In order to originally serve the salad, you can make cheese baskets. They turn out openwork, elegant, unusual shape. Such baskets are suitable for any salad, it is important that the filling is combined with cheese, since the baskets are also edible. If you want to try making original cheese baskets, you can add greens or grated garlic to the cheese. Lacy, portioned "plates" of cheese will be the decoration of any festive table.
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You will need
- Products:
- • Hard cheese (or cheese mixture) - 400 gr
- • Vegetable oil (for lubrication) 1-2 tbsp.
- • Starch or flour - optional
- Accessories for baskets (optional):
- • Glasses or wineglasses - 6-8 pcs.
- • Flat plate - 1 pc.
- • Cupcake Molds
Instruction manual
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You can make cheese baskets in many ways. You can melt cheese in the microwave, in the oven, and even in a pan. You can give shape by using inverted glasses, glasses or laying cheese on the bottom of muffin tins. About 100 grams of cheese results in 5 small baskets.
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The fastest way to cook cheese baskets is with the microwave. Hard cheese is rubbed on a medium grater. A flat plate is greased with vegetable oil and cheese is poured on its bottom. Put the plate in the microwave and let the cheese melt. Take out the plate on the table, let cool slightly, no more than 1 minute. After, grabbing the cheese cake with your hands or a spatula, knock it over on an inverted glass. You can also gently place the cheese mass in a cake pan. A hot cheese basket should cool for at least a quarter of an hour. To do this, it can be put in a cool place or even sent to the refrigerator.
3
You can melt the cheese using a dry pan with a non-stick coating. Grated cheese is also poured on its bottom and allowed to melt on a gentle fire. It is important to regulate the fire so that the thin edges of the openwork cheese plate do not turn brown. When the cheese has spread, the pan is put on the table. It is advisable to pre-cover the table with a wet towel, in this case the cheese cake is easier to remove. After they overturn the cheese circle into a glass, forming a basket.
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If you need to cook many baskets at once, then you can melt the cheese cakes in the oven. To do this, cover the baking sheet with a silicone rug or baking paper, spread the cheese in circles, carefully leveling it. Put the baking sheet in a hot oven, allowing melt evenly. After they take it out of the oven and use the spatulas to spread it on the bottom of the glasses and in the molds.
note
• Do not leave for a long time to cool in the refrigerator so that the cheese baskets are not damp.
• Fill with salad just before serving.
• It is important to work quickly while the baskets are warm but elastic.
Useful advice
• Openwork baskets are obtained by using a small amount of cheese and pouring it in a circle, leaving small empty spaces.
• If the salad filling is liquid, it is better to prepare more dense baskets of cheese. To do this, cheese is poured with a thick, dense layer.
• Cheese can be taken not only of one variety, but mixed different varieties, such as expensive parmesan and gouda. It is important that the cheese is high in fat.
• Add 1-2 tbsp. l starch or flour, if the basket crumbles after cooking. Bulk ingredients allow you to "combine" cheese together and give it elasticity.