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Marcel salad with prunes

Marseille Salad with Prunes

A delicious, hearty salad for both holidays and everyday meals! This "Marseille" salad is rich and satisfying, yet anything but ordinary. Why it's named after the French port city, I couldn't tell you — probably just a whim of whoever invented it. Still, with so many different ingredients coming together in such surprising harmony, the salad really does feel like that bright, bustling city on the Mediterranean coast.

Anna

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken (fillet)

300

Hard cheese

100

Eggs

Prunes (sweet, pitted)

Korean-style carrots (Korean-style)

200

Walnuts (chopped)

Mayonnaise

Garlic

Allspice

Salt

Fresh herbs

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 32 % 12 g

Fats 50 % 19 g

Carbohydrates 18 % 7 g

235 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

How do you make Marseille salad with prunes? Start by gathering all your ingredients.
Step 2:

Boil the chicken in salted water until cooked through, then let it cool and cut it into cubes. Rinse the prunes, pat them dry on a paper towel, and slice into thin strips. Separate the hard-boiled egg whites from the yolks and grate each separately on a fine grater.
Step 3:

Grate the cheese on the coarse side of a grater and mix it with mayonnaise and garlic pressed through a garlic press. Lightly toast the walnuts in a dry skillet, then stir them together with the Korean-style carrots.
Step 4:

Spread the prunes over a flat plate and brush them with mayonnaise.
Step 5:

Next comes the chicken, followed by another layer of mayonnaise.
Step 6:

The next layer is the carrots with walnuts.
Step 7:

On top goes the cheese layer, then the final layer — the egg whites. Brush everything with mayonnaise all over and sprinkle evenly with the grated yolks.
Step 8:

Let the salad chill in the refrigerator for an hour, then garnish with parsley — chopped or in sprigs — just before serving. Enjoy!

Mayonnaise is best made from scratch — it tastes better and is better for you. You'll find some great homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also dress the salad with sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise, either on their own or blended with mayonnaise in any ratio you like — that will lighten up the dish.
How do you hard-boil eggs? To keep them from cracking, place them in cold water and bring it to a gentle boil. Cook the eggs for 9 minutes after the water boils, then drain and cover with cold water to cool. The sudden temperature change makes them easier to peel.