Cheese baskets for salad. Recipes in a frying pan, in the microwave, in the oven with fillings

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There are various original ways to serve salads for the holiday table. Such dishes look most impressive in baskets. According to some studies, tartlets were prepared in ancient Rome. According to another version, shaped dough products first appeared in Europe. Modern housewives have simplified the recipe and learned how to make miniature cheese baskets that look unusual and appetizing.

Classic recipe

Cheese products in the form of baskets are used for portion serving of snacks. They are not difficult to prepare; they look original and festive on the table.

What ingredients will you need?

To prepare the baskets, you will need hard cheese that melts well and holds its shape after hardening. To make the product less caloric, you should choose low-fat cheese. You will also need some butter.

Step-by-step cooking process

Sequencing:

1. First, grease a small frying pan that can be placed in the oven.
2. Next, grate the cheese on a fine-mesh grater, trying not to crumble it.

3. Then the cheese mass is distributed over the frying pan, trying to have more cheese in the middle. It should be taken into account that the product will have the diameter of the container in which it is cooked.
4. After this, place the frying pan in a heated oven and wait for the cheese to melt. Readiness can be determined by the characteristic crackling sound.
5. Next, remove the pan, carefully remove the cheese cake and place it on the glass, so that the edges hang down on the sides. Then the sides of the product are formed before the cheese mass has time to harden. This can be done with a fork.
6. After this, cover the basket with a paper napkin and leave for 10 minutes so that excess fat is absorbed.
7. Then remove the product and put it in the refrigerator so that it completely hardens.

What can I add?

For a more refined taste, you can prepare baskets with various ingredients. Cheese goes well with sesame seeds, dill, herbs, and herbs.

Serving rules, decoration

Cheese products can be served with various salads - vegetable, meat, seafood. Baskets intended for children's tables are well filled with fruit salad. Items that have not been used can be placed in the freezer and used later.

Step-by-step preparation

The first thing to do is put the eggs and potatoes to cook.

You can also work on the baskets themselves at the beginning to give them time to stand and harden so that they are fixed in a beautiful format. But it can also be done at the end, when all the main work is done and there is no need to be distracted by anything.

The cheese can be grated on a coarse or fine grater, it doesn’t matter. But thanks to large pieces you can create “torn” edges. And with the help of small pieces of cheese, the edges are created even.

Chop the dill. Perhaps you should leave 1 sprig for decoration, but finely chop everything else.

Grate the carrots on a fine grater.

Peel and chop the nuts.

We collect the first filler.

Squeeze the garlic into the nuts through a press.

You can serve the baskets without any filler at all; you can get by with just one. I decided to create a composition: the bottom filling is delicate in consistency, but very bright in taste; the top one has a colorful color, but the taste is muted.

Add a little mayonnaise. In fact, in the end, we should get a filling that resembles the consistency of mashed potatoes.

Crush the boiled potatoes directly into the nut filling. If necessary, add more mayonnaise.

Cut the boiled eggs in half and separate the yolks from the whites.

Use a fork to crush the yolks into a puree. This will give the filling a pleasant, velvety taste.

Preparing the second filling. This will be a salad. I don’t know what it’s called (I thought of it right now, but haven’t come up with a name yet; let it be “To the cheese”). Or rather, I prepare the salad based on those products that most suit the taste of the cheese.

Cut the meat into small pieces.

Mix meat, herbs, corn and carrots.

We do not add salt to any of the fillings. Salt is only needed for boiling potatoes and eggs. Essentially, all the ingredients are already salted. But it’s worth checking the taste in ready-made fillers and adjusting it.

Set aside a little bit of each ingredient from the second filling. We will add this to the cheese to diversify the taste and appearance of the filling.

Chop the protein and add to the salad.

Mix and add a little mayonnaise to the salad.

Preparing the “moulds”. These should be the bottoms of cups or glasses. I chose different bottom widths to create different sized baskets. But for a buffet it is better to make small ones and all the same.

Place the cheese on the surface of a frying pan (or mold) with a non-stick surface.

Do not lubricate the surface!

I lay out 3 blanks. But it's best to start with one.

Thickness – you choose, but not thicker than 2mm. Otherwise, the bottom layer will burn, but the top layer will not melt yet.

Width – calculate that the diameter of the circles is 2 or more times larger than the bottom of the “mold”.

Readiness – if the layer is thin, the baskets will be golden in color. But it is very difficult to ensure that the cheese does not burn.

