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2025 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-13 07:40
"Count" salad: a simple dish with an original presentation
Among the salads that the hostesses serve for the festive table, the Graf salad occupies, perhaps, a special place. Despite the fact that the set of products for it is very simple and affordable (it’s even not clear where such a noble name comes from), the dish turns out to be very tasty, bright and original.
How to make a salad "Count"
The main ingredients of the salad are chicken meat, prunes and red beets. It is they who set the color and the main notes of taste.
You will need:
- 3 medium beets;
- 2 carrots;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 150 g of hard cheese;
- 600 g chicken fillet or thighs;
- 100 g prunes
- salt, mayonnaise, spices - to taste.
The "Graf" salad is traditionally harvested in a flat cylindrical form for cakes, laying out the products in turns in layers and smearing them with mayonnaise. I suggest you try a more original way: we will make the "Graf" salad in the form of a roll. It is a little more complicated, but the dish turns out to be interesting in appearance, and, in my opinion, such a decision affects the taste for the better.
The classic shape of the "Graf" salad resembles a cake made of several layers
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First, prepare all the foods. Boil the beets with carrots until tender, peel and grate with medium cells. Do the same with eggs, if desired, you can grate whites and yolks separately. Boil the chicken and cut the meat into thin strips. Soak the prunes in boiling water for 10 minutes, then dry and chop as well.
Carrots, chicken, prunes, cheese, beets and eggs Prepare food in advance: carrots, chicken, prunes, cheese, beets and eggs
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When all the products are prepared, start assembling the salad. Spread cling foil or a thick bag on the table. With the first layer, evenly distribute the beets in the shape of a rectangle. Spread it with mayonnaise and salt a little.
Beets and mayonnaise Put beets in the first layer
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Next, lay out in layers, each time adding mayonnaise and salt: carrots, eggs (or just whites, and put the yolks in the last layer or decorate the prepared salad with them on top), grated cheese, chicken mixed with prunes.
Layers of lettuce Spread the rest of the products in layers, smearing them with mayonnaise
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Roll gently, wrap the edges of the bag or foil, and refrigerate to soak the salad. It is advisable to keep the dish like this for several hours, you can leave it overnight.
Roll salad Gently roll the salad on the foil into a roll
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Take the salad out of the refrigerator, remove the film from it. Put on a dish, garnish with mayonnaise, sprinkle with chopped nuts and yolks.
Ready salad "Count" Decorate the ready-made Graf salad as your fantasy tells you
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Cut the roll into pieces and serve.
Slice of Graf salad "Graf" salad in the form of a roll is served cut into pieces
Video: an alternative recipe for the Graf salad
As you can see, the recipe for the "Count" salad is very simple, and if you wish, you can "beat" it as your imagination tells you. But in any case, guests will not remain indifferent to its taste and original look. Enjoy your meal!