Hello honest people. Continuing the selection of Soviet recipes, I cannot help but tell you about such a "monstrous" salad, which I have never prepared before. And since I'm always interested in doing something new, I tried a couple of its variations and chose this combination for myself. I'll tell you about my impressions at the end, in the conclusions.
So, salad "Capercaillie's nest".
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Ingredients:
Chicken fillet - 400g
Ham - 150g
Eggs - 4
Marinated champignons - 350g
Hard cheese - 70g
Mayonnaise - 4 tablespoons
Lettuce leaves
Processed cheese - 1pc
Fresh dill - 2 tsp
Potatoes - 4pcs
Vegetable oil for deep fat
Salt and black pepper - to taste
Garlic - 2 cloves
How to cook:
Prepare food.
Hard boil the eggs (7-8 minutes) and divide into whites and yolks.
Grate proteins and cheese on a coarse grater.
Cut the ham into cubes.
Chop the mushrooms finely.
Pour the chicken fillet with cold salted water, bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes. Then remove, let cool and cut into cubes. You can let the fillet cool directly in the broth, it will be even tastier.
Combine cheese, chicken, ham, proteins and mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper and mayonnaise. Mix.
Grate the processed cheese and yolks on a fine grater.
Add finely chopped dill and garlic, pressed through a press or grated on the same fine grater. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise or yogurt, season with salt and pepper and stir.
Pile balls from the resulting mixture. In this “crown of culinary art” they will symbolize the eggs of the wood grouse themselves. Well, what do you want, there is nowhere without "decorations" 😉
Peel the potatoes, cut into strips.
Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer. If not, you can use a saucepan or a suitable pan.
You need to fry potatoes in portions. Don't throw it all at once.
The finished potato straws must be folded on paper towels in an even layer. Don't heap everything. Season the ready-made potatoes with salt and pepper.
Put lettuce leaves on the dish, on top - the prepared mix salad.
Surround it with potato strips.
Lay balls of yolks and cream cheese on top of this whole structure.
The Capercaillie Nest salad is ready.
Can be served immediately on the festive table.
Bon Appetit!
Technical issues and replacements
In principle, any components can be replaced here. Chicken fillet can be changed for both thighs and pork / beef. But still, the chicken, as for me, shows itself in the best way. I tried the smoked chicken fillet version of this salad and it tasted interesting too. So feel free to consider such a replacement.
In other variations I have come across olives and pickles. This is for a change.
conclusions
Here is such an unusual in appearance and familiar, in fact, the salad turned out in the end. I have met him more than once at festive tables, but I myself have not cooked until now. Yes, I agree, he looks interesting and unusual in the overall standings. It is different in texture and taste. There are actually three layers - balls, salad itself and potatoes. I don't understand a little about the combination of such a salad mixture with fried potato sticks, but this is just a matter of my vision. As I noticed, such a salad on the table disperses quickly enough. In my case, I ate the potatoes myself separately with beer.
As usual, I invite you to prepare and form your own opinion. Be sure to tell us what you ended up with, what were the replacements and general impressions.
Cook for fun. Your Bra from Odessa.
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