In many ways, the uniqueness of this dish is associated with the way it is served, however, the taste of such an appetizer is also quite high.

Classic recipe for "White birch" salad with apple

Ingredients

• - 0.4 kg + -
• - 1 head + -
• - 300 g + -
• Prunes - 100 g + -
• - 2 pcs. + -
• - 200 g + -
• - 200-300 g + -
• - 4 things. + -
• Sweet and sour apples- 3 pcs. + -
• - for frying + -
• - taste + -
• — half the beam + -

How to make a traditional Birch salad with apples with your own hands

Before proceeding with the description of the preparation process of this wonderful salad a few words should be said about the choice of one of its most important ingredients - apples.

It is best to choose fruits that have sweet and sour taste: they will add a characteristic sourness to the overall taste picture. By the way, in classic recipe- without apples - this role is played by onions pickled in vinegar.

Boil chicken meat in a spicy broth until tender

• Wash the chicken breast well, remove the films and cartilage, cut it into 2-3 pieces and send it to boil in slightly salted water. For taste, add peppercorns and lavrushka here.

Fry mushrooms and onions in a pan

• Remove the husk from the onion, chop it quite finely.
• We wash the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices. Pour vegetable oil into a pan, heat it over medium heat, and then fry the onion with mushrooms until the liquid evaporates. At the very end, add a little salt and pepper the contents of the pan.

Steam dry prunes for a future salad snack

• Pour prunes hot water(not boiling water) and let stand for 10-15 minutes. Then we drain the water and rinse the soaked dried fruits, pouring them into a colander. Cut each fruit into 3-4 pieces.

Preparing the remaining components of the salad

• Cut the skin off the cucumbers and cut the vegetable into small cubes.
• Rub the cheese on a medium grater, rub the peeled apples on it.
• Eggs need to be boiled hard - it will take 10-13 minutes after boiling water in a saucepan with them. After readiness and cooling, clean them and grind them with a grater.

O correct cooking tough eggs you can find out in detail in the video from our chef. Link to this video the lesson is given below.

Laying sliced ​​salad products on a plate in layers

• Put chopped prunes in the first layer on the bottom of a wide salad dish (leave a small handful for serving). Cover with a thin mayonnaise mesh.
• Now comes the layer fried mushrooms- and again mayonnaise.
• Next - boiled diced chicken fillet and grated apples. Grease with sauce again.
• The penultimate layer is cucumbers and egg mass. We grease it with mayonnaise especially abundantly and sprinkle everything with cheese shavings on top. We lightly press everything down with our hands so that the cheese lays down denser and forms a good hat.

Decorating a festive meat salad with our own hands

• Now we draw the trunk of our birch with mayonnaise, lay out the remaining prunes in the form of strips. We wash the green tea and chop it with a knife - separately parsley and dill.
• We spread the dill at the base of the trunk - this is grass, and draw a lush crown with parsley.

• We put the salad in the refrigerator for several hours, and then serve it to the table.

During the time spent in refrigerator compartment, the appetizer will have time to properly soak, which means it will turn out to be quite juicy and harmonious in taste.

A simple recipe for preparing a salad snack "Birch" with apples

Of course, a beautifully served salad is always a sensation at any feast, but quite often there is simply no time for long cooking and serving. What to do in this case?

Firstly, do not despair - you can slightly simplify the recipe for a laborious meal, and then its preparation will take a minimum of time, and secondly, get acquainted with the recipe below - in it we will describe the process of cooking a salad, which looks very elegant, but it is prepared in just half an hour ...

Ingredients

• Chicken breast - 0.3 kg;
• Sweet and sour apple - 3 pcs.;
• Hard cheese - 200 g;
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
• Onion - 1 head;
• Mayonnaise sauce - 100 g;
• Butter - for frying;
• Sour cream - 100 g;
• Olives - 3-4 pcs.;
• Fresh herbs - half a bunch.

