Traditional Russian cold appetizer jelly. Calorie content of the dish and recipes for its preparation

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

In recent years, the culinary preferences of most residents of the post-Soviet space have changed significantly. There were several reasons for this, and one of them was an attempt to switch to proper dietary nutrition. Therefore, the traditional jelly for the winter holidays appears on the tables less and less. The calorie content of this snack is quite high, and the cooking process is long and laborious. But it turns out that there are some tricks, knowing which, a dish can be made dietary without spoiling its taste properties.

Traditional aspic

The calorie content of the dish in this form will, perhaps, be maximum (from 180 kcal per 100 g or more), since its main component is pork. She, as you know, has nothing to do with dietary food. So the recipe is suitable only for those who are not very worried about the state of their own figure, or who do not hurt extra pounds at the waist and other parts of the body.

Ingredients you will need 2 pork legs (the lowest part) and about 1.5 kg of meat on the bone (you can use the knuckle). You will also need spices: bay leaf, peppercorns, garlic and s alt to taste. To make the finished dish look more festive, you can decorate it with carrots and herbs. And for the transparency and flavor of the broth, you can use roots (parsley, parsnip, celery) and an onion.

Meat must be poured with water in advance and left for several hours, changing it periodically. Then it is put to boil in a large saucepan. After boiling, the first water is drained and a new one is drawn (its amount should be such that a layer of about 2 cm is obtained above the meat). Jellied meat is boiled for 6 hours on minimum heat. Under no circumstances should the broth be allowed to boil. About an hour before readiness, s alt, vegetables and roots, spices are added to it. Then you need to cool and disassemble the jelly. The calorie content of the dish will largely depend on what will be put into it and what will be thrown away. The knuckle consists not only of meat, but contains quite a lot of fat, skin and bones. Naturally, no one uses the latter, but quite a lot of fat can be put. If you throw it all away, the dish will be more dietary.

Design

The meat is ripped into fibers by hand and placed into molds. They can be plastic, porcelain or silicone. Carrots cut into rings and washed greens are also sent there. Top pour strained broth, which is added passed through the pressgarlic. If desired, you can sprinkle a little ground pepper. Then the forms are sent to harden in the cold. This will take several hours (ideally - leave overnight). The calorie content of pork jelly will be significantly lower if all the fat is carefully collected from its surface. But such a dish will wind up very quickly, so it is better to do it immediately before use.

Jelly chicken

The calorie content of this dish will be much lower than in the previous version (no more than 120 kcal per 100 gr). However, there are very few gelling substances in chicken joints. Therefore, in order for the aspic to freeze, it is necessary to use gelatin or a large number of paws (at least a kilogram), which are discarded after cooking. In addition to them, you will need a whole bird carcass, as well as spices and roots, similar to the previous recipe. This broth is boiled for about 4 hours, and as a rule, there is no need to collect fat from above. Otherwise, they cook it in the same way as pork jelly. Calorie content will be generally minimal if chicken breasts are used instead of a whole bird. True, in this case, gelatin is definitely indispensable.

Beef jelly is considered the most dietary, since its 100 grams contain no more than 80 kcal. It is cooked in the same way as pork, only it is better to add more spices to get rid of the specific smell.