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Wedding salads included in the banquet menu should be varied, because people with very different taste preferences gather at the table. Fish, meat, vegetables, seafood - there should be enough salads on the wedding table to keep guests full and satisfied.
The presentation of the dishes itself should be beautiful and appropriate to the occasion for which everyone gathered at the table that day. Using carving, you can decorate any salad, but you only need a little bit: curly knives and a little imagination.
If possible, it is better to serve the salad in portions rather than on a common platter. This serving is more convenient for guests.
How to prepare salads for a wedding - 15 varieties
- Wedding salad “Flowers for the Bride”
- Salad for a wedding banquet “Crispy” without mayonnaise
- Salad “Swan Fidelity” with crab sticks
- Puff Salad with Red Fish
- “Tsarskiy” salad with boiled chicken
- Original salad “Violets”
- Fish salad cake
- Festive salad “Jelly”
- Salad “Forest Tale”
- Salad “Wedding General”
- Wedding salad “Sweet Life”
- Rustic wedding pork salad
- “Jewish” wedding salad
- Salad “Male whim”
- Salad “Wedding Ring”
Wedding salad “Flowers for the Bride”
A salad with such a romantic name should definitely be on the wedding table, especially since it looks so much like a real bouquet. Fans of salted fish will undoubtedly appreciate the familiar taste of “herring under a fur coat,” which sounds new.
Ingredients:
- Carrot
- Beet
- Potato
- Herring fillet
- Fresh cucumber
- Lettuce leaves
- Mayonnaise
- Hard cheese
- Garlic
- Pita
Preparation:
Boil and grate the vegetables on a fine grater, and finely chop the herring and cucumber into cubes. Place fresh lettuce leaves on a dish, and layer the rest of the ingredients on them: first the herring, then chopped cucumber, carrots and potatoes. Make a mayonnaise layer between each layer. Boil the beets, grate them with cheese on a fine grater and add chopped garlic to taste. Stir and cover the salad on all sides with this mixture. Roses and lettuce made from pita bread will help make the dish resemble a real bouquet.
Salad "Bride"
What do you need:
- smoked chicken breast - 150 g;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- processed cheese - 1 pc.;
- sour cream - 3 tbsp. l.;
- greens - 1 bunch.
Recipe:
- Cut the meat into cubes and place it in a salad bowl.
- Chop the onion into cubes and place on top of the meat.
- Grate the boiled potatoes, place in the next layer, press lightly with a spoon, add salt and coat with sour cream.
- Grate the white and yolk into different containers. Place the yolk and coat with sour cream.
- Grate the cheese, spread in an even layer over the yolk, add sour cream.
- The last layer is grated protein.
- Decorate the salad with greens (sprigs or chop) on top.
Salad for a wedding banquet “Crispy” without mayonnaise
Among all the salads on the table, there should be salads that are not seasoned with mayonnaise, because there will definitely be a person who does not eat it. A similar light salad with vegetables, chicken and crispy croutons is just right for such people.
Ingredients:
- White loaf
- Boiled chicken fillet
- Hard cheese (parmesan)
- Yalta purple onion
- Fresh cucumber
- Lemon juice
- Vegetable oil
- Lettuce leaves
Preparation:
Prepare crackers. To do this, cut the loaf into cubes and fry them in a frying pan until they are browned. Disassemble the meat into fibers and place in a salad bowl. Add grated cheese and cucumber, cut into strips. Add onion, cut into half rings, and lettuce (just tear it with your hands). Add croutons and a dressing of vegetable oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Meat salad with nuts and pickled mushrooms
If you want to surprise your guests, choose this recipe!
You will need:
300 g pork, 150 g pickled mushrooms, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 eggs, 100 g walnuts, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil the meat, separate it into fibers and place it in the first layer. Chop the mushrooms with garlic, mix with mayonnaise and place on the meat. Place grated eggs on top, again mayonnaise and chopped nuts.
Salad “Swan Fidelity” with crab sticks
A delicious salad with a name corresponding to the event will also be appropriate at a wedding banquet. The salad is decorated with swan figures made from boiled eggs.
Ingredients:
- Boiled eggs
- Onion
- Hard cheese
- Apple (sour)
- Crab sticks
Preparation:
Boil hard-boiled eggs, four of them are needed for decoration, and separate the whites of the rest from the yolks. Grate the whites and yolks separately onto a fine grater. Chop and pickle the onion to remove its bitterness. Coarsely grate the cheese together with the sour apple, and cut the crab sticks into thin strips.
