Mimosa Salad with Canned Fish and Potatoes

The most delicious and beautiful — will create a sensation! The classic Mimosa salad with canned fish and potatoes has been one of the most popular salads for several decades. Not a single holiday is complete without it. The delicate and harmonious taste of the salad leaves no one indifferent.
cook time: 2h
Maya Lindell
Mimosa Salad with Canned Fish and Potatoes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

225
Calories
18g
Fat
6g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Eggs (large) 4 pc
Potato (large) 2 pc
Hard cheese 100 g
Carrot 2 pc
Mayonnaise 200 g
Canned sardines 300 g
Dill (3-4 branches) 10 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a classic Mimosa salad with canned fish and potatoes? Prepare the necessary ingredients. In addition to the above ingredients, you can add pickled onions in one layer. How to pickle onions for Mimosa salad? To do this, you need to finely chop a small onion and marinate in 1 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar for 15 minutes. Then drain the vinegar.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the carrots and potatoes with a brush without peeling them. Place the vegetables in boiling water and cook until tender. Then cool and peel.

Step 3

Step 3
Grate the potatoes on a medium grater.

Step 4

Step 4
Also grate the carrots on a medium grater. You can grate it on a coarse one, but the finer all the ingredients are, the more tender the salad will be.

Step 5

Step 5
Boil the eggs hard, cool and peel. Separate the whites from the yolks. Grate the whites on a medium grater, and grate the yolks into a separate bowl on a fine grater. Set aside a little grated yolk to decorate the salad. Read about how to properly boil eggs in a separate article at the link at the end of the recipe.

Step 6

Step 6
Remove the fish from the jar, shake off the liquid and mash with a fork. If any bones are too large, remove them. I like it when there is a lot of fish in the salad, so I took 2 cans of canned food instead of one.

Step 7

Step 7
Grate the cheese on a medium grater.

Step 8

Step 8
Wash the greens, dry and finely chop.

Step 9

Step 9
To make it easier to apply the mayonnaise to the layers, I put it in a pastry bag and cut off the tip. You can make mayonnaise yourself, so the salad will be tastier and healthier. Below the steps you will find a link to a catalog of homemade mayonnaise recipes.

Step 10

Step 10
Place a cooking ring (Ø 18-20 cm) on the dish. Place all the potatoes in the first layer and distribute evenly over the entire diameter of the ring. Pour mayonnaise from a pastry bag. If you wish, you can lightly salt the layers of potatoes and carrots, but I usually do not add salt to salads with mayonnaise.

Step 11

Step 11
Place the next layer of grated carrots and also pour mayonnaise. If you are going to add pickled onions to the salad, place them in the next layer after the carrots.

Step 12

Step 12
Place a layer of cheese on the carrots. Make a mesh of mayonnaise on top.

Step 13

Step 13
Next, spread the sardine, sprinkle it with chopped herbs and pour mayonnaise on top.

Step 14

Step 14
Sprinkle with grated yolk and lightly pour mayonnaise over it.

Step 15

Step 15
Place the grated whites in the last layer. Lubricate this layer with mayonnaise and smooth it out well, as this is the last layer.

Step 16

Step 16
How to decorate Mimosa salad? Using the reserved grated yolks and small sprigs of dill, form small mimosa sprigs along the outer edge of the salad. Leave the center undecorated.

Step 17

Step 17
Carefully remove the cooking ring. You can serve the salad immediately or let it sit in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours or overnight. Bon appetit!

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