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Salad Cap of Monomakh: recipe. Video
“Monomakh’s Hat” salad is a festive dish. It is believed to have been invented during the Soviet era. As for the name of the dish, it was given to it in honor of its resemblance to the symbol of autocracy in Russia – the Monomakh hat kept in the Armory Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. It is not difficult to prepare such a salad, the ingredients are available for it, and the taste is simply amazing.
Salad “Cap of Monomakh” with boiled meat: recipe
To prepare the dish you will need: – 300 g of meat (pork or beef); – 3-4 eggs; – 1 grenade; – 1 tsp green peas; – 2-3 cloves of garlic; – 4 medium potatoes; – 100-150 g of hard cheese; – 1 carrot; – 1 beet; – 50–80 g of walnuts;
– 2 tbsp. chopped greens (parsley); – mayonnaise to taste; – ground pepper to taste; – salt to taste.
Boil meat, potatoes, beets and carrots. Cut the meat into cubes or small strips. After that, rub the peeled beets and potatoes on a coarse grater, and the peeled carrots, egg whites and cheese on a fine grater. Cut the boiled egg yolks with a knife. Chop the nuts with a blender or finely chop. Next, chop the herbs, and pass the garlic through a press. Mix each prepared ingredient separately with mayonnaise. Add pepper and salt to taste. Add garlic to carrots and beets with mayonnaise (also separately). Set aside some of the nuts and cheese for salad dressing.
Now take a flat dish and begin to lay out the salad in layers in the following sequence: – 1/2 part of potatoes; – beets mixed with garlic; – a little walnut; – 1/2 part cheese; – 1/2 part of meat; – 1/2 part greens; – chopped yolks; – carrots mixed with garlic; – nuts; – grated cheese; – part of the meat; – part of the greenery. Cover the whole salad with the rest of the potatoes.
To decorate the Monomakh Hat salad, you can use other ingredients that are at your fingertips. The main thing is that they match the taste of this dish.
After wetting your hands with water, shape the salad into a hat and coat it with mayonnaise. Cover the top of the cap with some of the egg white. Mix the rest of the protein with the cheese, then decorate the bottom of the hat with this mixture. Garnish the salad with green peas and pomegranate seeds. Carefully cover the dish with cling film and refrigerate. Insist the salad for at least 12 hours. Before serving, dress the top of the Monomakh Hat with half a red onion filled with pomegranate seeds.
Salad “Cap of Monomakh” with chicken: recipe
To prepare the dish you will need: – 2 cloves of garlic; – 100 g of walnuts; – 1 chicken breast; 1/2 cup low fat yogurt – 3 eggs; – 100 g pitted prunes; – 1 large green apple; – 1 beet; – 150 g of cheese; – 1 red onion; – 2 medium potatoes; – 1/2 cup mayonnaise; – green peas to taste; – salt to taste; – 1-2 tsp. lemon juice;
– 2-3 tbsp. butter.
Boil eggs, potatoes, chicken breast, beets. Chop and lightly brown the walnuts. Finely chop the boiled chicken breast, then lightly fry it in a skillet with butter. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Peel the apple, rub on a coarse grater and drizzle lightly with lemon juice. Grate the beets and cheese on a coarse grater, and the egg whites on a fine grater. Stir mayonnaise and yogurt in equal proportions, add garlic passed through a press, salt to taste.
Put the salad on a dish in the following order: – 1/2 part of potatoes; – 1/2 part of chicken; – pitted prunes, – 1/2 part of nuts; – 1/3 of the cheese; – 1/2 apple; – the rest of the potatoes; – 1/2 part of chicken; – 1/2 part of an apple; – egg yolks; – 1/3 of the cheese.
Grease each layer with sauce. Make each subsequent layer a little narrower than the previous one. With wet hands, shape the salad into a hat, brush it with mayonnaise. Turn grated cheese, walnuts and proteins into a “edging”. Garnish with half an onion filled with pomegranate seeds. Decorate the Monomakh Hat salad with pomegranate seeds all over its surface. Put the finished dish in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.
“Cap of Monomakh”: salad with mushrooms
Monomakh Hat Salad: recipe
To prepare the salad, take: – 250 g of hard cheese; – 3 eggs; – 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil;
– 1 glass of walnuts; – 300 g of fresh mushrooms; – 3 carrots; – 200 g of prunes; – 1 sprig of thyme; – mayonnaise to taste; – pomegranate seeds to taste.
Boil carrots, eggs. Pour the prunes with warm water and let it stand for half an hour, then drain the water. Cut the champignons into small cubes. Put mushrooms and thyme leaves in a pan with warmed vegetable oil and fry until tender. Lay the salad on a nice large dish in layers, making each subsequent layer already the previous one. So you should have a small hill (hat).
Put the salad on a dish in the following sequence: 1st layer – cheese grated on a coarse grater, on top of which a net of mayonnaise is applied. 2nd layer – mushrooms covered with mayonnaise. 3rd layer – carrots grated on a coarse grater, a thin layer of mayonnaise on top. 4th layer – eggs grated on a coarse grater. And reapply the mayonnaise mesh. 5th layer – chopped walnuts. You do not need to lubricate them with mayonnaise. 6th layer – prunes cut into strips, mixed with 1 tbsp. mayonnaise. Spread mayonnaise over the entire salad. Decorate the Monomakh Hat with pomegranate seeds.