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Snowdrift Salad

Snowdrift salad

Tender, tasty, pretty, festive, and made from simple ingredients. The Snowdrift salad has an unusual look but is made from the most ordinary ingredients. It resembles snowdrifts, which makes it perfect for a New Year's table or any winter celebration.

sharlis

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken leg

Potatoes (small tubers)

Carrots (large)

Hard cheese

150

Eggs

Mayonnaise (50% fat)

100

Garlic

Salt

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 35 % 11 g

Fats 39 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 26 % 8 g

178 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make a Snowdrift salad? Gather your ingredients. Boil the vegetables and eggs ahead of time: pour water into a pot, salt it lightly, and bring it to a boil. Add the washed vegetables and cook them until tender, about 15-25 minutes. Take each one out as it's done and let it cool. Boil the eggs for 10 minutes after the water boils, then move them to a bowl of cold water to cool.
Step 2:

Boil the chicken leg in salted water until done — about 20-40 minutes. Remove the skin, if any, and pull the meat off the bones. Let it cool. Instead of a leg, like I used, you can use any meaty part of the chicken.
Step 3:

Peel the potatoes and carrot and grate them on the coarse side of a grater.
Step 4:

Chop the chicken with a knife, cutting across the grain.
Step 5:

Grate the cheese on the fine side of a grater. For this recipe a pale cheese works best, for a more realistic snow effect. I didn't think of that at first and bought a regular cheese, but next time I'll get a lighter one.
Step 6:

Peel the boiled eggs, cut them in half lengthwise, carefully scoop out the yolks, and put them in a small bowl.
Step 7:

Add the minced garlic and mayonnaise (about 1 tablespoon) to the cooked yolks and mash everything well with a fork into a smooth paste.
Step 8:

Fill the cooked egg-white halves with the yolk mixture.
Step 9:

Start assembling the salad. A flat plate of medium size works well — you don't want too big a plate, or the salad will look flat. Spread the grated potato as the first layer. Pack it down a little with a fork and spread a thin layer of mayonnaise over it.
Step 10:

Add the grated carrot as the second layer, pack it down the same way, and spread with mayonnaise.
Step 11:

The third layer is the chicken. It's best to mix it with mayonnaise ahead of time and spread it on already mixed. Sprinkle the chicken lightly and evenly with salt and pepper to taste. If you lay down dry meat and try to spread mayonnaise over it, it comes out messy.
Step 12:

Set the egg halves on top of the meat — these are the future snowdrifts. Arrange 7 halves in a circle, pointed end toward the center, and put one right in the middle of the salad.
Step 13:

Coat the whole salad with mayonnaise, including the eggs on top.
Step 14:

And shower the salad generously with grated cheese. Finished, the Snowdrift salad looks very striking and really does resemble snowdrifts.

After you've assembled the salad, give it time to soak — it'll be even tastier, more tender, and juicier. This recipe turned out great, since I love the combination of chicken, cheese, and eggs.
How do you tell if an egg is fresh? Crack it into a separate bowl. First of all, there should be no off smell. The white of a fresh egg is clear and clean. The yolk shouldn't spread and will be shiny, domed, and firm.
It's better to make your own mayonnaise — tastier and healthier. See here for some good homemade mayonnaise recipes. You can also dress the salad with sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise, used on their own or mixed with mayonnaise in any ratio you like, which lightens the dish.