pan over high heat. While frying, add spices to your taste (white and black pepper, cumin, coriander, nutmeg, etc.). And when the meat is almost ready, put the onion cut into half rings in the frying pan. After that, let the frying cool, drain off excess oil and sprinkle it with lemon juice. Season the meat and onion with mayonnaise or sour cream mixed with mayonnaise, pepper, salt and mix. Wash the lettuce leaves, let them dry and put them in a flat salad bowl or on a plate. Put the fried and mayonnaise-seasoned meat in a mound on the lettuce leaves and decorate it with thinly sliced strips of pickled cucumber, apple and bell pepper. Pour mayonnaise over the salad again.
Prague salad with cheese
This is a completely different recipe for Prague salad, in which mayonnaise as such is completely absent, and natural unsweetened yogurt is used as a dressing. Ingredients:
- Smoked bacon - 150 g;
- Hard cheese - 150 g;
- Bulgarian pepper (marinated) - 1 piece;
- Green onions;
- Green salad;
- Natural yoghurt.
Preparation:Cut the cheese and brisket into thin strips. Wash the green onion feathers, dry them and cut them diagonally (you will get small diamonds). Then prepare the dressing, for which we grind the pickled pepper into a puree and mix it with yogurt, add salt to taste. Place the washed and dried lettuce leaves (it is desirable that the lettuce be crispy) in a salad bowl, and put the sliced brisket, cheese and onion on them. Pour the sauce on top.
Prague salad with mushrooms
This recipe can be called another free interpretation of the Prague salad. For it we will need the following ingredients:
- Veal or beef - 200 g;
- Fresh cucumbers - 200 g;
- Fresh mushrooms - 200 g;
- Apple - 1 piece;
- Egg - 1 piece;
- Vegetable oil;
- Red ground pepper, salt and mayonnaise - at your discretion.
Preparation:Boil the egg hard, and fry the meat and mushrooms, cut into slices, (separately) in vegetable oil. Throw them in a colander to cool and drain the excess oil. While the meat and mushrooms are cooling, peel the apple and cucumber and cut them into strips, and chop the egg into cubes. Mix all the ingredients and season them with red pepper, salt and mayonnaise. In a traditional Prague salad, the meat is laid out in a mound on lettuce leaves and surrounded by slices of cucumber, apple and pepper. However, a recipe in which all the ingredients are mixed or laid out in layers also has a right to exist. But no matter which recipe you prefer, a real Prague salad is “made” by fried meat, pickled cucumber and fresh apple. Try it and cook with pleasure! We recommend reading:
