It so happened that, in the sense of the hostess, the New Year’s table should be filled with an abundance of hot dishes, cold appetizers, juices, alcoholic beverages and, of course, salads. Each of us on the eve of the main and long-awaited holiday puzzles and ponders what it will cook and what will once again surprise the guests with its culinary creations.
To facilitate the selection, we offer to get acquainted with the recipes of rare salads, which are almost never found on the New Year's table. And in vain!
Step-by-step recipes for new salads on the table in the new 2018
Salads for the New 2018 should be light and unusual in taste. As a rule, housewives devote most of their time to preparing hot dishes, and when the salads have a disastrously short amount of time, they choose the simplest: Olivier, vinaigrette and herring under a fur coat. However, if you want to please your friends, relatives and loved ones, try to move away from tradition and cook something new and exclusive.
Crunchy fennel salad
If there was no fennel in the refrigerator, then it is quite possible to replace it with celery. The taste of this will change a little, but in no case will not suffer.
Recipe Components:
- thin strips of dried ham - 4 pcs;
- wholegrain mustard - 20 g;
- fennel - 1 onion;
- oil - 25 ml;
- a bunch of spinach;
- chives - 15 g (chop);
- oranges - 2 pieces;
- chopped walnuts - ¼ cup;
- juice of any citrus fruit - 30 ml;
- ground pepper.
Time spent: 15 minutes to prepare + 3 minutes to prepare.
Calorie: 271 kcal.
Cooking process:
- Ham fry on the grill. Chill. Then cut into large chunks;
- First cut the fennel into 4 pieces, after thin slices across the fibers;
- Spinach tear into small pieces;
- Ingredients mix;
- Orange juice, mustard, oil and ground pepper mix to a uniform consistency;
- Dress up the salad.
"Tenderness"
Canned food has long been the main product of our refrigerator. Is it uncomfortable? For example, before the arrival of guests before the start of the main festive meal of New 2018, you can prepare a quick fish salad.
Recipe Components:
- cod liver - 210 g;
- half onions;
- Mayonnaise "Classic" - 1 tbsp. l;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- sprig of parsley;
- salt to taste;
- fresh tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Time Spent: 25 minutes.
Calories: 292 kcal.
Cooking process:
- Hard boiled eggs;
- During this time, chop the parsley, onion scald with boiling water and let the liquids drain well;
- Mash the liver of the fish, and cut the tomatoes into cubes of medium size;
- Finely chopped eggs;
- The ingredients are mixed in a bowl, season with mayonnaise, gently shift into a salad bowl and garnish with chopped greens.
New Year's salad "Santa Claus"
Recipe Components:
- canned corn - 1 can;
- fresh tomatoes - 200 g;
- canned tuna - 1 can;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- mayonnaise for refueling;
- cheese - 150 g;
- salt to taste
Time Spent: 15 minutes.
Calories: 138 kcal.
The process of cooking themed salad for the New Year 2018:
- Yushku with canned merged, and the fish mash with a fork;
- Boil all the eggs. In two, separate the whites from the yolks, and one finely crumble;
- Cut half of the tomatoes and remove the rest for decoration;
- Grate the cheese and add to the rest of the prepared ingredients;
- Salad salt, mix and put in the form of a slide;
- To give the salad a realistic look of the edge, decorate with grated squirrels;
- From above make an imitation of "bubble";
- In order for the ingredients not to crumble, it is necessary to fix the salad using a grid of mayonnaise;
- At the end you need to sprinkle the salad with chopped tomatoes.
If there was no canned tuna in the refrigerator, then the ingredient can be replaced with tongue.
Ham salad
Recipe Components:
- Lettuce salad - 200 g;
- finely chopped onions;
- asparagus leaves - 1 bunch;
- corn - 0.5 jars;
- eggs - 3 pcs (pre-cook hard boiled);
- smoked ham - 8 thin pieces.
Time spent: 20 minutes to prepare + 2 minutes to prepare.
Calories: 37 kcal.