Therefore, I suggest this method:

• lay out the cheese;
• when the bottom layer begins to thaw, use a spatula to go around the edges, lifting it slightly;
• set the pan aside and let the cheese cool slightly. Then it’s easy to remove the cheese wheel from the pan;
• remove the cheese and place it on the glass so that the edges hang down. They themselves will acquire a wavy edge;
• let it harden COMPLETELY. Only then will the basket not change shape.

If the basket breaks a little, no big deal. It’s even beautiful if there are some patterns.

Place the first filling on the bottom. We press it a little into the shape of the basket.

Place the second filling on top.

I showed this basket with a crispy golden crust.

And this is a larger basket without a crust. It has a more delicate taste.

If you decorate a circle of cheese on top when it is fried in a frying pan, you get these beautiful baskets.

But you can decorate the cheese basket by mixing all the ingredients. And fry it like that.

Look how beautiful it is! Very bright! Just in time for the holiday! But there should be more cheese in such baskets to make the structure stable.

From 200g I got 12 baskets. All different, beautiful and delicious!

You can prepare a decoration: greens or a figurine of vegetables. But it also looks amazing with a bright salad!

Baskets on a frying pan

This method of preparing baskets is the most convenient and does not require much time.

Preparation next.

Ingredients

Have to take:

• hard cheese – 200 g;
• starch - 1 tbsp. l.;
• garlic to taste.

How to cook

Step-by-step instruction:

1. First, finely grate the cheese.
2. Next, mix it with starch and garlic passed through a press.
3. Then heat the frying pan, put 2 tbsp on it. l. mixture, distributing it evenly.

4. After the pancake has set on one side, remove it from the pan and place it on a glass turned upside down.
5. After cooling, remove the product and serve with filling to the table.

You can't go anywhere without wine

Now that you have selected a cheese set, add one or two bottles of wine to it - but no more, otherwise you will end up with a wine basket.

The choice of wine depends on what exactly you put in your basket. The main thing is to choose a combination in which the cheese will not “clog” the taste of the wine, but will only emphasize it.

• Hard, salty varieties go best with dry red wines. Those that can be grilled are suitable - for example, Adyghe or Suluguni.
• Whether to add red wine or not is a matter of taste, but a bottle of white wine is a must. White wines go well with almost all cheeses, except blue mold cheeses - they have too rich a taste.
• If you put a blue variety in your basket, then complement it with sweet wine or even port. Oddly enough, they will complement each other perfectly.

Baskets in the microwave

Cheese baskets for salad can be prepared in the microwave. It is necessary to prepare a flat dish suitable for the microwave oven and pre-grease it with oil.

Compound

For 3 baskets you will need:

• 150 g hard cheese;
• a little vegetable oil.

How to cook

Cooking features:

1. First, finely grated cheese is distributed onto a greased plate.
2. Next, place the dish in the microwave for 1 minute. Cook at maximum power.
3. After this, the plate is removed, placed on a wet towel, and the cake is carefully removed using a spatula. Then they transfer it to a cup and give it the required shape.

Cheese baskets for salad, microwave recipe.
The basket is ready.

How to cook

Cheese baskets are prepared very easily and quickly; they can be made either in a frying pan or in the oven on parchment or in the microwave. 1

ON THE FRYING PAN: Once one side has set, use a spatula to carefully remove the cheese crepe and immediately place it on an inverted shot glass, cup, glass, or whatever vessel you want to shape. To prevent the shape from straightening out at the initial moment, you can grab the basket on the glass with a thin rubber band

Remove the finished basket from the glass (glass) and fill it with any snack, salad, fruit.2. IN THE MICROWAVE: wait until the cheese melts, usually 20-30 seconds is enough for this, the cheese has completely melted, quickly transfer it to a glass, shot glass, straighten the cheese as necessary, lightly press the edges.3. IN THE OVEN on parchment: cut the parchment into squares, preheat the oven to 200 degrees, place the baking sheet on the middle level of the oven for 1-2 minutes so that the cheese begins to melt. We take out a baking sheet, carefully take each square and place it in a muffin tin until it hardens or in the same way according to the scheme (glass/glass).4. If you want a crispy, tender crust, don't add too much cheese. Pre-roast the sesame seeds. It might come in handy for someone, New Year is coming soon. Bon appetit!

Cheese baskets with spices

Cheese baskets for salad will acquire a more original taste if you cook them with spices. If the filling is fish salad, then it is better to use coriander; for meat salads, basil is better.

