North American cuisine can rightly be called multinational, because it has incorporated the culinary traditions of a dozen different cuisines from around the world. The cuisine of the United States is a mixture of completely different immigrant cultures. German sausages and steaks are adjacent to Italian pizza and oriental tempura.
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America is the birthplace of fast food. Hamburgers, french fries and hot dogs are currently very popular in many countries. Potato chips were first invented here. This was done by a chef from the town of Saratoga Springs (New York). It was in America that the tradition was born to cook Thanksgiving stuffed turkey and pumpkin pie with cinnamon.
Another culinary tradition of the United States is to have a barbecue in the backyard, where savory or savory sauces are served for flavored meat. They also like salads - from the simplest, for example, from fresh cabbage with carrots (Cole Slow) or boiled potatoes with eggs and leeks, to very labor-intensive ones. These include the famous Cobb multi-component salad, which can also be served as a main dish. Another popular American salad, Waldorf, was invented in 1893 for the opening of the hotel of the same name. Salad is usually served with cold baked ham.
Salad Waldorf
- sweet and sour apples - 300 g
- celery stalks - 150 g
- sweet grapes - 150 g
- mayonnaise - 100 g
- walnuts - 30 g
- lemon juice - 4 tbsp. spoons
- green lettuce leaves for serving
- Wash apples and chop medium-sized. Add a little freshly squeezed lemon juice so that the slices do not darken. Cut celery stalks and grapes, remove seeds if necessary. Coarsely chop the nuts.
- Mix mayonnaise with 3 tablespoons of lemon juice. Put lettuce on a plate. Put a mixture of apples, grapes, nuts and celery on the salad. Season with cooked sauce.
When cooking meat dishes, Americans often prefer beef, and turkey and chicken are especially popular from poultry. Hot and cold sandwiches are common as snacks. Rice, including wild and brown, is preferred here for garnish. Seasonings and spices are very diverse. Often when cooking using onion and garlic powder, several types of pepper, ginger, caraway seeds; for confectionery - cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, cloves.
Soul Cinnabon Buns
- flour - 2 cups
- milk - 100 ml
- butter - 100 g
- cream cheese - 75 g
- sugar - 2/3 cup
- powdered sugar - 2/3 cup
- egg - 1 piece
- ground cinnamon - 2 tbsp. spoons
- dry quick-acting yeast - 6 g
- vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
- salt - 1/2 tsp
- Dilute the yeast in warmed milk. Remove eggs from the refrigerator in advance, beat with a mixer until foam. Add a third of sugar, half vanilla, an egg and 1 1/2 tablespoons of softened butter to milk. Pour a mixture of flour and salt into the liquid ingredients. Knead non-sticky dough, cover with a towel and leave warm for an hour.
- Roll out the dough into a thin layer. Grease with melted butter (1 1/2 tablespoons). Stir 1/2 cup sugar with cinnamon, sprinkle with a mixture of dough. Roll it into a tight roll. Cut into pieces 2-3 cm thick.
- Cover the baking dish with parchment paper, put the buns close together. Bake for 45 minutes in an oven preheated to 160 Celsius. For glaze, mix cheese, powder, vanilla and remaining oil. Pour hot buns.
As for American desserts, chocolate brownies, cheesecake, donuts with colored glaze and cinnabon buns, which have gained popularity all over the world, cannot be ignored here. And of course, the famous peanut butter - it’s customary to spread it on white bread or add it to pastries.