Meat chops, baked with onions with mayonnaise and cheese, have not only amazing taste, but also appetizing views, which made this dish very popular for refreshments at holiday parties. French meat with tomatoes and cheese looks especially beautiful and tempting, while tomatoes give it a special flavor. Cooking such a hot snack does not take away from the hostess a lot of time and effort, allows you to quickly make a festive dinner, which all guests will almost certainly be satisfied.
Cooking Features
If you do not know some of the subtleties of the technology of cooking meat in French with tomatoes, there is a danger of making it dry, tough, not too attractive in appearance. Meanwhile, the products are not cheap. Therefore, it is unlikely that anyone would want to throw away an unfortunate culinary creation and leave guests without a tasty lunch. Cooking meat in French is not worse than in a restaurant; the owner will be helped by the advice of experienced chefs:
- The quality of the original products is of paramount importance. Fresh meat when baking behaves better than frozen and thawed. Veal will be more tender than old beef. All this must be considered when purchasing. Tomatoes and cheese should also be of high quality, not spoiled.
- If you want the meat to cook faster, you can marinate it. However, it is better to pickle without salt, because because of it the meat will lose a lot of liquid, it will be dry.
- If you don't want the dish to be covered with too hard cheese crust, you can smear the cheese on top with mayonnaise before you send the meat to the oven. Another option is to sprinkle cheese shortly before the dish is ready, but with the expectation that it should have time to melt and lightly brown.
- Before you beat the meat, it is better to put it in the bag. This will prevent splashing of juice when beating.
- If the meat is baked in foil, the sauce can be put less than indicated in the recipe or even abandoned.
- Tomatoes must be cut with a special knife for vegetables and citrus. As a rule, it has a special, slightly curved shape, small frequent teeth, that is, something like a saw. In this case, all the juice will remain inside the tomato slices, so that the dish will be juicy and beautiful. Cut tomatoes in beautiful circles with a blunt knife will not work.
- If the recipe includes potatoes, the cooking time should be long enough for the potatoes to bake. Another option is to boil the potatoes until half ready before putting them on the meat.
There are many recipes for cooking meat in French. Knowledge of the basic rules of cooking this dish will make a tasty snack according to any of these recipes.
French Pork Meat with Tomatoes and Cheese
Composition:
- pork - 0, 7 kg;
- onions - 0, 2 kg;
- tomatoes - 0, 4 kg;
- cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method:
- Wash pork in warm water, pat dry. Cut across the fibers in chunks, repel.
- Put the pork on a baking sheet.
- Peel onions and cut into half rings. If the bulbs are small, then it is even better to cut them into whole rings.
- Salt and pepper the meat, put onion rings on it.
- Wash the tomatoes, blot with a napkin. Cut into circles about 3 mm wide. Place on top of the bow.
- Smear the tomatoes with mayonnaise.
- Finely rub the cheese, add tomatoes to it.
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees and place a baking tray with the billet in it.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes. The readiness of the dish will be reported by a tempting smell, the meat will be covered with a ruddy crust.
French meat cooked according to this recipe is usually served with a side dish of boiled potatoes. However, the potato will suit him in any form. It harmonizes meat in French with tomatoes and cheese and with a side dish of cereals, especially rice, as well as pasta.
French Meat Beef with Tomatoes and Cheese
Composition:
- beef - 0.5 kg;
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- tomatoes - 0.5 kg;
- onions - 0, 5 kg;
- mayonnaise - 0, 2 l;
- gin (or vodka) - 20 ml;
- hard cheese - 0, 25 kg;
- butter - 100 g;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Preparation Method:
- Wash the beef, dry it, cut into pieces 1 cm wide and repel it, placing each piece in the bag.
- Cut off a small piece of butter, melt it, grease the baking dish. Put the meat in it. Salt and pepper.
- Onion, freeing from the husk, cut into rings or half rings. Spread half on meat.
- Pour meat with gin and half of mayonnaise.
- Peel potatoes. Cut into cubes or cubes, as for cooking deep-fried potatoes. Put on the bow.
- Season and pepper the potatoes, cover with the top of the remaining onion.
- Wash the tomatoes, cut into small cubes. Lay on top.
- Pour the remaining mayonnaise.
- Finely rub the cheese, pour them a dish.
- Slice the remaining butter into thin slices and spread them on the cheese.
- Heat oven to 180 degrees. Put in the form with meat for 45 minutes.
Despite the fact that the cooking time is quite large, and the beef is not fatty meat, as a result, it will not be dry, since the composition of the snack includes a lot of fatty sauce, cheese and even butter.
French-style chicken meat with tomatoes and cheese
Composition:
- chicken breast fillet - 0, 8 kg;
- onions - 0, 5 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 0, 2 l;
- tomatoes - 0, 4 kg;
- cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 20 ml.
Preparation Method:
- Chicken fillet, washed and soaked with a napkin, cut into small pieces across the fibers, slightly beat off.
- Skip garlic through a press, mix with mayonnaise, add ground paprika and other seasonings to your taste.
- Half of the mayonnaise in a bowl, roll in it pieces of chicken. Leave for half an hour in a cool place to marinate meat.
- Lubricate the shape of the butter, put in non-pieces of chicken.
- Cut the peeled onion into thin half-rings, place it on the meat.
- Cut tomatoes into small cubes, place them on top.
- Pour the remaining mayonnaise.
- Grate the cheese finely, sprinkle the dish with it.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, place a form with a billet in it for 20 minutes.
As a side dish for meat in French, from chicken with tomatoes, boiled rice will do. As well as mashed potatoes.
French-style minced meat with tomatoes and cheese
Composition:
- minced meat - 0.5 kg;
- onions - 0, 25 kg;
- tomatoes - 0, 25 kg;
- potatoes (large) - 0, 3 kg;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml;
- cheese - 100 g;
- vegetable oil - 30 ml;
- salt, seasonings - to taste.
Preparation Method:
- Peel the potatoes, cut into large but thin oval plates.
- Cut the onion into thin half-rings.
- Cut the tomatoes into circles about 2 mm thick.
- Add seasoning, salt and mix in minced meat.
- Grease a baking sheet and place slices of potato on it.
- Place a spoonful of minced meat on each slice, smooth out.
- Cover the minced meat with onion rings.
- Place several tomato slices on each pyramid.
- Brush with mayonnaise or sour cream, sprinkle with finely grated cheese.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees, place a baking sheet in it.
- Bake 40 minutes. To make the crust of cheese not too hard, you can bake the dish for the first 20 minutes by covering the pyramids with foil.
French meat made from minced meat looks very unusual, its taste is also unique.
Meat in French with tomatoes and cheese can be made from any meat, even from ground beef. For each of the recipes, it turns out unique. However, no matter what recipe was chosen, it can be argued that the dish will turn out both tasty and appetizing, worthy of a festive table.
