If you decide to make an exotic salad of mussels, you will not only prepare a beautiful and tasty dish, but also saturate the body with useful substances. Particularly successful this idea may be for a romantic dinner, because these mollusks are recognized as an aphrodisiac, which miraculously affects male power.
Basic rules of preparation
- Choose products carefully. It is better to buy mussels in the package. So you will be assured that to mollusks did not get germs or garbage during transportation.
- Carefully inspect the packaging. Never take seafood covered with a thick layer of snow or ice (hence, they were frozen many times). Smell the goods. He should smell like the sea or have no smell at all.
- Pay attention to the sinks themselves. They should be tightly closed, and if they are ajar, try to press them. If the sashes do not close, avoid these mussels.
- When buying frozen food, cook them on defrosting day, otherwise they will lose all their useful properties.
- Dressing for a salad you can choose absolutely any. These seafood are excellent "friends" with mayonnaise, vegetable oil, lemon juice and soy sauce.
Basically, all recipes for salads with mussels are simple enough and do not require much effort for cooking.
With eggs and mayonnaise
Ingredients
- eggs - 3 pcs.
- mussels - 200 g
- hard cheese - 150 g
- cucumber and lettuce for decoration
- mayonnaise
- greenery
Cooking procedure
- Eggs are boiled and cut into cubes. We rub the cheese on a small grater.
- Mussels are thawed, poured cold water, bring to a boil, and cook for just two minutes. We take the meat out of the shells, and, if necessary, grind it.
- Now mix all the ingredients in a bowl and season with mayonnaise. If desired, add salt and favorite spices.
- We spread the salad on a flat dish, and decorate with fresh cucumber (in winter, pickled and marinated).
Rice
You will need
- milk - 250 g
- olive oil
- long grain rice - 150 g
- frozen mussels - 1 pack
- boiled eggs - 2 pcs.
- cherry tomatoes - 6-8 pieces.
- parsley greens
- salt, pepper, bay leaves
Prepare the salad so
- This recipe is unusual in that mussels are cooked not in water, but in milk. Therefore, it is necessary to defrost them beforehand and rinse them under the stream of water in order to clear off pieces of algae or sand.
- Milk poured into a saucepan, add peppercorns, a little salt and a few laurel leaves. When it boils, we put the mussels and cook for another four minutes.
- Rice boil, adding mussels in batches as the water boils off. Eggs are also boiled, cooled and peeled.
- While rice is brewed, cut tomatoes halves, and eggs - slices. Chop the parsley.
- We prepare the dressing: mix olive oil with a spoonful of vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix the rice with the mixture and spread it over the plates. From above, as an ornament, lay eggs and tomatoes.
And some tips for the last
Experienced culinary experts advise not to use too much spice, as they drown out the natural taste of seafood. In addition to milk, mussels can be cooked in dry wine (both red and white are suitable). So they will acquire a very unusual and piquant taste.
If the clam has not opened, do not try to separate the sashes by hand, but just throw the mussel. There is still it is impossible.