How quickly and easily the "Birch" salad with apples is prepared step by step

Preparation of all food components of the salad

• We prepare the chicken fillet in the standard way: wash it, clean it from fat and films. We put it to boil in salted water with a laurel leaf.
• Set the eggs to boil in a separate saucepan. After readiness, we clean them and divide them into yolks and whites. Three on a grater each part, but do not mix.
• Peel the apples, remove the seed part and three on a fine grater.
• We also rub the cheese, but only on a grater with medium-sized holes.
• Put a piece of butter in the pan, drown it, and then add the onion (it needs to be peeled and chopped into small cubes or thin quarter rings). Fry until golden brown.
• Cut the finished chicken into thin strips.
• Mix mayonnaise and sour cream in a separate bowl.

We form beautifully (in layers) salad "Birch" on a plate

• We take out a wide, shallow salad bowl. At its bottom we smear a fried onion in one layer.
• Next we have boiled fillet- we coat it with mayonnaise-sour cream dressing.
• Now we put the egg whites, grated apple and cheese. Again we coat everything and sprinkle with yolks, then add another layer of sour cream with mayonnaise.
• First cut the olives in half lengthwise, and then chop them into strips vertically. We spread horizontally on the surface of our birch salad.

• We chop up the greenery with a knife and also sprinkle it on top in arbitrary places.

We send the dish to infuse in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, and then serve it to the table. If time is running out, then serve immediately - this salad is tasty anyway.

Delicious and hearty White Birch salad with apples

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 2-3 tubers;
• Liver (beef or chicken) - 0.3 kg;
• Carrots - 1-2 roots;
• Milk - for soaking the liver;
• Olives - 3-4 pcs.;
• Mayonnaise sauce - 200 ml;
• Dill and parsley - a bunch;
• Vegetable oil - for frying;
• Onion - 1 head;
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
• Sweet and sour apples - 3 pcs.;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

How to make homemade birch salad with apples on your own

We need to prepare the liver in advance, and therefore it is better to start the cooking process in advance in order to have time to soak the offal.

Preparing the liver for cutting into a salad

• We remove the films from the liver, cut out large veins. We cut it into not very large pieces and put in a cold clean water... Here the offal should stand for 6 hours.
• Our next task is to rid the liver of its characteristic bitterness. Milk will help us with this. We shift the liver into a bowl of milk and wait a couple of hours.

After the liver has passed the preparatory procedures, we send it to boil in salted water until tender.

Boil (all that is needed) and chop the remaining components of the salad

• We wash the potatoes well and send them to boil directly in the peel. We check the readiness with a knife or fork.
• We also need to cook eggs. After they are hard-boiled, they should be peeled and divided into whites and yolks. We don't need yolks for the salad, but we need to grate the proteins.
• We also rub the apples, after removing the peel from them and removing the seeds.
• Peel the onions and carrots. Cut the onion into a small cube, and grate the carrots.
• Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and fry vegetables until "gold".
• Peel the finished potatoes and also grate them.
• Cool the liver and grind it with a blender (if it was not at hand, you can do the same as with other ingredients: just grate it).

Step-by-step assembly of chicken liver salad, vegetables and eggs

• Let's start assembling. Put the liver at the very bottom of the flat salad bowl, grease it abundantly with mayonnaise, since it is rather dry.

We suggest you make mayonnaise yourself. To do this, you do not need to apply super-efforts, it is enough to follow simple steps educational culinary video from the site "Your Povaryonok".

• There will now be a layer of carrots and onions as well boiled potatoes... We also cover with a mayonnaise net.
• Then we spread the apple shavings, on which we put the rest of our mayonnaise.
• Cover the salad with chopped proteins. We cut the olives and deepen them into the salad, forming strips.
• We also chop finely greenery and decorate the base of our trunk and its top with it.

Birch salad, the recipe with apple and liver of which was described above, just like the previous variations, it is advisable to insist. This will have a particularly positive effect on taste liver: it will be saturated with mayonnaise and will not be so dry.

Birch salad with chicken fillet and prunes can be attributed to the Russian national culinary heritage, which took root in the culture a little later than traditional dishes or legendary salad Olivier salad. Versions of cold appetizers made from chicken, prunes, nuts and mushrooms are available in different nations world, our review also contains similar salads - Prague and Marseille. However, Russian Berezka is notable not only for its cooking, but also for its classically restaurant setting.

