Any dish is instantly transformed if served in an unusual way. Even the simplest salad looks unusual and festive if served not on a regular plate or even in a smart salad bowl, but in an elegant cheese basket that even a novice housewife can make.
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Instruction manual
1
Prepare the required amount of cheese. Pay attention to the variety: it must be solid. Neither feta cheese, nor mozzarella, nor other similar options are suitable. Optimal if you can find Parmesan for your cheese basket. For one basket you will need 100 g of cheese.
2
Preheat the pan without adding oil. Wait a few minutes for it to heat up well, and meanwhile, grate the cheese on a fine grater. Try to be careful to get roughly the same long chips. Pour it evenly into the pan so that the surface is evenly filled. An oven can be an alternative to a frying pan - in this case, simply draw a circle of the desired diameter on the parchment and evenly distribute the cheese over the sheet.
3
Do not leave the stove: as soon as the cheese melts a little (about 2 minutes), immediately turn off the heat. Do not immediately remove the cheese from the pan, let it cool slightly. If you cook in the oven, it will be enough to withstand the cheese for 1-2 minutes (after pre-heating the oven for 5 minutes at maximum temperature - if there is an air grill function, use it).
4
Separate the resulting cheese pancake from a frying pan or parchment, and transfer it to a prepared inverted glass or jar - the choice of dishes depends on what diameter of the base of the basket you need. If you want a product with even edges, align it in the middle of the container. Otherwise, your basket is in any shape while the cheese is still plastic, and then refrigerate. It will take about an hour for your product to solidify, after which you can remove it from the glass and fill it with ingredients. Please note that the cheese basket can be made in advance - for example, the day before the celebration.
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