The second homeland of salads is France. It is this state that gave the world many delicious viands, such as Olivier and Caesar. There are many other interesting salads that are less popular outside their countries. Probably, the popularity of French dishes overshadows the rest of the European dishes.
In gastronomic terms, the Germans have also succeeded. Their dishes do not always lend themselves to explanation. Flavor combinations can be questionable. At the same time, salads in Germany are prepared perfectly.
We want to show you how to prepare one German salad.
Ingredients for a German salad:
- potatoes – 600 g;
- salt – 2 tsp;
- red cabbage – 300 g;
- onion – pcs;
- pickled cucumbers – 6 pcs;
- canned peas – 200 g;
- bread – 3 slices;
- tomato – pcs;
- garlic – clove.
Ingredients for dressing:
- vegetable oil – 200 ml;
- egg – pcs;
- sugar – tsp;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- Bavarian mustard – tbsp;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- lemon – ½ pc.
Preparation of German salad:
Boil the potatoes until they are ready, add one teaspoon of salt to the water. While the potatoes are boiling it is necessary to chop red cabbage and cut thin feathers of onion
. Cabbage should be crumpled with hands and salted (tsp.)
Onions should be poured with boiling water and left for a short period of time. For now, it is worth cutting thin rings of pickles, and
peeled
potatoes chopped into small cubes.
Combine potatoes with chopped cabbage, onions, pickles and peas in a bowl. For the dressing, combine vegetable oil with egg, sugar, salt and Bavarian mustard in the bowl of an immersion blender
. Using an immersion blender, whip the ingredients into a homogeneous white mass. Pass garlic cloves into the resulting dressing, squeeze lemon juice into the mayonnaise and mix all the ingredients.
Dress the salad with homemade mayonnaise and mix thoroughly
.
At this time you need to cut the bread slices so that they become triangles.
Lay the bread on a baking tray lined with parchment. Bake the bread for 10 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees C.
While the bread is
baking
you can chop a tomato on a coarse grater. Press a clove of garlic to the tomato and mix these components together. Do not forget to salt and pepper the tomato mass to taste, add a little vegetable oil.
Smear bread triangles with tomato paste
.
Tomato sandwiches should be served together with salad. To decorate the sandwiches you should use chopped parsley, and to decorate the salad – chopped green onions.
