Many great works of Russian classics are permeated with symbolism. The story of Alexander Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet" is no exception. It is in it that a simple decoration is presented as a symbol of eternal love. However, below we will not talk about spiritual, but about albeit festive, but still normal food, a salad called "Pomegranate Bracelet".
This dish is quite easy to prepare and can really decorate any table. And the point here is not only in the exquisite taste of the salad, but also in its original design.
Ingredients:
Mayonnaise
How to make Pomegranate Bracelet Salad
Boil vegetables, chicken fillet and eggs. We clean the vegetables from the peel, eggs from the shell. Walnuts need to be fried and crushed (put in a plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin). Cut the onion and pass it, fry until a blush appears. We clean the pomegranate. Then we put a glass (a jar with smooth edges) in the middle of the dish and begin to spread the layers of lettuce.
1. Grated boiled potatoes. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
2. Grated boiled carrots. Mayonnaise.
3. Grated boiled beets 2/3 parts. Mayonnaise.
4. Then chopped roasted walnuts. 
5. Put the chopped boiled chicken fillet on top.
6. Put a layer of fried onions on the chicken.
7. Then generously grease with mayonnaise.
8. The last layer is the remaining beets, which cover all the layers of lettuce in the shape of a dome. It remains to decorate our masterpiece with pomegranate seeds.
Delicious, beautiful and satisfying salad "Pomegranate Bracelet" is ready
Enjoy your meal!
How did lettuce come about? Garnet bracelet»
It is unlikely that we will ever know the name of the creator of this unusual salad. Surprisingly, no one has even come up with any romantic versions about this. Apparently, the hostess, already unknown to anyone, with a good imagination, one fine day decided to abandon the standard Russian salad and herring under a fur coat, unusually decorating her festive table with a pomegranate lying around in the house.
Maybe this is how she was going to please her beloved, or maybe she prepared a salad for the wedding of her son or daughter. However, the fact remains that the salad was not only liked, but also began its triumphant march on the festive tables.
Most likely, precisely because of the absence of the author, the Pomegranate Bracelet salad does not have a classic recipe and product composition. Each hostess prepares it in her own way. Only one thing remains unchanged - decorating the salad with pomegranate seeds. Well, of course, the design. Traditionally, the "Garnet Bracelet" is laid out on a dish in the form of a heart, a ring, or, of course, a bracelet.
The Benefits of the Ingredients
Most recipes for the preparation of the "Garnet Bracelet" do not require any special products. Everything you need, with the exception of pomegranate seeds, is almost always at home:
• chicken;
• beet;
• carrot;
• potatoes;
• eggs;
• onion;
• garlic.
Many variants of the "Pomegranate Bracelet" contain walnuts, apples, prunes. But this is already an amateur.
This salad is not only tasty, but also healthy. The main thing is to cook vegetables correctly so that more vitamins are preserved in them. There are no secrets here, but there are a few rules:
• vegetables should be boiled in a small amount of water, which should cover them by about 10-15 mm;
• the larger the vegetable, the more vitamins it retains;
• enamelware is used for cooking;
• More vitamins are retained when vegetables are simmered and the lid is closed.
But the most useful product in this salad is, of course, pomegranate. There are a lot of usefulness in this fruit:
• vitamins - C, B6, B12, P;
• minerals - iron, calcium, silicon, iodine, potassium.
In addition, pomegranate contains 15 amino acids, without which the human body simply cannot exist.
In general, the only not very useful ingredient in the Pomegranate Bracelet is mayonnaise. But on a holiday, you can afford it.
The most common recipe
As already mentioned, "Garnet Bracelet" does not have a classic recipe. The most common option is:
• pomegranate - 1 piece;
• chicken (breast) - 1 piece;
• beets - 1 large root crop;
• potatoes - 3 pcs. medium size;
• cucumber - 1 piece;
• onion (preferably salad) - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 2 or 3 cloves;
• mayonnaise for dressing, soy sauce for marinade and salt - to taste.
Since the Pomegranate Bracelet refers to layered salads, it’s worth preparing all the ingredients first. Once everything is ready, you can start assembling.
Boil chicken breast, as well as potatoes and beets. Finely chop the onion and marinate. To do this, pour a tablespoon of soy sauce into it and mix thoroughly. If desired, you can use vinegar diluted with water as a marinade (a few drops per 1 tablespoon). Onions are pickled for about 15 minutes, after which it should be slightly squeezed.
Vegetables (beets, potatoes and cucumbers) are peeled and grated separately on a coarse grater. Each product must be put in a separate bowl. Garlic can be rubbed on the smallest grater or crushed in a special crush, and then mixed with beets. Just chop the chicken breast finely. Separately, you need to clean the pomegranate.
Now you can start assembling. In order for the resulting salad to have the shape of a bracelet, you need to take a flat plate and place an empty glass in its center. A salad ring will be laid out around it.
The bottom layer is grated potatoes, which are carefully smeared with mayonnaise. Next, pickled onions are laid out and smeared with sauce. Then comes a layer of chicken meat and again mayonnaise. Now it's time for the cucumbers. First, they must be drained of excess liquid, and then laid out in the next layer, spreading the same sauce on top.
The last layer is grated beets with garlic. It can also be smeared with mayonnaise. Although some sources recommend not to do this, so that the pomegranate seeds decorating the salad look more impressive. It is they who are laid with the top layer and the sauce, of course, is not lubricated.
That's practically all. You can remove a glass from the center of the salad. However, it is not recommended to serve it immediately on the table, let the finished dish stand for at least half an hour and soak.
Most other options for a festive salad do not differ too much from the "Garnet Bracelet" described above. Most often, the changes are in the presence of additional products or in the order of the layers. The way the salad is assembled always remains the same: the layers are laid out in a special form or around a glass placed on a dish, and decorated with a layer of pomegranate seeds on top.
Recipe with smoked chicken and walnuts
For this salad, in addition to the above products, peeled walnuts (about 50 g) and boiled eggs (4 pcs.) are used. Instead of boiled breast, this version uses smoked chicken (pulp weighing about 150 g). In this case, it is better to fry the onion and mix with chicken meat. But the cucumber should be completely abandoned.
The order of the layers in this version of the "Garnet Bracelet" is as follows:
1. potatoes,
2. chicken with onions,
3. beets with garlic,
4. crushed nuts,
5. eggs.
All layers, including the topmost, are smeared with mayonnaise. Top the salad with pomegranate seeds.
Recipe with fried chicken and carrots
This version of the salad is even more vitamin-rich due to the presence of carrots in it. In addition, it is very colorful and is able to decorate any table, both unopened and cut.
The method of preparation of this variation is identical to the previous ones. Prepare products:
• boiled potatoes - 0.5 kg;
• boiled beets - 0.5 kg;
• boiled carrots - 0.5 kg;
• chicken meat - about 0.4 - 0.5 kg;
• onion - 1 head of medium size;
• pomegranate - 1-2 pieces;
• mayonnaise - to lubricate the layers.
Cut the meat and fry with onions until fully cooked. Peel and chop vegetables. Put the finished products in layers on a plate around the glass, spreading each layer with mayonnaise. The placement order in this case is as follows:
1. potatoes;
2. carrots;
3. chicken;
4. beets.
If there are enough products left, then everything can be repeated in the same order. Lubricate the top layer of beets with mayonnaise and put pomegranate seeds on it, so as to cover the entire sauce. Let stand ready salad for 30-40 minutes and can be served. The main thing is not to forget to remove the glass from the center before this.
Recipe with pomegranate sauce
This version of the "Garnet Bracelet" is very different from the traditional versions. At the same time, it is no less tasty, and most importantly, it does not contain mayonnaise. This fact should please many ladies very much.
So, to prepare a salad with pomegranate sauce, you will need:
• beets - 4 pcs. medium size (about 400-500 g);
• onions - 2 medium-sized onions;
• pomegranate - 4 pcs.
For sauce:
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• egg yolks - 6 pcs.;
• sugar - 200 g;
• flour - 1 tablespoon;
• cream - 200 ml;
• pomegranate juice - 500 ml.
It’s worth starting with the fact that for this variation it is better to bake beets. Peel the finished vegetable and grate on a coarse grater. Squeeze juice from pomegranates and combine with beets. Add finely chopped onion to it. If desired, a little greenery can be added to the same mass. Now you can prepare the sauce.
Grind the yolks so that they turn white, add sugar, flour, eggs to them and mix everything thoroughly. Pour pomegranate juice into the resulting mixture and cook, stirring constantly, over low heat. When the mixture thickens, remove from heat and stir the semi-finished sauce until it cools.
Then you need to whip the cream to a state of steep foam and pour into the resulting mixture. Ready sauce should be poured over the beet-onion mass. It remains to decorate the salad with pomegranate seeds.
Recipe with garlic and cheese
And finally, the most non-standard option. Incredibly, it does not contain one of the most important ingredients of the Pomegranate Bracelet - beets, but it does have cheese. So:
• hard cheese - about 200 g;
• walnuts - 1 cup (peeled);
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• pomegranate - 1 pc. (large);
• salt and mayonnaise - to taste.
Add roasted and chopped nuts, as well as crushed garlic, to grated cheese on a medium grater. Mix everything and salt to taste. Season the resulting salad with mayonnaise and garnish with pomegranate seeds.
As has been repeatedly said, the Pomegranate Bracelet salad can be prepared in many different ways. The main condition is the decoration of the finished dish with pomegranate seeds. But that's not even the point. The main thing is that it be prepared with love, as eternal as in the works of Kuprin.
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