Salad �Cap of Monomakh": inexpensive and very nice

There are dishes that are traditionally prepared on a festive table many housewives. One of these dishes - salad "Cap of Monomakh". It is easy to prepare, the ingredients are quite affordable, and salad is obtained simply amazing. So, ready to "Cap of Monomakh".

First of all, we should say a few words about this amazing title and the history of this salad. Presumably, the salad was invented in the USSR, as well as other vegetable salads with a similar composition, meat, mayonnaise, but accurate information about the origin of this dish is not. As for the name, it was given in honor of dressing resemblance to one of the main jewels of the Russian tsars and grand dukes - Cap of Monomakh, which is now kept in the Moscow Kremlin Armoury.

The composition of this multi-salad, but it is quite simple: boiled meat, boiled vegetables - potatoes, beets, carrots, boiled eggs, cheese, walnuts, parsley, garlic, pomegranate, mayonnaise. Today, all of these products can be easily found in any store, and this makes the salad a good option for any holiday feast, but traditionally it is prepared for the New Year.

Preparation of salad "Cap of Monomakh"

To prepare this salad, you need to spend about an hour of free time.

Salad recipe "Cap of Monomakh"

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You will need: 300 grams of beef / pork boiled, 100-150 g of solid cheese, 50-80 g walnuts, 4 boiled potatoes, boiled eggs 3-4, 2-3 cloves of garlic, boiled beets and carrots, 1 grenade, 2 tbsp .l. parsley, 1 tsp peas, mayonnaise, pepper, salt.

How to prepare salad "Cap of Monomakh". Slice the meat medium-sized strips or cubes, or disassembled into fibers on a coarse grater rub the potatoes, beets, on a fine grater - carrots, cheese and egg whites, egg yolks hard-boiled eggs chopped with a knife. Chop chop nuts or blender, chop herbs, garlic press to pass through. Individually, each ingredient is prepared to mix with mayonnaise, if necessary, pepper and salt. By beets and carrots with stirring add the garlic mayonnaise. Piece of cheese and nuts to postpone registration .Vzyat platter, spread layers of lettuce, half potatoes, beets, garlic, a little walnut, half the cheese, half meat and half greens, egg yolks, carrots, garlic, nuts, cheese, meat rest, rest greens, cover the entire remaining potato salad. Moisten your hands with water, to give the salad shape hats, coat with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Egg white to cover the upper part of the cap, putting a bit of protein to the bottom thereof and mix it with cheese, place the bottom of the cap. Make a salad with pomegranate seeds, green peas and put into cold, gently cover with cling film. Insist salad at least 12 hours, then before serving decorate the top cap half red onion, filled with pomegranate seeds.

As you can see, nothing complicated in the preparation of this salad is not, and the process of its design - it is very creative. For decoration you can use other products - all that comes to hand and will not spoil the taste of lettuce. Therefore, the "Cap of Monomakh" - great for any holiday table, all the more so if you want a salad can be made easier.

Salad recipe "Cap of Monomakh" with chicken, prunes, apple and yogurt

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You will need: 150 g of cheese, 100 g pitted prunes, 100 g of finely chopped walnuts, 3 boiled eggs, 2 boiled potatoes, boiled 1 chicken breast, 1 boiled beets, 1 large green apple, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 red onion,? cup mayonnaise? cup low-fat yogurt, lemon juice, green peas, salt.

How to cook an easy option salad "Cap of Monomakh". Boiled breast cut into small pieces and lightly fry in a pan with butter. Cut potatoes into cubes, apple peel, rub on a coarse grater, sprinkle with lemon juice, just to rub beets, cheese, egg whites - on a fine grater. Stir in the ratio of 1 to 1 yogurt and mayonnaise, add passed through a press garlic, salt the taste. Salad spread on a flat dish in the following order: half a potato, half chicken, prunes, nuts, half, one-third of the cheese, half an apple, the remaining potatoes, then chicken, apple, egg yolks, and a third of the cheese. Each layer of sauce and promazyvat need to do a little less than the previous one. Wet hands to give the salad shape Cap of Monomakh, smear a thin layer of mayonnaise to make "the edge" of the grated cheese, protein and walnut. Garnish with half a bulb filled with pomegranate seeds and arrange lettuce seeds over the entire surface.

Having mastered the classic recipe of salad Cap of Monomakh, many housewives will adapt it for yourself, for example, replacing a conventional processed cheese, boiled instead of using raw carrots and mixing it with raisins and garlic. Worth a try this salad one day, and you will want to cook it on every festive meal. And so he always gets well, remember that:

• If the salad is prepared with chicken, fry it better to taste the salad was brighter;
• Nuts salad can also fry;
• Do not Make a salad of beets slices - its juice "rasplyvetsya" around;
• Garnish with lettuce can be any red jelly, cut into circles and diamonds, or sweet red pepper;
• If using frozen peas design, it should be spread on the salad before serving, so it does not dry and wrinkled peas this looks brighter canned;
• Carrot layer can be made from raw carrots with grated cheese and raisins, beetroot in a layer, you can add prunes and walnuts;
• Each ingredient for salad layers better individually mixed with mayonnaise and then later spread;
• Mixing the ingredients with the mayonnaise, do not forget to salt and pepper meat, potatoes, eggs and other products;
• Always give the salad to infuse in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.