Salad Monomakh's Cap - 1 cooking recipes

This salad, as one of many festive ones, must exactly live up to its name - Monomakh's Cap. What exactly this “hat” will be made of is, in fact, not so important. That is, we can make it, focusing on our own tastes and culinary preferences. But the salad itself is certainly laid out in layers in the shape of a royal headdress, crowned, however, not as in the original, with a cross, but simply with a “bump” of colored boiled protein filled with pomegranate seeds. And it should be framed with a “fur” trim, strewn with either crushed egg yolk, or crushed walnuts or something else.

The classic recipe for Monomakh's Cap salad includes: boiled chicken fillet, eggs, potatoes, beets, prunes, walnuts, apples, cheese, onions, fresh herbs, pomegranate seeds, garlic, salt, spices. But it is also made with kiwi, raisins, other meats, sausage, purely vegetarian and lean.

The layers can be in a strict list (when one product follows exactly another) or “randomly”, according to your preferences. The layers are coated with mayonnaise. The dish is laid out in a heap on a wide round dish. When finished, it looks like a cake. And it is cut in the same way, into portioned pieces, on the cut of which beautiful layers are visible.

The top of the salad can be decorated to your taste, using other products that are not included in the list of ingredients. That is, precious stones and gems can depict not only pomegranate seeds, but also pineapples, oranges, kiwis, peaches, olives, and green peas. And also beets and carrots, cut into shapes.

The Monomakh's Cap salad appeared in the Russian cookbook back in the Soviet years. It was prepared mainly for the New Year, since it contained very scarce products that could not be found in stores at any other time of the year. But it was not as popular as Olivier.