As soon as the summer season begins, a huge amount of greenery appears, which is great for a salad. One of these herbs is wild garlic.
Greens have always been rich in vitamins and minerals. Ramson is no exception. The plant has a pungent taste and characteristic smell of garlic, which is why people call it “wild garlic”. Today we will consider several popular recipes with wild garlic, which will help not only surprise your loved ones, but also make food healthy.
Light salad with wild garlic and radish
Salad with wild garlic and radish will rightfully be called "Spring", as all the plants that make up it grow in spring. A regular salad makes a good light snack for the whole family.
To prepare an interesting dish, we need the following ingredients:
- wild garlic stalks - 7-8 pieces;
- green salad;
- large radishes - 4-5 pieces;
- 1 chicken egg;
- sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon;
- olive oil - 1 teaspoon;
- balsamic vinegar - 5 ml;
- salt pepper.
Step by step cooking.
- At the first stage, thoroughly rinse the wild garlic stems and dry them with a towel. Cut into large pieces and send to a salad bowl.
- Wash the green salad in cold water and cut into large pieces. Place on the wild garlic.
- Peel and dry the large radishes. After that, cut the fruits into rings and place in a salad bowl.
- Combine olive oil and balsamic vinegar and pour over salad.
- Peel the chicken egg and cut into slices. Decorate the salad with them.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Radish and wild garlic salad is ready!
Classic salad with wild garlic
Homemade salad with wild garlic is considered one of the simplest and easiest to prepare. It doesn't take too long to prepare the dish.
For a classic recipe, you will need the following products:
- fresh wild garlic - 1-2 bunches;
- 5 boiled chicken eggs;
- mayonnaise - 3-4 tablespoons;
- salt and pepper to taste.
- Wash the wild garlic and cut into long pieces.
- Shell and slice the eggs. Mix with wild garlic in a deep bowl.
- Salt and pepper to taste, add mayonnaise. Garnish with a sprig of greenery on top.
Cheese salad with wild garlic
The salad with wild garlic with the addition of cheese is not only original, but also very tasty. A quick recipe will suit everyone's taste, especially since it only takes 10 minutes to cook it.
To prepare such a salad you need:
- a small bunch of wild garlic;
- 4 boiled chicken eggs;
- cheese, it is better if it is hard - 150 g;
- sour cream or mayonnaise;
- salt and pepper to taste.
- The step-by-step recipe begins with washing the wild garlic and processing it. Remove the flowers, peel the leaves. Chop the leaves into small pieces.
- Peel the eggs and chop them into cubes.
- The cheese is grated on a coarse grater and mixed with eggs and wild garlic.
- Season the salad with mayonnaise or sour cream.
There are a lot of varieties of salads with wild garlic. Each housewife adds her own special ingredient that makes the dish unique. You can use onions, garlic, tomatoes, carrots and even beets in the salad.
One of the most unusual recipes with wild garlic is rightfully considered a salad with wild garlic, avocado and watercress.
Salad with wild garlic, avocado and watercress
In order to prepare an unusual dish, we need the following ingredients:
- ripe avocado - 1 piece;
- 2 bunches of wild garlic;
- 1 sweet apple;
- 1 head of red onion;
- a bunch of watercress;
- soy sauce - 4 teaspoons;
- rice vinegar - 4 tablespoons;
- olive oil - 3 tablespoons.
- At the first stage of preparing the salad, rub the red onion on a fine grater.
- Wash the apple, peel it and rub it on a coarse grater. Mixed with onions.
- Add rice vinegar, soy sauce and sugar to the mixture. After the granulated sugar has dissolved, add olive oil.
- Wash and peel the avocado. Take out the bone and cut the fruit into flat long pieces.
- Cut watercress and wild garlic into small pieces. Mix all ingredients together.
Why is wild garlic useful?
- Not everyone knows about the beneficial properties of wild garlic. The plant is rich in fiber, sugars, vitamins and organic acids. The wild garlic contains ascorbic acid, B vitamins, retinol acetate, vitamin PP, folic acid and others.
- The plant is very often used in folk medicine as an immunostimulating, antihelminthic and expectorant agent. The plant improves appetite and is excellent at stopping diarrhea. Ramson is used as a prophylaxis for colds. A decoction of the leaves of this plant has antipyretic properties.
- The curative effect of wild garlic on the heart and blood vessels is undeniable. The plant improves the work of the coronary vessels and lowers the level of cholesterol in the blood. Decoctions from the plant are used to strengthen the heart, thereby preventing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
- In the Middle Ages, the plant was used to prevent such terrible diseases as cholera, plague, tuberculosis. The pulp of the leaves has a warming property. It can be used for warming compresses for sciatica, osteochondrosis, gout and rheumatism.
At the moment, the plant is listed in the Red Book and is subject to protection.
