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.
For those who love spicy pastes-spreads made from vegetables. You can spread it on toast, serve it with pita bread, use it as an addition to meat or as a dip sauce for dipping raw vegetables. While there are seasonal eggplants, it’s worth a try!
The pintxos morunos is a Moorish dish of Spanish cuisine, like kebabs. It represents the slices of meat cooked on the coals. There is nothing complicated about it, and the trick lies in the spices. In Africa (where the Moors came from), it is prepared mainly from mutton. In Spain – most often from pork or chicken. I suggest you try the tuna version. But you can take the marinade from this recipe as a basis and use any other meat.
Turkey pastrami according to this recipe is soft, tender, juicy and flavorful. It can be served as a slice on a festive table, for Breakfast on sandwiches or as an addition to a salad and is very convenient to take on a picnic.
Another fish dish. This time I took fresh fish, cut into portions. In the marinade proposed in the previous recipe, I added only dried dill, removing semolina and corn starch, from which I made breading. I try not to freeze the fish, but use it fresh.
Living by the sea and not cooking fish dishes is not possible. Therefore, living in Dagestan, fish dishes often appear in my menu. I try not to freeze the fish, but use it immediately after bringing it from the market, as I consider it a tender product. In this dish, everything depends on the quality of the fish. The marinade will not let you down in terms of taste: the most fishy.
I have always been attached to mussels. Most likely because I tried them pickled in a jar for a long time, but the idea to fry in a pan with garlic turned out to be a bomb. Ideal for pasta and of course delicious for beer.