Ingredients

For 6 small baskets you need to prepare:

• grated hard cheese - 2 tbsp. l.;
• sour cream – 2 tbsp. l.;
• butter – 2 tbsp. l.;
• flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
• starch - 2 tbsp. l.;
• a pinch of red pepper, basil or coriander in small quantities.

What do we have to do

Preparation:

1. First, grind the ingredients and knead the dough. It should be soft, but not sticky.
2. Next, place it in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer for a quarter of an hour.
3. After this, the dough is removed, rolled out thinly and small circles are cut out, placed in muffin tins and placed in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.

The history of our salad

The recipe for salad in cheese baskets appeared on the Internet quite a long time ago.
It is definitely familiar to many housewives and owners. But it is not possible to find exact references to the author of the dish due to the large number of recipe options. Therefore, it is customary to consider such improvisation a style of folk art. After all, not only famous chefs can be found experimenting with products; every creative person is capable of producing delicious results. And it is through experimentation that the modern recipe is improved. Folk art helps to work in an author's style, based on individual taste and food preferences, intuition in the appropriate combination of products. Salads for cheese baskets with photos can be found in the thematic section of the site and can be adapted to your own creation in a couple of minutes.

Baskets with curd cheese in the oven

The cheese base can be prepared in another way. This method is suitable if you need several small products.

Required Products

Have to take:

• 200 g hard cheese;
• curd cheese – 100 g;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• a little chopped dill.

Step-by-step instruction

Preparation:

1. First prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment.

2. Next, the cheese, grated on a fine grater, is laid out in circles of small diameter.
3. When the mass melts, put it into glasses.
4. While the baskets are cooling, prepare the filling by mixing curd cheese with chopped garlic and dill. Then the cooled products are stuffed with the mass.

A tempting alternative

If you don’t want to waste time on the dough, the base for the filling can be made from one cheese. To do this, you need to rub it and pour it onto a sheet of parchment in circles of the required diameter and in a layer of 2-3 mm. The sheet with the preparations is placed in the oven until the cheese melts; After removing from the oven, the circles are very carefully lifted with a spatula and thrown onto inverted stacks to give them shape. When the cheese has hardened, the selected filling for the cheese baskets is placed into the resulting “shot glasses”. And there is plenty to choose from!

Hearty cheese baskets

If you have free time, you can prepare denser and more satisfying baskets. This recipe contains other ingredients besides cheese.

Compound

What you need to prepare for the baskets:

• hard cheese – 150 g;
• margarine – 100 g;
• 1 egg;
• flour – 1.5 tbsp;
• salt, a little vegetable oil.

For the salad you will need:

• smoked sausage – 200 g;
• hard cheese – 100 g;
• pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
• marinated champignons – 150 g;
• chopped walnuts – 50 g;
• mayonnaise for dressing.

Preparation

Sequencing:

1. First, prepare the dough by mixing all the ingredients.
2. Then place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, after which it is thinly rolled out and small diameter circles are cut out with a glass or cup.
3. After this, the dough is placed in silicone molds and sent to the oven.
4. Next, cut and mix the ingredients for the salad, season it with mayonnaise and fill the cooled baskets with the resulting mass.

Curd filling

This filling for cheese tartlets can only be used if the tartlets are made from dough, since after filling the tartlets with it, the tartlets are placed in the oven. A pack of cottage cheese is ground with two yolks and mixed with an incomplete spoon of semolina. 50 grams of cheese from hard varieties is finely grated and added to the mass. The filling is placed in the tartlets halfway up (during baking it grows in volume), and the appetizer is placed in the oven.

You can save time if you do not bake the baskets first, but fill the molds lined with dough.

Baskets with salmon

Combining with each other, the components give the dish a light, fresh and delicate taste.

These baskets can be served with dry wine or champagne.

Compound

Required:

• hard cheese – 200 g;
• lightly salted salmon – 100 g;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• cucumber – 1 pc.;
• a little mayonnaise and herbs.

