Mandarin is one of the most popular tasty and useful citrus fruits. Various varietal groups, hybrids and varieties are cultivated, giving fruits that vary greatly in appearance, aroma and taste. The fruits of all cultivars of tangerines are eaten either in natural form or in the form of juices and compotes, and they are used in the preparation of various dishes: desserts and confectionery, fruit salads, and sauces for meat, poultry, fish, rice.
Here are some recipes for preparing dishes from tangerines.
The recipe for jam from tangerines
Ingredients:
- tangerines;
- lemon - 1 pc. for 1 kg of mandarins;
- granulated sugar.
Preparation
Remove the peel from the tangerines and disassemble them into slices. Carefully remove the bones. Lemon doused with boiling water, cut into slices (that is, half-circles), remove the bones. Lemon peel is not cut off - it will give a slight pleasant bitterness.
All the prepared grind-purirovem using a blender or a food processor. We fall asleep with sugar, the amount of sugar depends on the variety, or rather on the sweetness of the initial fruits (the optimal ratio varies from 0.5-0.7 to 1.2 kg of sugar per 1 kg of mandarins).
Cook the jam on low heat, stirring occasionally, until the desired degree of thickening (for about 30-35 minutes). Or you can bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes, then cool completely and repeat the cycle 1-2 more times.
Mandarin jam is good for spreading on toasts during breakfast or lunch, as well as for preparing complex desserts and confectionery.
Duck, goose or chicken, baked with mandarins in the abdomen - it's tasty, but ... it's trite. Such recipes are good for family festive meals, but they are not suitable for a friendly or romantic dinner. Try to cook another dish.
Duck or chicken stewed with mandarin sauce
Ingredients:
- fillet of duck or chicken (meat from the breast and thighs without skin, bones and cartilage) - about 600 g;
- onion (better red or white) - 1 pc .;
- tangerines sweet and sour - 3-5 pcs .;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- hot red pepper;
- dry ground spices (saffron, cardamom, ginger, cloves, etc.);
- soy sauce;
- brown sugar loose;
- sesame oil (or chicken, duck fat);
- fresh fresh herbs (cilantro, basil, parsley).
Preparation
We'll cut the onions into semi-rings, and the meat - small pieces (small pieces or short strips). We will heat oil or fat in a deep frying pan and lightly fry the onions together with the meat on medium-high heat. We stir the spatula all the time and shake the frying pan by the handle. When the meat has changed color, reduce the heat and stew by covering the lid for 20-30 minutes. While this is happening, we prepare the sauce: tangerines, peeled red (if fresh) and garlic in the blender (or let's go through the meat grinder). Add the juice of lemon, spices, soy sauce and a little sugar.
Fill sauce meat in a frying pan and brawn for another 10-20 minutes, it's important not to miss the moment when meat with onion will begin to darken and caramelize. Serve this dish with rice and herbs. From alcohol, you can choose light wines, strong drinks or authentic Asian.
Compote of tangerines
Ingredients:
- tangerines;
- sugar (optional);
- water.
Preparation
To preserve the maximum of vitamins, we will not brew mandarins. We'll clean the fruits and disassemble them into slices. We cut each slice by 3-4 pieces across. Add the pieces of tangerines to the thermos. You can cover the sugar and mix it. Salting sliced tangerines with sugar or without steep boiling water and close the thermos tightly. After 15-30 minutes, the compote is ready. When steaming, you can add to the thermos 1-3 teaspoons of green tea.
You can make an easy and useful fruit salad with tangerines in the style of fusion - these dishes are good for parties or romantic meals.
Fruit salad with tangerines
Ingredients:
- tangerines - 1-3 pieces;
- Banana unripe - 1 piece;
- mango - 1 fruit;
- nuts ground (any);
- yogurt unsweetened live classic medium fat.
Preparation
Mandarins are cleaned and disassembled into slices. Peeled banana cut into circles. Mango is cut arbitrarily. We connect everything in portioned salad bowls and add nuts. Drink plenty of yogurt .