Cooking process:
- Deep bowl mix lettuce with red onion;
- Do asparagus cut hard ends. Lower the asparagus. She should get a bright green color, but not soften;
- Remove and immediately immerse the asparagus in ice water. Dry well;
- Each egg is cut into 4 pieces;
- Put the leaves of lettuce, onions, asparagus, eggs, corn and smoked ham slices on serving plates;
- For salad dressing, you can prepare a mixture of the following ingredients: vinegar, olive oil, mayonnaise and spices;
- Dress and serve salad for the New Year's holiday table on the first magical night of 2018.
"Austrian" from the language
To make this simple but delicious salad you don’t need to go to Austria, since all products are available and are not considered delicacies.
Recipe Components:
- beef tongue - 200 g;
- asparagus - 400 g;
- green peas - 1 bank;
- dill branch for decoration;
- cream with low fat content - 50 ml;
- from spices only salt is useful;
- mayonnaise to taste.
Time spent: 1.5 hours for cooking the tongue + 15 minutes for preparing the remaining ingredients.
Calories: 68 kcal.
Cooking process:
- The longest process in this recipe is cooking beef tongue. The readiness of the ingredient is checked with a skewer. After cooking, remove the skin from the tongue and cut the product into long and very thin strips;
- Chop asparagus a little over the pan;
- Mix the dill with cream;
- In almost ready dressing add mayonnaise salt.
Salad tucked before serving.
Layered red fish salad
Preparing such a "beauty" is so simple that you will be surprised. Is it worth talking about the budget value of all the ingredients? Let's take a closer look at the whole process of creating a magnificent dish for the New Year 2018.
Recipe Components:
- potatoes - 2 pieces;
- red fish - 1 pack;
- mayonnaise - 50 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- bulb.
Time Spent: 30 minutes.
Caloric content: 163 kcal.
Cooking process:
- Boiled potatoes or grate or chop into cubes;
- Boil eggs. Grate the whites in one bowl, the yolks in the other;
- Finely chop the onion and pour boiling water over it to get rid of possible bitterness;
- The main ingredient of the salad is fish, cut thinly into strips;
- The dishes in which the salad will be served should be transparent so that guests can see all its beauty;
- The first layer to distribute the potatoes, because the fish. Put onions on it, sprinkle it first with yolks, and then with proteins. Do not forget to miss each layer with mayonnaise.
The presence of mayonnaise is extremely necessary here, because without it the salad will be heavy, and for the New Year's table - this is a minus.
Hot salad with potatoes and mint
Another simple way to find the use of potatoes on the holiday table. In winter, to find fresh mint, the task is extremely difficult, so you can replace it with either a dried version, or use a mixture of fragrant herbs.
Recipe Components:
- small potatoes - 1 kg;
- parsley - ¼ st (pre-sliced);
- fresh mint - 5 twigs;
- low-fat sour cream - 200 g;
- grated onions - 1 pc;
- mayonnaise "Classic" - 30 g;
- fresh dill;
- salt pepper.
Time spent: 30 minutes to prepare + 20 minutes to prepare.
Calorie: 87 kcal.
The process of phased preparation:
- Potato with mint pour water. Boil the liquid, reduce the heat and continue the heat treatment under the lid closed;
- Boil until the potatoes soften. It will take about 15 minutes;
- Drain, mint remove;
- In a separate bowl, mix the onion, sour cream, herbs and mayonnaise;
- Pepper and salt;
- Put the hot potatoes on a plate, season and mix.
Orange and Spinach Salad
Have you ever thought that spinach and oranges can be in the same salad bowl? Not? Then you should definitely make this salad and surprise guests on New Year's Eve 2018 with an unusual combination of greenery and citrus fruit.
Recipe Components:
- oranges - 4 pieces;
- spinach - 12 leaves;
- onion - 1 pc (pre-cut thinly);
- oil - 1/3 cup;
- wine vinegar - ¼ cup;
- black olives - ½ cup;
- roasted pine nuts - ¼ cup.
Time spent: 15 minutes to prepare.
Calorie: 99 kcal.