The main idea of ​​this salad is not only in a balanced taste, suitable for a festive table. In Russia, it is made in the form of a log, coated with mayonnaise and decorated with prune pieces and leaves of greenery. The result is very beautiful dish shaped like a birch trunk, perfect for the holiday. The taste of this salad is multifaceted and also ideal for special occasions, while it is prepared from available products.

The availability of cooking is another feature of Berezka. As a result of culinary research, many versions have been invented with slightly different ingredients, while all dishes are based on classic salad Birch is worthy of appreciation. If you are planning a holiday in the near future, be sure to prepare the Russian Beryozka salad. There are always ingredients for it in your refrigerator.

Pay special attention to decorating this salad. There are several versions. Some chefs depict several white birches with mayonnaise and decorate with herbs, others serve it as a log. Both options look good on a holiday table.

How to cook birch salad with chicken fillet and prunes - 15 varieties

This cooking option can be called classic. This is how Berezka is prepared for banquets with a Russian feast. The components of the salad are laid in layers in the form, having previously overlaid it cling film, and leave for several hours. Before serving, the dish is coated with mayonnaise and garnished with prune slices.

Ingredients:

• pitted prunes - 7-12 pcs.;
• smoked or boiled chicken fillet - 400-500 g;
• large fresh cucumber - 1 pc .;
• boiled eggs- 6 pcs.;
• champignons - 200 g;
• onion - 0.5 pcs.;
• walnuts peeled - 1 tbsp.;
• fatty mayonnaise 200-300 g;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Pour prunes with a little water and leave for 15 minutes. Fillet is cut into strips, cucumber is cut into large slices. The eggs are grated on a fine grater, salted (0.5 tsp) and mixed with mayonnaise until a creamy egg mass is obtained, a little pepper is added for taste. Before preparing the salad, the prunes are allowed to drain and cut into strips, 1/3 part is left for decoration.

Line the muffin baking dish with plastic foil, lay in layers in next order: chicken fillet, prunes, nuts, cucumbers, chicken fillet, fried mushrooms with onions. Grease each layer with egg cream, press well and cover with foil. Put in the refrigerator for several hours, garnish with mayonnaise and prunes in the form of a birch trunk before serving.

Many housewives like to cook this salad for March 8 and Easter, it literally blows spring mood... Any feast from such a salad will only benefit, so take note of it. The difference from the previous salad is that it is made without prunes - this is a perfectly acceptable alternative if you do not want to go to the store.

Ingredients:

• champignons - 300 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• pickled cucumbers - 5-6 pcs.;
• boiled chicken egg - 5 pcs;
• green onions - a bunch;
• prunes or olives for decoration - optional;
• vegetable oil, salt and pepper;
• mayonnaise - 250 g.

Preparation:

Fry champignons on vegetable oil with onions, chop the chicken fillet and cucumbers. The salad is laid out on a dish in layers in the following order: mushrooms, chicken, then a layer of mayonnaise, a layer of grated chicken egg white, chopped cucumbers, a layer of mayonnaise. The final layer is chopped boiled chicken yolks... A birch-shaped decoration is made on top of them, as shown in the video.

This version of the recipe for cooking regular dinner that you want to give a special touch. It is about classic recipe with chicken and prunes, so we advise you to take note of it.

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken fillet - 300 g;
• champignons fried with onions - 300 g;
• fresh or pickled cucumbers - 1-2 pcs.;
• boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
• white onion - 1 pc .;
• mayonnaise - 200 g;
• cured prunes - 100 g;
• any greens - 30 g;
• frying oil, salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Fry chopped champignons with onions, lay on a dish in layers in the following order: prunes, pour over a mesh of mayonnaise, then chicken, mushrooms and onions. A mayonnaise mesh is applied to each layer. Then the proteins are rubbed separately and laid in the next layer, pouring mayonnaise on them, and then - cucumbers grated on coarse grater, and mayonnaise. The salad is decorated with chopped yolks, the trunk of a birch is made from mayonnaise, it is decorated with prunes, and the crown is laid out from fresh herbs.

