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The salad's main ingredient is canned fish. The key is that it should be canned in its own juices or in oil. As a rule, mackerel, pink salmon or salmon, or sardine is chosen for the salad. Sprats or cod liver are used the same way. In a lighter version of Mimosa, you can also use crab sticks.
The five most commonly used ingredients in classic Mimosa salad recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potatoes | 80 | 2 | 0.4 | 18.1 |
| Eggs | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
| Carrots | 33 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Hard cheese | 366 | 24.1 | 29.5 | 0.3 |
| Dill | 38 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
Interesting recipe:
1. Boil the potatoes in their skins, along with the carrots and eggs. Let them cool. Peel them.
2. Grate all the prepared ingredients (except the onion and fish) on the medium holes of a grater.
3. Finely chop the onion, pour boiling water over it for 5 minutes, and marinate.
4. For the first layer, spread half the grated boiled potatoes (don't press them down). Coat them with, or pipe a grid of, good, full-fat mayonnaise.
5. On every layer except the top one, likewise pipe a grid or coat with mayonnaise.
6. The second layer is the pre-mashed fish.
7. Next comes the finely chopped marinated onion.
8. Then the remaining half of the grated potatoes.
9. Then grated carrots.
10. A layer of grated cheese.
11. A layer of egg white.
12. Finally, cover with the yolk grated directly over the dish.
The five fastest classic Mimosa salad recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mimosa classic salad with cheese | 1 hour | 241 | +87 |
| Mimosa salad with potatoes and canned food classic | 1 hour | 193 | +22 |
| Mimosa salad with canned fish and potatoes classic | 2 hours | 225 | +851 |
| Mimosa salad with saury classic for the holiday | 2 hours | 184 | +207 |
| Mimosa salad with canned pink salmon classic | 2 h 30 min | 189 | +143 |
Useful tips:
• Instead of canned fish, you can use lightly salted pink salmon or salmon in the Mimosa salad.
• Prunes will add a piquant touch to the salad if you finely chop them and place them in the second-to-last layer.
• The potatoes can be replaced with boiled rice.
• To give the dish a rich, creamy taste, add grated, pre-frozen butter to it.