There are hundreds of different kinds of salads. And for each of them it is necessary to choose the correct dressing or sauce. They are classic, and with unusual combinations of products. And so many home food lovers will be interested to learn some of the most popular recipes of sauces to salads.
What are they like?
Salad dressing can be divided into two types. In the first, various mixtures of oil and vinegar are used. In this vinegar, you can take not only the usual table, but also apple, wine, adding various spices to it. You can also add lemon juice diluted with cold water in equal parts, or berry juice. Such delicious sauces for salads are added to summer salads, which are distinguished by an abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits and greens.
The second type can include more dense options: with the addition of sour cream, cream, mustard, egg yolks, mayonnaise. They perfectly complement salads from boiled vegetables, meat, fish. Quite often in refueling salad without mayonnaise I use alcohol (more often home wine) and honey.
Sauces to salads: recipes
To prepare tasty and useful gas stations will take quite a bit of time and effort. A few movements - and you will get a unique dish that will please family members and guests.
French
Mix thoroughly in a deep container a glass of olive (vegetable) oil and a third of a glass of fresh lemon juice. After this, add crushed garlic (three prongs), two teaspoons of spicy mustard, and carefully mix the ingredients. Then add salt and black ground pepper to taste. The resulting mixture must be poured into a beautiful bottle and allowed to stand in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours. In the recipe of this sauce for salad, you can change the composition of products, taking instead of lemon juice, wine or balsamic vinegar. You can also add crushed halved red onions and a spoonful of honey.
Home-made mayonnaise
In the recipes of some salads without mayonnaise can not do, but its purchase form contains various undesirable ingredients, and therefore it is best to cook it at home. To do this, take a deep container and beat the egg there, add a teaspoon of mustard powder and sugar, a little salt and olive oil (all you need about 225 grams). Gently beat the resulting mixture with a blender until homogeneous, and then gradually pour in half of the residual oil and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Stir for about a minute, then pour in the remaining oil and whisk until you get a thick mass. As an experiment, you can add at any stage a clove of garlic or crushed nuts.
Dietary sauce for salad
Mix 2 tsp. honey, 1 tsp. wine vinegar and 25 ml of lemon juice, season the salad. You can also use a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice in a ratio of 1 to 3, adding pepper and salt as desired. Another version of the dietary recipe for a salad dressing can be a dressing based on kefir. To do this, whisk in a blender 100 ml kefir (1%) and green onions, salt, let it brew. Instead of onions, you can add large olives and garlic.
As you can see, the recipes of sauces for salads are quite easy to prepare at home. This is not a complete list of all kinds of sauces and dressings - do not be afraid to experiment. And then you can always impress your family members and guests both on any day and on holidays.
