Meat in pots

How appetizing ceramic pots look on the table! Portion dishes in pots - a highlight of the festive feast!

It is very unfortunate that in our time they began to forget about pottery. The uniform heat of the Russian stove and the natural properties of the clay, having combined, determined a unique kind of culinary processing - languor. With it, the effect on food is most sparing, preserving more useful substances in them than any other method.

In addition, cook in pots is very simple, but it turns out a delicacy, whether it's meat in pots or just porridge. If you take a small pot, you can prepare an individual dish for lovers of the acute, and for a child who does not recognize the onions. And the least trouble, and a good mood is provided.

Especially good are such dishes for dietary cuisine, because the products can not add oil. One need only remember one rule, namely, the time of preparation of different products is not the same. Therefore, they must be pledged in turn. This is not very convenient, because most often the pot is covered with a lid of dough. There is another way. Some products, for example meat, are fried before being placed in the oven. A lot of liquid should not be added, because the food is languishing in its juice. The most natural and, perhaps, delicious recipe for such dishes is meat in pots. The options of roast mass, but invariably rich aroma and taste, attractive appearance make them unusually appetizing. You can cook meat with prunes in a pot, with vegetables and various cereals.

Where and when first began to use clay pots now to install, perhaps, difficult. However, it is known that even in ancient Rome baked meat and bread. Today, the choice of such dishes is large enough, but it is better to choose unglazed pots. However, in this case it is necessary to keep separate pots for fish, chicken or porridge, as they absorb odors and firmly hold them. For the same reason, wash clay products are recommended hot water with soda, without using detergents. Put the pot in a cold oven, gradually heating it to avoid cracks in it.

Recipes of dishes cooked in serving pots or solid pots for a whole piece of meat can be given a lot. Next, we answer the question: how to cook pots with meat?

Recipe 1-st, simple

Meat in pots in Belarusian or tushanka

Meat - a half kilogram or gram 700;

Fresh peeled mushrooms - half a kilogram;

3 onions;

Celery, parsley - one root;

Bay leaves - 3 pieces, black pepper - 10 peas;

1 head of garlic;

1 cup of boiling water.

Cut the meat, chop the mushrooms.

Mix the meat with mushrooms, add spices, salt, pour boiling water.

Cook in an oven in a closed clay pot an hour and a half.

Recipe 2, more difficult

Meat in pots. Hungarian goulash

A sketch from a village tavern in Hortobágy.

The old gypsy soloist plays the czardas, all the guests sing along with him. This love of the old song is the soul of the Hungarians. And on the tables the food smells in pot-bellied pots, white fragrant bread, a decanter with dry wine. A guest foreigner asks a goulash. Oh, goulash! Nowhere else will they be able to cook it like this.

Take about a kilogram of beef, a kilogram of potatoes.

Fat will need 100 g;

1 onion, sweet pepper and tomatoes - 250 g;

For 0.5 h of marjoram, salt and black pepper.

Chop onion finely and fry.

Cut the meat. Pieces of meat mixed with onion, red pepper and spices.

Put the stew, adding a little water and stirring.

You can, if desired, pour dry wine.

Approximately half an hour (look at the softness of meat), add potatoes, peppers. After 10 minutes, put chopped tomatoes.

Then pour water and bring to the ready meat and vegetables.

Enjoy the wonderful gentle taste of meat in the pots! Bon Appetit!