How to make olive salad in the form of a mouse

Do not give up the traditional New Year’s Eve dish this year! But the standard serving can safely say “no!” Be inspired by our ideas of unusual serving of your favorite salad.

Olivier for the New Year Olivier salad for the New Year It is prepared in almost every family. Of course, everyone prepares it differently. Someone likes to supplement his favorite salad sausage instead of meat, and someone even apples can write in the list of ingredients.

And about that, How to decorate olives for the New Year Originally, few people think. But it is the serving of salads that creates a special festive mood and a feeling that the New Year’s Eve is really different from all the others.

The recipe for classic Olivier can be found on our website.

We also have a variety of variations of this salad. Do not deprive yourself of the pleasure of eating your favorite dish, if you observe the fast. And for you, we have the right recipe!

You finally cooked the dish! And now let’s consider the most unusual and beautiful options for its presentation to create a festive atmosphere.

How to Serve Olivier for the New Year

Symbol of the year
Many people know that we are celebrating the year of the Metal Rat. Why not serve a salad in the form of this cute animal or its closest relative - a mouse.

Put a salad in the form of a drop, make ears and tail from pieces of cheese, and eyes from halves of olives. All these parts can be cut from vegetables, sausages or any other products that are left after cooking salads.
In Peking cabbage
Small portions of lettuce wrapped in Beijing cabbage leaves will look good on the festive table. This is an unusual alternative to tarts.
In cucumber boats
Cut some fresh cucumbers into halves and remove the flesh with a spoon. Such “boats” can be filled with any salad and even make a “sail” from a toothpick and a thin piece of cheese.
Portion options
The option of serving olives in glasses or other small transparent dishes will make your festive table truly royal.
Christmas wreath
Put the salad in the form of a large bagel, sprinkle with dill and parsley. On top, put a few seeds of pomegranate and a slice of mandarin.
Christmas tree.
There are several options for making a salad in the form of a Christmas tree. The first is to lay out olives in a high heap and sprinkle with greens, lining pomegranate grains and pieces of vegetables in a circle like a garland. The second is to draw a template in the form of a tree and with it make a flat version of the Christmas tree.
"Mouse" Olivier cake
Such a cake can be formed from a salad with pieces of cheese. The top can be decorated with mice from boiled eggs.