Recipe

How to prepare:

1. First of all, grate the cheese coarsely and chop the herbs.
2. Next, distribute the cheese over the frying pan and sprinkle it with herbs. Turn on low heat and wait until the cheese melts.
3. After this, remove the frying pan and place it on a wet towel. Use your hand to separate the base for the basket and place it in the muffin tin. Repeat the steps until the cheese mass is gone.
4. Then the forms are sent to the refrigerator for half an hour.
5. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. To do this, finely chop the onion, pour boiling water over it, and leave for 5 minutes. After this, the liquid is drained.
6. Then the fish is cut into thin strips, and the cucumber is cut in the same way. The eggs are boiled and cut into cubes.
7. After this, remove the baskets from the refrigerator and leave at room temperature for half an hour.
8. Next, salmon and onions are placed on the bottom of the products, and mayonnaise is poured over the ingredients. Then add cucumbers, an egg and again decorate with a small amount of mayonnaise.
9. After all the baskets are filled, sprinkle them with herbs.

Quick filling options

To quickly prepare snacks for guests, every housewife should be armed with recipes for quick snacks:

• With red caviar - put a teaspoon of curd cheese, a spoonful of caviar and a sprig of dill into the basket.
• With smoked fish - separate pink salmon or mackerel into fibers, mix it with finely chopped fresh cucumber and mustard-yogurt dressing.
• With ham - place a lettuce leaf, a cube of feta cheese and thin slices of ham, collected in the form of a roll, on the bottom of the basket. Mix a spoonful of olive oil with a few drops of balsamic vinegar and drizzle this dressing over each tartlet.
• With chicken – chop boiled chicken fillet, mix it with iceberg lettuce, fresh cucumber and bell pepper. You can season the finished salad with a couple of spoons of homemade mayonnaise.
• With lightly salted salmon - cover the bottom of the baskets with a layer of cottage cheese mixed with fresh herbs. Top with a piece of fish and a thin slice of lemon.
• With cod liver - finely chop two boiled eggs, two pickles, one onion (which will then need to be scalded with boiling water). Mash the cod liver with a fork, mix with prepared products and mayonnaise.

Cheese baskets with tongue salad

Cheese baskets for salad will be delicate if you spread the cheese in a thin layer.

If you need denser products, the ball of cheese should be thicker.

Compound

You should take:

• 400 g cheese;
• 2 cucumbers;
• 3 eggs;
• 1 pork tongue;
• 1 onion;
• 100 ml mayonnaise;
• salt, a little herbs.

Cooking instructions

How to prepare:

1. First, make baskets by placing finely grated cheese in a frying pan and melting it over low heat. The finished cheese cakes are lifted with a spatula and placed on a container of suitable diameter.
2. Next, the baskets, without removing from the mold, are sent to the refrigerator for a quarter of an hour.
3. Meanwhile, cut cucumbers and boiled eggs into cubes. Next, boil the tongue and cut it into thin strips, finely chop the onion.
4. Then all the ingredients are mixed, a little mayonnaise and salt are added. The resulting mass is filled into the baskets removed from the molds.

Creative salad design

For an original salad design, you don’t have to come up with something fancy. You can get by with a regular pancake or a piece of cheese, which makes a tasty and tender cheese basket.

Pancake salad bowl

You can make a pancake basket. For execution, you can use two options.

Option I

We bake a regular pancake from flour. For the dough, mix flour in half with starch. So it comes out elastic. Place the pancake on a plate and place some salad on top in the middle. After this, you will need the help of another pair of hands: lift the edges of the pancake and tie it with a ribbon to the desired diameter. Only then fill with salad to the top. The ribbon can be decorative, or you can replace it with green onion leaves.

Option II

Such baskets are also made from pancakes, but they are baked from a more delicate dough (minimum starch should be added).

Next we will need regular glasses. We hang pancakes on their bottom and keep them in the microwave for 20 seconds - you will get a crispy basket for the holiday table, which can be used for salads and appetizers.

Cheese creative salad bowls

You can make openwork (thinner) or regular (more dense) cheese baskets from hard cheeses.

We use dense baskets for decorating salads that are already seasoned with mayonnaise (in openwork ones, the dressing may leak), and we use openwork baskets for fruit salads, which are served for each guest and dressed with sweet cream already on the plate. They can also be used to serve Turkish delight if you are preparing oriental sweets at home.

Step-by-step preparation of cheese baskets

1. Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
2. Pour cheese into a dry frying pan (preferably with a non-stick coating).
3. Heat the frying pan with the cheese slowly over low heat. Remove it from the heat as soon as the cheese begins to melt.
4. This moment is the most crucial: you need to cool the bottom of the pan. To do this, wipe the bottom with a sponge soaked in cold water or place it on a cold surface.
5. The cheese cake will cool slightly. Then carefully place a wide spatula under it and remove the cake from the pan. We hang an elastic cheese basket on the prepared (previously greased with vegetable oil) inverted glass and trim the edges at our discretion.
6. Place the finished baskets in the refrigerator for 20 minutes without removing them from the glasses.