Place layers on a dish: yolks, pickled onions, cheese, apple, crab sticks, egg whites. Add a little mayonnaise to the egg whites with yolks and crab sticks to make the salad more juicy.
The remaining eggs are used to make swans. Two eggs are torsos, and two are heads. Connect them together with a toothpick. On the bodies, a cut is made on the lower part to achieve stability. You can make tails, wings, and necks from cut protein. Small pieces of carrots will be used instead of a beak, and eyes can be cut out from pieces of olives.
Salad “Wedding Rings”
What do you need:
- chicken fillet - 200 g;
- cheese (any kind, but hard varieties are better) – 200 g;
- potatoes - 5 pcs.;
- chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
- mayonnaise - for dressing.
Recipe:
- Peel the potatoes and boil until they become soft. Grate it finely.
- Boil and chop the meat.
- Chop the onion and carrots and fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil.
- Separate the hard-boiled eggs (whites from yolks), grate them separately.
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
- Place two wide glasses turned upside down on a flat dish. Place the ingredients around them in the form of two rings.
- The first layer is potatoes. Coat it with mayonnaise.
- The second is meat, mayonnaise.
- Third - onions and carrots, mayonnaise again.
- Fourth - cheese, mayonnaise.
- Fifth - eggs. Sprinkle one ring with whites, and the second with yolks.
Puff Salad with Red Fish
Appetizers and salads with red fish are regular guests on the festive table, and weddings are no exception. After all, the richer the wedding table, the better the young people will live - this is what people believe. Once you prepare this salad, at the end of the feast there won’t be a crumb left of it.
Ingredients:
- Smoked red fish
- Crab sticks
- Boiled eggs
- Boiled rice
- Boiled carrots
- Curd soft cheese
- Mayonnaise
- Sour cream
Preparation:
Carefully cover a container with a deep bottom with cling film, and then line the walls and bottom of this container with thin strips of red fish.
For the salad, prepare the cream: mayonnaise and sour cream (4 tablespoons each) and a little curd cheese. Mix well until smooth and apply a little mixture onto the fish in an even layer. The next layer is crushed eggs and prepared cream as a layer. Then follow the crushed crab sticks with a layer. Grate the carrots and place on the salad, smooth and grease. At the very end, add the rice, smooth it out and brush with the remaining cream.
Carefully wrap the ends of the film and put the salad in the refrigerator overnight to soak, and then, carefully turning it over, place it on a dish. Thus, it turns out that the top layer will be the bottom, and only the fish will be visible from above.
Salad with meat and mushrooms
This salad can be prepared in a maximum of half an hour if you boil the meat and potatoes in advance.
You will need:
250 g beef, 2 potatoes, 250 g champignons, 2 pickles, 1 onion, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Cut the boiled beef into cubes, and grate the boiled potatoes on a coarse grater. Finely chop the mushrooms and onions and fry until tender. Grate the cucumbers too and squeeze lightly. Layer layers of potatoes, meat, cucumbers and mushrooms, and coat with a little mayonnaise if desired.
“Tsarskiy” salad with boiled chicken
Among other salads, try making a salad called “Tsarsky”. The products in it are selected so well that the result will definitely please you. Chicken, champignons and prunes are a great trio for a salad.
Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken fillet
- Champignon
- Prunes
- Cheese
- Walnuts
- Onion
- Mayonnaise
- Greenery
Preparation:
Fry mushrooms in vegetable oil along with finely chopped onion. Cut the chicken into small cubes and add the mushrooms to the meat. Grind the steamed prunes and cheese, add to the rest of the products.
Season the salad with mayonnaise, add salt and pepper to taste, and top with nut crumbs. You can decorate with greenery.
Chicken can be replaced with turkey fillet or quail meat.
Vegetable salad with mushrooms
What do you need:
- champignons - 400 g;
- fresh cucumber - 1 pc.;
- tomato - 1 pc.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l. + 2 tbsp. l. for salad dressing;
- lemon juice - 1 tsp;
- salt, spices - a little.
Recipe:
- Chop the mushrooms and fry with onion, chopped into half rings.
- Cut the remaining vegetables into pieces and mix in a salad bowl.
- Add champignons and onions to them, stir.
- Mix vegetable oil with juice and add to salad.
- Season the dish with salt and spices.
Original salad “Violets”
If you prepare a salad according to this recipe, you should get not only a tasty dish. It will really look like a bouquet with delicate violets.
Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken fillet
- Prunes
- Fresh champignons
- Cucumber
- Korean carrots
- Mayonnaise
- Saltine cracker
- Spinach leaves
- Radish
Preparation:
Cut the chicken, prunes and cucumber into strips. Fry mushrooms in oil, add pepper and salt to taste. All products are laid out in layers on a dish and coated with mayonnaise on each one: chicken, prunes, fried mushrooms, cucumber and, at the very end, Korean carrots.
You can start decorating. Cover the sides with crackers and make violet leaves from the spinach. The flowers are made from radishes, which are cut into very thin rings and painted with blue cabbage juice to resemble the flower.
Fish salad cake
Salmon salad with crab sticks will undoubtedly delight guests, because it is seasoned with a delicate dressing of sour cream, mayonnaise and mascarpone cheese.
Ingredients:
- Lightly salted salmon
- Eggs
- Crab sticks
- Boiled rice
- Cucumber
- Gelatin
- Mascarpone
- Mayonnaise
- Sour cream
- Paprika
- Lettuce leaves
Preparation:
Boil the eggs hard and boil the rice until done with paprika and spices.
Next, the deep dish is lined with cling film and laid out with slices of fish. Grated egg yolks are placed on it. They need to be lubricated with cream, and for this, dissolved gelatin is mixed with mayonnaise, sour cream and mascarpone. The cream is mixed well. Next comes a layer of crab sticks, cut into small strips, and a layer of cream. Then follows a layer of grated egg whites and a layer, and at the very end a layer of rice. Gently smooth and grease with remaining cream.
Place the salad cake in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours. Next, fresh lettuce leaves are placed on a dish, and the salad should be placed on them. To do this, you just need to turn it over and remove the cling film.
Festive salad “Jelly”
The salad called “Jelly” is a delicious and original dish that can decorate any wedding banquet.
Ingredients:
- Carrot
- Canned green peas
- Potato
- Ham
- Apple
- Lemon juice
- Boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Sour cream
- Mustard
- Gelatin
Preparation:
Boil potatoes and carrots. Pour the liquid from the canned peas and dissolve the gelatin in it. Next, prepare the sauce from mayonnaise, mustard and sour cream. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cut the ham and vegetables into cubes and mix them with canned peas. Cut the apple into cubes, sprinkle them with lemon juice and leave on the board.
When the gelatin has swollen enough, put it on the stove and heat it, but do not bring it to a boil. When the gelatin has cooled a little, it is mixed with the sauce and the resulting mixture is poured over the chopped products. Mix well and place half of the salad in a mold lined with film. Then lay in whole boiled eggs and cover them with the second half of the salad mixture. Flatten and put in the refrigerator. It takes 6-8 hours for the gelatin to harden. The salad is laid out from the mold onto a dish; you can cut it into even pieces with a knife.
Meat salad with chicken and corn
It turns out very tasty with smoked breast, but you can just fry the fillet.
You will need:
1 chicken breast, 2 eggs, 1 cucumber, 1 carrot, 2 potatoes, 100 g of corn, green onions, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs, carrots and potatoes, cut all the ingredients into cubes and chop the green onions. Add corn, mix and season the salad with mayonnaise.
Salad “Forest Tale”
This salad is very colorful in its design: a lot of greens, vegetable flowers and bright lingonberries. It all looks very appetizing on a platter.
Ingredients:
- Boiled potatoes
- Fresh cucumber
- Boiled carrots
- Marinated mushrooms
- Pickled cucumber
- Canned green peas
- Bell peppers
- Cowberry
- Green onions
- Parsley
- Lettuce leaves
- Olive oil
Preparation:
Cut the potatoes into small cubes and the carrots into half circles. Take a fresh cucumber and cut it into slices, and peeled bell pepper into cubes. Chop pickled mushrooms and cucumber in the same way.
Chop the green onions and halve them. Mix one half with chopped vegetables. Season the salad with olive oil, pepper and salt. You can add a little mustard. Decorate randomly to create an imitation of a forest clearing.
Meat salad with pineapple
Meat with pineapples is an amazing decoration for the holiday table!
You will need:
300 g pork, 300 g mushrooms, 100 g onions, 300 g canned pineapples, 150 g apples, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Fry the chopped mushrooms and onions until tender and cool, and boil the meat and cut into cubes. Peel the apple and chop all other ingredients. Season the salad with mayonnaise.
Salad “Wedding General”
Why not make a salad with such an impressive name? It is quite suitable for a wedding banquet. The sweetish taste of crab sticks in tandem with apple sourness is an unexpectedly pleasant taste.
