The theme of our today's article is "Delicious recipes for first courses."
Soup is a necessary dish in the diet of each person. He is called the first dish and at first eat lunch, tk. it stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, improves digestion and increases appetite. Therefore, it is especially recommended to eat the first dish for those who have stomach problems.
Also, a full dinner, including the first dish, helps to lose weight, because soup gives a feeling of satiety, and as a result, people consume almost one-third less food than if he was eating "dry". However, we must remember that soups are different: for example, fat broth or thick goulash can be considered the first and the second dish in one plate, and after such a first there is fried potatoes with a pork chop still not worth it.
Here are a few simple delicious recipes for the first dishes.
Sorrel soup.
For cooking you will need:
• a bone with pork meat - 1 piece;
• water - 1,5-2 l;
• medium-sized potatoes - 3 pcs .;
• sorrel - 1 bunch;
• egg - 1 piece;
• parsley;
• green onions,
• salt to taste.
First, broth is prepared. Water bring to a boil, put a bone in it with meat, after boiling, remove the foam and cook over low heat for about 1 hour. After the meat is cooked, take out the stone, add the peeled and diced potatoes to the broth. Cook for 25-35 minutes until soft. The meat should be cooled, cut into small pieces and added to the broth. Smash the egg in a bowl and shake it with a fork. Add the egg to the pan. Cut finely onion and parsley, stir, add to the pan and after 2-3 minutes remove from heat. Salt to taste.
Gazpacho from pepper.
Gaspacho is a Spanish cold soup. One of the options for its preparation is as follows.
As ingredients it is taken:
• large sweet red pepper - 4 pcs .;
• Ciabatta bread (Italian white bread) - 1 slice;
• tomatoes - 1.4 kg;
• cucumbers - 2 pieces;
• peeled pistachios - 100 g;
• Sour Vinegar - 75ml;
• Garlic - 2 cloves;
• Olive oil - 300 ml;
• powdered sugar - 15g;
• salt, ground pepper - to taste;
• For garnish - green onions and pistachios.
Heat the oven to 220 ° C. Pepper washed, peeled, cut into four pieces, put on a sheet and put in the oven for 15-20 minutes. After that, without cooling the heated pepper, put it in a plastic bag and close it. After cooling, when the peppers are easy to remove the peel, clean them.
Wash tomatoes, cut on the cuticle and lower in boiling water for 30 seconds. After that, immediately put them into cold water and peel. Cut the tomatoes into four pieces and remove the seeds.
Cut the cucumber slices. Mix the pieces of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, pistachios, crumbled bread, garlic, vinegar, olive oil and powdered sugar. Fold all ingredients in a bowl of a food processor or in a blender and beat until smooth. If it turned out too thick, you can add boiled cold water.
A few pistachios freeze with water in an ice mold. When serving a dish, put in a bowl of ice cubes and sprinkle finely chopped green onions (or thin rings of onions).
Mushroom hodgepodge.
For preparation it is necessary to take:
• fresh mushrooms (red, brown, white, etc.) - 500g;
• fresh cabbage - 1 kg;
• onion - 1 head;
• pickled cucumber - 1 piece;
• tomato puree - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• sugar - 1-2 teaspoons;
• bread crumbs;
• salt, pepper to taste.
Cut cabbage and simmer for about 1 hour in a saucepan in a small amount of water with the addition of vinegar and butter. 15-20 minutes before the readiness to add half of the sliced cucumber, tomato puree, pepper, sugar, salt, bay leaf. Mushrooms cleaned, washed, put for 10-15 minutes into boiling water. After this, cut them into small pieces and fry in a pan. After roasting, place the mushrooms in a bowl, and fry the onion in the same frying pan, then mix it with mushrooms, the remaining cucumber, salt and pepper.
Half of the stewed cabbage put on the pan, put the prepared mushroom mass on top, and on it - the remaining cabbage. Sprinkle on top with breadcrumbs and sprinkle with oil, then put in the oven.
When serving on the table, the hodgepodge can be decorated with a slice of lemon or olive. You can also replace fresh mushrooms with salted or dried ones.
Lenten borsch.
The following ingredients are required for preparation:
• potatoes, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, onions, beets - depending on the required amount of borsch;
• Olive or butter;
• salt, spices to taste.
In the boiling water put chopped cabbage with spices. Fry the chopped vegetables on a moderate fire in the following order: onions, carrots, tomatoes and beets, and in the same order add them to the boiling cabbage. Potatoes are added last. After that, cook soup for 15-20 minutes.
Enjoy your meal!