Most housewives make various salads at home, including vinaigrette. Someone adheres to the traditional recipe of cooking and season with vegetable oil, someone is looking for an original and tasty replacement for the sauce for dressing it.
In order to understand what can be used to dress the vinaigrette, it is necessary to understand what kind of dish it is and why traditional dressings of other salads, especially mayonnaise, are not suitable for it. Is a French salad dressed with oil and vinegar sauce (vinaigrette). The vinaigrette contains: potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, cucumbers, sauerkraut and green peas. In addition, it is possible to introduce mushrooms, fish, beans, apples.
To determine the specific composition of the sauce, it is necessary to compare the compatibility of the flavors of the incoming products. For some, a combination of vinegar and oil is possible, for others it is preferable to take a combination of sour cream / lemon juice, or Greek yogurt. If you doubt the tastes of your guests, then, as an option, you can prepare a variety of sauces and serve them separately from the vinaigrette.
Mustard dressing
Ingredients:
- vegetable oil - 6 tablespoons;
- apple cider vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
- salt, mustard - ½ tsp each;
- pepper, dry herbs - to taste.
Cooking instructions:
- Mix mustard with bulk ingredients, pour in vinegar, stir vigorously.
- Beat with a whisk and pour oil into the mustard mixture in a thin stream.
- The finished sauce will be smooth and matte in color.
Suitable for the classic vinaigrette, which contains: potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, pickles.
Raspberry "vinaigrette"
To prepare an interesting version of the sauce, you will need the following components:
- olive oil - 70 ml;
- balsamic vinegar - 1/3 tbsp.;
- raspberries - 1 tbsp.;
- shallots - 1 piece;
- mint - 1-2 leaves;
- salt, black pepper - 1/3 tsp
Step by step:
- Combine oil with vinegar in a bowl, stir with a fork.
- Rub the raspberries through a fine sieve, discard the seeds, add to the first mixture.
- Finely chop the onion, add to the raspberry-oil mixture.
- Grind the mint with salt and pepper, add to the semi-finished product, beat with a mixer.
Delicious and light sauce is ready!
Suitable for almost any vegetable salad, including vinaigrette based on beets, beans, carrots, green peas and leeks.
Egg sauce
Ingredients:
- sunflower oil - 3 tbsp. l;
- boiled egg - 2 pcs.;
- soy sauce, table vinegar - 1 tbsp. l;
- greens - 1 bunch;
- salt, sugar, pepper, coriander to taste.
Step by step guide:
- Combine liquid components in a bowl, add spices.
- Separate the yolks, rub through a sieve, add to a bowl.
- Chop the whites and herbs finely, transfer to the mixture, mix thoroughly.
- Put in the cold for 30 minutes. Season salad before serving.
An easy and quick way to prepare a vinaigrette dressing with added fish.
Sour cream and mustard dressing
Take the following components:
- sour cream - 1 tbsp.;
- grape vinegar - 30 ml;
- Dijon mustard - 2 tablespoons;
- dill - 5 g;
- turmeric, salt, red pepper - pinch at a time.
Step by step:
- Mix sour cream, mustard in a cup, beat with a whisk.
- Grind herbs, spices in a blender.
- Combine both masses, pour in vinegar, stir thoroughly.
- Before dressing the salad, keep it in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
The original filling is ready!
Wine sauce with honey
Ingredients:
- semi-dry white wine - 50 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- honey, mustard - 1 tsp each;
- provencal oil - 2 tablespoons;
- salt, pepper, cilantro to taste.
Cooking method:
- Mix mustard, honey and butter, beat with a fork.
- Salt, add spices, wine, stir.
- Add lemon juice last to the mixture, beat.
A clear and delicious sauce recipe that goes well with any combination of vinaigrette.
Yoghurt dressing
Prepare products:
- apple cider vinegar - 1 tablespoon;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- Greek yogurt - 170 ml;
- dill - 70 g;
- salt, spices - to taste.
How to cook:
- Mix liquid components, add spices.
- Pass the garlic through a press, chop the dill in a blender.
- Combine all the ingredients, beat the sauce until smooth.
Great dressing for beetroot, carrot, parsnip, walnut and corn vinaigrette. Bon Appetit!
Diet dressing
This is the most common option for a light vinaigrette. You will need:
- kefir - 150 ml;
- sugar - ½ tsp;
- salt - ¼ tsp
Cooking method:
- Whisk all ingredients and cool.
- Season the salad and serve.
Only beets, beans, carrots, onions, cabbage are included in the vinaigrette.
Calorie content
For 100 grams of a product filled with oil, there are 90 kcal. However, a serving can add calories if there is a full bouquet of all kinds of ingredients. Nutritional value includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates in a proportion of 1, 8-3, 7-10 g.
Useful properties and harm
Whatever the salad is seasoned, the beneficial properties depend on the incoming components. Some products provide the body with fiber, which helps to normalize the intestines and eliminate toxins. Included in other B vitamins support immunity, normalize the retina of the eye, heart muscle. Macro and microelements from the composition of many components of the vinaigrette support the normal functioning of the whole body, calm the nervous system, and make the diet balanced. In addition, it is a dietary product approved for introduction into the diet of vegans, diets, children. The exception is people with diabetes mellitus, they can eat only in small quantities so that insulin in the blood does not increase.
The main contraindications include allergic susceptibility, chronic gastrointestinal diseases in the acute stage and intestinal upset.
