New Year salad 'Orange Snowflakes'

Take the following ingredients: salted herring, fresh and boiled carrots, chicken eggs, walnuts, onion, fresh mushrooms, sunflower oil, mayonnaise, hard cheese, cranberries, salt, green onions.

Now, let's start by preparing all the ingredients. Finely chop the walnuts. If desired, you can slightly dry them.

Wash the medium-sized carrot and peel it. Finely grate it using a large grater.

Peel the medium onion and cut it into small pieces.

Heat sunflower oil in a pan. Fry the onion and carrot until soft. Cook on low heat and stir occasionally. The vegetables should not burn. Season with a little salt and pepper to taste. Let it cool.

Thoroughly wash the mushrooms and remove the skin. Boil in boiling salted water. Add a bay leaf. Cook until the mushrooms are cooked. Then drain the mushrooms on a sieve and let the excess water drain off.

Cut the cooled mushrooms into small cubes.

Clean the herring by removing the innards, trimming the fins and head. Rinse well to remove any black film. Remove the backbone and large bones. Pat dry with a towel. Cut into small pieces. Add chopped walnuts to the herring and mix well.

Boil the chicken eggs. Cut into small pieces.

All the ingredients are ready. Now it's time to garnish the salad. You can use your imagination to decorate the salad, please feel free to do so. I suggest arranging the salad on a flat plate using a shaping ring. The layers are as follows: herring with nuts, eggs, carrots with onions, mushrooms. Dress each layer with mayonnaise.

Sprinkle grated cheese on top of the salad. Decorate with carved carrot snowflakes, red berries, and green onions. I used a special tool called a plunge cutter to carve the snowflakes (available at pastry shops).

The Orange Snowflake salad is ready for New Year's festivities! Happy holidays!