• For a thin openwork layer of the basket, use little cheese. And vice versa, the more cheese, the denser the cheese basket will be.
• Fill cheese baskets with salad just before serving.
• You can make the preparation quite simple: place a hot cheese cake in a shallow muffin tin greased with vegetable oil or in a shallow bowl and gently press the cake down with the bottom of the glass. Place the molds with the cakes in the refrigerator for 20 minutes and cool well. Carefully remove the finished cheese baskets from the molds.

Cheese baskets with cod liver

Baskets with this filling can be served at the holiday table. The products have an original taste, hold their shape well, but at the same time melt in your mouth.

To reduce cooking time, the baskets can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.

Ingredients

Required Products:

• 125 g flour;
• 100 g margarine;
• 100 g hard cheese;
• 1 yolk + 2 eggs;
• 120 g cod liver;
• 1 pickled cucumber;
• half an onion;
• 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
• ½ tsp. salt;
• several sprigs of dill;
• pepper to taste.

Preparation

Step-by-step instruction:

1. First of all, the baskets are prepared. To do this, add grated margarine and salt to the sifted flour and grind the mixture into crumbs.
2. Then add finely grated cheese and yolk, knead the dough and put it in the refrigerator, covering it with cling film.
3. In 20 minutes. The dough is taken out and rolled out thinly, circles are cut out and placed in muffin tins. The baskets are baked in the oven for a quarter of an hour, then left to cool.
4. Meanwhile, the cod liver is cut into small pieces, the eggs are boiled and cut into cubes, and the cucumbers are cut into thin strips.

5. All ingredients are mixed, finely chopped onion is added. Pepper the filling, add mayonnaise and mix well.
6. Then the baskets are filled with the resulting composition and decorated with dill sprigs.

Cheese tartlets - 36 delicious homemade recipes

To prepare cheese tartlets as deliciously as possible, it is better to choose several recipes with step-by-step photos that would make the whole process clear. The fact is that this dish can be made in very different ways. For example, use standard tartlets made from baked unleavened or puff pastry. Or make original cheese baskets yourself.

The five most commonly used ingredients in cheese tart recipes are:

For the latter, grated cheese is randomly placed on a hot frying pan. There it melts, creating a bizarre pattern. At this moment, you need to quickly pick up a kind of pancake with a spatula, cool it slightly, and then place it on a glass turned upside down so that the edges of the cheese pancake hang down on the sides. Everything will harden and take the desired shape - baskets that can be filled with a variety of fillings and served as beautiful cheese tartlets.

It is important to remember that not all types of cheese melt well or hold their shape well. It happens that cheese with the same name behaves differently, which depends on the integrity of the manufacturing company

And in order not to get into trouble during the holidays, it is better to check the purchased cheese in advance.

For classic cheese tartlets, grated cheese (usually boiled) is usually used, which is then baked in the oven. A beautiful golden cap forms on the surface. The filling can include mushrooms, meat and boiled vegetables. Also creamy, so-called. smear cheese. It is added to this appetizer along with raw, fresh vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers), seafood, salted fish, chopped herbs, and grapes.

Five of the fastest cheese tartlet recipes:

Pickled cheeses like feta cheese, suluguni, mozzarella, feta, and chechil are also suitable for cheese tartlet recipes. They go well with all the products that are included in Greek and Mediterranean salads in general. And it’s better not to bake some of them in the oven.

Warm salad in a cheese basket

The salad prepared according to this recipe turns out to be satisfying. And the cheese basket complements its pleasant taste.

What you will need

Compound:

• 120 g cheese;
• 300 g red fish;
• 100 g of any mushrooms;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 red onion;
• white of one egg;
• 1 tsp. olive oil;
• 1 tsp. soy sauce;
• a little salt and pepper.

Step by step recipe

Preparation:

1. First, grate the cheese on a fine grater and place it in small piles on a frying pan. After bubbles appear on the surface, carefully remove the base for the baskets and turn them over onto a glass, giving the desired shape.
2. Next, boil the fish and cut it into small pieces.

3. Then finely chop the onion, chop the mushrooms, grate the carrots and fry the ingredients until tender.
4. The components are combined, diced egg whites are added, mixed and seasoned with soy sauce and olive oil, salt and pepper. The resulting mixture is filled into baskets and decorated with greenery.

