What is a gem salad?
Gem salad is a miniature diversity of Roman salad, which has been available for many years, but has become much more popular at the end of the 20th century. This small variety of salad has an elongated head of loosely induced green leaves and is consumed in salads, wraps and sandwiches. There is also a red variety with greenish outer leaves and burgundy hearts. This salad should be stored in a sharper outlet of the refrigerator inside a plastic bag or a salad goalkeeper for up to one week. It is also called Little Gem, often served in higher restaurants as part of the salad course and offers an interesting alternative to conventional glacier salad. Gem salad is an old variety, originally from France and Spain, and includes some types of inheritance salads.
The salad itself produces a compact but free head of about 5 inches (13 cm) up to 3 inches (8 cm) wide, with sharp green leaves that have a feed or disheveled edge. Many cooks in half or a quarter of this small salad for oneBsloužné salads and then complement it with cheese, dressing or meat. Gem salad also creates an attractive environment for fish and meat and provides a comfortable size of leaves and texture for sandwiches and salad wraps. Gem also works well when cooking with salad; Vinaigrette can be brushed and grilled or blanched briefly and a steamed whole for the attachment.
While most gem salads are green, there is a variety of red gem that contributes a bit of a special interest on the album. The leaves of this salad differ from brownish to burgundy or purple, usually darkened towards the heart. The taste of the red gem is similar to the taste of the green variety and you can replace it with a small gem or sweet gem Variety in any recipe.
Like other leaf green, the gem is a relatively fine vegetable and will not maintain for a long time. Put it in vegetable or sharper compartment of the refrigerator, either in a free plastic bag or goalkeeper of salad, up to seven days. Ventilate containers allow the salad to remaincrunchy longer. You may be able to keep the salad for more than a week, but will tend to lose your crispness and can develop colored places. Lettuce that is no longer sufficiently fresh for salads