subject: How useful nettles and what she can cook? [print this page] Nettle from ancient times used in cookingNettle from ancient times used in cooking. And there is in Europe, perhaps, any national cuisine that is not offered to dish out of it.
Nettle has a beautiful composition. It is extremely rich in salts, especially lime, contains a lot of iron (more than spinach), sulfur and potassium. Nettle leaves - a natural multivitamin concentrate, they contain carotene, ascorbic acid and formic acid, protein, starch, vitamins A, C, K. Nettles - a great tool for improving the composition of the blood and cleanse the body of metabolic products.
Gather young nettles, when the leaves are more delicate and the most rich in valuable substances. Burning leaves is added to borscht and other soups, cooked green cabbage from them. You can also prepare various salads and other dishes. Before cooking the leaves washed and usually scalded with boiling water.
Nettle oil
Two tablespoons of finely chopped or passed through a meat grinder nettle leaves, mix with 100 g of soft butter. Add to taste a little grated horseradish. Smeared it with oil slices of bread, you will get original and useful sandwiches.
Salad "Spring"
Young leaves of nettles and sorrel (by 250-300 g) and 100 grams of green onions Rinse, drain and finely chop or mince. Put the mixture into a bowl, mix with chopped hard-boiled eggs in two. Season with salt, add the vegetable oil or mayonnaise. It would be nice to decorate the radish. In this salad of herbs, you can also add the plantain and dandelion leaves.
Salad with walnuts
Nettles (150-200 g) Boil in lightly salted water, sit in a sieve. Walnuts (50 g), chop and ceilings with salt, add fresh herbs (cilantro is better) and chopped onions. Nuts mixed with nettles, salt and pepper. This dish of Georgian cuisine.
Salad with beets
Young nettles for one hour, immerse in cold water, then finely chop. One cup of leaves mixed with cooked diced beets in small slices (enough of one medium-sized beets). Then, add two cloves of crushed garlic, salt, season with mayonnaise. Get a beautiful dish, rich in vitamins.
Cottage cheese with nettles
Wipe with 200 g of cottage cheese through a sieve, mix the mass with a glass of finely chopped nettle leaves. Add finely chopped garlic (three cloves), one teaspoon of mustard and three tablespoons of vegetable oil. This is useful so-called "green cheese" variety to your menu.
Balls from a nettle
Nettles (100 g), boil for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, sit in a sieve, and then crush with a knife. 200 grams of thick millet porridge mixed with herbs and form meatballs. Bake in the oven and serve with any sauce. Thus, we can successfully use up leftover cereal.
