Cheese salad is a delicious and simple dish that can be served as an appetizer for a holiday or family dinner. Recipes usually use different types of cheese and their combinations. These salads have a special taste and are loved by gourmets.
The cheese has excellent taste. It is a source of vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, and minerals such as potassium salts. As a rule, before adding to the salad, the cheese is grated or cut into small cubes. Mayonnaise or sour cream is usually used as a dressing.
Greek salad is considered the most popular. For its preparation, feta cheese, feta cheese or fetaxa are usually used. However, this is far from the only salad that can be made with cheese. Many diets often include a salad with cheese and carrots. It is very healthy and low in calories. If you add garlic to it, you get a wonderful salad, which will be especially relevant in winter, when it is necessary to protect the body from colds and flu.
Fans of savory snacks will love the French salad with Rakfort cheese. To prepare it you will need:
- 125 g of roquefort;
- freshly ground black pepper;
- 150 ml lemon juice;
- 180 ml 10% cream;
- 400 g of fresh green salad.
Chop the Roquefort cheese and mix it with cream, pepper and lemon juice. Rub the dressing until smooth. Chop the green salad finely, place on a platter and top with the whipped dressing.
Cheese salads are usually beautifully presented. Try serving the snack in a cheese basket. It looks very nice and original.
Cheese salad with mushrooms turns out to be very tasty. Take:
- 50 g of champignons;
- 150 g of cheese;
- 100 g of canned celery;
- 100 g of red round pepper;
- lemon juice;
- 100 g of mayonnaise;
- mustard;
- 50 g of onions;
- vegetable oil;
- spices and salt.
Finely chop the peeled onions, dice the pepper and celery, grate the cheese or cut into strips. Simmer the chopped mushrooms in oil, cool and add to the mixture. Add lemon juice, mustard, pepper and season the salad with salt and mayonnaise.
Make a gourmet Dutch cheese salad. To do this, prepare:
- 4 eggs;
- 50 g canned or fresh celery;
- 250 g of Dutch cheese;
- 100 g ham sausage;
- 30 g of onions;
- 50 g of pickled cucumbers;
- 100 g of mayonnaise;
- vinegar;
- salt.
Cut hard-boiled eggs, sausage, cheese, celery and cucumbers into cubes. Toss the salad with the chopped onions, salt and add vinegar and mayonnaise.
Optionally, you can substitute boiled sausage or shrimp for the ham. The taste of the salad will not be affected by this.
Salad with melted cheese has an original taste. It can be whipped up and served as a snack to guests. Required products:
- 2 apples;
- 50 g of mayonnaise;
- 1 tomato;
- processed cheese;
- 1/3 small onion;
- salt.
Grate the processed cheese on a coarse grater. Chop the onion into strips and cover with cold boiled water. This is necessary to remove the bitterness. Cut the tomato into wedges. Peel the apples, core and cut into slices. Combine all the ingredients and season the salad with salt and mayonnaise.