Use porcini or butter oil as mushrooms, you can also increase the volume of the mushroom layer, this will only benefit this dish... Use fresh lemon as a flavoring.

Summer Birch salad - no chicken with summer vegetables

This salad is made from summer vegetables and homemade sour cream with prunes. This recipe does not use chicken.

Ingredients:

• prunes - 60 g;
• boiled chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• Red bell pepper- 1 PC.;
• fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
• green onions- beam;
• fat sour cream - 200 g;
• salt.

Preparation:

Prunes can be soaked if desired. All components are cut and stacked in layers, a sour cream mesh is made between them. A layer of pepper is placed on top, the salad is decorated with a chopped chicken egg.

For piquancy, pickled mushrooms can be added to this recipe. They can also be used for decoration.

This recipe will come to your rescue in the absence of mushrooms in the refrigerator. Believe me, it turns out no worse.

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken fillet - 300 g;
• prunes - 100 g;
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc .;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• chopped walnuts - 50-100 g;
• mayonnaise - 150-200 g;
• salt to taste.

Preparation:

All components are cut and laid out in layers or mixed with mayonnaise. It is recommended to season the salad before serving.

We bring to your attention another interesting version of the beloved Berezka salad, it can be called festive due to the amount of ingredients used. Among them there are Dutch cheese and pickled fresh onions.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 350 g;
• champignons - 250 g;
• dried prunes - 150 g;
• white onion (for frying mushrooms) - 1 pc .;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• red onion for pickling - 1 pc .;
• fresh cucumber - 4 pcs.;
• hard cheese - 150 g;
• for onion marinade: 1 tbsp. apple or wine vinegar, 2 tsp. Sahara;
• vegetable oil;
• mayonnaise - 250-300 g;
• greenery;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation:

First you need to soak the prunes and pickle the onions in vinegar and sugar, leave for 1-2 hours. Fry mushrooms with onions in vegetable oil. Chop the rest of the ingredients. Stir with mayonnaise. Can be laid in layers, sprinkling with mayonnaise, starting with mushrooms. The salad is decorated with mayonnaise, prunes, herbs and egg yolk crumbs.

This salad is prepared in France, in Marseille. This is where the name came from. It turned out that the recipe is not so different from the Russian Berezka, but there are also interesting nuances.

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken fillet - 150 g;
• dried prunes - 70 g;
• Korean carrots - 100 g;
• boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
• walnuts - 30 g;
• hard cheese - 80 g;
• mayonnaise - 250 g;
• greens - a small bunch;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves.

Preparation:

Soak prunes and cut into strips. Cut the chicken fillet, grate the cheese and mix with eggs and mayonnaise. Lay out the salad in layers, starting with chicken and prunes, pouring a mesh of mayonnaise over the layer, then Korean carrots, mayonnaise, cheese dressing and grated eggs. Sprinkle with herbs and walnuts on top.

This Birch salad recipe is distinguished by the use of onions. It can be recommended for replenishing vitamins in winter.

Ingredients:

• dried prunes - 300 g;
• champignons - 500 g;
• chicken fillet - 500 g;
• boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
• onions - 3 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 300 g;
• greenery;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Soak the prunes, fry the mushrooms, cut the ingredients. For more mild taste you can additionally marinate the onion or pour over it with boiling water. Lay the salad in layers and pour over with mayonnaise, decorate with herbs and crushed yolk.

There is another interesting "vitamin" version of the Beryozka salad. The dish according to this recipe is prepared with the addition of apple, hard cheese and onions.

Ingredients:

• champignons - 500 g;
• chicken fillet - 300 g;
• hard cheese - 200 g;
• prunes - 200 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• walnuts - 1 tbsp.;
• apple - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise - 200 g;
• salt.

Preparation:

Fry champignons, chicken fillet in finished form chop, grate or chop the cheese, chop the onion and apple. Lay out in layers, pouring mayonnaise. Decorate the salad with walnuts.