Gifts of the Oceans

They make simply magnificent cheese baskets with filling. The combination options are very different. The most popular ones include the following.

• Boiled squid, about half a kilo, a couple of hard-boiled eggs, three small cucumbers, mayonnaise for dressing. Cucumbers are often replaced with Chinese cabbage or lettuce.
• Crab sticks (300 g), boiled eggs (2 pieces), (40-50 grams), mayonnaise mixed with soy sauce. It is recommended to decorate with red caviar, but you can also use rings of black olives

You can also experiment with sea cocktails, use shrimp - there are no limits to your imagination.

Mini cheese baskets with salad

This salad is convenient to serve in small baskets. To prepare products, it is better to use thin glasses for alcoholic drinks.

Ingredients

You need to prepare:

• 120 g hard cheese;
• 1 tomato;
• 150 g chicken fillet;
• 1 pickled cucumber;
• 100 g zucchini;
• lettuce leaves;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• a little soy sauce and mayonnaise;
• green onions.

Step by step recipe

How to cook:

1. First, prepare baskets of coarsely grated and melted cheese in a frying pan and leave them to cool.
2. Meanwhile, combine soy sauce and garlic passed through a press, and marinate the meat in the resulting mixture for 15 minutes.
3. Then the fillet is fried until cooked and cut into strips.
4. Next, grate the cucumber on a Korean grater. In the same way, chop the zucchini and chop the tomato into strips.

5. After this, combine the ingredients and fill them into cheese molds. Top the salad with mayonnaise and garnish with chopped onions.

Salad with shrimp and avocado in a cheese basket

Cheese baskets go perfectly with a delicate and light salad with shrimp. This appetizer is good for a buffet table.

Required Products

Products you will need to prepare the dish:

Preparation

To prepare the snack:

1. First, grate the cheese and distribute it over the surface of a flat dish of small diameter. Then place the plate in the microwave and allow the product to melt. The base for the basket is laid out on a glass, forming the edges.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the salad. To do this, peel the avocado and cut it into cubes, transfer it to a suitable container and sprinkle with lemon juice to avoid stains.
3. Then finely chop the dill, cut the olives in half, and pass the garlic through a press.

4. Next, prepare a salad dressing from olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, add a little salt, mix well. The resulting mixture is poured over the salad ingredients, everything is mixed and left for 5 minutes to allow the dish to steep.
5. After this, decorate the plate with lettuce leaves, place a basket filled with salad on them, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Exotic fillings

Option one: cut the canned pineapple into small cubes, grate the cheese coarsely, chop the garlic (it’s better to chop it, not squeeze it). The ingredients are mixed and flavored with mayonnaise and chopped herbs. The proportions of products are in accordance with your idea of ​​beauty. The taste is very original, unusual, but pleasant.

Option two: the basket is lined with a lettuce leaf, a piece of fresh pear without skin and a slice of feta are placed on it. The structure is sprayed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a 2:1 ratio. The last thing to put in is a roll made from a thin slice of ham. A sprig of any spicy herb will serve as decoration.

Thick baskets with mushroom salad

Cheese baskets for salad according to this recipe are prepared from tender and crumbly dough; they will not get soggy or fall apart. You can bake them the day before the celebration and keep them in a cake box.

Compound

For the baskets you need:

• flour – 1 tbsp.;
• grated cheese – 100 g;
• margarine – 100 g;
• yolk of one egg;
• salt – 0.5 tsp.

For the salad:

• champignons – 200 g;
• boiled eggs – 2 pcs.;
• apple – 1 pc.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• a bunch of greenery;
• sour cream – 25 ml;
• mayonnaise – 25 ml;
• a little vegetable oil.

What do we have to do

Step-by-step instruction:

1. First of all, prepare the dough for the baskets. To do this, grind the flour and margarine into fine crumbs, add the remaining ingredients and knead the dough. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator.
2. After half an hour, take out the dough, roll it out thinly, cut out circles, place them in muffin tins and bake for a quarter of an hour.
3. Meanwhile, cut the mushrooms into thin slices and fry them until tender.

4. The onion half rings are also fried, both components are combined and allowed to cool.
5. Next, cut the apple and eggs into cubes, finely chop the greens. All ingredients for the salad are mixed in a deep container, seasoned with a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream, and salted. The salad is placed in the refrigerator to infuse for 1 hour.
6. After this, the baskets are filled with salad, decorated with herbs and served.

