Pineapples for a long time are no longer exotic: in stores, you can buy fresh fruits pineal, as well as various types of canned pineapples - in sweet syrup, sugar, with the addition of other fruits. These fruits are eaten in its natural form, or used to prepare various dishes. Unusual, but very tasty dish of the southern fruit - salad with shrimp and pineapple.

Shrimp: benefits and harms

As with other seafood, shrimp is very helpful. In these small crustaceans with a delicate sweet meat contains iodine, zinc, calcium, potassium, sulfur, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. There are shrimp powerful antioxidants and substances that promote hair Hair: structure, characteristics of growth and development   and nails. Shrimp contain a lot of protein and little fat, they are perfect for those who keep a diet (unless, of course, do not drink beer calorie seafood, as is often done).

At the same time abuse the prawns undesirable. In some people, this product causes allergies. The shrimp are relatively high in cholesterol Cholesterin That negatively affects the state of the vessels. Finally, crustaceans caught in environmentally disadvantaged areas, in addition to nutrients may contain harmful. These shrimp can easily be poisoned. Because few people catch their own shrimp and can control the conditions of their life, almost can never be sure that the crustaceans live in ecologically pure waters. So just in case it is recommended to consume moderately shrimp.

An interesting combination: shrimp with pineapple

Shrimp are divided into those that live in warm and cold waters. The first is much larger - it is the famous royal and tiger prawns. Ironically, in taste they are inferior to cold-water shrimp caught off the coast of Denmark, Norway and Canada. It is believed that the larger the crustacean, the less tasty meat from him. Thus, the most delicious is considered the smallest shrimp - krill.

However, expensive prawns are widely used for cooking. They are easy to clean, and large shrimp on a platter look decorative than small copies. From royal and tiger prawns cooked kebabs often, sometimes adding to the meat of crustaceans juicy fruit - pineapple.

From a small cold-water shrimp produced especially tasty salads. Gentle sweet-iodide taste shrimp meat goes well with eggs, rice, cucumber and juicy pineapple. Pineapple also helps the most out of protein.

Gourmet salad for the most discerning

Despite the fact that the main components are low-calorie salad, due to mayonnaise salads it gets pretty satisfying. It is best to emphasize the taste of a dish of thick classic mayonnaise, but those who are worried about the figure, you can use lightweight version with low-fat sauces.

To prepare the salad, you need a hundred, a hundred and fifty grams of peeled shrimp (best to clean them yourself, because shellfish are more fragrant and delicious), one hundred and fifty grams of canned pineapple in light syrup, three eggs, one hundred grams of cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, lettuce , salt, herbs. Shrimp boil in salted water, carefully freed from shell, cut into small pieces. Boil eggs and cut into small cubes. Cheese grate.

A la carte dishes washed and decomposed obsushennye lettuce. On lettuce lay sliced ​​pineapple, spread with mayonnaise. Top with the egg, salt, spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with grated cheese thickly. The next layer will be shrimp, sour cream with a little mayonnaise and lemon juice. Salad decorated with greens, slices of lemon and berries.

Maria Bykov

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