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August 08, 2022
When compiling a menu for various holidays or just evening gatherings, we will definitely add a couple of salads to the list, because we can’t do without them.
When compiling a menu for various holidays or just evening gatherings, we will definitely add a couple of salads to the list, because we can’t do without them. Everyone likes this dish for its ease of preparation, satiety and versatility, because the combination of ingredients is sometimes very surprising. Layered salads are especially good, and each hostess prepares them according to her own unique recipe, but we have prepared an interesting selection for you, which you can look into if your imagination has run out.
The top opens with one of the most popular salads that you have definitely tried - herring under a fur coat. Russians cook it for the New Year on a par with Olivier, it flies away quickly, the dish is very satisfying, it cooks quickly.
Ingredients:
1.5 herrings; 1 red onion; 4 potatoes; 5 eggs; 2 medium beets; mayonnaise; greenery for decoration.
Boil potatoes, eggs, beets, cool, peel. We cut the herring, use only the fillet, cut it into small cubes (3 fillets are required). Onion is also cut into small cubes.
Collecting salad. Put the herring on the bottom of the plate, then the onion, grate the potatoes on the fly. We make a mesh of mayonnaise using a bag with a hole in the corner. Then we rub the eggs, mayonnaise again, beets and grease with mayonnaise. You can also add herbs to mayonnaise. Before serving, decorate the dish with beet or carrot flowers.
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The salad "Herring under a fur coat" looks beautiful in a glass bowl, on a large dish, laid out on a flat plate in the form of a roll or with the help of a culinary round ring.
Each housewife prepares this salad in her own way, someone uses sardine, someone mackerel, and someone saury. We offer you an option with canned tuna.
Ingredients:
tuna 1 bank 250 gr.; 1 head of onion; 3 potatoes; 4 eggs; 2 large carrots; mayonnaise; greenery for decoration.
Boil potatoes, eggs and carrots until fully cooked, cool, peel. Finely chop the onion, rub the potatoes and carrots on a coarse grater, separate the protein from the yolk, rub each separately on a fine grater. Drain the juice or oil from canned tuna, knead with a fork. Collecting salad. We spread the tuna, then the onion, potatoes, protein, carrots and yolk. Lubricate each layer after the onion with mayonnaise, decorate with parsley or spinach leaves before serving.
Only by the name of this salad you can understand what kind of ingredients will be in the composition. Seafood lovers know this salad for sure, because it is very simple and insanely delicious.
Ingredients:
shrimp 150 g; mussels 150 g; protein from 5 eggs; garlic 2-3 cloves; 2 kiwis; cucumber 1 large; mayonnaise; salt/pepper to taste.
Fry shrimp and mussels in vegetable oil with garlic, salt, pepper, about 5 minutes. Boil the eggs, separate the proteins from the yolks (we will use only the protein), rub it on a grater. Cucumber cut into thin strips. Kiwi peeled, cut into small cubes. Collecting salad. Put mussels and shrimps on the bottom of the plate, then add kiwi, protein, grease the layer with mayonnaise and close the salad with cucumber straws. If desired, you can grease the cucumbers with mayonnaise and cover with the remaining yolk.
This salad can claim the title of the main dish on your table, because it is very satisfying, but also quite fatty. Therefore, if you are on a diet, it is better to have a snack with "Sea" salad.
Ingredients:
potatoes 4 pcs; lamb 150-200 g; 2 medium carrots; leek 1 stalk; canned beans; garlic 5-6 cloves; sour cream; salt/pepper/spices to taste.
Cut the lamb into small cubes, fry in vegetable oil with the addition of garlic, salt, pepper and your favorite spices. Cut the potatoes into thin strips (it is best to use a special nozzle), deep-fry until golden brown. Boil the carrots, cut into small cubes, cut the leek into half rings. We collect the salad: put lamb on the bottom of the salad bowl, then potatoes, onions, beans, carrots. Lubricate each layer, including the final one, with sour cream, decorate the salad with walnuts or cilantro before serving.
Salad - bright, juicy, truly homemade. Probably, the point is in the products to which we are all accustomed. Simple, fast, incredibly delicious!
Ingredients:
tomatoes 4-5 pcs; smoked chicken 150 g; small zucchini 1 pc; white cabbage 100 g; dill 100 g; mayonnaise; salt/pepper to taste.
Everything is prepared very simply. We cut the tomatoes and zucchini into small cubes, fry the zucchini in vegetable oil with the addition of salt until fully cooked. Shred the cabbage, knead well with your hands, you can also add a little salt or soy sauce. Cut the chicken into cubes, chop the dill arbitrarily. Collecting salad. Put the chicken on the bottom of the plate, then cabbage, tomatoes, dill and zucchini. Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise, decorate the salad with herbs. Enjoy!