Dishes of horsemeat

Since ancient times people have been preparing dishes from horse meat . This was especially common among nomadic peoples who used horses extensively not only for riding. As a rule, the meat of a young horse was taken from horse meat to make a dish . The most popular methods of preparation were: drying, smoking or salting, followed by cooking or quenching. Unfortunately, in our region this product has not caught on - probably because it is simply not typical for our kitchen. And in vain, because horse meat - meat is not only high-calorie, but also the most pure, lean and very useful. By the way, thanks to these properties, it is a dietary product. Its fat content is less than three percent. However, the protein content is quite high, can reach 25% and even higher. And by its taste, it is superior to beef or chicken.

This product is very popular in the Tatar cuisine, because the Tatars are a people who were once nomadic. Meat of horse meat is usually prepared by using such spices as garlic, onions and peppers. In some ancient Tatar recipes of preparation, it is also advised to include such a component as koumiss, or milk of the mare. Garnish can be vegetables or cereals. Conin can be served cold, sliced, poured with special sauces, taken from traditional cuisine, and sprinkled with chopped herbs. In addition, the dishes of horse meat are very typical for the cuisine of Kazakhs and some related Mongoloid peoples - Mongols, Uzbeks, Kirghiz, who were in the distant past nomads. It is worth trying this appetizing and nutritious meat.

How to cook horse meat? First, meat of individuals under 3 years old will do this. The meat of the old horse will be tough and not as tasty, while the meat of a ten-month stallion is considered an exquisite delicacy. Need a long cooking. Unlike beef, horse meat is much tougher, so it takes much longer to prepare. It is best to purchase the hip, shoulder, lumbar or dorsal part of the carcass.

How to cook soup from horse meat? You will need ingredients: kilo of meat on bone, homemade noodles, two pieces of onions, two to three carrots, as well as greens, peppers and salt, according to your taste. Remove Conin from the bones. Bones fold in a pan, then pour water, bring to a boil. Then, after reducing the fire a little, cook them for two hours, periodically taking off the foam. Then add the meat and all the other ingredients to this broth and do not remove from the heat until the main ingredient is cooked, then strain the broth and separately cook the noodles in it. Coninu then put back, season with fragrant pepper and bay leaves. Serve with chopped greens.

If you follow the recipe below, you can cook a delicious dish. You will need: a pound of horse meat, mushrooms and bacon - 120 grams, 50 g butter, several garlic cloves, a tablespoon tomato paste, two glasses of red wine, seasonings - salt and pepper, which you can take to taste. Melt the fat in a frying pan, fry in it pre-chopped onions. Cut the horsemeat into small pieces and add it there, season with pepper, salt. In another frying pan at the same time, in the butter, toast the flour, gradually introducing wine and tomato paste. Add the chopped garlic. Combine all this with meat. If necessary, you can add water or broth. Stew the mixture on low heat, and about 20 minutes before its complete readiness, add chopped mushrooms into it.

Not bad decorate your table is a fine dish, like steak, made of horse meat. Before you start cooking, do not forget to make your favorite sauce for meat. You will also need greens and condiments: salt, pepper. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Then fry four steak steaks on it. Preliminary they need to be rubbed with salt and pepper. Put ready steaks on a dish, pouring them with spicy sauce and sprinkling with chopped parsley.

Bon Appetit!