Seafood dishes are incredibly healthy forof our body. Seafood contains a huge amount of acids, proteins, and salts that are essential for humans. And most importantly, it contains iodine, an element that is essential for our health. It is no wonder that the Chinese and Japanese, who eat only this, live much longer than those who prefer only meat delicacies. In the old days, only people with serious connections could prepare a salad with seafood and caviar. After all, such products could only be obtained through very strong connections. Unfortunately, an ordinary person could not just buy shrimp, crabs, or mussels. Caviar was even more in short supply. But now, when there are no problems with these ingredients, wide culinary spaces are open to the imagination of housewives. Most recipes for dishes with black and red caviar came to us from the national cuisines of the European Mediterranean. Until recently, there was no culture of preparing such exotic masterpieces in Russia. With the exception, perhaps, of coastal cities, whose cuisines were traditionally famous for their huge assortment of seafood dishes. Today we will prepare time-tested "sea" salads, the recipes of which have already proven themselves as a reliable weapon in the war of a skilled housewife with the appetites of guests and household members. Moreover, to create such delicacies, it is not necessary to spend a lot of time and effort. Most of them are made in half an hour maximum.
Simple salad with red caviar and seafood
First up will be the spectacular and extremelydelicious seafood salad with red caviar. This recipe is adapted for those who are not used to eating too unusual food. There is both exotic and traditional Russian cuisine. To prepare this dish, we will need a number of quite affordable products that can be bought at the nearest supermarket. List of required ingredients:
- Chicken eggs - 5 pieces;
- Large shrimps - 400 grams;
- Squids - 200 gr. Or one jar if the squid is canned;
- Crab meat - 1 pack. You can use ordinary crab sticks;
- Red caviar, always real - 100 grams;
- Mayonnaise or sour cream, to taste;
- Greenery - dill, parsley.
Method of preparation of exotic dish:Boil the eggs hard, peel them, chop the whites finely, and give the yolk to the kids to eat, if they like it, of course. We won’t need it in the salad. Boil the shrimp in very salty water, and the squid in slightly salted water. Be careful with time, so that they don’t become tough. Peel the shrimp, but don’t cut them, chop the squid and crab meat into cubes. Put everything in a deep bowl, add red caviar and mix thoroughly. Season with mayonnaise or sour cream, garnish with herbs. The dish is ready to serve and eat!
Universal salad "Sea cocktail"
Great, now it's time for the second course - salad.from seafood, called in restaurants as "Seafood cocktail". In this case, the simplest recipe will be given, which is the basis. In the future, you can diversify such a salad with caviar and other ingredients. Actually, any seafood dish that contains several different gifts of the sea can be called a seafood cocktail. In our case, you will need:
- Sea cocktail, frozen ready-made semi-finished product - 500 grams;
- Red caviar, necessarily natural - 50 grams;
- Slightly salted salmon - 100 grams;
- Orange - 1 piece;
- Lemon - 1 piece;
- Avocado - 1 piece.
Method of preparation of exotic dish:Please note: the seafood salad "Seafood Cocktail" with caviar is prepared immediately in small bowls. It is desirable that the dishes be appropriate - painted in an oriental style. By the way, if you are planning a theme evening - buy special Chinese chopsticks with which such dishes are eaten. Now let's start cooking. The seafood mixture must be defrosted, then put in salted water and boiled for a couple of minutes. After that, throw the seafood in a colander, let the water drain and put in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, since the mixture needs to be cooled. At this time, let's take care of the fruit: peel the orange, divide into slices and cut into cubes, do the same with the avocado. Wash the salmon well and cut into thin strips. Combine all the ingredients, carefully place in the bowls, sprinkle the salad generously with caviar and squeeze lemon juice on top. Decorate the bowls with lemon slices, herbs and seafood. Our "Seafood Cocktail" salad with red caviar is ready. But when serving these dishes on the table, it is worth remembering that they will appeal exclusively to lovers of seafood exotics, and, unfortunately, not all people like such unusual products. Always take this into account.
Rolls with caviar: original salad dressing
Do you want to cook something original foryour guests? How about a salad made in the form of rolls. It's delicious, looks unusual, and the recipe is not that complicated. If only there was a desire. The main thing is to practice a little beforehand, since the first roll is often a flop. List of required ingredients:
- Cream or goat cheese - 1 tbsp;
- Smoked salmon - 200-300 grams;
- Lime - 1 piece;
- Lettuce leaves - a bunch;
- Red caviar - 1 cup.
Method of preparation of exotic dish:Since such salads are not cheap and are eaten instantly, the main ingredient can be diluted with artificial caviar (sold in jars in stores). In most cases, it is indistinguishable from the usual one. But you can please your guests with salads with caviar, and you will not go broke. So, cut the salmon into strips, 3 cm wide. Lightly grease one side with cheese, then carefully take the edge and roll into a tube. Then carefully put a teaspoon of red caviar inside. Place the rolls on a beautiful plate, decorate with lettuce leaves and lime.