This recipe is almost a classic version of the preparation of Birch, with the only exception - smoked chicken is used to enhance the taste.

Ingredients:

• smoked breast - 400 g;
• white onion - 1 pc;
• tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
• cucumbers - 3-4 pcs.;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• greens (green and red basil, dill, onions);
• sour cream - 300 g;
• olives and cheese for decoration;
• salt.

Preparation:

The ingredients are cut and stacked in layers in this order. First onions, then tomatoes, sour cream, dill and herbs, chicken, cucumbers, sour cream, eggs. Decorate the salad with a traditional mayonnaise birch tree.

Birch salad is a classic dish that was served in Soviet times in restaurants. Its feature was harmonious taste and simple ingredients... Based on his motives, many versions have been created, including for restaurant menus, for example, the Overture salad.

Ingredients:

• pickled mushrooms - 500 g;
• chicken fillet - 500 g;
• hard cheese - 200 g;
• prunes - 200 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• walnuts - 1 tbsp.;
• mayonnaise - 300 g;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

All components are chopped and mixed with mayonnaise or stacked in layers, starting with mushrooms and chicken. This salad is decorated with yolk.

This salad can be prepared with any mushrooms, and boiled chicken replace with smoked breast.

If in the traditional recipe for Birch salad you replace chicken fillet with chicken liver, you get a dish that is in no way inferior to the original. Chicken liver, as you know, goes well with prunes and nuts, offers Alternative option Birches with chicken offal.

Ingredients:

• chicken liver - 300 g;
• boiled potatoes 3-4 pcs.;
• boiled eggs - 3-4 pcs.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• fresh cucumbers - 2-4 pcs.;
• cheese - 150 g;
• olives - 2 pcs.;
• greens for decoration;
• sour cream - 150 g;
• mayonnaise - 150 g;
• vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Fry the chicken liver, cut after cooling with potatoes, cheese and eggs. The salad can be tossed and seasoned with mayonnaise and sour cream or layered. The lower layer is the liver, the upper layer is grated yolks with decoration.

Prague salad is very well known in the Czech Republic, many owners and restaurants offer this simple and tasty dish at the same time. Special taste achieved through balanced ingredients.

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken - 300 g;
• boiled carrots - 2 pcs.;
• pickled cucumbers - 200 g;
• boiled chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• onion - 1 pc .;
• green pea- 1 bank;
• dried prunes - 150 g;
• mayonnaise - 300 g;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• water and vinegar for pickling onions.

Preparation:

Chop the onion finely and put it in 1: 1 vinegar water for at least 30 minutes, add salt and pepper. If you don't have time, you can blanch the onion. The salad is prepared by stacking the ingredients in layers. First, put chopped chicken, a little salt and pepper, smearing a layer with mayonnaise, then pickled cucumbers and onions, eggs and carrots are grated, the layer is greased with mayonnaise, green peas and chopped prunes are placed on top. Top can be garnished with cheese and fresh herbs.

Alternatively, prunes can be replaced with olives, the salad will taste slightly different, but also worthy of attention and preparation. This salad will go well with champagne and for dinner at home.

Ingredients:

• boiled or smoked chicken - 600 g;
• olives - 1 can;
• boiled rice - 500 g;
• boiled chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• green onions;
• mayonnaise;
• vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Boil rice with vegetable oil to get crumbly grains. You can add a clove of garlic for more original taste... Lay the salad in layers on a platter, starting with the rice and then the chicken. Decorate to taste or whatever traditional salad Birch.

For lunch or breakfast, you can always make regular salad with chicken and prunes without wasting time decorating. Although layers of salad can be laid out in glass goblets or using a round serving salad bowl.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 200 g;
• prunes - 150 g;
• garlic - 1 large clove;
• some greenery;
• walnuts - 50 g;
• lemon - ½ pc.
• mayonnaise - 100 g.

Preparation:

Pre-soak prunes, dry and cut into strips. The chicken is cut into cubes, nuts are chopped, greens and garlic are chopped. The salad is salted with lemon, dressed with mayonnaise and served to the table.

