Ingredients (for 2 servings — adjust quantities as needed): chicken fillet – 150 g; hard cheese – 150 g; potatoes – 200 g (2 pieces); beetroot – 250 g (1 piece); mayonnaise – 175 g; olives – 15 g (5 pieces); salt – to taste.
Preparation
Boil the chicken fillet in salted water. Separately, boil the beetroot and potatoes. Allow everything to cool completely.
Dice the cooled chicken fillet into small pieces. Grate the hard cheese, the peeled beetroot, and the potatoes into separate bowls. For the final decoration, slice the olives into thin rings.
On a large flat plate, arrange the layers of prepared ingredients in the shape of a horseshoe. Start with a base layer of potatoes. Form a wide horseshoe outline and generously spread mayonnaise over this base. Next, add the diced chicken fillet on top of the potatoes and coat it with mayonnaise as well. The next layer of the horseshoe will be the grated beetroot; spread it evenly over the chicken and cover it with mayonnaise. Finish by evenly distributing the grated hard cheese over the beetroot.
Decorate the dish and let the layers meld. Place the sliced olive rings on top of the salad – they will resemble the nails on the horseshoe. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate. After a few hours in the fridge, the flavors will meld and the ‘Horseshoe’ will be ready to grace your New Year’s table in 2026.
Life Hack
You can also shape any other salad into a horseshoe on a large plate for your New Year’s celebration. Ideal ingredients for this “dish of happiness” include: carrots (symbolizing gold, wealth, and the Sun’s energy), apples (a sign of youth and health), nuts or oatmeal (representing abundance and fertility), and greens (favored by the year’s symbol). Use these ingredients in a salad (for example, carrots, apples, and celery with a yogurt dressing) or in a dessert (grated carrots and apples with nuts and honey).
