It is impossible to imagine borscht or vinaigrette without beets. This root vegetable has so strongly entered our everyday life that it is impossible to imagine the preparation of certain dishes without it. However, it can not be said that beets are highly popular all over the world.
In our country, this vegetable is more honored than in Europe and Asia. Probably, the relevance of beets was promoted by the Soviet Union. It was in the USSR that such a salad as herring under a fur coat was invented long ago. Perhaps it was from this meal that people fell in love with beets.
Today we will prepare a slightly smaller dish – beet salad.
Ingredients for beet salad:
- beets – pcs;
- apple cider vinegar – tsp;
- pickled cucumber – pcs;
- mustard – ½ tsp;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- sugar – 1,5 tsp;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- salt – ⅓ tsp;
- onion – pcs;
- vegetable oil – 120 ml;
- milk – 50 ml.
Preparation of beet salad:
Boil beets and eggs to readiness, cool and peel the products. Shred the beet on a medium grater, pass garlic cloves through the press. Cut into small cubes of pickled cucumber and boiled eggs.
Onions are chopped into small pieces, fry in 20 ml of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Do not forget to add a teaspoon of sugar to the onion, bring to a soft golden state.
In one bowl put the chopped beets, garlic, eggs, cucumber and fried onions
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In a separate bowl, combine milk and vegetable fat, beat with a blender to a white mass.
To the white mass pour salt, sugar, add mustard and apple cider vinegar
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Whisk the mayonnaise for an additional half a minute, dress the salad with the sauce.
After you thoroughly mix the products with mayonnaise, you will get an incredibly tasty salad.
The dish is quite healthy due to the homemade sauce and vegetables.
