Celery was brought to Russia for a very long time and for a long time it was considered an ornamental plant. Over the years, the fragrant greenery of the plant has made its way into the culinary of Russians. And only in recent years, housewives began to cook dishes using stalks and celery root.
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Instruction manual
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The most common way to consume celery is to finely chop its leaves and sprinkle on the finished dish. This greens well sets off the taste of meat broths and soups both fresh and dried. Also, fresh celery leaves are added to sauces, salads, omelets, casseroles. They can be sprinkled with any second dish, in which a spicy slightly bitter taste is appropriate. For example, stewed beans or eggplant, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes.
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Celery seeds are suitable for addition to meat soups, vegetable and meat stews. They are put together with other spices in jars when salting cucumbers, zucchini, squash and eggplant before pouring marinade. Some housewives sprinkle them with cabbage for pickling, use in savory pastries, cheese sauces and fish pastes.
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The celery stalk can be cut into slices and added to vegetable salads. In some cases, it is combined with fruits - salads from apples and celery, celery and kiwi are known. Also, the stem (uncut) adorns the famous Bloody Mary cocktail. And if you finely grate the stem or grind it with a blender, it becomes a component of mixtures of vegetable juices or smoothies based on unsweetened kefir. Another celery stalk serves as a complement to seafood and fish soups. It is indispensable in many varieties of cold soups.
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Celery root is also used in salads and soups. If you boil it, bake it or fry it, then you can add it to vegetable purees. Also, various fillings and bake. Celery root mousse is offered when serving game. You can also replace them with potatoes in many recipes if you do not want to eat a lot of starch. Celery roots are also dried and added to sauces and soups during cooking.
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Celery juice is mixed with ginger, honey and lemon, and then diluted with water. It helps to improve metabolism and lose weight.