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Despite the unusual type of treat, the recipe for Fox fur coat with mushrooms salad is quite simple. The name of the dish comes from the red color of the top layer - it is carrot in the salad. Unlike the familiar herring under a fur coat, this salad has many variations. It is prepared on a fish basis, meat, mushroom and mixed.
In the fox fur salad, the top layer is made from carrots
How to cook fox fur salad
The fox coat is ranked among puff salads. The main components are: protein base (meat, fish, crab sticks, mushrooms), vegetable layers, where the top must be carrot and sauce for bonding.
Many people associate a fox coat with a herring under a fur coat. But this is only the first and very distant similarity. Beets are not used here. And the taste of the salad turns out to be more delicate and refined.
Any housewife can change the set of ingredients to their liking. The main thing is to follow the general cooking algorithm. Here are some rules for preparing this original and beautiful dish:
- in the classic version of cooking, mushrooms are used, it can be champignons, oyster mushrooms, forest mushrooms, they should be fried;
- the first layer is always proteinaceous, the last one is orange carrot;
- the traditional recipe uses a potato layer;
- the layers in the salad are made quite thin, but necessarily dense - this allows you to emphasize the taste of each ingredient;
- after each stage, grease with sauce, if it is mayonnaise, it is enough to put a net on the salad using a pastry bag.
Having prepared the dish, the hostesses show their imagination. How to decorate the top layer is a matter of taste. There are many decor options.
As a sauce, an alternative to mayonnaise is homemade dressings based on sour cream or natural yogurt. These products are mixed with a little mustard and lemon juice. Add some olive oil if desired.
An easy way to decorate: applying a net of mayonnaise
The dish gets orange color due to the top layer of carrots. The most experienced housewives can change the recipe, use other products as vegetables for the top layer. For example, baked pumpkin. The benefits of the dish with such a replacement will increase significantly.
Thanks to the protein layer, the salad turns out to be nutritious. Its calorie content is not very high.
The recipe for making a fox coat with herring and mushrooms is considered a classic. For this dish, it is advisable to take slightly salted herring. If it is well salted, the fish can be soaked. But this must be done in advance.
In advance, you can prepare the ingredients that will be needed to prepare the salad: boil eggs, boil carrots (if provided in the recipe) and potatoes. The layers in the dish can be swapped, but the top is always made from carrots.
The herring is soaked in cold tea, milk or water. The processing time depends on the salt concentration and ranges from 30 minutes to 3 hours. This is enough to get rid of excess salt.
To prepare the fish base, take salmon, herring, trout, which is also desirable to use either slightly salted or soaked. Excessive amounts of salt lose the taste of vegetables.
If the protein base is planned to be made from meat, then almost any type of meat can be used for this. In a salad with chicken, the bottom layer is prepared from boiled or smoked chicken breast.
Olives, pickled gherkins, capers are often used to spice up the dish. For lovers of spicy snacks, the top layer can be made from Korean carrots. In other variations, boiled or raw carrots are used.
From the moment of preparation to serving the salad, you need to stand for 2 - 3 hours. Therefore, it must be prepared well in advance of the arrival of the guests. To prevent the top layer from losing its attractiveness, you can cover the dish with plastic and refrigerate.
Classic recipe for Fox fur coat salad with mushrooms and herring
Ingredients:
- salted herring fillet - 150 g;
- potatoes and carrots - 150 g each;
- fresh champignons - 100 g;
- onions - 1 head;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- frying oil - 20 g;
- mayonnaise to taste.
The dish is prepared in this order:
- Wash carrots and potatoes and boil in water until tender. Then cool and peel the vegetables. Grate the boiled fruits into separate bowls.
- Grind hard-boiled eggs in a separate bowl. You can finely chop, grate or interrupt in a blender.
- Cut the onion head into thin half rings.
- Peel and rinse fresh mushrooms. Pat dry on a paper towel. Cut into slices. Fry in vegetable oil together with onions until the resulting juice has completely evaporated.
- Cut herring fillet into small cubes. Place them in layers in a salad bowl or large flat plate.
- Lay a thin dense layer of grated potatoes on top of the herring. Make a mayonnaise mesh on it. Lay out the mushrooms in a thin layer, and paint the mesh again with mayonnaise.
- Sprinkle the mushroom layer with grated carrots. With the help of chopped eggs, "draw" the chanterelle's tail or muzzle. The eyes can be made from halved olives.
Option for decorating salad with eggs and olives
Fox fur coat salad with red fish and mushrooms
The peculiarities of this salad are that tender trout acts as its basis, and cream cheese is used to hold the layers together. A clove of garlic and a few kernels of a walnut add piquancy.
Walnuts (kernels) will need 40 g, cream cheese - 200 g, garlic - 1 clove. In addition to the cheese, there is finely chopped parsley (1 bunch).
The carrots in this salad are not boiled, they are used raw. But in order for the taste to be harmonious, the root crop must be grated on a fine grater.
Boiled potatoes are not rubbed, but cut into small cubes. The nuts are lightly fried in a dry frying pan.
The rest of the salad is prepared using the same algorithm of actions as in the classic version. Layers of lettuce are distributed as follows:
- Trout cubes.
- A thin layer of cream cheese and chopped herbs.
- Potato cubes.
- A layer of cheese.
- Shredded eggs.
- Roasted nut kernels.
- Cream cheese mixed with chopped garlic and herbs.
- A layer of grated raw carrots.
To decorate the dish, circles of olives and sprigs of herbs are suitable.
Recipe for fox coat salad with herring and honey agarics
You can use pickled honey agarics to prepare Fox fur coat with herring. If there is an opportunity to collect or buy fresh mushrooms, then they should be fried with onions - just as in the traditional version.
But if you take pickled mushrooms for the salad, the taste will become brighter. They are cut into small pieces. To add a spicy note to the taste, crushed garlic is added to the mushroom mass.
Fox fur coat salad with chicken and carrots in Korean
Ingredients required to prepare the dish:
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- pickled mushrooms - 200 g;
- Korean carrots - 200 g;
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 head;
- mayonnaise - 200 g;
- vinegar and sugar for pickling onions;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Pre-pickled onions are used in Korean carrot salad
Preparation:
- Boil the chicken fillet.
- Hard-boiled eggs.
- Cut the onion into rings and marinate in vinegar with salt and sugar for 5 minutes.
- Cut the cooled breast into cubes. Finely chop the pickled mushrooms with a knife. Grate eggs.
- Lay out the layers in the following sequence: chicken breast, onion, net of mayonnaise, eggs, net of mayonnaise, carrots.
If you want to add piquancy by complementing the taste of boiled meat with a hint of smoked meats, you can additionally make a layer of grated smoked sausage cheese.
Fox coat salad with salmon
Delicious and beautiful salad. And if you decorate the top layer with salmon caviar, the dish will become very exquisite!
The top layer in salmon salad can be red caviar
The cooking algorithm does not differ from the classic one. Boil vegetables and eggs and let them cool. For cooking you will need: 3 potatoes, 2 carrots, 300 g of salmon, 2 eggs, 1 onion and mayonnaise.
It is advisable to choose salmon that is not too salty. Unlike the classics, mushrooms are not used in the dish. Salmon is a fairly nutritious product, it is good without additional additives.
Onions are fried or pre-pickled. Fried mushrooms can be added if desired.
Conclusion
The recipe for the Fox coat with mushrooms salad is useful for those who want to show imagination and surprise guests. This is a great option for a festive table. A delicious nutritious dish, decorated in an original way, will decorate the table and create a festive mood.
