Meat in French: a recipe with pineapples. French meat with mushrooms and pineapple

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

Meat baked in French style has long been a hit in culinary recipes. This is a very tasty dish that will decorate any holiday table. And there are many cooking options. And although traditionally this dish is baked in the oven, some chefs cook meat in French in a pan, in the microwave and even in a slow cooker.

Which meat is the best

According to the classic recipe, young veal or tender beef is taken for this dish. Although in Russian cuisine, pork is more often preferred. There are also many recipes that prefer French-baked chicken meat.

What to choose? It's a matter of your taste, as they say. With chicken, this dish will be more dietary and tender. If you take pork, then the calorie content will increase much. The main advice - the pulp must be fresh, it is not recommended to use a frozen product, otherwise the meat may end up dry.

We take only the pulp, the sirloin. There should not be any bones in this dish. The meat must be cut into even slices approx.1-2 centimeters and beat well with a kitchen hammer. You can lightly pickle it - s alt, add pepper, spices, spices, dry herbs and refrigerate for 20 minutes. At this time, you can cook the rest of the ingredients.

With juicy pineapples

So let's learn the most elegant way: French meat, pineapple recipe. We will need:

• about 800 grams of meat;
• 300 grams of pineapples (fresh or canned);
• 200 grams of hard cheese;
• 2-3 medium bulbs;
• 100 grams of mayonnaise;
• spices, pepper, s alt - to taste.

First, grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and put the onion, cut into rings, on it. This onion base will spice up the dish. Put the marinated pieces of meat on the onion. Place a pineapple ring on top of each slice. We will get very tender meat in French. The pineapple recipe allows you to use both fresh fruit and canned preparations.

Sprinkle pineapple with cheese, grease with mayonnaise and send for 40 minutes in the oven.

How much to cook

As a rule, this dish takes 40-50 minutes to prepare. What should be the temperature in the oven? Meat in French in almost all recipes is covered with cheese on top. And so that the cheese crust does not turn out too hard and does not burn, it is recommended to set the temperature to about 180 degrees.

If you make the fire bigger, then youyou risk getting a burnt top layer. If you make the temperature lower, then the meat will not be baked, but stewed. It will take much more time, and a beautifully baked crust will not work. In this case, if you want to darken the meat, do not immediately sprinkle the dish with cheese. Add it 10 minutes before it's ready and immediately make a big fire in the oven. Then the cheese will quickly melt and turn golden.

What else to add

There are plenty of tips on how to cook delicious French meat. The pineapple recipe suggests that this dish can be combined with mushrooms, potatoes, canned corn and some vegetables.

If you want to get both meat and a side dish in one dish, then, of course, potatoes will help you out. On a layer of meat, you spread a layer of raw potatoes cut into circles, on them - pineapples and then cheese. Cut the potatoes into rings about 5 millimeters thick.

An excellent option for this dish is the addition of fresh mushrooms. Can be used:

• mushrooms;
• oyster mushrooms;
• ceps;
• milks;
• butter;
• honey mushrooms.

If you don't have fresh mushrooms on hand, both pickled and dried mushrooms will do. Just do not forget to pre-soak the dried mushrooms for three hours.

As a decoration for this dish, we recommend that you choose canned corn, green peas, olives or olives. They are added already in the finished dish in the form of decoration. Greenery will also look beautiful.

You can andfry

This dish does not necessarily require baking in the oven. You can cook meat in French in a pan. The algorithm of work here is as follows:

1. Fry the chopped piece of meat in vegetable oil on one side (about 10 minutes).
2. Turn the meat over to the other side. We spread two tablespoons of mashed potatoes, which we previously prepared, on top of it, pineapple and sprinkle with cheese.
3. After the meat is fried on the second side for 10 minutes, cover the pan with a lid, turn off the heat and let it stand for about 15 minutes. During this time, the dish will sweat well, the cheese will finally melt, and the pineapple will give juice.

This option is convenient to cook if you make only a few servings that fit in one pan. In addition, you will get more French-fried meat. Cooking time will be significantly reduced. There is another undeniable plus in cooking meat in French in a pan. You can add not only pineapple, but also those products that are left in your refrigerator. For example, cover pieces of meat with chopped fresh tomatoes. Or even put boiled pasta on a meat substrate, and sprinkle with cheese on top. If you have leftover cooked rice in the fridge, it's also perfect as a topping for this dish.

So let's not limit your imagination, go for it.

Some useful tips

To make the dish juicy, tender and beautiful, and not lose its useful qualities during cooking, you need to follow some simplerules.

1. Do not use frozen meat for this recipe. Save it for cutlets and meatballs. Take only fresh and not very old, so that the dish does not turn out tough.
2. Any cheese will do, but if you choose one that has a beautiful yellow color, you get a pretty color scheme. By the way, the cheese can be put on the dish not immediately, but add it 10 minutes before it is ready. Then it will not be overdried.
3. Be sure to make an onion substrate - this will be the very first layer of your dish. She will spice up the meat.
4. If you are cooking meat in French for guests, do not get carried away with spices. It is not known whether all guests will like the spicy dish. It is best to serve ground pepper and other seasonings separately.
5. Adding mayonnaise to this dish or not is a matter of your personal taste. The meat will already give enough juice and will not turn out dry. Mayonnaise will only add fat. So focus on your passions.
6. Serve the meat in French (recipe with pineapples) immediately after cooking, letting it stand a little after the oven, rest (15-20 minutes). Any dry red wine or stronger drinks - cognac, vodka, whiskey - are perfect for this dish.