Salads cocktails: easy, tasty, beautifully

In this article we will tell you about the salad-cocktails - their history, preparation and presentation, and, of course, most of their recipes.

First of all, let us define: what is a salad cocktail, does this type of salad some significant differences from the usual eateries salads - pastry and mixed, and maybe they need to prepare any special products? Actually it's easier than it seems: salads cocktails so called because that is served in glasses. Yes - exactly, and no special products and special differences from the usual salads. Certain features can be attributed only to the fact that most of these salads are laid out in the glasses in layers, but not always, each layer watered sauce - often pour sauce on top side only.

Beautiful presentation, very attractive appearance - the main advantage of these salads. You can make a variety of vegetables as well as make a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, in General it is a real field experiments lovers carving and simply creative decorating. Very convenient that served this salad a La carte, which is always well received by guests. In General, if you want to impress the guests of the restaurant "service" in the home, make a festive buffet salad-cocktail.

When and who exactly invented to serve salads in glasses is not known. However, already in the 80's they were popular in Europe. According to the rules of etiquette to serve salads, cocktails, which today is not put in the glasses, but in the ice-cream bowls, vases, should be submitted on a flat plate, covered with a towel or paper napkin for sustainability. Eating them made or straight from the glass (in this case, according to etiquette, to the salad should be served tea spoon with a long handle) or from the plate, where it is cleaned cloth (be filed with the salad should fork).

For any holiday buffet salads-cocktails - effective solution, but to submit so can any salad, including favorite Olivier, Mimosa, Herring under a fur coat, and so on, but today we will talk about the other salads that can be served in cocktails, no less tasty and very interesting.

Salad recipe-cocktail boiled sausage

You will need: 20g sausage, boiled eggs and fresh radish, 10g ketchup, 5g lemon juice and vegetable oil, parsley, ground pepper, garlic, salt.

How to prepare a salad-cocktail boiled sausage. Julienne cut the sausage, egg RUB on a large grater, mugs slice the radishes. To put in a sundae dish or large glass layers. Stir the minced garlic, ketchup, lemon juice, oil, pepper and salt, pour over salad, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Salad recipe-cocktail "Ginger"

You will need: 300g boiled chicken, 150g pineapple, apples and oranges, 100g lemon 100g cashew nuts, nutmeg and ginger.

How to make ginger salad-cocktail. Diced cut chicken, finely chop the pulp of oranges without films, pineapple and apples. Alternating, put the products in the glass layers. The sauce to cook in a blender: mix pineapple, Apple, orange, ginger and nuts with all the pinch of nutmeg, until smooth, pour over salad and garnish with slices of lemon.

For even greater efficiency chop the salad ingredients with the help of molds in the form of some figures.

Salad recipe-cocktail with cream

You will need: 25g cheese, 15g apples, carrots, cashew nuts, sour cream and cream (30%, greens, lettuce.

How to make a salad cocktail with creamy sauce. On a coarse grater grate cheese, cut into cubes peeled apples and boiled carrots. In the glass on the bottom to put the lettuce, put layers products. Mix the sour cream with whipped cream, salt to taste, pour over the salad. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Salad recipe-shrimp cocktail

You will need: 500g cabbage, 300g peeled boiled shrimp, 4 boiled eggs, sauce - 200g feta cheese and 100g olive mayonnaise.

How to prepare a salad-cocktail shrimp. Thin strips shred cabbage, grate the eggs on a grater, coarsely chop shrimp. All the ingredients of a salad mix. Mayonnaise pound feta, add to the salad. Put the salad into glasses, garnish each large shrimp.

Sometimes the ingredients of salads, cocktails before placement in the glasses still mixed, but such filing occurs less frequently.

Salad recipe-cocktail with chicken and peas

You will need: 250g cooked chicken, 150g of cheese, 4 boiled eggs, 1 cucumber, 2 cloves of garlic, 4 tbsp. canned green peas and mayonnaise.

How to make a salad cocktail with peas and chicken. Small strips cut into the chicken, egg white and cucumber, on a small grater, grate the cheese, egg yolks and garlic. Put the salad in the glass or the ice-cream bowls layers: cucumbers, chicken, mayonnaise, proteins, cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, egg yolks, mayonnaise, peas. Before serving the salad, you need to give 2H soak.

Dress any salad-cocktail, you will prepare not only a great snack, but also a perfect decoration for the holiday table. This salad will impress any connoisseur of beautiful!