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Layered Salad Mistress for Valentine's Day

Layered "Mistress" Salad for Valentine's Day

This one's for fans of vegetable salads with beets. It also has walnuts, cheese, and prunes, which give the finished salad not only a zesty kick but real heartiness, too. The zing comes from more than the flavor and the cheeky name — the playful presentation is half the fun. The dressing here is mayonnaise — I'd suggest making it homemade. You can also mix the mayonnaise half-and-half with sour cream for an even better flavor.

Lyudmila

Recipe author

Layered Salad Mistress for Valentine's Day

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Beets (boiled)

Carrots (raw)

Hard cheese

150

Walnuts

100

Prunes

Mayonnaise (or to taste)

Salt (optional — I skip it)

0.25

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 17 % 5 g

Fats 47 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 37 % 11 g

189 kcal

GI: 40 / 0 / 60

Cooking method

Cooking time: 50 min

Step 1:

First, I'll prep all the ingredients.
Step 2:

Soak the prunes in warm water for about 10 minutes, then drain. Let them dry off a little and chop them finely into rough pieces.
Step 3:

Grate the carrots on the fine side of a box grater.
Step 4:

Mix the grated raw carrots with the finely chopped prunes and 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise.
Step 5:

Stir the mixture and spread it onto a flat serving plate, shaping the base of the salad into a heart with two rounded humps.
Step 6:

Grate the cheese on the fine side of a grater and press in 1 clove of garlic. Stir together with mayonnaise.
Step 7:

Pressing gently, layer the cheese mixture over the carrot layer, keeping the salad's shape.
Step 8:

Grate the boiled beets on the fine side of a grater.
Step 9:

Grind the walnuts in a blender.
Step 10:

Add them to the beets along with another clove of garlic pressed through a garlic press. Dress with mayonnaise and stir.
Step 11:

Spread the beet-and-walnut mixture over the cheese layer, leaving the top slightly open to suggest a neckline.
Step 12:

If you like, finish the design with "buttons" made of cheese and olives, so the dish looks even more like a corset.
Step 13:

The "Mistress" salad with beets is ready!

It's best to chill the salad in the fridge overnight — by the second day the ingredients have soaked together and their flavor really comes through.