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Fish salad in the pond with sprats

"Fish in a Pond" Salad with Sprats

Tasty, eye-catching, made from simple ingredients — perfect for a party table. This "Fish in a Pond" salad with sprats comes together amazingly fast; you just need to give it time to chill and meld. It's a real showstopper thanks to its playful presentation, and it tastes wonderful, too!

Snezhana

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Sprats

160

Potatoes

200

Carrots

200

Eggs

Hard cheese

100

Mayonnaise

100

Green onion

100

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 26 % 8 g

Fats 55 % 17 g

Carbohydrates 19 % 6 g

199 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make "Fish in a Pond" salad? Gather your ingredients. Wash the potatoes and carrots and boil them in their skins. Let the vegetables cool, then peel them. Hard-boil the eggs, cool them, and peel them. If you like things sharp, you can add finely chopped onion, but you can skip it since the salad already has green onion. Grate the boiled potatoes or pulse them in a blender. Spread them as the first layer in a salad bowl.
Step 2:

Salt the potato layer to taste — go easy, since the salad is dressed with mayonnaise. Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise over the potatoes.
Step 3:

Grate the boiled carrots on the coarse side of a grater and add them as the second layer. Spread mayonnaise over the carrot layer.
Step 4:

Layer the sprats over the carrots — you can mash them lightly with a fork first, or even reduce them to a paste. Set a few sprats aside; you'll need them to decorate the salad. Spread on more mayonnaise.
Step 5:

Next, add the chopped boiled eggs. You can grate them or push them through an egg slicer. Spread mayonnaise over the eggs.
Step 6:

Grate the hard cheese on the fine side of a grater — any firm cheese you like and have on hand. Sprinkle it over the top of the salad. Wash the green onion well, cut it into small pieces, and scatter it around the edge of the bowl. Save a few whole onion stalks for the garnish.
Step 7:

Stand the onion stalks and reserved sprats upright in the salad, using a knife or fork to help hold them in place. The result looks like a little pond with reeds, duckweed, and fish swimming around in it. Your guests will love it. The pretty, tasty sprat salad is ready. Let it sit in the fridge a couple of hours so the flavors come together, then serve. Enjoy!

It's better to make your own mayonnaise — it's tastier and better for you. See some great homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also dress the salad with sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayo, on their own or blended with mayonnaise in any ratio you like, which lightens the dish.