Danish salad: for those who like simple cuisine
If your guests can't stand all sorts ofexotic dishes, you can make a salad of caviar, beans and potatoes, which will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. Since it is served in a common plate, from which everyone will take as much as they want, you will not have to throw anything away later. List of required ingredients:
- Red caviar -150-200 gr;
- Haricot beans -200-250 gr;
- Potatoes - 3 pieces of medium size;
- Onion - 1 pc;
- Mayonnaise.
Method of preparation of the dish:The recipe for the "Danish" salad is so simple that it will take you about 5 minutes to prepare everything. Just don't forget to boil the potatoes and stew the beans in a small amount of salted water beforehand. Then chop all the ingredients finely (except the caviar, of course), mix, and season with mayonnaise. Put it in the refrigerator for a few minutes so that the salad with caviar cools down a little.
A typical salad laid out in layers
Oh, our mentality.We are used to eating fur coats, sunflowers, turtles and other salads that are laid out in deep dishes in layers. Fans of such dishes will definitely like this recipe. Its unconditional advantage is that it is suitable for a birthday, New Year, wedding anniversary, and for ordinary gatherings with friends. List of required ingredients:
- Eggs of chicken - 6 pieces;
- Potatoes - 4 pcs;
- Cheese hard - 200 g;
- Canned squid - can;
- Red caviar - 150-200 gr.
Method of preparation of the dish:Boil potatoes and eggs, then grate or cut the ingredients and lay them out in the following order: squid, caviar, eggs, potatoes, caviar, cheese, caviar, potatoes. Spread each layer with a generous amount of mayonnaise. Decorate the top with egg yolks and cheese. If it is some kind of holiday, you can use caviar to lay out congratulations, numbers, etc. Please note: the recipe can be changed by adding red fish, crab sticks, etc. ingredients.
Upgraded salad "Olivier" with black caviar
What we usually cook for New Year and Christmasbirth, is not really an Olivier salad. Moreover, such a dish does not even resemble what was previously served to especially important and rich people. But if you consider yourself a gourmet, you can try to prepare a slightly modified salad, the recipe of which until recently was known only to a few. List of required ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 1 piece or 700 g;
- Black caviar - 100 gr;
- The canned tongue is 1 can or 300 g of boiled;
- Cancer necks (in brine) - 1 can;
- Potato boiled - 3 pieces;
- Eggs - 5-6 pieces;
- Green peas - 1 pot;
- Fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs;
- Pickled cucumbers - 5 pcs;
- Mayonnaise;
- Salt pepper.
Method of preparation of the dish:Cut potatoes, chicken breast, tongue, cucumbers (fresh and pickled) into small cubes, add grated eggs (you can chop them finely). Mix everything, pour in peas, crayfish necks (after draining the brine). Season it all with mayonnaise, preferably homemade. You can find a suitable recipe on our website. Salt and pepper to taste. Leave the salad in the refrigerator to cool. Then put it on a nice dish, decorate with halved eggs and black caviar. If desired, you can sprinkle herbs on top. If you plan to serve in portions, you can put everything in tartlets and simply sprinkle with caviar.
Salad salad with salmon and caviar
How to make an exotic salad that wouldinexpensive, filling and tasty at the same time? That's right, you need to add rice to it. It is not known who first came up with this recipe, but it is immediately clear that this person is a skilled cook and a brilliant inventor. List of required ingredients:
- Red caviar - 150-200 gr;
- Rice - 100-150 gr;
- Egg boiled - 5 pieces;
- Salmon Salmon - 250 g;
- Onion - 1 pc;
- Vegetable oil or olive oil;
- Lettuce leaves;
- Mayonnaise.
Method of preparation of the dish:Cook the rice until it is crumbly. Finely chop the salmon, onion and eggs. Mix it all in a separate bowl and season with mayonnaise. Put the lettuce leaves in special molds made in the shape of glasses and pour the mixture on top. Then beautifully decorate everything with caviar, pre-mixed with olive or vegetable oil. This is done so that the eggs do not crumble prematurely. If you approach the matter creatively, you can make a flower from some of the ingredients. As you can see, you can make a lot of delicious things from caviar and seafood, if you want to. If you are limited in finances, you can stop at simple options, where most of the ingredients are not very expensive. Agree, sometimes you can cheat by throwing in a little more potatoes, rice or beans. Also, fake caviar is sold in stores, the taste is very similar to natural. Naturally, there is no point in constantly consuming it, since there are practically no useful vitamins and microelements in it. But you can add it to a salad once. We recommend reading:
