Many women during the preparation of the festive table take care that everything was not only tasty, but also beautiful. A wonderful dish that will help to decorate not only the festive table, but also diversifies the usual dinner in the family - “Gift” salad. Now you don’t have to worry about how to surprise your friends at the upcoming celebration. There are several options for this unusual salad, consider some of them.
Option number 1
Salad "New Year's gift" is the most popular, and it consists of the following ingredients:
- veal - 320 g;
- beets - 200 g;
- carrots - 420 g;
- prunes - 1 tbsp .;
- cheese - 170 g;
- nuts - 120 g;
- eggs - 6 pcs.;
- mayonnaise, pomegranate.
Cooking process
The process of preparing a salad is quite simple, even a novice cook will cope with it. First you need to cook veal, vegetables and eggs. One carrot, which will be used for decoration, needs to be boiled until half cooked. To make the prune soft and get rid of bitterness, it must be poured with boiling water and left to soak for 0.5 hours. To start spreading the salad, you need to take a flat dish. The first layer is veal cut into small cubes, which must be greased with mayonnaise. Next comes prunes cut into small pieces. Nuts must be crushed into flour, for example, using a coffee grinder or a blender, then put on prunes and grease with mayonnaise on top. Next is the beets grated on a coarse grater, again mayonnaise. Now it's time for the grated cheese, then comes the carrot, which needs to be overlaid the whole salad from all sides. It is very important to maintain the correct square or round shape. The yolks must be separated from the proteins and grated too. The next layer is crushed yolks, and a little mayonnaise should be added to the proteins. The resulting composition needs to be lubricated with the whole salad. Now it remains to decorate the dish to get the desired result. From the carrots that you undercooked, you need to cut thin strips, which need to be laid out in the form of ribbons, and make a bow on top. In addition, complement the appearance of the dish with pomegranate seeds.
Option number 2
This salad “Gift” with chicken will turn out not only beautiful, but also hearty. For it you need to take the following ingredients:
- smoked chicken breast - 320 g;
- pepper - 2 pcs.;
- mushrooms - 320 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- lightly salted cucumbers - 4 pcs.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- eggs - 6 pcs.;
- cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise.
How to make a gift salad?
In small cubes you need to chop the breast, bell pepper and pickles. Mushrooms and onions must be chopped and sautéed until golden brown. Grate boiled carrots and eggs on a coarse grater. Spread the salad on a flat plate in the form of a ring with a diameter of about 20 cm. Each layer should be greased with mayonnaise. We spread the salad in this order: chicken, pickled cucumbers, carrots, eggs, mushrooms, peppers. To make decorations, cut thin cucumbers with thin plates, lay them crosswise and make an arbitrary bow.
Option number 3
This Gift Present salad is more exotic since seafood is used to make it. Such a dish will certainly please even the most demanding gourmets. You will need these ingredients:
- shrimp - 550 g;
- squid - 400 g;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- olives - 15 pcs.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise, spices.
How to cook
The process of preparing this salad will not take much time. First you need to wash and clean the squids, and then put them in boiling water, but not more than 3 minutes, then get, cool and cut into small cubes. Shrimps also need to be cleaned and boiled until cooked. Grind boiled eggs on a coarse grater. Olives must be cut into 4 parts. In a separate bowl, mix the cooked ingredients and season them with mayonnaise.
Then, from the resulting salad, form a square or a circle, tamp well. For decoration, you need to take raw carrots and cut it into thin plates. To make them more malleable, pour boiling water over them and put on medium heat. Once the water begins to boil, lay the plates crosswise, make a bow out of them and decorate the salad. In addition, for decoration, you can chop green onions. In general, use your imagination.
Option number 4
This gift salad is made from the following ingredients:
- shrimp - 200 g;
- apple - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- pickled mushrooms - half a can;
- salt, pepper, mayonnaise, lemon juice, grapes.
How to cook
The first thing to do is boil eggs, carrots and shrimp. Separate the yolks from the proteins. The next step is to cut the mushrooms, squirrels, shrimp, apple and grapes into small cubes. Then add mayonnaise and mix thoroughly. It is very important that the ingredients are well bonded, for this cut them as small as possible. Take a flat dish and make a salad of the desired shape, such as a square or a circle. From a carrot, make a bow, as in the previous version. Salad "Gift" will be a wonderful decoration for any table and will certainly surprise all your guests and household. This dish is also interesting in that you can experiment not only with the composition, but also with the decorations.