Salad “Monomakh's Cap” - general principles of cooking
A solemn feast, a festive table - their peculiarity is not so much in the bounty of the dishes, but in how beautifully the dishes are laid out and how they are decorated. The more beautiful the dish, the more desirable it is. Not even the richest in ingredients salad can be a highlight of the table thanks to an exclusive design, so think ahead how you will decorate the dishes.
Salad “Monomakh’s Hat” looks very beautiful, but even the gourmet will appreciate its taste. However, there is no clear canon of what products should be among the ingredients. Salad “Monomakh's Cap” can be made from both meat and fish, and a wide variety of vegetables can be used.
Salad “Monomakh's Hat” - preparation of products and dishes
The main ingredient of the salad is meat, poultry or fish. When buying this component, you need to pay attention to the freshness of the products. The first marker of freshness is smell. Fresh meat products are odorless, fish have a light smell of sea water or iodine. A slightly more intense smell indicates that the fish was lying for a short time on the counter, and if the smell is very strong with a hint of rottenness, do not acquire such fish. As for meat and poultry, as soon as you smell the smell of rottenness, then the product is no longer fresh.
Vegetables for salads should be pre-washed in running water, peeled and peeled.
How to serve the salad "Monamkha"? The salad has a beautiful architectural structure, and therefore the dish must be served on a wide flat plate. Separately, before cooking, prepare several (7-8) plates or bowls for salad ingredients.
Salad Recipe “Monomakh's Cap”:
Recipe 1: Salad “Monomakh's Hat”
“Cap Monomakh” is certainly suitable for a magnificent celebration - thanks to the appearance this salad can be considered the king among salads! But you can certainly cook it for a regular dinner or lunch for your home. Delicious puff salad will surely appeal to both adults and children, and since the salad contains many useful ingredients, it will serve your health well. Ingredients Required:
- Pork 400 grams
- Potatoes 4 pieces of medium size
- Beet 2 pieces of medium size
- Carrots 2 small pieces
- Bow 1 piece
- Cheese 150 grams of solid variety
- Vinegar 2 tablespoons, water 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon sugar
- Mayonnaise and sour cream
- Walnut 50 grams
- For decoration: pomegranate seeds, peas, grapes, corn
Preparation Method:
Boil pork, having previously washed it under running water. Cool boiled pork and cut into thin strips or small cubes.
Boil the potatoes in a uniform, cool, remove the skin and rub on a medium grater.
Boil the beets, then remove the skin from it, cut off the tails and rub on a medium grater.
Boil carrots and grate on a fine grater.
Cheese grate on a coarse grater.
Chop a walnut.
Onion chop thin half-rings. Mix the marinade from vinegar, water and sugar and leave the onion in it for 12-15 minutes.
Mix the mayonnaise with sour cream in a 1: 1 ratio.
Spread salad “Monomakh's Cap” in this way:
- half of the potatoes
- refueling
- meat
- refueling
- beet
- refueling
- pickled onions
- carrots
- refueling.
Complete the finished salad with the remaining potatoes and cheese and give it a hat shape. Decorate the bottom of the cap like fur with walnuts, and decorate the cap with jewels like grapes, pomegranate, corn and decorate the caps upwards.
Recipe 2: Salad “Monomakh's Cap” with red fish
Beautiful and tasty dish called salad “Monomakh's Cap” can be made from red fish. You can use any red fish - chum salmon, salmon, salmon, trout, pink salmon. The fish should be salted, be sure to thoroughly clean it from stones and skins before cooking.
Ingredients Required:
- Fish red varieties 400 grams
- Potatoes 4 pieces of medium size
- Carrots 2 small pieces
- Cucumber salted 2-3 pieces of medium size
- Cheese 200 grams melted (2 pieces)
- Mayonnaise and sour cream
- Walnut 50 grams
- For decoration: pomegranate grains, grapes, corn
Preparation Method:
Cut red salted fish into small cubes and mix it with a small amount of sour cream.
Potatoes need to boil “in uniforms”, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater.
Cucumber salted cut into small cubes.
Carrots need to boil and grate on a fine grater.
Cream cheese grate on a coarse grater.
Chop a walnut with a blender or knife.
Mix the mayonnaise with sour cream in a 1: 1 ratio.
Spread the salad “Cap Monomakh” with red fish as follows: the first layer is half of the grated potatoes. On top of the potatoes a little dressing and red fish mixed with sour cream. Then - dressing, grated carrots, dressing and pickled cucumber. Cover the salad completely with the remaining potatoes and give it a hat shape. Decorate the bottom of the cap with fur-like walnuts with a walnut, top with melted cheese and grapes, pomegranate and corn.
Recipe 3: Salad “Monomakh's Cap” with ham and apple
You will pleasantly surprise your guests if, behind the lushly decorated “Cap of Monomakh” salad, they find the pleasant sourness of an apple with the tenderness of a ham. Ham is best to choose lean, chicken.
Ingredients Required:
- Ham 400 grams
- Carrots 2 pieces of small size, fresh cucumber 2 pieces
- Apple sour varieties 2 pieces of medium size
- Cheese 300 grams of durum
- Mayonnaise and sour cream
- Walnut 50 grams
- For decoration: pomegranate grains, grapes, corn
Preparation Method:
Ham cut into thin strips.
Wash the apple, remove the skin from it thinly, remove the bones and tails.
Cut fresh cucumber into small cubes.
Wash fresh carrots and grate them on a fine grater.
Cheese grate on a coarse grater.
Chop the walnut with a blender or knife.
Mix mayonnaise with sour cream in a ratio of one to one.
Spread the salad “Monomakh Hat” with ham as follows: the first layer is half the grated cheese, then the dressing and the ham. Smear ham dressing, top cucumber, dressing and grated carrots, dressing and apple. Cover the salad completely with the remaining cheese and press down with hands, giving the salad the shape of a hat. Decorate the bottom of the “cap” with walnuts, grease the top with dressing and decorate with grapes, pomegranate and corn.
Recipe 4: Salad “Monomakh's Hat” with boiled tongue
Try the recipe for a delicate salad “Monomakh Hat” with boiled tongue and canned corn.
Ingredients Required:
- Pork or beef tongue 400 grams
- Canned corn 1 can
- Egg 3-4 pieces
- 3-4 potatoes, fresh cucumber 2-3 pieces
- Cheese 150 grams of durum
- Mayonnaise and sour cream
- Walnut 50 grams
- For decoration: pomegranate grains, grapes, corn
Preparation Method:
Boil the potatoes “in uniform”, cool, peel and cut into small cubes.
Boil the egg, remove the shell, separate the yolk from the protein. Chop the yolk with a knife, and rub the white on a fine grater.
Boil the tongue until soft, and chilled, cut into cubes.
Open a jar of canned corn and drain the liquid.
Fresh cucumber wash and cut into cubes.
Cheese grate on a coarse grater.
Chop the walnut with a blender or knife.
Mix mayonnaise with sour cream in a ratio of one to one.
Spread the salad “Monomakh's Cap” with the tongues in layers. The first layer is half the potatoes, top dressing and tongue. Then dressing and corn, dressing and cucumber, dressing and chopped yolk. Salad close the remaining potatoes and cheese and grease dressing. With your hands, give the salad a hat shape, decorate the lower part with nuts, and decorate the upper part of the salad with “Monomakh's Cap” with pomegranate seeds, corn and grapes.
Recipe 5: Salad “Monomakh's Hat” with Chicken and Mushrooms
Salad “Monomakh's Cap” with chicken and fried mushrooms will surprise you with its satiety and, at the same time, ease, since there is no potato in the recipe.
Ingredients Required:
- Chicken fillet 400 grams
- Champignon mushrooms 300 grams
- Canned peas 1 can
- Cucumber fresh 2-3 pieces of medium size
- Onion bulb 1 piece medium size
- Cheese 200 grams of solid variety
- Mayonnaise and sour cream
- Walnut 50 grams
- For decoration: pomegranate seeds, peas, grapes, corn
Preparation Method:
Boil chicken fillet until tender, cool and cut into thin strips.
Mushrooms large cut. Shred the onion and fry in a hot frying pan greased with oil for 5 minutes, then put the mushrooms in the pan. Fry for about 10-12 minutes. Chill.
Open the jar with the pot, drain the liquid. Mix peas with a small amount of sour cream.
Wash cucumber and chop finely.
Cheese grate on a coarse grater.
Chop a walnut.
Mix the mayonnaise with sour cream in a 1: 1 ratio.
Spread salad "Monomakh's Cap" with chicken fillet in layers. The first layer is half grated cheese, dressing. Then - chicken fillet, dressing, mushrooms, dressing, peas, cucumber, dressing. Fill the salad completely with the remaining cheese and give the dish the shape of a hat. Decorate the lower part of the salad with walnuts, and grape, pomegranate seeds and corn decorate the upper part of the cap like jewels.
Salad “Monomakh's Hat” - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
The salad will be much tastier if it is infused in the refrigerator before serving for 2-3 hours.
Salad can be decorated with olives, grapes, pomegranate seeds, corn, peas, seeds, nuts; draw mayonnaise and mustard patterns. The more beautiful the decoration of the salad, the more appetizing the salad “Monomakh's Cap” will seem.
