Any, even the most unpretentious of the salads can be decorated so intricately and interestingly that it becomes a pity to destroy such a "work of art". Not a single New Year's feast is complete without Olivier salad. Each housewife decorates it in her own way: with a sprig of parsley or a whole castle of cucumbers and eggs. Until recently, it was believed that all decorating elements should be made from the same ingredients that make up the salad itself. Modern housewives boldly break this rule and give free rein to imagination.
Instructions
Step 1
Traditional decoration. On top of the salad, sprinkled with mayonnaise, lay greens - parsley, dill, green onions, lettuce, celery. Greens can be cut (or torn by hand), or they can be laid with twigs and separate leaves.
Step 2
It is also considered traditional to decorate the salad with green peas, slices of cucumbers, eggs, carrots, potatoes. These can be cut into circles, cubes or figures (stars, Christmas trees, snowflakes, spirals) products that make up the salad. Some housewives use cookie cutters for this. You can create whole compositions from the figures: a dial with arrows at 12.00 in the case of New Year's decoration, the sun among white clouds, daisies in a meadow, a forest clearing, etc. Cut eggs make "mushrooms" well, and cucumbers make "roses".
Step 3
The decoration is considered original when products that are not included in the Olivier salad are "involved" in the process. These can be slices of lemon, unsweetened apple or grapefruit, pomegranate seeds, pieces of bell pepper, cubes of bright jelly, grapes and olives. Decoration elements are placed on the surface of the salad either in a chaotic manner (randomly), or laid out in geometric or arbitrary patterns. For example, you can add carrot juice to mayonnaise and use a pastry syringe to lay out a mesh with orange (or yellow) mayonnaise, and then place an olive or grape in each cell. Especially creative housewives create paintings with the help of unusual products (including).
Step 4
If there is no time for an intricate decoration, use a win-win option. Its secret lies in the successful use of the color ratio of the products. Orange and green "spots" look good on a white background of the surface of the salad (when it is covered with mayonnaise). Just scatter the carrot cubes at random and stick sprigs of greens between them.
