Festive table decoration - salad with pomegranate

delicious salad with pomegranate Pomegranate salad is a festive table decoration. Still, smart, bright, extraordinary. Many people are afraid to make such salads, believing that pomegranate seeds do not really harmonize with other products. In fact, pomegranate adds sourness to salads and makes the taste brighter and more piquant. Consider several recipes for pomegranate salad with step by step photos, from which you can choose the most delicious for yourself.

In almost all salads, beets must be boiled. Unfortunately, this is a long time. Depending on the size of the root crop, the procedure can take from 40 minutes to 3 hours. This can be significantly accelerated by "boiling" the beets in the microwave, if you have one.

Fancy beet

fancy beet

This is the simplest salad. It prepares very quickly. The main thing is to boil the beets. The rest is a matter of minutes. To make a salad of beets and pomegranates, you need half a pomegranate and 1-2 beets (depending on size). Additionally, you should prepare nuts (4-5 kernels), salt and vegetable oil.

beetroot salad option and grant Cooking:

The first step is to boil the beets until tender. Optionally, you can bake it in the oven.
After the root vegetable has cooled down, it is peeled and rubbed on a medium-sized grater.
In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil, put the beets there and fry. You don't need to fry it. It is only necessary to evaporate the excess liquid.
Meanwhile, the pomegranate is washed and cleaned.
Put beets, pomegranate seeds in a salad bowl and mix thoroughly.
Taste it. If necessary, add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
Before serving, the salad should be sprinkled with crushed nuts and, if desired, herbs.

"Bracelet with pomegranate" salad

This is a classic salad. Once on the table, it takes first place among the dishes. And, you see, for a reason. The ruby frame looks elegant and solemn.

To prepare a masterpiece, you should take two smoked chicken legs. For this amount you should take one grenade, beets and potatoes (boiled, two of each ingredient). Onions are also indispensable - approximately one head of a red variety. If you love him dearly, you can do more. Additionally, you will need 0.3 kg of mayonnaise and walnuts. The amount of the last two components will vary depending on taste.

This salad can be made with the addition of any other meat, be it turkey or beef. As they say, a matter of taste. It is better to cook the dish in the evening, so that the layers are soaked overnight. Yes, and if you accidentally change layers, there is nothing terrible about it.

Cooking:

Peel the potato tubers and grate with a large diameter grater.
Peel and grate the beets.
Peel the onion and chop finely.
Remove the meat from the legs and cut into cubes.
Release the grains from the pomegranate.
Now we start assembling the salad with pomegranate and smoked chicken. Since it is called a bracelet, its shape will be appropriate. For this, a glass is placed on the dish, around which the layers will be laid.
Spread out the first layer - potato and grease with mayonnaise.
Smoked cut chicken is spread on top.
After applying mayonnaise, lay the onion layer.
Walnuts are chopped in a mortar or crush with a rather fine fraction and mixed with grated beets.
Now spread the walnut and beetroot mass and grease with mayonnaise.
The final layer is garnet.

The prepared salad is placed in the refrigerator overnight for soaking. The next day, you can serve it to the table.

"Little Red Riding Hood" from a fairy tale

Another kind of pomegranate dishes is red riding hood salad with pomegranate. Unlike the bracelet, its meat component is pork.

So, to prepare the salad, you need to take 0.3 kg of pork. This amount of meat will require 1-2 pomegranates, 2 eggs and 0.15 g of hard cheese. For impregnation, use sour cream and mayonnaise, 1 tbsp. l. of each ingredient. Additionally, you need 0.1 kg of peeled walnuts and a bunch of dill. Salt and pepper are used as flavor enhancers.

Boiled pork is used in the salad. As a rule, it takes a very long time to cook. To speed up the process, you need to cut the meat into small pieces.

Cooking:

The first step is to boil the pork, remembering to add salt after boiling. The finished meat is cooled, and then cut into small pieces.
While the meat is being cooked, boil hard-boiled eggs and also cut into cubes.
The cheese is grated and the nuts are chopped.
Sour cream and mayonnaise are mixed in a separate bowl, you can salt and pepper, so as not to do it with each layer.
Grains are freed from the pomegranate.
Salad with pomegranate and meat is collected in layers: pork, grated cheese, eggs, walnuts.
A pomegranate layer is laid on top. And that's it, the salad is ready and asks for the table.

Ruby salad with nuts

We offer another simple recipe for pomegranate salad. It refers to Azerbaijani cuisine. In addition to being colorful, it has an unusual taste.

