For many decades, people have been using celery to cook a wide variety of dishes. Despite the fact that absolutely all parts of this plant are suitable for consumption, it is nevertheless most often its petioles that are used. Due to its high fiber content, pleasant aroma and refreshing taste, as well as the presence of various vitamins in its composition, it has earned the respect of not only housewives, but also doctors, and especially nutritionists. Today, you can cook from petiole celery a huge number of dishes, ranging from soups to exotic snacks. Moreover, almost all of them are prepared very quickly, and the result is always excellent.
Celery and Seafood Chowder
To prepare this stew you will need:
- petiole celery - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- a mixture of seafood - 0.5 kg;
- milk - 1 l;
- water - 150 ml;
- flour - 2 tablespoons;
- vegetable oil - 1 spoon;
- lemon pepper and salt to taste.
First of all, it is necessary to crush all vegetables in small cubes, add water and put to cook for 20 minutes. At this time, cut the onion into thin quarters of rings and spasser until soft. After that, send it to the pan to the rest of the vegetables. There, add peeled seafood and pour milk, in which flour must first be diluted. After boiling add spices, boil the chowder for a couple of minutes and immediately serve. Such a stew made from petiole celery will surely please even the most fastidious gourmets. As can be seen in this case, the preparation of petiole celery does not take much time and effort, which is important for modern housewives.
Celery and Company Salad
This dish can be considered universal, because depending on the time of year, a variety of vegetables, both fresh and canned, can be included in its composition. For the summer version you will need:
- petiole celery - 2 stalks;
- fresh tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers - 5 pcs.;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- olive oil - 2 tablespoons;
- lemon juice - 1 spoon;
- greens and salt to taste.
Cut all the components into strips, and celery with thin half rings. Fill the vegetables with lemon juice and oil, add salt to taste if desired and decorate the finished salad with any greens. In winter, you can use canned cucumbers, beans or corn, and dressing with oil and lemon juice can be successfully changed to ordinary sour cream.
But do not think that you can cook everyday petals from petiole celery. In fact, there are a huge number of snacks that are ideal for the festive table. Here is one of them.
"Rolls" of petiole celery
Ingredients
- ham - 6 slices;
- petiole celery - 2 stalks;
- mozzarella cheese - 100 g;
- chopped parsley - 3 tablespoons;
- natural yogurt - 200 g;
- lemon slices - for decoration.
Very finely chopped and mixed celery, cheese and herbs. Apply the resulting paste in a sufficiently thick layer to the slices of ham and twist them into rolls. Lay the resulting rolls on a dish, pour yogurt on top and garnish with lemon slices. Serve to the table better in chilled form.
In fact, from petiole celery, you can cook a lot of a variety of dishes. The main thing is to remember that this plant has a very powerful taste, and therefore it should be added in small quantities, otherwise it will drown out the taste of the remaining ingredients. In addition, it is better to give preference only to freshly picked petioles, since it is in them that the largest amount of useful substances is contained.