The grouse nest salad, the recipe of which includes cabbage, is not only tasty and nutritious, but also original and beautiful. It should be noted that there are a great many ways to prepare such a dish, however, all of them are made out in the same way, in full accordance with their unusual name.
Capercaillie Nest Salad: a classic recipe using cabbage leaves
Essential Ingredients:
- any meat product - 250 g;
- pickled champignons - 1 small jar;
- purchased french fries or chips (you can make them yourself) - 250 g;
- medium bulbs - 3-4 pcs.;
- medium chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- canned homemade cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- hard cheese of any kind - 140 g;
- fresh garlic - 1.5 cloves;
- refined sunflower oil - 2 large spoons;
- leaves of Korean cabbage - 8-9 pcs.;
- sprigs of dill or parsley - to decorate the salad;
- medium fat mayonnaise - optional.
The processing process of the main ingredients:
Capercaillie Nest Salad, the recipe of which we are considering in this article, provides for the use of any meat product. To reduce the time, we decided to purchase
smoked chicken breasts. They should be freed from bones and skin, and then cut into thin straws. After that, it is also required to chop pickled champignons and homemade pickles.
In order for the Capercaillie Nest salad, the recipe of which requires creative imagination, to be more aromatic and tasty, it is necessary to slightly fry onions, finely chopped with a knife, in a pan. You should also grate the garlic and boil hard-boiled 3 chicken eggs.
In order for the Capercaillie Nest salad, the recipe for which is quite simple, to fully correspond to its name, it is necessary to make edible balls that imitate real bird eggs. To do this, in a small bowl, mix grated egg yolk, similarly processed hard cheese, fresh chopped herbs, garlic and mayonnaise. As a result of mixing all the components, a sufficiently thick slurry should form, from which balls can be easily formed.
Dish formation
After all the products have been processed, you should immediately begin to form a "nest". To do this, lay the leaves of cabbage on the bottom of the plate, and then distribute the following layers on them:
- smoked chicken breasts (a little grease with mayonnaise);
- pickled mushrooms (do not coat);
- fried onions (smear);
- grated egg whites on a coarse grater (smear);
- pickled cucumbers (do not coat);
- hard grated cheese (add mayonnaise).
The capercaillie nest also provides for the use of french fries. It must be beautifully laid on top of the cheese, and on top place 3 leaves of Korean cabbage and balls previously made from aromatic gruel.
Do all the above steps in a strict order, and you will surely get a tasty and nutritious grouse nest salad. The cabbage recipe presented above may vary slightly. For example, instead of leaves of a vegetable, you can use ordinary green lettuce.