Nettles from ancient times used in cooking.And there is in Europe, perhaps, not a single national cuisine, which is not offered to her dishes.
Nettles 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 - natural multivitamin concentrate, they contain carotene, ascorbic acid, silicic, pantothenic, and formic acid, vitamin K and others.Protein content nettle is not inferior bean.She - 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 tender and most rich in valuable substances.Burning leaves is added to the soup and other soups, cook them green cabbage.You can also prepare a variety of salads and other dishes.Before cooking the leaves are usually washed and scalded with boiling water.
nettle oil. Two tablespoons of finely chopped or minced nettle leaves, mix with 100 g of soft butter.Add to taste a little bit of grated horseradish.This oil smeared slices of bread, you get the original and healthy sandwiches.
Salad "Spring". Young leaves of nettle and sorrel (250-300 g) and 100 g of green onions, rinse well and dry, finely chop or mince.Put the mixture in a bowl and mix with chopped hard-boiled eggs in two.Season with salt, add the vegetable oil or mayonnaise.Good to decorate radish.This salad can also add herbs plantain and dandelion leaves.
salad with nuts. Nettle (150-200 g) boil in lightly salted water, fold in a sieve.Walnuts (50 g), chop and ceilings with salt, add the greens (better cilantro) and finely chopped onions.Nuts mix with nettles, salt and pepper.This dish of Georgian cuisine.
Salad with beets. young nettles for one hour soak in cold water, then chop.One glass leaves mix with cooked beets cut into small slices (just one medium sized beets).Then, add two cloves pounded garlic, salt, season with mayonnaise.Get a nice dish, rich in vitamins.
Omelette nettle. Break two eggs and mix them with finely chopped washed nettle leaves.Add salt and pour the mixture on a hot frying pan.Omelet Serve with greens.
Cottage cheese with nettles. Wipe 200 g of cottage cheese through a sieve, mix the mass with a glass of finely chopped nettle leaves.Add the finely chopped garlic (three cloves), one teaspoon of mustard and three tablespoons of vegetable oil.This useful so-called "green cheese" variety to your menu.
meatballs nettle. Nettles (100 g), boil for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, fold in a sieve, then chop with a knife.200 g of a thick porridge pshёnnoy mix with greens and form meatballs.Bake in the oven and serve with any sauce.Thus it can be successfully used remnants of porridge.
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