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If you’re looking for a cute way to style an everyday salad, this is it. You could also just serve the mozzarella polar bear with toasted bread instead if you prefer.
Polar Bear Salad
Ingredients
- 2 fresh mozzarella balls
- 1 slice of cheddar
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- half a cucumber
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- sprinkle of sea salt
- pinch of pepper
- metal straw
- cocktail stick
- oval cookie cutter
- small round cookie cutter
- medium round cookie cutter
- fish cookie cutter
Instructions
- Polar Bear Instructions:
- Stack one of the fresh mozzarella balls on top of the other (ideally, one is a bit smaller than the other. If not, you can turn the top one slightly so it looks smaller).
- You can use a cocktail stick to hold the cheeses in place if they are wobbly.
- Use the round cutter to make the cheddar feet, arms and face.
- For the inside of the feet, trim two smaller cucumber circles using the small round cutter.
- Use the oval shape to make the cheddar ears (cut the oval in half lengthwise and you have two ears).
- Trim a piece of cucumber skin into a smaller oval shape to make the inside of the ears.
- Trim a piece of cucumber skin into a small triangle for the nose. Place this on the round cheddar nose piece.
- Cut a long, approximately 1mm x 4mm piece for the mouth. Place this underneath the triangle for the mouth.
- Use a metal straw to make the cucumber skin eyes.
- Assemble the bear. Stick the round arms in between the two mozzarella balls. You may need to secure the ears with small toothpick ends.
- Cucumber Fish Instructions:
- Use the fish-shaped cutter to make cucumber fish.
- For the cucumber skin eyes, you can use a metal straw.
- Salad Instructions:
- Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Arrange the polar bear, tomatoes and cucumber fish.
- Top with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Notes
Be sure to remove the cocktail stick and toothpick ends before eating.
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