Salad

On this week, We learn about salad. It is not a tasty food for the carnivorous people but it is healthy and everyone should eat some once a week.

Salad

-Raw or cooked ingredients serve with dressing sauce

-Ingredients that can be used are meat, poultry, seafood, dairy food, vegetables and fruits

-Raw is where the ingredients item is not cooked

-Cooked: Heat applied, dry moist heat method.

-Processed: Canned, smoked, bottle and freeze item

Types of salad

1.Appetizer salad

-Stimulate appetite

-Small in size

2.Accompaniment salad

-Served as side dishes

-Vegetables and starches

3.Main course

-Large portion

-Full meal

4.Separate course salad

-Very light

-To clean plate

-Rich and heavy

5.Dessert salad

-Usually sweet

-Best deserved dessert or as part of buffet or party menu

That is a little bit of information about salad. So lets go to the three salad recipe.

CAESAR SALAD

 

Ingredient

•Romaine lettuce

•Onion

•Vinaigrette

•Croutons

•Parmesan

•Olive (pickled, bottled)

Method

1.Prepare the romaine lettuce by cutting them and separate each other because we don’t want them to stick on together.

2.Bake the croutons in the oven or we can actually toast it. For today, we used loaf bread and baked them for a while in the oven. Cut them into dices and set aside.

3.Ring the onion.

4.Prepare the vinaigrette or dressing. We have learned how to make it from the past lesson. Click here to see.

5.In a bowl, mixed the romaine lettuce and the dressing. Stir well together.

6.On a plate, arranged all the ingredients nicely. Sprinkle the olive and parmesan cheese on the top to enhance the taste and as well as to garnishes the salad.

Beef Salad

Ingredients

•Mixed coral salad

•Onion (Cut into rings)

•Roasted beef

•Vinaigrette

•Red and green chilli (Julienne)

Method

1.First of all, lets start with the beef. Saute the beef for each sides in a pan for a while and then baked into medium rare. When it is done, took out from the oven and thin slices.

2.On a plate, arranged all the ingredients based on your likes and creativity. Make sure it is combined nicely.

3.Sprinkle the vinaigrette on the top or around of the salad. We also add sliced tomatoes as the garnishes.

Garden Salad

Ingredient

•Mixed coral salad

•Onion (Cut into rings)

•Carrot (Sliced by using the slicer or mandoline)

•Tomato(wedges)

•Vinaigrette

Method

1.Arranged all the ingredients on a plate nicely. Sprinkle the vinaigrette as well. Garnish with the sliced cucumber. Make sure it looks simple but attractive.

So that is it. Enjoy the vegetables :3