Snowmen and Christmas Tree Appetizer
A festive egg, cottage cheese and walnut mixture shaped into snowmen and a little Christmas tree for the holiday table.
Ingredients
| 3 | eggs | |
| 200 g | cottage cheese (izvara) | |
| — | black pepper | |
| 2-3 | garlic cloves | |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | ground walnuts |
| — | black peppercorns (for decoration) | |
| 1 | red pepper (for decoration) | |
| 1/2 | cucumber (for decoration) | |
| 1/2 | bunch of parsley (for decoration) | |
| 1/2 | zest of lemon (for decoration) |
Instructions
This is a beautiful and nutritious appetizer, suitable for the festive Christmas or New Year table. Hard-boil the eggs. Peel and grate them. Add the cottage cheese and the walnuts. Optionally add a little crushed garlic. If you are not expecting small children as guests, add some black pepper too. Knead into a homogeneous mixture and shape snowmen from a large and a small ball of the egg mixture, as well as a cone for the body of the tree. For the little tree: Finely chop the parsley. Cover the cone with it and the body of the tree is ready. Decorate with small circles in red (pepper) and yellow (lemon zest), which you attach to the tree with toothpicks. Cut a little star from the lemon zest and place it on top. The appetizer tree is ready. Place it in the center of the plate. For the snowmen: Make the eyes and buttons of the snowman from peppercorns. Cut a "carrot" nose from the red pepper. Make the hat from two pieces of cucumber. Attach with a toothpick. Arrange the snowmen around the tree.