"Alligator pear" - the popular name of avocado in the English speaking world: tough peel pear fruit resembles the skin of a crocodile. And under this oily skin lurks the most tender flesh with the original taste that is excellent with seafood. It is no coincidence avocado salad with shrimp quickly became a classic - it is fragrant and tasty dish.

Unusual fruit

In terms of biology, the fruit of the avocado is a berry. But like many other berries, he was not lucky: the majority of people believe that avocados - is a fruit. At the same time in cooking avocado is not used as a sweet fruit, but rather as a vegetable - for the preparation of savory snacks Low calorie snacks   and salads.

The flesh of mature avocado is soft, oily texture, and it is no accident: the fat contained in the fruit a lot, up to thirty percent. For this reason, avocados recommend limiting those watching their figure and count calories. On the other hand, the high fat content of avocados makes this fruit very satisfying: the small amount of the berry will be enough to eat. And if you use mashed avocado pulp in place of other fats, such as butter, the caloric intake even lower.

Avocado is a list of foods that help fight aging. Due to the high content of vitamin E, this fruit helps to cope with the symptoms of many diseases. Avocados are useful for prevention of atherosclerosis and other diseases of the cardiovascular system, it supports the heart and is used to treat arrhythmias. And contained in avocados antioxidants help nourish the body's cells with oxygen.

The aroma of avocado is not very pronounced taste of sweet, spicy and creamy nutty. You can eat an avocado in its natural form - with pepper, lemon juice and herbs. But this fruit is especially good in combination with chicken, fish and seafood. It is no coincidence avocados are often added to the Japanese rolls - sweet buttery flavor of this fruit perfectly complements slightly sweet taste of shrimp and salmon.

For salads to choose avocados should be very careful. Unripe fruits are too hard, they need to lie down for several days in a dark place to ripen. Ripe fruits are also not suitable. The ideal choice would be an avocado with a resilient surface. If you press a finger fruit, will pit which will quickly disappear.

A variety of recipes

The combination of avocado with prawns quickly became a classic. Indeed, it is difficult to find products that are just as well be in harmony with each other, they complement one another. From weave sweet, salty and spicy flavors of oily-born culinary masterpieces.

The main components of the salad - ripe avocado and boiled shrimp. The latter can be any size - from avocados equally well together and flavor of the meat of small arctic krill, and luxurious king or tiger shrimps. It is enough to fill these components with lemon juice, olive oil or sour cream to get a tasty, hearty and very healthy salad. As filling and mayonnaise can be used, although in this case the plate will, of course, already far less useful.

A simple recipe can be endlessly complemented by experimenting with a variety of ingredients and dressings. For lovers of spicy original dishes will be a godsend avocado salad with shrimp and canned pineapple. Sliced ​​red peppers make this dish an unexpected but very pleasant taste, yet elegant, festive.

Quite a different "sound" would be avocado salad with shrimp, melon and Tabasco sauce. The severity of pepper sauce, luxurious sweetness fragrant melons, avocados and soft delicate taste of shrimp cooked perfectly combined with each other.

On holiday, you can treat yourself to a salad of avocado, which, in addition to shrimp, also includes salted salmon roe. This recipe is suitable for those who can not imagine a festive table without eggs, but already rather tired of traditional sandwiches Sandwiches. Pros and cons . Salad is very attractive due to the fact that it uses ingredients of contrasting colors. And the taste of it is beyond praise - in combination with gentle avocado fully disclosed refined tastes of caviar and shrimp. As a filling you can use mayonnaise or a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice.

A simpler, but no less beautiful version of this salad - avocado salad with added shrimp and red salted fish. Exquisite taste and delightful aroma of this dish will make the salad a real decoration of the table in the holidays and weekdays.

Avocado well with garlic. Filling garlic, stewed in olive oil, and well suited for a salad of avocado with prawns. Oil should be slightly, but the garlic and parsley is better to spare - the dish should have spicy and peppery.

The original recipe Mediterranean salad with avocado shrimp also includes the addition of sweet oranges, pine nuts and arugula. The sauce is made from wine vinegar mixed with extra virgin olive oil. Spices are used rather sparingly: just a little salt and pepper dressing.

Salad dressing

The fill avocado salad? It can be used mayonnaise, vegetable oil, a mixture of oil and lemon juice or vinegar and oil (or apple wine). And sometimes in the role of filling stands and one of the ingredients in the salad - avocado fruit itself. The pulp of ripe fruit has a very delicate texture, and if to stretch it with salt and pepper, turn a beautiful thick sauce. Dilute this can sour cream dressing Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine , Olive oil or lemon juice. However, without the lemon juice in any case, can not do - it is recommended to add avocado to prevent browning ugly greenish cream-colored flesh.

If we add to the sauce avocado cubes of tomatoes or cucumbers, food will taste richer. It can be used as adding and small pieces of sweet pepper contrasting colors.

Maria Bykov

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