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.
The simplest, but very tasty tartlets with pate from ordinary canned food and white beans. They are prepared in just a few minutes, especially if unexpected guests knocked on the door.
Salad of baked seasonal vegetables with the addition of soft cottage cheese. Crispy unusual popcorn is perfectly combined with the tenderness of cheese and baked vegetables.
I read that it is good to cook vegetable dishes for the upcoming New Year. And corn for next year’s hostess is a real treat! So I decided to make this vegetable roll from pita bread. And if you use vegetarian mayonnaise, then such a roll can be eaten by those who observe fasting.
If you are in the mood to try something new, with an unusual taste, this recipe is exactly what you need! These Thai wings are very easy to prepare, very soft and incredibly delicious!
Five years ago I found the perfect recipe for a Christmas cake and every year I take it for the New Year and Christmas holidays. In order to prepare a festive cupcake, you need to prepare dried fruits in advance, namely, infuse them with cognac. I use a different mixture of dried fruits every time, if desired, you can add nuts. After baking, of course, you can immediately enjoy the cupcake, but after a week or two it will become much tastier and more fragrant.
A delicious and very simple salad that can be quickly built if you want to have a snack or girlfriends unexpectedly came to visit. Avocado and beans make a hearty salad, and fresh cucumber turns out fresh and crispy.
Baskets made of shortbread dough (pate sucree) are delicate, fragile and fragrant… and the meringue baskets made of French meringue, as well as lemon curd and cottage cheese cream are very tasty! The decoration is “caviar” made of freshly squeezed orange juice, chocolate chips and “olive tree” made of orange peel in chocolate. A wonderful New Year’s dessert will delight both children and adults not only with its taste, but also with its appearance, and will also raise the festive mood! You can prepare the main ingredients for dessert in advance and collect them on the day of the holiday.