These 15 recipes will help out in all cases when you need to cook a quick and budgetary one. festive table... Saving in this case does not affect the taste of the salad in any way. Traditional Russian Berezka is a distinguished guest at all banquets in Russian restaurants, now it can also decorate your celebration.

White birch salad is one of the most beautiful and delicious dishes... He will help to decorate any feast and give it originality. There are many different variations of this dish, which uses great amount all kinds of ingredients. All of them have one thing in common: correct design and salad dressing in the form of birch bark.

Birch salad is tasty alternative already bored classic dishes for any meal. It does not take much time and money to prepare it. All the products that make up the salad are available to any, even not very rich, family. Even a beginner can easily make this salad. For its preparation, a huge number of various ingredients are used, each of which gives the dish its own zest and unique taste.

Classic version

This recipe is the most famous and popular. Having made it, you will delight not only your guests, but also loved ones. To create the classic White Birch salad with chicken and mushrooms, we need the following ingredients:

It is important to use only the most fresh food... Only in this case will your dish turn out to be really wonderful.

It takes very little effort to prepare the ingredients. classic version salad "White birch". Its recipe will be as follows:

Prune salad

White birch salad with prunes is made in about the same way as the classic one, only using more dried fruit. For the correct preparation of this version of the dish, we will need the following products:

The presence of prunes in the salad will add piquancy and a special aroma to it.

The recipe for this dish looks like this:

This recipe should not be strictly adhered to. You can swap layers and use other ingredients. For example, instead of fried mushrooms you can use any pickled or salted mushrooms, and instead of fried onions- pickled in vinegar.

The original version of the dish

The main secret of this salad is the use of apples and cheese. Apples - very useful product and adding them to the salad will not only give it freshness, but also increase it beneficial features... To implement this recipe you need:

• one big green apple or two small ones;
• chicken fillet;
• one head of onion;
• at least three eggs;
• hard cheese;
• olives;
• mayonnaise.

Best for this dish are sour apples... They will dilute the neutral taste of the salad with their aroma. The cooking process is as follows:

Adding tenderness

This recipe calls for the use beef liver instead of chicken fillet. As in other versions of the dish, we use olives or olives for decoration.

List of required products:

• 0.5 kg of beef liver;
• one carrot;
• one small head of onion;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• two medium-sized potatoes.

Instead of beef liver you can use pork too... It is more rigid and has bright taste. Step by step recipe cooking:

"Birch" with crab sticks

Unlike other recipes, this one uses pickled mushrooms. Crab sticks add special piquancy and tenderness.

To prepare the dish, we will use:

• two large or three small onions;
• 200 g of pickled or salted mushrooms;
• one pack crab sticks;
• 200 g of hard cheese;
• greens and lettuce for decoration;
• sour cream or mayonnaise.

Before preparing this dish, you need to properly prepare all the ingredients. Its taste will depend on it. The recipe includes the following sequence of actions:

1. Fry onions, rub on fine grater hard cheese, chop the crab sticks.
2. Put lettuce leaves in the bottom layer. We put half a pack of crab sticks on them and grease a layer with sour cream or mayonnaise.
3. The second layer will be a mixture of mushrooms, fried onions and half of grated cheese.
4. Similarly, we make two more layers of lettuce.
5. We decorate the surface of the salad with prunes or olives.

Design principles

The main difference between this salad and others is its design. Chefs and housewives try to give it the color of birch bark. The top layer should be uniform and white. It is decorated with black stripes carved from prunes or olives and purple basil leaves. In wealthy families and restaurants, chefs decorate the salad black caviar... Sour cream can be used as a white base or low fat mayonnaise... The salad will look beautiful if upper layer sprinkle with grated cheese or egg white.

As a rule, this appetizer is prepared in a container with transparent walls. All ingredients are stacked in layers, and the top is made out in the form of birch bark. There are cooking options in which all of its components are laid out on a flat plate or dish in the form birch log... This option is much more difficult to make, but it looks more elegant and original.

