Lemons are used in cooking entirely, but most often you will meet dishes with lemon juice. They are sprinkled with fish to get rid of the characteristic aroma. Seafood is pickled in it, added to salad dressings and sauces, and the taste of compotes, jam and jam cocktails is improved. Lemon juice can be used in creams, they also extinguish soda instead of vinegar. It is only important that there are no ingredients in the dish that are stratified by contact with acid.
What to Cook with Lemon Juice?
Dozens and hundreds of drinks are prepared on the basis of lemon juice. It is boiled in thick syrup, frozen in molds, added to sweets. A chicken or turkey watered with juice will be doubly tender and will definitely not dry out. Organic acids soften pork fibers so that the meat melts in the mouth. Lemon juice dishes are very popular in Chinese and Indian cuisine. After all, they even sprinkle herring with them when serving to the table!
How to Choose and Store Lemons?
High-quality fruits are dense, with a smooth skin, there are no dents and dark spots on them. With a short warming in warm hands, the lemon exudes an intense aroma inherent only in this citrus. Lemons are well preserved in the refrigerator. Additional time to the shelf life is added by packing each fruit in clean paper and placing lemons wrapped in a plastic bag in a separate chamber for vegetables and fruits. Long-term storage reduces the acidity of fruits, since a significant amount of citric acid is transformed into sugars over time. It prolongs the “life time” of lemons by immersing them for seconds in moderately hot molten paraffin: this creates a protective layer covering the fruit. Lemons are well stored in boxes with sand, which is pre-calcined for the purpose of disinfection.
A delicate fragrant hearty dish. A delicate mousse is placed on a fragrant potato gratin, and crispy fried vegetables with a bright tomato sauce coolie are served as a side dish. Thanks to crab sticks, mousse has acquired a structure and a pronounced taste. I highly recommend it.
I suggest you try a delicious salad in the Mediterranean style – fried golden potatoes, slices of fleshy ripe tomatoes, pickled crispy onions, salted smoked ham and mustard dressing. That’s how it is in the Mediterranean style causes me some doubts personally, but it is positioned in a Moscow restaurant. I didn’t argue because it was incredibly delicious. Just tweaked, polished to your liking and it turned out perfectly! I recommend it as a full-fledged delicious dinner. And for the arrival of unexpected guests, the salad is good.
Estepona is a place in Spain where my daughter and her grandson spent 1.5 months this summer. And here’s the salad we tried there. Absolutely calmly you can cook it at home, ham can safely replace smoked ham or meat, and voila! Spain is on our table. The salad is very tasty.
Another quick, but quite bright and spectacular dish for the festive table. An interesting alternative to traditional canapes with caviar or stuffed eggs.
Many people have probably noticed that grilled or steamed salmon still dries up sometimes. And you always want to pour sauce on them… And I offer you a dish in which the fish will be incredibly juicy!
Brownie is a chocolate dessert cut into rectangles. It can have a different consistency depending on the recipe: pie, sponge cake, cupcake, cookies with or without filling. I suggest you try brownies without baking, sugar, butter, with very useful additives. It is easy to prepare and you can always eat dessert for morning tea. And if you don’t have time to have breakfast, take it with you to work. You can also give it to schoolchildren.