Salad "Snowball" can rightly be called winter, as it turns out quite nutritious and satisfying. Our article will present several variations of this dish, each of which deserves special attention. Which of the proposed recipes for winter snacks should be preferred - each housewife must decide for herself.
Classic salad recipe "Snowball"
When serving a winter salad, one can take advantage of the imagination and present it not as a usual option in a salad bowl, but to fill it with, for example, waffle rolls.
Necessary ingredients for cooking:
- processed cheese - 2 pcs.;
- egg - 4 pcs.;
- garlic - 1 tooth .;
- wafer rolls - 1 pack.
Practical part
It is necessary to start preparing the Snowball salad with eggs. They should be hard boiled, and then grated with a coarse grater. Cream cheese and garlic must also be minced. Garlic - with the help of a garlic mill, and processed cheese - on a medium-sized grater.
Further, all the ingredients are mixed. Salad season with mayonnaise and add a little salt. To make the appetizer truly snowy and original, wafer rolls are used to decorate it, into which the obtained Snowball salad is gently laid out.
Crab stick option
This appetizer is prepared quickly and easily. The dish turns out delicious and delicate, literally melting. The recipe with a photo of the Snowball salad is presented below.
Necessary ingredients for cooking:
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- processed cheese - 200 g;
- crab meat - 100 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 tooth.
To make a salad, first you need to boil the eggs and peel them. Then separate the egg yolks from the proteins and grate them with a grater. Also, on a fine grater, grind processed cheese, butter and crab meat. Cut the onion into small cubes.
Getting to the formation of snacks:
- The first layer is grated processed cheese, which, if desired, can be strewn with chopped garlic. Then comes a layer of mayonnaise.
- The second layer of salad will be egg white, smeared with mayonnaise.
- The third layer is crushed crab sticks. Then mayonnaise.
- The next layer of winter snacks is egg white.
- The next layer is grated butter, chopped onions and mayonnaise on the surface.
- The remaining products must be laid out in layers in the reverse order.
- Sprinkle the top of the salad with grated egg white and grated cheese.
The winter snack turns out to be quite tender and light, due to the fact that all the components are grated. Cooking a salad takes about 25 minutes.
Meat salad "Snowball"
By its structure, this dish is not very saturated, but crumbly and quite airy. The meat appetizer is very tasty and satisfying.
Necessary ingredients for cooking:
- pork ham - 150 g;
- beef tongue - 200 g;
- potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- pickled cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- walnut - 25 g;
- cheese - 50 g;
- garlic - 1 tooth.
Start cooking meat salad should be cooking pork ham, beef tongue, as well as cooked for appetizer potatoes. After that, take a salad bowl and put the ingredients on the bottom. The first layer is pork ham, finely chopped into small sticks, then chopped pickles and grated boiled potatoes, which should be mixed with sauce (mayonnaise, sour cream, ground pepper, chopped garlic).
The next layer of the Snezhok winter salad is beef tongue, thinly sliced in small sticks and lightly sprinkled with chopped walnuts. Then again a layer of chopped cucumbers and grated boiled potatoes with sauce.
The top of the meat salad, as a rule, is decorated with grated cheese and walnuts. Before you start using this winter meat snack, it is allowed to soak for several hours.