Many families can find salad “Herring under a fur coat” on the festive table, but no matter how tasty this dish is, many want to try something new. A great option is the salad "Salmon under a fur coat." As a result, the usual food will be completely different, and you can surprise your household with a new dish.
Traditional salad
For this dish you need to purchase some ingredients. The most important thing in this salad is salted salmon, you will need about 300 g. In addition to it, take 2 small onions, as many eggs, one large carrot. Also boil 2 beets and the same amount of potatoes. For dressing you will need about 200 g of mayonnaise, and to decorate the salad - greens.
So, salmon under a fur coat, a recipe. The salad is prepared very simply and quickly:
- All boiled vegetables should be grated, and chopped onions in a small cube. If you do not like the bitterness of onions, scald it with boiling water or put in vinegar for a while. You can also pickle onions, then the salad will turn out even tastier. Boiled eggs also need to grind on a grater.
- Now you need to lay out the salad correctly. To do this, you can take both a flat dish and a deep one. To make the salad look even and tidy on a flat plate, use the special cooking ring. The first layer is beets, greased with mayonnaise, then comes carrots, mayonnaise, potatoes and mayonnaise again. The next layer is eggs and onions. Now it's time for salmon, which must be cut into cubes or strips. You can decorate the salad with herbs. To let the salad soak, it must be refrigerated for several hours, and preferably at night. And only then remove the ring.
Another variant of Salmon under a fur coat salad
Another interpretation of a traditional salad that will appeal to many. For this dish, take about 300 g of smoked salmon, it is better to buy sliced immediately. You will also need 4 potatoes and the same amount of carrots, and 6 more salted cucumbers and the same number of eggs. For dressing, take mayonnaise to make the salad more piquant, add a little garlic to it. For decoration, take a few twigs of parsley and dill.
How to cook?
Lay out the Salmon under a fur coat salad in layers this way: first comes the fish, cut into pieces, and then the potatoes, chopped on a coarse grater and greased with mayonnaise and greens. The next layer is half of the cucumbers, cut into a small dice, then the eggs are crushed on a coarse grater. Do not forget to grease them with mayonnaise and herbs. Now put 2 carrots, chopped on a coarse grater, and then potatoes, grated on a coarse grater and the rest of the cucumbers. At the end there is carrot and mayonnaise. To let the Salmon Salad under a fur coat soak, it must be refrigerated for 6 hours. Decorate the dish as you wish.
Salmon under a fur coat in the oven
For this incredibly tasty dish you need to take the following ingredients: about 1.5 kg of fish, 1 kg of zucchini, a couple of onions, 3 carrots and the same number of tomatoes, as well as one head of cauliflower. To add spice, take salt and spices, as well as vegetable oil.
If you expect a lot of people for dinner, you can easily increase the amount of ingredients. The fish must be cut into portioned pieces and put on a mold that must first be greased with vegetable oil. Salt the salmon and add spices. Put the sliced vegetables and the cabbage, divided into inflorescences, onto the fish. They also need to salt and add spices. The fish must be put in the oven for 50 minutes, preheated to 180 degrees. Finished fish can be decorated with herbs and sprinkled with lemon juice.
This wonderful dish can be prepared for dinner for your close relatives, as well as served at the festive table for any occasion. Due to the fact that the fish is cooked in the oven and with vegetables, the dish turns out dietary and very tasty.