Ingredients:
- Crab sticks
- Processed cheese
- Boiled eggs
- Green apple
- Onion
- Butter
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:
The salad is laid out in layers on a wide flat dish and after each one a layer of mayonnaise is made. First come the grated egg whites. These are followed by crab sticks, very finely chopped. Next comes chopped onion and finely grated butter (from the freezer). The oil is not lubricated with mayonnaise; it is better to lightly salt it. The next layer is a finely grated apple, followed by grated processed cheese. The last layer is chopped yolk. Cool and let soak, decorate as desired.
To make the processed cheese easy to grate, it is slightly frozen in the freezer, and the grater is greased with refined vegetable oil.
Wedding salad “Sweet Life”
In addition to healthy vegetables, this salad contains an ingredient that is unusual for a salad. The berries from cherry jam do not spoil its taste, but add “zest” to this light vegetable salad.
Ingredients:
- White cabbage
- Green apples
- Carrot
- Lemon
- Cherry jam without seeds
Preparation:
Chop the cabbage, and cut the carrots and apple into strips. Remove the zest from the lemon and squeeze the juice into a separate bowl. Mix the chopped produce and lemon juice together in a salad bowl. Season the salad with a small amount of cherry syrup and garnish with jam cherries.
Rustic wedding pork salad
Which place always knew how to please guests at a wedding? Only in the village, because all the residents gathered for the festivities and everyone had to remain well-fed. This is exactly the kind of rustic salad, hearty and easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
- Pork
- Onion
- Greenery
- Sugar
- Vinegar
- Vegetable oil
- Spices
Preparation:
Boil the pork for one hour with the whole onion and spices, add salt shortly before the end. Cool the meat and cut into strips. Place in a deep bowl and cover with a lid.
You need to cut the onion into thin rings and chop the greens. Mix. Prepare marinade from 50 ml of boiled water, 3 tbsp. sugar, 1.5 tsp salt, 9 tbsp. vinegar, 0.5 tsp. ground pepper and 5 tbsp. rast. oils
Now lay out the meat and onions with herbs in layers, pouring the marinade over them. Then put the salad in a cold place to soak for 8 hours. Be sure to stir several times, but very carefully. All that remains is to put the salad in a salad bowl and garnish with chopped herbs.
Salad “Crispy”
What do you need:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- parmesan - 100 g;
- fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- lettuce - 5 leaves;
- wheat bread (or loaf) – 6 pieces;
- vegetable oil (preferably olive) – 3 tbsp. l. for refueling;
- lemon juice - 0.5 tbsp. l.
Recipe:
- Cut the bread into cubes (1 cm), fry in a dry frying pan until golden brown.
- Boil the fillet until tender, tear it into fibers, and place in a deep container.
- Cut the onion into half rings and add it to the meat.
- Tear the salad into pieces with your hands and mix with meat and onions.
- Add croutons.
- Mix oil with juice and season salad.
“Jewish” wedding salad
This salad is usually prepared in Jewish families for weddings. Why not make the same layered salad?
Ingredients:
- Pork or beef
- Onion
- Boiled eggs
- Chopped walnuts
- Beet
- Prunes
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:
The salad is laid out in a salad bowl in layers, starting with the onions. It needs to be cut into half rings and pour boiling water over it for a short time, then squeeze it out. Behind it lay out the meat, cut into small cubes, grease with mayonnaise. Then add grated eggs and a little mayonnaise. The next layer is repeated - onions, and then grated eggs and a little mayonnaise. Now it’s the turn of the prunes; they need to be steamed and cut into thin strips. Smooth, grease with mayonnaise, then a layer of boiled beets, grated on a fine grater. Grease everything with mayonnaise, garnish with chopped walnuts.
Meat salad with egg
Nourishing, tasty, but very simple.
You will need:
500 g of beef, 200 g of cheese, 5 eggs, 1 onion, olives, herbs, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs and meat until tender and cut into strips. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, chop the onion into thin rings, add herbs and olives, and dress the salad with mayonnaise.
Salad “Male whim”
Another interesting salad that is prepared in portions. A minimum of ingredients and unusual preparation are the key to the success of this appetizer salad.
Ingredients:
- Potato
- Egg
- Hard cheese
- Crab sticks
- Boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Red caviar
Preparation:
Cut the potatoes into thin strips and fry until golden brown, let them dry on a paper towel. Place fried potatoes in greased small molds and add a little grated cheese and mayonnaise on top. Place in the oven and bake until the cheese melts. Carefully remove the potatoes from the molds so as not to destroy the structures.
Cut the crab sticks into thin strips and mix with chopped eggs, add mayonnaise. Add a little salt and stir. Spoon the mixture onto the potatoes and smooth out. Garnish with grains of red caviar and sprigs of greenery.
