One of the ideal options, both for the holiday table and for the ordinary, is a salad with salmon and cheese. These two components are perfectly combined with each other, both in taste and in quality composition.
Fish is a storehouse of macro and microelements necessary for modern man. It does not matter what kind of lifestyle you live, where you live, how old you are and what sex you are, fish, and especially red, will help you look beautiful and feel great.
Potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamins A, B1, B6, B12, C, E, fatty acids are contained in a two hundred grams piece of fish in the amount of daily allowance.
Cheese is not inferior to the fish in favor. How to buy real cheese? Pay attention first and foremost to our composition. Cheese should be no more than 4 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams and at least 12 grams of protein. If the amount of carbohydrates is more, it means that there are unnecessary impurities and additives in the cheese. The second "sign" of this cheese is the price. Unfortunately, good cheese is not cheap. However, it will be much cheaper to buy processed cheese, it also goes well with red fish.
Another find for salad with salmon and cheese - "Philadelphia". This soft cheese is most often put in Japanese rolls, but the combination with fish in the salad will be delicious.
Salad with salmon and cheese - preparation of products and dishes
So, you are going to make a salad with salmon and cheese. What is the best fish to buy? If you do not want to spend time preparing food and cutting fish, then buy lightly salted or raw fillets. In the second case, the fish should be an even scarlet or orange color (depending on the species), with a barely noticeable odor of iodine, dense structure. If the salmon is slightly salted, then it is usually sold in vacuum packaging.
If you want to save money, you can purchase a whole fish. Preparing meat for a salad is a snap - you won’t spend ten minutes. First, cut off the head and tail with a large knife or an hatchet (but do not throw it away, but set it aside for a tasty soup), then spread the belly and remove the insides with your hands. Use a knife to pick up the spine and pull it out, and cut the fish itself into two layers.
The last action - you need to get all the bones, remove the skin and cut off the fins. The huge advantage of large marine fish in its bone structure, large bones and extract them is not difficult. It makes no sense to mention how important it is to get all the bones. After all, even if one gets caught in a salad, the overall impression will be broken.
Recipe 1: Salad with salmon and cheese
This salad may resemble "Caprese" in composition, but one of the main ingredients in this dish is salmon. Salad is easy and at the same time very satisfying. Be sure to serve it laid on the leaves of lettuce on a wide flat dish.
Ingredients Required:
- Lightly salted salmon fillet - 260 gr.
- Cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs.
- Lettuce Salad Sheets
- Mozzarella cheese - 150 gr.
- Soy sauce - 1 tbsp.
- French mustard - 2 tbsp.
- Rice vinegar - 1/2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Salmon cut into large pieces.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut them in half.
- Cut the cheese into large square slices.
- Make a dressing dressing. Mix soy sauce, french mustard and rice vinegar.
- Wash the lettuce sheets, put them on a plate. Mix the fish and cheese, put on the lettuce sheets, put the tomatoes on the edges of the plate and pour the ingredients over the sauce.
Recipe 2: Salad with salmon and cheese with Oriental vegetables
To make the salad tasty, you need to grate vegetables for carrots in Korean. It is in such an unusual structure that the unusual attractiveness of this dish will be covered. Consider that such a salad needs to be seasoned with a small amount of sauce - pickled vegetables will turn out juicy and spicy.
Ingredients Required:
- Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
- Salted salmon - 265 gr.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Soft cheese (like Philadelphia) - 140 gr.
- Soy sauce - 2 tbsp.
- Brown sugar - 1 tsp.
- Balsamic vinegar - 1 h.
- Sour cream lean - 1ch.
- Natural yoghurt - 1 hour
Cooking method:
- Wash vegetables, peel, remove the skin from the cucumber. Grate the vegetables on a long grater.
- Make the marinade by mixing soy sauce, sugar and balsamic vinegar. Vegetables pour sauce and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Fish cut into long strips.
- Cut the cheese into square cubes.
- Mix yogurt and sour cream.
- Stir vegetables and fish, add sour cream sauce, mix again. Put the cheese on the salad and you can serve the dish on the table.
Recipe 3: Salad with salmon and cheese with noodles
This salad is served cold, after standing in the refrigerator for at least three hours. Boiled noodles are mixed with salted fish and sprinkled with grated cheese. Radish pickled in soy sauce will give an oriental piquancy to the dish.
Ingredients Required:
- Funchoza (glass noodles) - 130 gr.
- Radish fresh - 3 pcs.
- Lightly salted salmon - 190 gr.
- Hard cheese "Russian" - 140 gr.
- Yogurt - 2 tbsp.
- Soy sauce - 2 tbsp.
- Fresh ginger - 300 gr.
- Honey - 1 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Boil funchozu. Then rinse it in cold water and cut into three or four parts.
- Radish wash and cut into thin slices. Ginger Grate. Mix the soy sauce, honey and place the radishes and ginger in the marinade. Leave for 15 minutes.
- Salmon cut into cubes.
- Cheese grate on a fine grater.
- Combine noodles, fish and vegetables, mix with yogurt. Put in the fridge infuse. Sprinkle with cheese before serving.
Recipe 4: Salad with salmon and cheese with avocado
Many housewives use potatoes as a base for most salads. Boiled, diced or grated, it makes any salad tasty and satisfying. Spanish instead of potatoes use avocado. This type of pear is much more useful than potato.
Salad with salmon and cheese with avocado will appeal not only to gourmets, but also to ordinary lovers of tasty food. There are not many ingredients in this recipe, but the dish is perfect in terms of perception.
Pay attention to the dressing - the salad should be very juicy, but not fat. Use best yogurt or sour cream.
Ingredients Required:
- Lightly salted salmon - 280 gr.
- Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
- Avocado - 1 pc.
- Cheese "Parmesan" - 140 gr.
- Yogurt - 4 tbsp.
- Mustard French - 1 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Fish cut into cubes.
- Cucumber and avocado peel. Cut the vegetables into slices.
- Cheese grate on a fine grater.
- Mix yogurt and mustard.
- Stir the ingredients, season with salt and season with yoghurt sauce. Sprinkle with cheese.
Recipe 5: Salad with salmon and cheese "Red Sea"
"Red Sea" is a very famous name for a salad with red fish, but in the meantime there are a huge number of options for its recipe. The main ingredients are caviar and salmon, and the remaining components are subject to change. Try this variation of salad with red fish and smoked cheese.
Ingredients Required:
- Fish - 240 gr.
- Smoked sausage cheese - 150 gr.
- Red caviar - 45 gr.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Potatoes - 1 pc.
- Walnut - 50 gr.
- Yogurt - 4 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Boil carrots and potatoes. Then peel the vegetables and cut them into small cubes.
- Fish cut into large pieces, sausage cheese - in small cubes.
- Chop a nut.
- Mix the ingredients, season with yogurt. Before serving, garnish the salad with grains of red caviar.
Salad with salmon and cheese - tips
Very often, lemon juice is recommended as an unusual dressing for red fish. However, do not use the juice for raw salmon - acid discolor the fish, and it will lose its attractive appearance. For the preparation of sour dressing, take better a little balsamic vinegar.
