Modern cooking welcomes a huge amount of greens, which are a source of vitamins. One of the most popular foods is the Frize salad.
Frize salad is an endive salad. It is popularly called "curly chicory". The plant has a fresh, bitter taste and has a bright green color.
Frize can be used as an independent dish or as an additional ingredient in a salad. Due to its beautiful appearance and bright color, lettuce is very often used as a decoration. Frize goes well with meat, fish and fruit. In addition, it favorably emphasizes citrus notes.
There are a huge number of recipes that include the addition of frisee salad.
Frize salad recipes
Salad with grapes, frisee salad and cheese
For a delicious unusual light salad, you will need the following ingredients:
- Isabella grapes - 100 g;
- red bell pepper - 1 pc;
- mozzarella cheese - 100 g;
- a small handful of pine nuts;
- a bunch of frize salad;
- smoked cheese - 50 g;
- feta cheese - 100 g;
- olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
- balsamic vinegar - 3 teaspoons;
- salt pepper.
The original salad was invented in Spain, where unusual combinations of cheeses are very fond of. An easy recipe will allow you to feel the taste and give great pleasure.
- A step-by-step recipe begins with the preparation of cheeses. You need to take feta, smoked cheese and mozzarella. Cut the feta into small cubes, tear the mozzarella into uneven pieces, rub the smoked cheese on a fine grater. Arrange the cheeses in different bowls.
- My frisee salad, then it is torn into large pieces, laid out beautifully on a serving plate.
- Feta is placed on top of the salad.
- Wash red peppers and chop finely into rings or cubes. Put most of it on a plate with feta cheese.
- Place the torn mozzarella on top and sprinkle the ingredients with smoked cheese.
- Wash the grapes and separate them from the seeds. Cut into even halves. Leave in a plate.
- The next step is to prepare the salad dressing. Take olive oil, balsamic vinegar, juice of half a lemon, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly until smooth.
- You need to mix the halves of grapes, pine nuts and the remaining amount of red pepper. The resulting mixture must be sprinkled with salad. Pour sauce on top of the dish.
Homemade Spanish salad is ready!
Coral Reef Salad
Coral Reef salad is another unusual combination of frisee salad with seafood. An easy and quick recipe will become the highlight of your table.
The classic Coral Reef requires the following ingredients:
- king prawns - 200 g;
- 1 small cucumber;
- loaf - 100 g;
- half a lemon;
- cherry tomatoes - 5-6 pieces;
- 1 bunch of frize salad;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
- butter - 1 tablespoon;
- salt pepper.
A simple salad turns out to be very fresh and savory at the same time. It is perfect for both a festive table and a regular dinner.
- Take a loaf and cut into small cubes. Set aside in a separate bowl.
- Cut the cucumber into cubes and divide the cherry tomatoes into quarters.
- Thaw prawns and sauté in a pan with a little olive oil. Add garlic. Salt. Transfer to a separate dish.
- Fry the loaf in butter and let the resulting croutons cool.
- Process the frisee salad, remove the bad leaves, rinse under cold water. Tear the salad into large pieces and dry.
- Combine all the ingredients and season the salad with the lemon juice and olive oil mixture.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Sea Abyss Salad
For a delicious and simple salad, you need to take the following products:
- a bunch of frize lettuce;
- a can of sardines in oil;
- half a lime;
- half a can of canned corn;
- 10 boiled quail eggs;
- mayonnaise or low-fat yogurt - 2 tablespoons;
- salt pepper.
- Rinse the Frize salad thoroughly, tear it into small pieces and transfer to a salad bowl.
- Add half a can of canned corn to the lettuce leaves.
- Open a can of sardines. The oil must be drained into a glass - this is the trick of this dish. Pieces of fish need to be kneaded and put in a salad bowl.
- Peel the boiled quail eggs from the shell and cut in half. Add to salad.
- The next step is to prepare the salad dressing. To do this, you need to take the oil that is left over from the sardines, mayonnaise, pepper, salt and lime juice. Beat the sauce thoroughly with a whisk or in a blender until smooth. Despite the large amount of oil in the sauce, the dressing is very light and tender.
- Stir the salad and pour over the dressing. Let the dish soak.
There are a huge number of recipes for frisee salad. It can be not only salads, but also first and second courses. The plant can be used to make cold snacks such as cornets and rolls.
Benefits of Frize salad
In addition to the fact that salad is very popular in cooking, it has a huge amount of nutrients and vitamins. The salad contains ascorbic xylot, retinol acetate, vitamin B2, vitamin PP, iron, potassium, phosphorus and other trace elements. In the process of photosynthesis, Frize salad produces a substance called intibin, which stimulates digestion and improves appetite.
