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Even your favorite grilled dishes get boring sooner or later. Is this not a reason to please your family with something delicious and original? To do this, it is not necessary to re-invent the family menu for picnics. It is enough to add a small but very important touch to traditional recipes. Which one, the readers of “Eat At Home” will be told by the Sicilia trademark.
Sauce with a secret
The best side dish for barbecue on a picnic is a salad of fresh vegetables. Vegetables can be anything, but the dressing should be special. The perfect base for it will be the juice of the lemon Sicilia. It is poured into special bottles, the neck of which contains a capsule with essential oil. Passing through it, the juice is saturated with an amazing aroma, and its taste becomes more versatile. Mash in a mortar 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, 0.5 tsp granulated garlic, 1 tsp salt and 0.5 tsp black pepper. Pour in 50 ml of lemon juice Sicilia, 30 ml of olive oil and 2 tbsp. l. balsamic, whisk until smooth. This sauce is organically combined with vegetables and fresh herbs. And for a more expressive taste, you can add fried sesame seeds to them.
Sunny potatoes
Potatoes on coals in citrus marinade — an original snack that will brighten up the time waiting for kebabs. For ease of preparation, use the juice of lemon Sicilia in bottles. It is made from selected Sicilian lemons, which are considered among the best in the world. Boil until half-cooked 1 kg of medium potatoes with peel. Mix 80 ml of lemon juice Sicilia, 50 ml of olive oil, 1 tbsp mustard, 3 crushed garlic cloves, a pinch of paprika, thyme, rosemary, oregano and parsley. You can change the composition and quantity of spices at your own discretion. We keep the tubers in this marinade for a couple of hours, then bake on coals until ready. Citrus marinade will saturate the potatoes with new refined notes.
Classic in a new way
Lemon juice and onions are the perfect combination for a classic shish kebab marinade. However, it can always be improved. For example, take 100 ml of Sicilia lemon juice and mix it with the same amount of dry white wine, 50 ml of soy sauce and 1 tbsp of liquid honey. Add here ¼ tsp of ground ginger, nutmeg, curry and coriander. Lemon juice will give the meat interesting flavors and better reveal the nuances of spices. Cut 1 kg of pork flesh into pieces, smear with sour cream and generously cover with onion rings. Next, pour the meat with a spicy marinade, mix it with your hands and leave it in the refrigerator for the whole night. This spicy marinade will give the kebabs an unforgettable harmonious taste.
Fish with a tropical soul
Fish and citrus are made for each other. Sicilia lime juice will easily convince you of this. Fragrant refreshing fruits for it are grown in Peru, Mexico and Brazil, and therefore the juice absorbs all the energy of a hot tropical summer. The original marinade with his participation perfectly complements the red fish. As small as possible, cut 2 bell peppers, 2 red onions and a bunch of coriander. Fill the mixture with 70 ml of Sicilia lime juice, 50 ml of olive oil, salt and pepper. For sharpness, put 2 crushed garlic cloves and a chili pod in rings. Marinate the fish steaks in this sauce for a couple of hours, then put them in foil envelopes and bake on the grill until ready. The lime marinade will delicately reveal the taste of the fish and give it a delicious aroma.
Sea Harmony
With seafood, lime also leads a strong friendship. If you do not find fresh citrus fruits on sale, they will be successfully replaced by Sicilia lime juice. You do not have to spend time and effort on squeezing the juice from the fruit. And thanks to the dispenser, you can easily measure out the right amount of ready-made juice. Pass through the press 3 cloves of garlic. Chop a small bunch of parsley. Combine 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 60 ml of Sicilia lime juice, herbs with garlic in a bowl, add salt, black pepper and ground chili to taste. Fill the marinade with 800 g of peeled shrimps and cool for 30 minutes. For the same time, soak the wooden skewers in water. Then carefully skewer the shrimps on skewers and fry on the coals for 2-3 minutes on both sides. Lime marinade will give the delicate shrimps a unique sound.
Rainbow in a jar
What’s a family picnic without homemade lemonade? As much as possible to saturate it with vitamins will help fresh fruit and lemon juice Sicilia with mint. Lemon with mint is a proven duet that will make the taste of the drink richer and more harmonious. First of all, we will cook a sweet syrup from 300 g of sugar and 1 liter of water. At the same time, cut slices of sweet apple, pear, peach, 7-8 large red grapes and strawberries. Any other fruits and berries are only welcome. Fill the variegated assortment with cooled syrup, 200 ml of lemon juice with Sicilia mint and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Before serving, garnish the tall glasses with lemon mugs and mint leaves. Lemonade in this version will not only be delicious, but also extremely useful.
Sicilia citrus juices are the perfect complement for a wide variety of ingredients, be it meat, fish, seafood, vegetables or fruit. And it is also a bright expressive touch that will give your favorite grilled dishes an unusual zest and carefully reveal new taste facets.
