The famous salad "Pomegranate Bracelet" can rightfully be considered the decoration of any holiday table. Not only does it look bright, solemn and unusual, the dish also has an unforgettable taste caused by a combination of seemingly completely incompatible products.
Salad ingredients
There are many variations of the bright and tasty salad “Pomegranate Bracelet”, however, in most of them the ingredients remain the same. Therefore, if you know the components of the classic version of the salad, then you can independently come up with newer and newer options for improving it. So, in the original recipe, dishes must be present:
- 250 grams of chicken fillet;
- 2 small beets;
- 2 medium-sized potatoes;
- 2 small carrots;
- 3 eggs;
- one pomegranate;
- one onion;
- a handful of walnut kernels;
- salt and pepper;
- mayonnaise and vegetable oil.
Preparation of the components of the dish
Having checked that you have all the components, you can start cooking step by step the salad "Pomegranate Bracelet" according to the recipe, which has been tested by time and many culinary specialists. And the first thing you should do is prepare all our ingredients for a salad. Beets, potatoes and carrots should be boiled, peeled and grated on a medium grater. Fillet should be boiled in salted water, cooled and chopped. Eggs will also need to be boiled to a state of hard boiled and chopped, cut into small cubes. We divide the pomegranate into grains, cut the onion into cubes and fry with a small amount of vegetable oil, and chop the walnut kernels, slightly breaking them with your hands. At this, the preparation of the ingredients will be completed, the main thing is to decompose each of the components of the salad into a separate plate.
Salad assembly
Judging by the photo of the classic salad "Pomegranate Bracelet" with chicken, the most important step in preparing this dish is to collect all its components together. We begin this process by taking a glass and a wide dish, on which we place it upside down. After that, we begin to spread our components on top of each other on a dish around a glass, smearing each layer with a thin mesh of mayonnaise. The first layer will go half the chicken, the second - carrots, the third - potatoes, the fourth - nuts, half the beets mixed with onions, the sixth - eggs, the seventh - the second half of the chicken, the last - the second half of the beets, which is well lubricated with mayonnaise. After that, carefully remove the glass, cover the salad with pomegranate seeds and put it in the refrigerator for several hours.
Delicious salad "Pomegranate bracelet" with tuna
If you don’t feel like chicken, and the dish is interesting, plus you love fish, you can make a salad with canned tuna. And we need it for this:
- 340 grams of canned tuna;
- Garnet;
- 200 grams of mayonnaise;
- bulb;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 sour apples.
If you have the necessary components, we begin to cook according to the recipe with a photo step by step salad "Pomegranate Bracelet" with a fish. First, prepare our ingredients. Drain the liquid from the fish, knead it and take out the bones. Boil eggs and grate on a medium grater, just grate hard cheese and mix it with the eggs. We clear the apples from the peel and the core, and then we also rub on an average grater or cut into strips. Chop the onion into quarters. After that, we start collecting the salad according to the classic recipe, naturally, smearing each layer with mayonnaise. So, the first layer will go canned tuna, the second - half the eggs with cheese, the third - onions with apples, the fourth - the second half of eggs with cheese. After that, the salad is well smeared with mayonnaise on all sides and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds.
Pomegranate bracelet salad with mushrooms
If you like mushrooms, you can cook a familiar dish with the addition of this ingredient. And we need it for such a recipe:
- 200 grams of canned champignons;
- 300 grams of smoked chicken;
- Garnet;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 100 grams of walnut kernels;
- 2 medium-sized beets;
- bulb;
- mayonnaise.
First of all, we will prepare all our ingredients for bookmarking the salad. First, boil hard-boiled eggs and boil vegetables. After that, we cut the onion into quarters, the chicken into medium cubes, and the mushrooms into small cubes. In turn, beets, hard cheese and three eggs on a medium grater, and chop the nuts with a blender. After that, focusing on the salad photo "Pomegranate Bracelet" with chicken and mushrooms, we begin to collect the dish around the glass, smearing each layer with mayonnaise. The first layer will be chicken mixed with onions, the second - mushrooms, the third - beets, the fourth - nuts, the last - eggs. In the final, the salad is well smeared with sauce and strew with pomegranate seeds.
"Garnet bracelet" with beef
Also, in special cases, you can cook our favorite salad not with chicken, but with beef, making the dish truly festive. And we will need for this:
- 250 grams of beef fillet;
- 1 large carrot;
- 1 large beetroot;
- 2 medium-sized potatoes;
- 2 eggs of chicken;
- bulb;
- Garnet;
- mayonnaise.
