If you have a special mood and desirefeel like an American, we suggest you try to prepare a typical representative of American cuisine - "Walldorf" salad. This dish is unique in that it exists in a variety of variations, while maintaining the basic ingredients. Here are a number of recipes for the "Waldorf salad", which will please you and your family with their taste and originality. 
Salad "Waldorf" recipe number 1
To prepare 4 servings you will need:
- 1 pineapple;
- 2 oranges or pink grapefruit;
- 1 red apple;
- 500 g of celery;
- 120 g walnuts;
- 150 g of lemon yogurt;
- 150 g of sour cream;
- salt;
- ground pepper;
- 2-3 tbsp. spoons of lemon juice.
At the pineapple cut the upper and lower tips,Peel off the top to bottom, a wide layer. Pineapple cut into length into four parts. Cut the wedge-shaped cob from the middle, cut the quarters once more into lengths into slices and then cut across, into pieces about 0.5 cm thick. Clean oranges or grapefruits, cut the slices in half. Cut these halves into slices, pick out the juice that has been extracted. Wash apples, cut into four parts, cut out the core and cut into strips. A few pieces of oranges leave for decoration, stir the rest of the fruit. Celery wash, cut the stems, cut the ends of the leaves. If necessary, remove rigid fibers from the stems. Stems cut into thin slices and mixed with fruits. In a pan with non-stick coating, without adding fat, fry the walnuts until the aroma appears, then cool. 12 of the most beautiful halves set aside for decoration, the remaining nuts chop. Mix lemon yogurt with sour cream into a homogeneous mass. To taste, season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir nuts, thick sauce and a mixture of celery and fruits. Waldorf salad, place in a salad bowl and decorate with nuts and oranges.
Salad "Waldorf" recipe number 2
To prepare this recipe, we will need:
- large sweet and sour apples - 2 pcs.
- a large stalk of celery - 3 pcs.
- walnut chopped - 150 g
- lettuce - 1 head
- mayonnaise - 4 tbsp.
- mustard - 1 tsp.
- Salt and pepper black ground to taste
- juice of half a lemon.
Let's start with making salad sauce. To do this, we mix mayonnaise and mustard, add pepper black ground, salt to taste and set aside to make it brew. Let's start preparing the base of the salad. Rinse the apples and cut them in half and take out the core, without peeling them off. Then cut into thin slices. Pour out the lemon juice and pour apples on them so they do not darken. Celery rinse and cut into thin strips. Salad lettuce should be washed and plucked into slices in a salad bowl, add celery, apples, large-sliced walnut kernels and season with salad dressing. Before serving, carefully mix the salad.
Salad "Waldorf" recipe number 3
Now let's try one of the popular varieties of Waldorf salad, and specifically - with the addition of berries. To prepare this recipe, we will need:
- cherry (fresh or freshly frozen) - 100 g
- green apple large - 2 pcs.
- celery root - 400 g
- red sweet grapes - 150 g
- nut pecan (or greek) - 20 g
Sauce:
- sour cream - 100 g
- mayonnaise - 100 g
- sugar 20 g
- lemon juice - 40 g
- salt and black pepper powder to taste.
First prepare the salad dressing. To do this, mix sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and sugar. Stir well until the sugar dissolves. Celery root should be washed, peeled and grated on a large grater. Wash the apples thoroughly, peel and cut into cubes. Rinse the cherries and grapes. Clear the cherry from the bones, and the grapes from the tails (you can also peel the grapes from the bones, which, in our opinion, will betray a salad of greater tenderness). Each berry of cherries and grapes cut in half and put in a salad bowl, add celery, apples, nuts and season with creamy mayonnaise sauce. Let it brew and serve to the table. 
Salad "Waldorf" recipe number 4
The United States is famous for itsdemocracy, and American cuisine does not lag behind the general trend. Next recipe for "Waldorf salad" try to cook with the addition of such a delicious ingredient as smoked chicken fillet. To do this you will need:
- apple sweet and sour large - 1 pc.
