Caesar salad with prawns is deservedly consideredone of the favorite dishes of gourmets around the world. Traditionally, this salad is prepared with a sauce based on raw yolks, but today we suggest you try it with sauce based on mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil.
How to cook Caesar with shrimps? First, let's define the ingredients.
Composition:
- Romaine lettuce or Iceberg - one bunch;
- shrimp - use the ones that you like most, of any kind and size;
- quail eggs (you can use the usual ones);
- Cherry tomatoes;
- cheese (preferably Parmesan).
For toast:
- bread (black or white);
- olive oil;
- garlic.
For sauce:
- mayonnaise;
- olive oil;
- fresh lemon juice.
- garlic (can be used as fresh, for a brighter and piquant taste, and baked - for a softer taste and aroma);
- ground black and red pepper (to taste).
Salad cocktail with shrimps is prepared in severalstages. The first involves the direct preparation of all ingredients. The second stage is mixing, dressing the salad dressing before serving the dish on the table. So, let's get him ready.
For toast we use yesterday's bread - it is notcrumbs when sliced and is optimally suited for making crunches. Cut it into small cubes, 0.5-1 cm in size, before cutting off the coarse crust. Grind a few cloves of garlic and fry them in olive oil. When garlic will acquire a golden tinge, gently spread it and fry the crackers on this oil. You can give the butter a pleasant garlic flavor, after insisting on garlic. To do this, also chop garlic, pour it with olive oil and let it brew for several hours. Before use, filter. Gently stirring, fry the bread on high heat. When the crackers get a golden tinge, put them on a plate with a paper towel - it will absorb excess oil. We leave to cool down.
It is impossible to prepare a Caesar salad withshrimps without greens, so let's start with lettuce leaves. They must be thoroughly washed from dust and dirt, and then thoroughly dried. It is very important to use dry leaves, without moisture, and pre-chilled. First, I each leaf separately, dried with paper towels, then put them for a while in the refrigerator.
Sauce. Without it, it's also difficult to imagine a delicioussalad "Caesar" with shrimps. For its preparation it is best to use a blender - it will provide a homogeneous, airy and well-beaten consistency. In the blender container we put all the products: mayonnaise, olive oil and lemon juice. Beat, at the end, add grated Parmesan. When the sauce is whipped, put it in the fridge to lettuce leaves.
Shrimp. Separate the meat from the shell and frydirectly during the salad dressing, as, while cooling down, the shrimp meat becomes denser, resembling rubber to taste. At this stage of cooking it is very important not to fry the shrimps, but to remove them from the fire, once the meat has become opaque and has acquired a slight reddish shade.
While the fried prawns are cooling down, we begin"Collect" our dish. In order to properly make a Caesar salad with shrimps, take chilled lettuce leaves, tear them with hands into small pieces (if they are cut with a knife, they will be bitter), put half the breadcrumbs, some of the Parmesan cheese and a little sauce. All carefully mix. Next, the salad should be put on a plate, put the remaining crackers on top, cut into halves of cherry, put them on a salad, then lay the prawns on top and sprinkle generously with grated parmesan cheese.
Appetizing Caesar with shrimps is ready!
Bon Appetit!