The process of preparing such a dish is exactly the same as the classic salad recipe. First of all, boil meat, eggs and vegetables (except onions). Then we cut the meat into cubes, and three beets, eggs, carrots and potatoes on a medium grater. Cut the onion into cubes and fry with a small amount of vegetable oil, and then mix with potatoes. The final step in the preparation of the dish is to assemble the salad, the first layer of which will go half the meat, the second - carrots, the third - half the beets, the fourth - the second half of the meat, the fifth - the eggs, the last - the second half of the beets. Top salad well lubricated with mayonnaise and strew with pomegranate seeds.
"Pomegranate bracelet" with cheese
After reviewing various recipes with a photo of a delicious salad "Pomegranate Bracelet", many will probably be interested in the recipe for this dish, where the main component is hard cheese. In this case, we need:
- 250 grams of chicken fillet;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 potatoes;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- bulb;
- half a teaspoon of vinegar;
- a teaspoon of vegetable oil;
- Garnet;
- mayonnaise.
Naturally, first cook the chicken, eggs and potatoes, then cut the meat into cubes, and then rub the eggs and potatoes on a medium grater. You will also need to rub hard cheese on the same grater. Cut the onions into small cubes and pickle for about 20 minutes in a mixture of vinegar and vegetable oil. In the final, put the salad in such a way that the first layer is a chicken mixed with onions, the second - potatoes, the third - eggs, the last - cheese. Then we coat the cheese well with mayonnaise and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.
"Garnet bracelet" with prunes
Another great salad option "Pomegranate Bracelet", which will appeal to many chefs, will be the same dish with the addition of prunes, which will make its taste especially pleasant. And for this we will need such ingredients as:
- 250 grams of chicken;
- Garnet;
- large beets;
- 3 medium-sized potatoes;
- a couple of small carrots;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- a handful of walnut kernels;
- 75 grams pitted prunes;
- mayonnaise.
The principle of preparation of such a salad, of course, almost completely coincides with the classic recipe. First of all, boil vegetables, chicken and eggs, and soak the prunes in hot water. After that, we cut the chicken into cubes, prunes into small slices, and three eggs, beets, potatoes and carrots on a medium grater. We chop walnuts into small pieces. In the final, it remains only to lay the salad in layers, the first of which will be potatoes, the second - half of beets mixed with nuts, the third - chicken fillet mixed with prunes, the fourth - carrots, the fifth - eggs, the last - the second half of beets. Of course, after that, the salad is well smeared with mayonnaise and densely sprinkled with pomegranate seeds.
Rubin salad with pomegranate
If you now have a lack of time and energy, you can try to prepare instead of the usual "Pomegranate Bracelet" Rubin salad, which will contain all the same ingredients as in the classic recipe of a favorite dish. The preparation of these ingredients will also be completely identical to the classic recipe. And even the layers of the dish smeared with mayonnaise will be arranged in the same order as in the original “Pomegranate Bracelet”. It’s just that you don’t need to put a glass in the center of the plate to lay out the components of the dish around it, which will simply be evenly distributed on the plate, forming a continuous circle. The final layer, of course, will be beets, well coated with mayonnaise, on which pomegranate seeds are evenly distributed.
Salad dressing
If, on the contrary, you now have enough time and energy, your soul is eager for experiments, you want to make the Garnet Bracelet especially festive so that the guests gasp in admiration, then you can try to decorate it. It is best to make flowers from carrots or beets, which will be placed on top of the dish. They are made simply - you just need to boil the vegetables, cut them into thin strips, put three identical strips on top of each other, and then roll them into a tube that looks so much like a flower bud.
And if you put a sprig of dill or parsley next to it, then it will be impossible to look away from the salad. And if you make two salads with different diameters and put them on the same dish with each other, then at the exit we get the perfect dish for the holiday on March 8.
Mistress note
And in order for the salad “Pomegranate Bracelet” to always work out well, you just need to remember some simple rules for its preparation.
- The glass that is placed inside the dish should be on top at least slightly wider than at the bottom, and it should also be greased with vegetable oil so that it is easier to pull out of the salad.
- Each layer of salad should be carefully tamped with a spoon so that all the ingredients fit close to each other.
- Before greasing each layer with mayonnaise, the sauce can be slightly salted and pepper to your liking.
- After preparing the salad, it should be insisted in the refrigerator for at least three hours, so that it is better cut and tastier.