The most popular salad in Moscow

"A woman can do anything from the scandal, salad and a hat"- French proverb says. Practice shows that men are able to with no less agility prodelyvat such operations. We can recall many examples and with caps, and scandals.

But since I'm the author headings gastronomy, as an argument to bring the story of a salad. He was well known to all, is present in many establishments catering capital - the most democratic to incredible expensive. And it is extremely popular. Not once see a situation where people are slowly and painfully learned the restaurant menu, and eventually ordered a salad "Caesar".

The invention of this dish is a tale about Kolobok. At least the top. I will allow myself to remind you it: "There Was an Old Couple. And the old man said to the old woman: "Come on, old woman, on the duct Scratch, susekam litter, if not naskrebesh flour bun". Took the old wing, scraped through ducts, susekam pomelo and scraped together a handful of flour two. Knead the flour in the sour cream, concocted bun, roasted in butter and put on the window chill".

A similar thing happened in the US Independence Day July 4, 1924 in the Mexican town of Tijuana. Role "old man" in this case, the crowd sang the filmmakers, who left for the festival States, where he then worked prohibition. For a party of Hollywood residents chose a restaurant Caesar's Place.

Alcoholic beverages there was plenty, and with provisions went bad luck. And the owner of the restaurant Italian Caesar Cardini nothing to do but to come up with a minimum of product that was available in the bins, dish worthy of our dear guests.

And that's what he did: rubbed garlic dish, put on her lettuce, poured olive oil and mix well. Sbryznul lemon juice, added a bit of sauce Worcester, salt, pepper and mix again. Broke the eggs previously placed in boiling water for a minute, and stir. Pour into a bowl the grated parmesan, croutons, fried in olive oil and garlic - and again mix well.

This version offers Julia Childe, his books and television broadcasts fait gastronomic revolution in the United States. However, Julia, which was later dubbed "grandmother American cooking", Was nine years old. But according to her, in Caesar's Place in the historic day brought her parents - because she witnessed the birth of the legendary salad.

Recipe dishes, from which cinematic brethren was delighted simple. However, with such limited composition of any flaw ingredients will be noticeable. Therefore "Caesar" requires fresh leaves Romano, olive oil extra virgin, Parmigiano Rijal (rather than other more budget versions parmesan). Also important is the consistency of egg salad dressing intended for water, in which they are performed per minute, should not boil.

Brother Caesar Alex Gardini, a former military pilot, he added to this simple set anchovies and called his work "Salad Aviator". The author of the original recipe did not approve of such innovation, believing that Worcester sauce to add spice to the dish is more than enough.

Now a plate with salad, named after the Caesar, you can find anything: ham, turkey, shrimp, tuna, salmon, herring, crayfish, red king crab, goat cheese, feta cheese, pine nuts, quail eggs, cucumbers, mushrooms, olives, raisins, pineapples, oranges.

Many citizens in our country this salad without chicken breast and not be honored for "Caesar". Along with this species, which has become a classic of Moscow restaurants, many institutions offer other options.

B "Lubyanskiy" cook "Caesar" with chicken (420 rubles.), salmon (480 rub.), shrimps (550 rub.), scallops (550 rub.). In Sky Longe of your choice in the salad (720 rubles.) Put the chicken or duck breast, shrimp, salmon sashimi. And in a cafe "Maner" chicken or shrimp "Caesar" (390 rubles). Refuel with a mixture of yogurt, vinegar and herbs. B "Stork" salad saturated pieces of fried chicken and prosciutto leaves.