12 ideas for Russian food art at New Year’s (PHOTOS)

1. Mimosa salad looks festive with a dial made of carrots and mayo numbers.

RECIPE FOR MIMOSA SALAD

2. With beets you can easily build your own Kremlin, and make a Christmas tree with pickles. You’ll need a bit of cheese and mayo for decoration and a carrot star.

RECIPE FOR A MODERN VERSION OF "HERRING UNDER A FUR COAT"

3. Crab sticks look like candles! You can do this to decorate a crab salad in the form of a wreath.

RECIPE FOR CRAB STICK SALAD

4. This dressed herring salad is decorated in retro style: a rose made of beet, a mayo cage and a large amount of fresh green onions.

5. What’s winter without a snowman?! You won’t need much to make this one: a carrot for a nose, a couple of tomatoes for rosy cheeks and olives for the eyes. You can make him a mouth out of seaweed.

6. Dill is the main decoration for Russian salads that use lots of mayo. You can put it to good use – decorate with baubles from corn like you would a Christmas tree and carve a carrot or an apple star out of it.

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7. A tomato with mayo makes the perfect fly agaric. You can decorate your Olivier salad in such a cheerful way to delight your friends and family.

8. This is a very surprised pig! Dressed herring salad is used for the base, while slices of beets are used for ears and the snout; eggs and cloves are used for eyes.

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9. This is another inexpensive option that uses a dressed herring salad decoration. However, it’s hard to tell right away what salad it is. Carrot slices make for quite realistic fish scales.

10. If you have a salad bowl in the form of a Christmas tree at home, put some Olivier salad in it and sprinkle fresh greens on the sides. This option is easy to do for an impressive presentation!

RECIPE FOR OLIVIER/RUSSIAN SALAD

11. You can also put Olivier salad in a flat round plate in the form of a Christmas wreath, sprinkle liberally with greens and decorate with bright vegetables.

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12. Aspic can also look festive if you use carved vegetables and animals made of eggs. 

RECIPE FOR BEEF TONGUE IN ASPIC

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