"White birch" is not only very beautiful, but also delicious salad... Be sure to try it and choose the recipe you like the most. It will help not only to decorate your festive table, but also diversify your daily diet with an original and unique taste.

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Ingredients:

• chicken fillet;
• 2-3 chicken eggs;
• mushrooms champignons 200-250 grams;
• 2 fresh cucumber;
• bulb;
• prunes;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• mayonnaise or sour cream - to taste;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• dill and parsley to taste.

Surely on the holidays you are already tired of the standard "Olivier", and you want to surprise your guests with something else. An excellent solution will become an easy-to-prepare White Birch salad.

In his recipe, the design is more interesting than the content of the dish. Nevertheless, the ingredients of the salad go well with each other, it turns out delicious and satisfying. The salad is not mixed, but laid out in layers., Each of which is soaked mayonnaise sauce.

This salad, of course, cannot be called dietary, but you can reduce its calorie content by replacing mayonnaise with light natural yoghurt... The name of the dish was invented based on its design in the form of a white birch tree. It is not known for certain who the author of this culinary creations, but it is unambiguously clear that the creator has a Russian soul.

There are quite a few cooking options for this salad, although the most popular is traditional recipe"White birch" with chicken and prunes.

Preparation

1. V original recipe salad "White birch" the main ingredient is chicken, so the first thing to do is boil the chicken in salted water with the addition of allspice and bay leaves... After it is cooked, it must be cooled.
2. Now let's prepare the prunes. In order for the prunes to become soft, they must be soaked in water for 10 minutes. If the prunes contain pits, be sure to remove them. Finely chop the soaked dried fruit. In general, prunes are very beneficial for the body. It improves vision and protects against infectious diseases. In addition, prunes give the dish a mild and savory flavor.
3. While the prunes are soaking and the chicken is being cooked, it is necessary to boil and cool the eggs. Next, we separate the yolks from the whites and rub everything on a fine grater.
4. Cut the cucumbers into small strips.
5. Now it was the turn of the mushrooms. Thinly chop the mushrooms and onions. To avoid crying over the onions, you can put the onions in the freezer for a short time. Fry mushrooms and onions with spices in vegetable oil for 10 minutes.

After preparatory phase the creation of the salad begins.

• The first layer is laid out with prunes and coated with mayonnaise sauce. If you are very fond of prunes, then you can put more of it in the White Birch salad. The rest of the recipe for White Birch salad with prunes will not differ from the traditional one.
• The second layer is chicken fillet, cut into cubes. Salt and pepper this layer, then grease with mayonnaise. Instead of chicken, you can put the liver in the White Birch salad.
• If you decide to make the White Birch salad with mushrooms, then put the mushrooms fried with onions in the third layer. There is no need to salt this layer, as spices are added during frying.
• The fourth layer is cucumbers. Salt.
• Next is a layer of yolks and then a layer of proteins, which is also smeared with mayonnaise. The salad base is ready!

But that's not all, the salad must be properly decorated. When preparing salad "White birch" with chicken, prunes can be replaced with grated apple... Decorate this version of the salad with olives. The sequence of layers, as well as the composition itself, is, in principle, not so important, the main thing is that the surface of the salad is ultimately white.

Salad decoration

V the usual version the design of the White Birch salad with chicken, mushrooms and prunes, the background remains white as birch bark, and a characteristic pattern emerges with finely chopped prune or olive slices arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

If you are a creative person and have tons of ideas in your head, you can shape the salad into a tree shape.

The trunk of a birch can be shaped with mayonnaise, sour cream or grated egg whites, and instead of foliage, use any greens - dill, parsley or celery. Finely chopped cucumbers can also play the role of foliage. You can also add other decorations to the salad. Make grass from the same parsley or dill, plant mushrooms (for example, pickled mushrooms) in this grass.

You can put cute ones on a birch ladybirds from cherry tomatoes and olives. On the Internet, you can find a large variety of design options with photos and recipes for the White Birch salad with chicken and mushrooms. There is enough space for imagination, create and create your own signature White Birch salad.

Good appetite!