5 original dandelion recipes
Dandelion dishes will be appreciated by both lovers of a healthy lifestyle and culinary experimenters. Dandelion recipes are very different.
Spring and summer are dandelion time! Try to cook delicious and healthy dishes from these amazing plants that will strengthen the body and lift the mood.
They call it a plant, a medicinal dandelion or a pharmacy. A decoction of dandelions has long been used for the prevention and treatment of diseases.
What is dandelion good for human health? This unpretentious perennial plant is rich in iron, phosphorus, potassium, inulin, vitamins A and C. The plant helps in the fight against diabetes, gallbladder and liver diseases, vitamin deficiency, anemia, etc. Eliminates freckles and age spots
Dandelion dishes will diversify your diet and bring a zest to your usual recipes.
Boiled cod with dandelion puree
Ingredients for 2 servings:
Cod fillet 10.58oz
Carrots 2 tablespoons
Parsley ( chopped 3 tablespoons
Dandelion puree 7.0oz
Sauce 3.53oz
Pepper peas to taste
Bay leaf to taste
Salt to taste
For the sauce:
Butter 3.53oz
Eggs 2 pcs.
Dill greens to taste
Salt to taste
Instruction:
Cooking time 40 minutes
Boil portions of fish with the addition of vegetables and spices. Put branches of parsley on the fish, dandelion puree on the side, pour homemade sauce.
The sauce is made as follows: add finely chopped boiled eggs, salt, finely chopped parsley to the melted butter, mix everything.
Puree with dandelion
Ingredients for 2 servings:
Potatoes 17.64oz
Dandelion Leaves 7.0oz
Milk 1/2 cup,
Butter 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Instruction:
Cooking time 20 minutes
Wash the potatoes, peel and boil in boiling salted water until tender.
Wash the dandelions, sort them out, boil them in salt water until soft.
Put the boiled dandelions in a colander, drain the water, punch the mass with a blender to the state of puree. The green mass can also be chopped with a sharp knife on a wooden board.
Mash the potatoes thoroughly, dilute with hot milk to a thick puree, add dandelion puree. Add salt and pepper to taste, mix. You can add vegetable or butter. Serve as a side dish or as an independent dish.
Sturgeon kebab with dandelion and mango salad
Ingredients for 4 servings:
Sturgeon fillet 31.75oz
Lemon 1 pc.
Salt to taste
Dandelion leaves 10.58oz
Mango 1 pc.
Parsley 1 bunch
Basil 1/2 bunch
Mint 1/2 bunch
Shallots 1 bunch
Honey 2 teaspoons
Vinegar on herbs 1 tablespoon
Olive oil 3 tablespoons
Pepper to taste
Instruction:
Cooking time 2 hours 30 minutes
Lightly rub the cleaned and washed fish with salt, pour lemon juice. Leave for 1.5-2 hours to soak the fish.
During this time, prepare a special salad — from dandelions and mango, the delicate taste of which is the best fit for a sturgeon kebab. Cut off the yellow ends of the dandelion leaves, remove the flaccid leaves. Peel the mango. Cut the pulp around the bone, cut into cubes.
To prepare the sauce for the salad, chop the greens and shallots. Mix honey with vinegar. Add shallots, chopped herbs, salt, pepper and oil. Arrange the dandelion leaves on a plate, put mango slices on top. Pour the sauce over it all and you can serve it on the table. The salad can be decorated with basil flowers.
Stick the soaked shish kebab on skewers, squeezing a little so that the excess marinade remains in the dishes. Fry the sturgeon alternately on each side, sprinkling with the remaining marinade so that the fish does not dry out. Enjoy your meal!
Dandelion salad with apples and cabbage
From young and tender greens and leaves of edible wild herbs, you can prepare a very bright, vitamin-rich and juicy salad. Maximum benefits!
Ingredients for 2 servings:
Fresh white cabbage 7.0oz
Dandelion leaves 3.53oz
Sour apples 2 pcs
Carrot 1 piece
Vegetable oil/sour cream for dressing 3 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Instruction:
Cooking time 15 minutes
Fill the dandelion leaves with salt water and set aside for 40 minutes. Then rinse with running water. Cut the leaves, cabbage, apples and carrots into strips. Combine everything, season with sour cream (butter), mix. For those who prefer a more piquant taste, you can add ground black pepper to the salad.
Pasta from greens for sandwiches
A harmonious combination of such components is the basis of a traditional green paste. Pasta is delicious, fragrant, goes well with meat, fish, and is added as a seasoning to first courses. Gives new shades of taste to any dish.
Ingredients for 2 servings:
Nettle 5.29oz
Dandelion leaves 5.29oz
Boiled eggs 2 pcs.
Parsley leaves 3 tablespoons
Dill 2 tablespoons
Basil leaves 1 tablespoon
Butter 3 tablespoons
Instruction:
Cooking time 20 minutes
Boil the nettle in salted water for 3-5 minutes. Finely chop the dandelion, soak in brine for 20 minutes or scald with boiling water. Finely chop the remaining greens. Mash the egg with a fork. Soften the oil slightly. Mix nettle, dandelion and fresh herbs, egg and soft butter into a homogeneous mass, add salt to taste. Serve on sandwiches or boiled potatoes.
Pasta with carrots and dandelion flowers
Dandelion leaves can be added to almost all spring salads with herbs. The flowers will add piquancy to the taste and make healthy dishes even more vitamin-rich. But sweets from bright dandelions will also appeal to children.
Ingredients for 1 serving:
Pasteurized cottage cheese 3.53oz
Cheese 3.53oz
Cream 3 tablespoons
Carrots 2 pcs.
Dandelion (yellow inflorescences) 10 pcs.
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Honey 1 tablespoon
Instruction:
Cooking time 15 minutes
Mix grated carrots with mashed cheese and cottage cheese, add cream, lemon juice, honey, dandelion flower petals. Beat everything up. Enjoy your meal!