- stalk or celery root - 200 g
- smoked chicken fillet - 200 g
- raisin dark blue - 3 items of l.
- white dry wine - 3 tbsp.
Sauce:
- yogurt (thick, low-fat) - 2 tablespoons
- mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons
- Worchester sauce - 10 g
- lemon juice - 10 g
- sunflower seeds or pumpkin - 20 g
- pepper black ground and salt to taste.
Start with the sauce. For sauce as a basis, you can take both thick yogurt and low-fat sour cream (10-15% fat content). Mix the yogurt with mayonnaise, walcaster sauce and lemon juice, then add pepper black ground and salt to taste. Mix everything until a uniform mass is formed. Apple must be cut into small cubes or grated on a large grater, in the first case, cut the apple with the skin, and in the second, peel it. Then sprinkle the sliced apple with lemon juice. Stem celery must be washed and cleaned of fibers, then cut it across (if you prefer celery, then rinse it and grate it on a large grater). Chicken fillet cut into medium cubes, commensurate with slicing apple. Boil the wine and pour the raisins with boiling white wine for 10-15 minutes. After the raisins have softened, drain the wine and wring out the raisins. Mix apples, chicken, celery and raisins in a salad bowl, season with sauce and sprinkle with ground black pepper and sunflower seeds (can be walnuts or pumpkin seeds). This salad recipe does not like to wait, so serve immediately to the table.
Salad "Waldorf" recipe number 5
Another great recipe is Waldorf salad in cheese baskets. To prepare such a recipe, you will need:
- hard cheese - 500 g
- ham (lean) -200 g
- celery root - 300 g
- apple - 2 pcs.
- grapes white pitted -250g
Sauce:
- mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons
- sour cream - 2 tablespoons
- mustard - 1 tsp.
- walnut (kernels) - 100 g
- lemon juice - 20 g
- salt and black pepper powder to taste.
First you need to cook cheesebaskets. Scrunch hard cheese on a large grater and portionwise - 3 tablespoons - place on a heated frying pan. After the cheese melts, quickly remove the resulting pancake. Lay it on an inverted pile, and cover it with a glass. Remember that the cheese basket must be done quickly, so as not to allow the cheese pancake to cool. After the blanks cool down, you need to remove them and put them in the refrigerator to let them freeze. Prepare the sauce for the salad. To do this, mix sour cream, mayonnaise, mustard, half the amount of lemon juice intended for the recipe, and finely chopped walnut kernels. Add salt and black ground pepper. Whisk and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes. Wash the apples, remove the core and grate on a large grater. Celery peel, rinse, then grate on a large grater. Then mix apples and celery and sprinkle with lemon juice. Grapes rinse and cut each berry into four parts. Add apples and celery. Season the salad with sauce and spread on cheese baskets. Put in the fridge for 10 minutes and serve cold.
Dessert "Waldorf" salad
And finally, we want to offer you a recipe for such a dish as "Waldorf salad" for dessert. To prepare it you will need:
- apples 3 pcs.
- celery head - 250 g
- walnuts (kernels) - 100 g
- dried apricots - 150 g
- raisins - 150 g
Sauce:
- sour cream 2 tbsp. spoons
- yoghurt sour 2 tbsp. spoons
- whipped cream 2 tbsp. spoons
- mint leaves - 50 g
- honey 2 tsp.
Prepare the sauce. For this, it is necessary to mix yoghurt, sour cream, honey and half a lemon, worn on a large grater along with zedra (tentatively, do not forget to rinse the lemon and beat with boiling water - this will reveal its taste qualities). Dried apricots and raisins with warm water and leave for 10-15 minutes. After they have softened, drain the water and cut the dried apricots and raisins into cubes. Add the chopped walnut kernels and mix. Wash the apples, remove the core and grate on a large grater, after cleaning. Then pour lemon juice. Celery peel, rinse and grate on a large grater. Then mix with apples, celery, raisins, dried apricots, nuts and season Waldorf salad with sweet sauce. Top with whipped cream and mint leaves. Bon Appetit! We advise you to read:
