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At any celebration, the most popular dishes are cold appetizers. The holiday menu includes traditional salads, and they also try to add something new. The Champagne Splash salad recipe will help diversify your selection of cold appetizers. It is not difficult to prepare, and the ingredients can be selected to suit your taste.
How to make Champagne Splash Salad
The cooking technology itself is the same, but the ingredients differ. The dish got its name because of the top layer, which is decorated with grated cheese or pineapples, imitating splashes of champagne. If the appetizer is vegetarian, it can be decorated with Chinese cabbage.
Some of the recipes include raw meat, which is boiled in broth with the addition of salt, pepper and bay leaf. It is not taken out until the container with the contents has cooled down. Then the meat will acquire a pronounced spicy taste, which will add piquancy to the salad.
Vegetables are chosen fresh, of high quality, and used boiled. The appetizer includes mayonnaise, but it can be replaced with sour cream sauce. Sunflower oil, mustard, ground black pepper, and salt are added to a dairy product of any fat content.
When buying eggs, pay attention to the expiration date; preference is given to large and fresh ones.
If the recipe contains mushrooms, then fresh ones are used for the dish, not frozen. If there are several types in the assortment, preference is given to champignons, they are juicier than oyster mushrooms.
Ham can be replaced with good quality boiled sausage. Champagne splash salad will benefit from its inclusion in boiled meat.
If the dish is assembled, the components are laid out in layers. The appearance of the snack depends on the order; it is better to adhere to the sequence recommended by the recipe.
Each layer is covered with mayonnaise. Moderation must be observed so that the sauce does not dominate the taste of the other components. Mayonnaise is applied to the surface in the form of a grid.
Champagne splash salad for an evening feast is prepared in the morning and left on the refrigerator shelf, during which time the food will be soaked in the sauce and the dish will turn out juicy and tender.
Champagne splash salad with pineapple
The main component in the snack is canned pineapple. Preference is given to the product of well-known brands “Del Monte”, “Vitaland”, “Ferragosto”.
Fruit in a jar can be pieces or rings
Champagne splash salad consists of the following products:
- “Provencal” mayonnaise – 1 package;
- beef or pork – 400 g;
- pineapple – 200 g;
- fresh mushrooms – 200 g;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- onion – 1 medium head;
- greens - for decoration;
- salt - to taste;
- egg – 3 pcs.
Preparing a cold holiday appetizer:
- The meat is boiled in a spicy broth until cooked, then set aside to cool.
- The product is taken out of the water, excess moisture is removed with a napkin and cut into cubes, salted to taste.
- Boil the eggs, remove their shells and cut them into half rings.
- Mushrooms and onions are chopped.
- Pour oil into a hot frying pan and add chopped onions, sauté until yellow, add mushrooms.
- If these are champignons, then they are fried for no more than 7 minutes. Other varieties of mushrooms are kept on fire until the liquid evaporates. Place the finished product on a paper napkin to absorb excess oil.
- Cut the canned tropical fruit into cubes.
The appetizer is assembled in the following order, each layer is covered with a mesh of mayonnaise:
- onions with mushrooms;
- meat;
- egg;
- The fruits will be the last, they are not covered with sauce.
The top layer is decorated with herbs and placed in the refrigerator for 8 hours.
You can use any herb to decorate the dish.
Champagne splash salad with ham
Required set of products for a cold appetizer Champagne splashes:
- pineapple – 200 g;
- chopped ham – 200 g;
- cheese – 100 g;
- walnut kernels – 50 g;
- egg – 3 pcs.;
- mayonnaise on quail eggs – 100 g.
Preparation:
- The eggs are boiled and cooled. Divide into 2 parts, cut into half rings
- The ham is formed into even medium-sized cubes.
- Pineapple is cut into small pieces (about the same size as ham cubes).
- Cheese shavings are obtained by grating the product on a medium-mesh grater.
- The nuts are lightly toasted in the oven or in a frying pan.
Place the preparation in a salad bowl in a certain order, cover each layer with mayonnaise:
- ham;
- egg;
- fruits;
- cheese;
- nuts.
Nuts are evenly distributed over the surface
Champagne Splash Salad Recipe with Chicken
Salad ingredients:
- sour cream and mayonnaise sauce – 100 g each;
- rice – 60 g;
- potatoes - 3 tubers;
- canned corn – 300 g;
- salt and pepper - to taste;
- pineapple – 200 g;
- dried apricots – 50 g;
- chicken fillet – 300 g.
Technology for preparing Champagne Splash salad:
- Dried apricots are poured with boiling water, left for 20 minutes, then finely chopped.
- Boil the rice, wash it well so that it crumbles, and combine with dried apricots.
- Chicken and potatoes are boiled in separate containers.
- When the products have cooled, they are cut into cubes.
- Some of the fruits are finely chopped, the rest are used to decorate the dish.
All components are combined, seasoned with sauce, mixed and decorated.
The central part of the salad can be decorated with grapes or frozen cherries
Conclusion
The recipe for the Champagne Splash salad can include a variety of components, but the composition that contains meat ingredients must include canned pineapple; it gives the appetizer a subtle aroma and piquant taste. For vegetarians, there is also a recipe for the Champagne Splash salad, but it does not include pineapples and meat, but radishes, Chinese cabbage, beets and carrots. This salad will perfectly unload your stomach after the New Year's feast.
