Looking for a simple, inexpensive appetizer? The Curly Salad Recipe is what you need. It consists of inexpensive, affordable products, in addition, it quickly and simply cooks, and looks festive and elegant.
Behind the simple name of the salad is a real culinary masterpiece, which even an inexperienced cook can replicate. Behind the playful name was a bright, juicy, tasty dish, which includes fresh carrots, sweet corn and an apple. Let's take a closer look at the composition and method of preparation of this snack.
Ingredients
To prepare this elegant inexpensive salad you will need:
- 250 g of crab sticks;
- 4 eggs;
- 1 can of canned sweet corn;
- 1 sweet and sour large apple;
- 1 large carrot;
- mayonnaise (optional sour cream and pepper) as a sauce;
- fresh parsley and dill to decorate the salad;
- 1 bunch of lettuce leaves to decorate the dish.
Component preparation
Let's get acquainted with the cooking process of this dish. Boil hard boiled eggs in advance, cool and peel. Grind them on a fine grater or with a fork. Separating protein and yolk is not necessary.
And for the salad you will need a fresh carrot, which must be grated on a fine or medium grater. Peel the apple, remove the seeds and grate on a coarse grater.
Defrost crab sticks in advance, grate them too, or chop very, very finely.
Salad Formation
Next, we proceed to the formation of "Curly" salad. Cover the dish with a flat bottom with lettuce leaves. For the recipe, the “curly jazz” or two-tone variety is perfect.
All the ingredients in the salad are laid out in layers. To get a neat shape, put on a leaf a salad dresser or a round baking dish.
The first layer is fresh carrots, form an even circle if there is no suitable shape, evenly distributing the vegetable. Lubricate the layer with mayonnaise. To make the salad tender and less high-calorie, mix mayonnaise with sour cream or use yogurt.
Lay eggs on top of the carrots, also smearing the layer with mayonnaise, without disturbing the uniformity.
Circle and freshly grated apple. Spread a layer of sauce with plenty of sauce and lay on top finely grated crab sticks.
Drain the liquid as much as possible from the corn and place on sticks. Lubricating the last coat is not necessary.
You can decorate the salad with fresh herbs or a flower of boiled carrots. Here your imagination is unlimited.
Salting a salad is not necessary, it already has an excellent taste, but if desired, a little pepper can be added to the sauce if you like spicy, or garlic passed through a press.
Cool the dish, let it soak a little and serve.
Variations
A variety of fresh and tasty snacks can be at your discretion. Most often, boiled potatoes, cheese, and fresh cucumbers are added to the “Curly” salad.
Puff salad can be laid out in the form of a corn cob or in the form of a birch, decorating the trunk with grated protein and thinly sliced olives. Or in the form of a muzzle, in this case, corn will play an excellent role in light small curls.