How to surprise guests on New Year's, every hostess thinks about. What salad to put on the festive table so that it is original, interesting, tasty and in line with the New Year's theme? A salad decorated in the form of pine cones will delight all your guests, young and old. It's easy to make, tastes great and looks great.
Every New Year I want to put something unusual on the table and it is desirable that the preparation does not take much time. A beautiful New Year's salad "Pine cones" will help to solve this problem. Moreover, in the year of the Red (Fire) Monkey, it is desirable to decorate the table in an original way.
To prepare a New Year's salad, you will need:
- smoked chicken - 20 g boneless;
- canned corn - 1 can;
- potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- processed cheese - 150-200 g;
- onions - 1 medium head;
- nuts (any);
- almonds - for decoration;
- pine branches or sprigs of fresh rosemary - for decoration;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking method
There are two options for preparing Pine cones salad. In the first case, the ingredients are laid out in layers, in the second, they are mixed. Choose the one that suits you best. In any case, it is advisable to serve on a flat platter.
- Boil potatoes and eggs. Rub them on a coarse grater (if you lay them in layers, then in separate containers, if you mix, then you can immediately in one).
- Cut the chicken into small pieces. Chop the onion and scald with boiling water.
- Grate the melted cheese on a coarse grater and mix with chopped nuts.
- If you lay out the salad in layers, then the order is from bottom to top: potatoes, chicken, onions, corn, eggs, a mixture of cheese and nuts. Grease each layer with mayonnaise, spreading out, give the salad the shape of two identical cones. If it's not convenient for you to make layers, then just mix all the ingredients and season with mayonnaise.
- We coat the cones with mayonnaise, insert the almonds, starting from the nose of the cone. Decorate with rosemary sprigs or small pine branches.
If you have small children or you decide to make the salad more useful, then mayonnaise can be replaced with a mixture of sour cream with salt and 0.5 teaspoon of mustard.
A quick and beautiful New Year's salad "Pine cones" is ready.
Another advantage of this salad is that you can make it in advance, for example, in the morning, cover it tightly and by the time it is served on the table, it will not lose either its shape or taste.
