30 garlic cloves, cleaned & peeled
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 salt & pepper to taste
1/2 tsp oregano (optional)
Directions
Blanch the whole cloves of garlic in boiling water for 5 minutes;
remove and plunge into cold water. Drain, and mix with the remaining
ingredients. Allow to marinate for 5 days in the refrigerator before
serving. The salad is served as it is, in small bowls alongside the
main plate. Or you may chop this up and add it to a layered green
salad.
Servings: 3 servings
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Categories: Russian; Salad; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as a concept can be traced way back into the far past, in fact as far back into history as early Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. In practice though, generally, these old records were just very basic hieroglyphic recipes for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to historians are a few stone tablets in the Sumerian language which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who drank it feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a man called Apicius created some scripts showing how to cook the recipes enjoyed by the Romans. He recounts how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and desserts, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Aspicius recounts how the ancient chefs were skilled in the use of many different spices and herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like thyme, mint and parsley. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and herbs from the East, including coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new culinary innovations caused an outbreak in books on cookery, some of which are kept safe in private collections. Over the following few centuries, the upper-class families of Europe strove to serve up the most exotic meals, and as a result the best cooks and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 1800s that cookery and recipe publications reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, devoted much of their lives to collating, testing, and publishing recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. When we get to the 1900s, cooking books are greatly in demand mostly as a result of increased literacy, more leisure time and having more money. |
We hope you enjoy this Russian Garlic Salad recipe.