Preparation

The easiest way to prepare baskets is in the oven, so we will use that. Turn the oven heat up to 190 degrees. Grate a piece of cheese on a fine grater. Leave a handful of cheese for the filling, the rest will go for the baskets.

Distribute the grated cheese into circles on the parchment. Determine the size of the future basket yourself, based on the dishes on which you will then place the flatbreads. This time I will have shot glasses to form the baskets.

Transfer the parchment to a baking sheet and then into the oven. Don't go far and watch how the cheese melts. It is necessary to remove the cheese cakes at the moment when the edges become golden. Place the parchment with the scones on your work surface and wait a couple of minutes. By the way, if desired, you can sprinkle grated nuts on the cheese for additional flavor (just a little bit).

Using a knife, lift the edge of the cheese cake and remove it immediately onto an inverted glass. Lightly press the basket onto the glass to give the desired shape. Leave the baskets to dry in a cool room.

To prepare the filling, grate a finely boiled egg, mix with the reserved cheese and pour into a bowl.

vegetable oil

First of all, you need to make a salad basket. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. Use a flavorful cheese, such as Parmesan, or a similar variety. Grate it using a fine mesh grater.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment or foil and spread the grated cheese into a circle with a diameter of 10–15 cm in a thin layer. Make a test base for the basket to check how the cheese fries. The cheese should melt quickly and not spread, the workpiece should not be too thin and transparent, and also do not make the workpiece too thick.

Place the baskets in the oven. Wait until the edges begin to brown a little. The cheese should melt, but not burn, after which the pieces can be removed from the oven.

Leave the cakes to cool for a couple of minutes, wait until the cheese stops burning your hands and you can carefully remove the cheese cake from the parchment.

Start forming baskets using narrow glasses or tall shot glasses. Turn the container upside down and cover with a flat cake, pinch its edges, giving it a wavy shape. Place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to cool; after cooling, their shape should be fixed and the baskets should become firm.

Salad in cheese baskets with crab sticks will require the preparation of the remaining ingredients.

Cut the boiled chicken eggs into small cubes or grind them on a grater. Quail eggs cut into quarters will look beautiful in this recipe.

Boiled and frozen octopuses are easy to defrost. If cooked for a long time, they will become very hard and rubbery. But to add flavor, it is better to blanch them in boiling water with the addition of a sprig of dill and lemon zest.

Cut crab sticks and octopus into thin strips.

Place the chopped seafood and boiled chopped eggs into a deep bowl. For a richer flavor, grate some cheese into the salad.

Season the mixture with mayonnaise. Store bought will do, but if you have time, make mayonnaise sauce at home.

Remove the cooled baskets from the molds.

Carefully place a couple of spoonfuls of lettuce into each cheese basket. Decorate the dish with herbs and serve.

• To prepare this salad, choose high-quality cheese; it should not break, bubble or spread during the melting process.
• Perfect fillings include shrimp with cucumber, boiled beef tongue with cherry tomatoes, salmon with soft cheese.
• Do not overheat the oven; the base for the baskets should become soft, but not burnt.
• Use aromatic seasonal herbs or chopped vegetables for decoration. Parsley leaves and green onions cut diagonally will look great.

Tartlets are rightfully considered the best snacks. And if cheese is used as a base, the dish’s rating increases even more. When the fillings for cheese baskets are varied, the hostess of the evening can be sure that not a single guest will be left disappointed. So if you don't have this appetizer in your recipe book, it's time to fill this unfortunate gap in your culinary education.

Salad with squid in a cheese basket

This salad in baskets turns out to be quite light, despite the fact that mayonnaise is used for dressing. Squid meat is tender and easy to digest. The main thing is not to overcook it.

Ingredients

Have to take:

• 0.5 kg squid;
• cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• cheese – 300 g;
• a little mayonnaise.

Cooking process

Sequencing:

1. First of all, prepare the baskets by melting the cheese in the microwave or oven and placing it on a suitable shaped container. Allow the products to cool in the refrigerator.

2. Meanwhile, boil water, adding a little salt to it. Then pour the liquid over the squid carcass and leave for 10 minutes. After this, cut the meat into half rings.
3. Next, the cucumbers are cut into thin strips, the eggs are boiled and cut into cubes. The ingredients for the salad are mixed, seasoned with mayonnaise, and placed in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
4. Then the baskets are filled with salad, decorated in any way and served.

