Mimosa salad
Mimosa salad () is a festive salad whose main ingredients are cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise. Mimosa salad got its name because of its resemblance to mimosa flowers scattered on the snow. The similarity is achieved by crumbling and scattering boiled egg yolk on the surface. The salad's popularity in the USSR (and nowadays in the post-Soviet states) has led to the emergence of a wide variety of recipes. Preparation. A classic recipe is to layer ingredients, in a bowl, with mayonnaise in between the layers. Typical ingredients include: Further ingredients may include: Mimosa salad