To prepare it, you will need 4 potato tubers, one pomegranate fruit, one red onion turnip and 0.25 kg of walnut kernels. You will also need a bunch of dill and salt and pepper for flavor. Season the salad with olive oil and lemon juice.

Cooking:

Boil potatoes. It is best to cook it in the microwave - it takes much less time. The finished potatoes are cooled, peeled and cut into small cubes.
Meanwhile, the pomegranate is being peeled. The easiest way to do it this way. The peel is not cut completely, thereby dividing the fruit into fragments. Then they are separated a little and the pomegranate is turned over. Now, using a tablespoon, knock on the grenade. If you did everything correctly, the grains will quickly fall into the placed container.
Peel the onion and cut it into half rings.
Chop nuts. This can be done with a crush, blender, coffee grinder, or simply chopped with a knife.
Dill is washed and finely chopped.
To prepare the dressing, squeeze the juice into a small container from half a lemon. Add olive oil there and mix thoroughly.
Now the salad with pomegranate and walnut is being harvested. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl, salt, pepper, pour in the dressing and mix thoroughly.

Meat salad with pomegranate

We offer another recipe - a salad with beef and pomegranate. Each hostess tries to add novelty to her dishes and experiments.

The zest of this salad is pickled onions and a lot of vitamins in the form of pomegranate seeds.

The main ingredients are one pomegranate fruit, 3-4 potato tubers, two onion turnips and two beets and beef meat in the amount of 0.3 kg. For pickling, you should prepare vinegar (1 tbsp), 2/3 tbsp. water and 1 s.l. salt with sugar. Mayonnaise is used to lubricate the layers.

Cooking:

The onion is peeled and cut into rings and placed in a deep container, where vinegar is poured and sugar and salt are added. In this marinade and leave the onion, pouring boiling water. When the contents have cooled down, the onion is ready to eat.
Boil potatoes, meat and beets. It's best to do this beforehand. Peel and cut vegetables: potatoes into cubes or strips. Beets should be grated with a large diameter grater. Release the grains from the pomegranate.
Now they start assembling the salad with beef and pomegranate. A layer of meat is placed on a plate and smeared with mayonnaise.
Next, put onions and mayonnaise on top.
The next layer is potato. Don't forget to brush it with mayonnaise as well.
Lay the beetroot layer with mayonnaise.
Finally, sprinkle the salad with pomegranate seeds.

Everything, you can start your meal.

Beijing with rubies

Chinese cabbage - a frequent guest in the kitchen. It goes well with various products. We suggest experimenting and making a salad with pomegranate and Chinese cabbage. One of the main ingredients is chicken. With her, the salad turns out to be especially tasty. But if you have other meat, then you can use it.

So, you need 0.25 kg of chicken fillet and 0.3 kg of Peking. In addition, 0.15 g of sweet bell peppers, the same amount of corn (canned), 50 g each green onion, pomegranate seeds and dill. For the salad dressing with pomegranate and chicken, use approximately 0.1 kg of mayonnaise and salt.

Cooking:

Thoroughly wash Pekingka under running water, dry and chop finely.
Wash green onions and chop finely.
In a salad bowl, combine Peking, canned corn and onions.
Wash the peppers and cut them into strips.
Dill is washed under running water to remove dirt, wiped off with a towel, finely chopped and, together with pepper, put in a salad bowl with other products.
The chicken fillet should be boiled and then cut into cubes.

The final step is to add salt, mayonnaise, mix everything thoroughly and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.

Salad "Cap of Monomakh" with pomegranate

Another of the traditional New Year's salads. Very beautiful and effective. You need to find the right pomegranate in this salad. Depending on this, the taste will be excellent, since the grains can be sour and sweetish.

To prepare the first part of the salad, you will need: half of a very large boiled carrot, 8 quail eggs and 1 tbsp. walnuts. Optional: mayonnaise to taste and 3 garlic cloves.

For the second part, you need 0.25 g of hard cheese, half a glass of walnuts, the same amount of raisins, about three boiled carrots, one garlic clove and one pomegranate fruit.

First, prepare the first part of the pomegranate salad. For this, the carrots are peeled and cut into strips. Eggs are peeled and cut into small pieces. All this is put in a deep plate, crushed nuts, mayonnaise and garlic passed through a press are added. All this is carefully mixed and laid out on a flat dish with a high slide. This will be the hat itself.

