"Tiger" Fish Salad

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make a "Tiger" fish salad? Gather the ingredients. Instead of saury you can use another canned fish — sardines, pink salmon, or tuna. Choose fish packed in its own juice, with no added oil.

2. Step 2:

   

   Open the can, drain the liquid, and put the fish in a bowl. Mash it with a fork to a paste-like consistency, removing any large bones.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onion and chop it as finely as you can.

4. Step 4:

   

   Peel the pre-boiled carrots and grate them on the medium side of a grater. To boil carrots: wash them well, put them in a pot, cover with cold water, and cook over low heat for 20–30 minutes after it boils, depending on size. Test with a knife — it should slide in easily. Drain and cool.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel the boiled eggs and grate them on the same medium grater. Set aside the white of one egg for decorating. To hard-boil eggs so they don't crack: put them in cold water and cook over low heat for 9 minutes after it boils, then cover with cold water and cool — the sudden temperature change makes them easier to peel.

6. Step 6:

   

   Start building the salad on a plate in this order: fish, onion, eggs, carrot. For neat layers, pipe a lattice of mayonnaise over each (put it in a sturdy bag with the tip snipped off). To form the tiger's face, shape the salad into a circle and add two ears at the top.

7. Step 7:

   

   Repeat the layers, again piping a lattice of mayonnaise — but don't add mayo over the carrot layer. Use carrot to cover the sides of the salad too. Gently shape the ears, pressing your fingers into their centers.

8. Step 8:

   

   Cut the eyes out of the reserved egg white and finely chop the rest. Place the eyes and the center of the muzzle on top of the salad.

9. Step 9:

   

   Halve two olives, put a half in each ear, and use one to make the nose. Cut thin olive strips for the pupils and lashes. Finely chop the remaining olives and use them for the stripes on top and along the sides.

10. Step 10:

    

    Make a tongue from a piece of sausage and whiskers from cheese. Chill the salad for a couple of hours so the flavors meld, then serve. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!