About the benefits of salad

A holiday appetizer, if we talk about its main task, should be satisfying and tasty. This is the main strategic goal of the treat. Therefore, you shouldn’t be overly deluded by the abundance of healthy dishes on the holiday table. For prevention or maintenance of health, a diet or fasting days are used, but not a special occasion. At the same time, you can find an incredible variety of useful things in this recipe. Boiled chicken - meat is a dietary grade, a source of protein. Pineapple is a low-calorie food. Onions are responsible for immunity and improved digestion. Surprise your loved ones and friends with delicious dishes, don’t be afraid to experiment, because as the Latin saying says: “Through thorns to the stars,” overcoming difficulties can reach haute cuisine.

Salad with omelette and chicken in baskets

Basket salad according to this recipe is prepared in an unusual way. Instead of boiled eggs, use an omelet. Thanks to this, the taste of the dish is more delicate.

Compound

What you will need:

• 200 g cheese;
• 200 g smoked chicken fillet;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 egg;
• a little mayonnaise and herbs.

Preparation

What do we have to do:

1. First, the cheese for the baskets is melted in any convenient way, the products are formed and sent to the refrigerator to cool.
2. Meanwhile, cut the pepper into cubes and finely chop the chicken.

3. Next, prepare the omelet by beating the egg with a little salt. The egg mass is poured into the pan and allowed to set. The omelette should not be fried.
4. After this, combine the ingredients for the salad with the cooled omelet, cut into cubes, and add finely chopped greens.
5. Next, fill the basket with the composition, add a little mayonnaise and serve.

Nourishing and tasty

Such baskets will certainly appeal especially to men. For the filling, two potatoes and chicken fillet are boiled. A pickled cucumber is sliced ​​to accompany them; The salad is dressed with mayonnaise, your favorite spices and chopped herbs.

There is another meat filling option. It can use either chicken thighs or beef. In addition to the meat, there are fried carrots and bell peppers. When they are almost ready, add a crushed clove of garlic to the vegetables. The salad is dressed traditionally with mayonnaise.

Useful tips and tricks

Only hard cheeses that melt well are suitable for making shaped products. It is best to use Parmesan, which has a scaly-grainy structure, a deep and bright taste and a subtle aroma. You can take other durum varieties, the main thing is that the product is of good quality. If you are cooking several baskets at the same time on a baking sheet, you should not make too small circles. The diameter of the product should be such that the walls of the bowl or glass are closed by approximately 2 cm. For miniature baskets, it is better to use vodka shot glasses.

Their cheese products can be stuffed with any salad. But it is advisable that the filler is not wet and too juicy, as the basket may get wet and lose its shape. It is best to fill the products with salad before serving. To save time, you can prepare the baskets in advance and store them in a plastic box with a closed lid. Then all that remains is to take out the cheese mold and fill it with the prepared filling.

Cheese baskets are an original decoration for a festive table or buffet table. Even a salad that has become boring will turn into a restaurant dish when served this way. Making a cheese bowl is not difficult and takes little time. You can experiment with toppings, shapes and sizes to create a treat that will impress your guests.

So different

To make the flavor palette of a gift basket more diverse, it is recommended to buy different types of cheese in small pieces or portions. The optimal amount would be 100-200 grams. So where to start?

1. First of all, you should take a closer look at pickled cheeses. Their main feature is the absence of a crust, which almost all other types have. These include feta, suluguni and feta cheese. Their salty taste makes them very versatile in terms of consumption, so you need to add more of this cheese.
2. Next, choose hard cheese. The ideal option would be Parmesan - almost everyone likes its spiciness. However, no one bothers you to replace it with Russian, Dutch or Swiss cheese, especially if you know exactly the preferences of the gift recipient.
3. There must be blue cheeses in your basket. They are divided into white and blue. It is very easy to distinguish them - white varieties are covered with a white crust and have a uniform structure inside. But the blue varieties are completely riddled with blue or green mold veins. They may not make the most pleasant impression, but it disappears instantly once you appreciate their taste and aroma. The most famous are Gorgonzola, Danablu, Roquefort, Stilton and Dorblu.
4. Lastly, buy whey curd. They have a sweetish-salty taste and are often used not only as an independent dish, but also as a component for various dishes - the sweetish notes allow them to be added even to desserts. The ideal option would be ricotta - it is the most famous and easiest to buy.