The process of phased preparation:
- Arrange the oranges on a wooden board. Cut 2 cm from each edge. Clean and be sure to remove the white membrane. Separate the lobules and, using a small but sharp knife, separate the membrane from the pulp. This should be done in a deep bowl to preserve the juice;
- Spinach to break or cut into small pieces;
- In a bowl with oranges add spinach, onions and olives;
- Separately mix the vinegar with olive oil;
- Salad pour dressing;
- Arrange in portions serving plates and sprinkle with roasted pine nuts.
"Merchant"
Recipe Components:
- beef - 1 kg;
- not bitter onions - 500 g;
- radish - 500 g;
- Mayonnaise with an average% fat content - 200 g;
- salt;
- refined oil - for roasting;
- pepper.
Time Spent: 30 minutes.
Caloric content: 116 kcal.
The process of phased preparation of salad for a festive meal of the New 2018:
- Boiled meat thinly cut into long slices;
- Onions try to cut the same size rings and fry in oil until golden peel;
- Radish large rub;
- All the ingredients folded in a deep bowl, season with mayonnaise, add spices and mix.
It is advisable to prepare the salad in the morning, so that it will be well present in the evening, and the products will complement each other's tastes as much as possible.
Salad "Herringbone"
What a New Year without a holiday tree? No, no one will set the forest beauty in the center of the table, but it’s worth trying to make a salad like an evergreen tree.
Recipe Components:
- carrot;
- beef tongue - 100 g;
- bulb;
- mayonnaise - 50 g;
- canned corn;
- refined oil;
- dill - 2 bunches;
- pickles - 2 pcs;
- potatoes - 3 pcs;
- salt to taste
Time spent: 1.5 hours for boiling the tongue + 20 minutes to prepare the remaining components.
Calorie: 120 kcal.
The process of phased preparation:
- Boil the tongue, remove the skin and cut into cubes;
- Carrots with potatoes also boil and cut into cubes;
- In the same way, chop salted cucumbers;
- Onion cut into half rings and fry until cooked;
- Combine the ingredients of the salad in one dish, salt and mayonnaise;
- Put the finished salad on an elongated plate in the shape of spruce;
- Dill can be chopped or simply cut off the twigs and completely cover them with the surface of the lettuce;
- Corn is used as an imitation of Christmas tree toys.
In the same recipe for the brightness of the finished salad can be sprinkled with corn with pomegranate salad.
"Fresh Idea"
Briefly about this salad, you can say this: a minimum of ingredients, a maximum of pleasure. And believe me - this is true!
Recipe Components:
- cauliflower - 500 g;
- tomatoes - 3 pieces;
- a bunch of parsley or dill;
- garlic cloves - 3 pieces;
- lemon;
- oil - 15 ml.
Time Spent: 35 minutes.
Calories: 36 kcal.
The process of phased preparation:
- Disassemble cabbage in florets and boil in boiling salted liquid until cooked;
- Cut tomatoes into neat slices;
- Chop the garlic;
- Finely chopped greens;
- All ingredients are gently mixed in a salad bowl.
Before serving, sprinkle with oil and sprinkle with lemon juice.
"Waldorf"
A light salad is what is needed for the New Year's table in 2018. While the chimes are not pierced, and the oven is still hot, it's time to please your body with vitamins.
Recipe Components:
- green and red apples - 3 pieces of each shade;
- celery - 2 stalks;
- mayonnaise - ¼ cup;
- walnut halves - 4 cups;
- sour cream - 1 tbsp. l
Time spent: 15 minutes to prepare.
Caloric content: 325 kcal.
The process of phased preparation:
- Fruit divided into 4 parts, and then cut into chunks 2 cm thick;
- Celery mix with walnuts;
- In a hotel cup, mix mayonnaise and sour cream;
- Serving plates cover with a lettuce;
- Salad mix with dressing and put on plates;
- Serve immediately.
Enjoy your meal!
These are the recipes for salads we have prepared for you in this article. There is a choice, the main thing is to think over the menu of the New Year table in advance and buy fresh products. We hope you, your family and friends will enjoy these new salads, and they will remember their enchanting taste for a long time. Happy New Year 2018!
And another simple and tasty New Year's salad - in the next video.
