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Santa Claus Salad

Santa Claus Salad

Your guests will be amazed to see a Santa Claus like this on the table! A delicious and strikingly decorated holiday salad shaped like Santa! This Christmas- and New Year's–themed dish will stick in your guests' memories for a long time. It's not just beautiful—it's also really tasty.

Ellisa

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Hard cheese

Mayonnaise

150

Rice

Soy sauce

Eggs

Mustard

Pink salmon (in its own juice)

200

Water

Fresh herbs (1 bunch)

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 22 % 7 g

Fats 31 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 47 % 15 g

169 kcal

GI: 13 / 87 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

Rinse the rice and boil it until tender, then let it cool completely—don't rinse it after cooking, so it stays sticky. Pour the liquid from the canned salmon into a bowl (you'll need it shortly), pick out the bones, and mash the fish with a fork.
Step 2:

Hard-boil the eggs by lowering them into boiling water with a little salt for 10 minutes. Then move them to cold water to cool. Peel the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. Make the sauce: mash the two cooked yolks with the salmon liquid and the mustard, then add the grated cheese and grated whites.
Step 3:

Add the soy sauce, chopped herbs, and pepper.
Step 4:

Mix everything well.
Step 5:

Now start assembling the salad. First, mound part of the rice on a platter in the shape shown in the photo.
Step 6:

Spread the rice with the sauce.
Step 7:

Add a layer of the fish mixture on top.
Step 8:

Spread the fish layer with sauce.
Step 9:

Keep layering rice and fish, alternating them and spreading sauce between the layers. Shape it into a finished Santa figure—see the photo for an example.
Step 10:

Make red mayonnaise for decorating: stir beet juice or food coloring into the mayonnaise until the color is even.
Step 11:

Spread the red mayonnaise over Santa's body, cheeks, and hat.
Step 12:

Spread white mayonnaise on the beard and the trim of the coat; use cloves for the eyes.
Step 13:

Use black olives for the hands and feet.
Step 14:

Cut snowflake-stars out of cheese.
Step 15:

Let the salad sit in the fridge for about two hours so the flavors meld.

Did you ever imagine you could turn plain rice and canned fish into a showpiece like this? In this recipe, I've shown you how to make a Santa Claus salad from these simple ingredients. I tried to describe the process in as much detail as possible—I hope it works out for you. The key is to portion the rice and fish mixture correctly as you build the layers, so there's enough to make a whole Santa. I'm sure your guests have never tried a salad like this—and that's something to fix right away!