Now proceed to the second part. To do this, carrots are also cut into strips, mixed with grated cheese, raisins, garlic passed through a press, ground nuts and mayonnaise are added to them. Having mixed well, spread the mass around the "cap", making a side. Everything, the salad is ready, it remains only to decorate with pomegranate seeds and serve.

"Royal hunting"

Another majestic pomegranate salad recipe (with a detailed photo). Still, because it includes beef tongue. In combination with pickled mushrooms, an exquisite and bright taste is formed.

If you can't find beef tongue, you can use pork tongue.

For preparation you will need: one tongue, 0.2 kg of pickled mushrooms, and 0.1 kg of chicken fillet. Additionally, one pomegranate fruit and two eggs are used. For dressing, you will need mayonnaise, any herbs and spices.

Cooking:

All products should be prepared (boiled, cleaned and washed) in advance.
Peel the tongue and cut into cubes.
Do the same with chicken fillet.
Remove the mushrooms from the marinade and cut into strips.
The eggs are finely crumbled.
Gather a salad with tongue and pomegranate in a heap, putting it in a salad bowl, add spices, mayonnaise, pepper and salt.
The greens are finely chopped.
Grains are pulled from the pomegranate.

The prepared salad is decorated with pomegranate, and ... the meal is served!

Spicy prunes

You need to be able to combine prunes with foods. We will teach you the example of a salad with prunes and pomegranates. It is prepared in layers and has an unusual taste. You can use anything you like as a meat ingredient, such as pork.

For cooking, you need one boiled beet, one pomegranate fruit, 0.25 kg of pork meat, two potato tubers in "uniforms", 0.1 kg of prunes and an onion turnip. For dressing - mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking:

First of all, the prunes are poured with hot water in a bowl and after a few minutes they are removed and cut into strips.
Peel the beets with potatoes and grate.
Chop the onion finely and chop the pork into strips.
Put in a deep salad bowl in layers: prunes-potatoes-meat-onions.
Now the salad is greased with mayonnaise and the grated beets are spread.
Garnished with pomegranate seeds and served.

Chicken salad with pomegranate

Do you like to cook and experiment? Take a note of the salad with pomegranate and chicken fillet. Combine with nuts for an amazing meal.

The salad can be made with or without dressing. Or you can cook without it by simply adding a little pomegranate juice. In the second case, the salad will be light and very healthy.

For cooking, you will need 0.8 kg of chicken fillet, two or three garlic cloves, 0.15 g of any nuts and one pomegranate fruit. You will also need one red onion. Vegetable oil is used as a dressing, and the taste is balanced with spices. As the latter, you can take, for example, coriander, paprika, hot pepper, fenugreek.

Cooking:

Wash the chicken fillet thoroughly, dry with a towel and sprinkle with salt mixed with paprika. Preheat a frying pan, add oil and fry the meat on it, turning on the heat on low. Cooking time is 30 minutes. Don't forget to turn them over.
Heat a clean, dry skillet and fry the nuts in it for 2-3 minutes (hazel is preferred). Then peel and crush.
Break the chicken fillet into fibers, put in a salad bowl, add spices.
Add nuts, onions, pomegranate seeds and garlic passed through a press.

If you add a spoonful of pomegranate juice, then the salad does not need dressing.

Shrimp and pomegranate salad

Do you like seafood? You should try making such an exotic salad. Only try to choose a sweet pomegranate so that it sets off tender shrimps.

The main ingredients of the dish are shrimps (already peeled) in the amount of 0.15 kg, half a fork of red cabbage, one shallots, a frisee salad (amount of your choice) and one pomegranate. For frying, take 20 g of butter, and for dressing, 2 tablespoons. wine vinegar and olive oil, salt and 1 tsp. pink pepper.

It is impossible to prepare a salad in advance, because the greens quickly lose their appearance and taste. Therefore, you need to serve it to the table immediately after creation.

Cooking:

In a preheated frying pan, melt the butter and fry the shrimps on it for 5-7 minutes. When they are ready, they are transferred to a plate and sent to the refrigerator.
Clear pomegranate seeds.
Peel the onion and cut into pieces.
Rinse lettuce and cabbage thoroughly under running warm water, dry on a towel and tear into pieces.
Put all prepared foods in a salad bowl. Mix the dressing ingredients separately and pour over the salad. Stir the contents of the container and serve.

Well, how do you like the selection of New Year's salads with pomegranate? Did you find something interesting for yourself? Despite the fact that pomegranate is a fruit with a peculiar taste, it goes well with other foods.

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