Salad of Callas. Recipe and step by step instruction for cooking

The unconstrained recipe, originality of the decoration and exquisite taste make this salad a welcome dish on any holiday. Salad "Calla", the recipe of which will be discussed below, its name due to decoration in the form of flowers of callas, made from processed cheese. A gentle, memorable taste will not leave indifferent not only gourmets, but also those who are not inclined to culinary delights.

Salad of Callas. Recipes with photo and step by step instruction on cooking

Consider several variations of the preparation of this salad and determine which of them is better. There are several ways of doing it: with chicken and seafood, prunes and nuts. In a puff or mixed. Classic is a layered salad based on chicken fillet. However, in recent years, more and more often poultry meat is replaced by seafood, such as shrimp and crab sticks.

Classic salad of "Callas". Step-by-Step Recipe

Required products:

• 250 g chicken fillet or chicken meat;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 120-150 g of hard cheese;
• 250 g of champignons;
• 250 g of pineapple;
• 3 carrots;
• 1 medium onion.

For decoration:

• Leeks - 2-3 sprigs.
• Parsley - a few twigs.
• Cheese fused in plates - 5 pcs.
• Mayonnaise.
• Vegetable oil.

Salad "Callas", the recipe of which is discussed below, is laid out exclusively in layers. There are variants of execution, where the ingredients are simply altered and dressed with mayonnaise, but then the special taste of the salad is lost, which is achieved precisely by layering the said products. This is its zest.

Preparing Layers

1. Filet or my leg and cook it on medium heat. After boiling, the water is salted, the fire is reduced, we remove the foam and cook until ready. As a rule - 40-45 minutes. After the meat is cooked, remove it from the pan, allow to cool and finely chop.
2. Carrots cook, cool and three on a grater.
3. Mushrooms and onion fry in a pan until golden brown.
4. Pineapples cut into small pieces and let the juice drain.
5. Cheese three on a grater.
6. Eggs are boiled and finely chopped.

Ingredients for the salad "Callas" with chicken ready! Lay the layers.

Sequence of layers and their variations

Having prepared all the necessary components, we begin to lay them out on each other. There are many options for laying out layers, we will consider two of them.

I option:

• A hen. Mayonnaise.
• Champignons mixed with onions.
• Carrot. Lubricated with mayonnaise.
• Eggs.
• Cheese. Mayonnaise.
• Pineapples. Also grease with mayonnaise.

Option II:

• A hen. Mayonnaise.
• Pineapples. Mayonnaise.
• Cheese.
• Champignons with onions. Mayonnaise.
• Carrot.
• Eggs. Mayonnaise.

Salad decoration

Having finished the main part, we turn to decorating the ready dish. As a background, let the salad be sprinkled with grated yolk or finely chopped dill. On it we will lay improvised flowers. Take a sheet of processed cheese (before that it is desirable that it was in the refrigerator, otherwise the cheese will be too soft and brittle) and fold it off. In the center of the flower, put a piece of carrot. Stem is made from green onions or dill. On the rim of the dish you can lay out the dill.

As soon as the decoration is finished, you must immediately remove the dish in the refrigerator, otherwise the flowers will lose shape and become flat. It is advisable to consume salad after a couple of hours, when all the layers are soaked and will acquire their own special taste.

Salad "Calla", the recipe of which we have considered, is classic. And it is prepared on the basis of chicken fillet. Replacing the meat with seafood, we will, in fact, have a completely new salad, which will have a completely different taste. We recommend you try both options and decide which one you prefer.

Kalla salad with seafood

Required products:

• 150 gr of shrimp.
• 100 g crab sticks (surimi).
• 1 carrot.
• 1 medium onion.
• 4 chicken eggs.
• 250 g of canned pineapple.
• 150 g of canned or pickled mushrooms.
• 150 grams of hard cheese.
• Mayonnaise.

For decoration:

• Leeks are a small bunch.
• Dill - a few twigs.
• Cheese is fused - 3-5 plates.

Salad "Callas", step-by-step recipe of which is described above, almost does not differ from the version of the same salad, but with seafood.

1. Shrimp are washed and boiled in salted water with spices. Then cleaned and finely chopped.
2. Eggs and carrots are boiled and finely chopped.
3. Mushrooms and onions are overcooked.
4. Surimi, onions, pineapples are also cut into small pieces.
5. Cheese rubs on the middle grater.

Layers in the salad "Callas" with shrimps are laid out in the following sequence:

• Shrimp with crab sticks. Mayonnaise.
• Mushrooms with onions.
• Carrot. Mayonnaise.
• Cheese.
• Pineapples. Mayonnaise.

Salad is also dressed in a cone-shaped plate of cheese, carrots in the form of a tongue and onions - like a flower stalk.

Salad "Kalla", the recipe of which is based on seafood, differs from the classical flavor tones, attached to it shrimps and surimi. He is not inferior to the salad with chicken and will become an exquisite dish, which will be appreciated by your guests.

Useful tips, the mistress of the note!

• If you take fresh mushrooms, you need to take twice as much as indicated in the recipe, as they will be quenched almost twice during cooking. And, accordingly, at first fresh mushrooms need some time (about 10 minutes) to put out, and then fry. When frying, you can also add a few provencal herbs, this will add piquancy to the mushrooms.
• You can replace canned pineapples with fresh, then the taste will be more gentle.
• Onions can not be fried, and scalded with boiling water and slightly marinated (1 tablespoon of 9% vinegar for half a cup of water). Marinate minutes 10-15.
• Before you spread the roast, you must drain the oil, otherwise the salad can "swim".
• You can use both peeled and not peeled shrimp. There is no particular difference.