Salads have been in the history of mankind for quite a long time. Since antiquity, salads have been one of the main viands on festive tables. However, in ancient Rome and Greece there were no hearty salads. People ate only dietary salads, which in the modern world are gaining popularity.
At the same time, we can not say that hearty salads with mayonnaise go to the second plan. At the holiday, such salads are the most relevant.
Let’s make a simple vegetable salad for the summer table with homemade mayonnaise.
Ingredients for summer salad:
- crab sticks – 200 g;
- cucumber – 3 pcs;
- red beans – 150 g;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil – 200 ml;
- sugar – tsp;
- salt – ⅓ tsp;
- lemon juice – tsp;
- mustard – ½ tsp;
- egg – pcs.
Preparation of summer salad:
Cut crab sticks into small transverse plates, and cucumbers into small cubes. Mix cucumbers with crab sticks in a salad bowl along with red beans.
Press a couple of garlic cloves into the salad. In a separate bowl, mix vegetable oil with salt, sugar, lemon juice and mustard.
Break an egg into the vegetable oil, drop an immersion blender on the egg and whip for a minute. Dress the salad with the resulting mayonnaise, mix thoroughly.
As a result, we have a delicious summer salad with fresh cucumbers and crab sticks. It is recommended to make the salad with homemade mayonnaise.
