Russian salad

Russian salad

Russian salad

Russian salad (also known as Salad Olivier) is a composed salad of diced vegetables and meats bound in mayonnaise. A typical modern homemade Russian Salad contains carrots, ham, onions, boiled eggs, cucumber, peas, potato and mayonnaise. Earlier, it always included cold meat such as ham, game or tongue, or fish. 

The original version of the salad was invented in the 1860s by Lucien Olivier, the chef of the Hermitage Restaurant, one of Moscow's most celebrated restaurants.

OK, so now we have enough information

but today we will go to a simple version

ready??

here it is

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Ingredients

2 medium  beetroot

 3 waxy potatoes

100g fresh shelled peas

100g  carrots

½ small cauliflower, picked into florets

100g green beans, sliced

3 large eggs

2 dill pickled gherkins or a handful cornichons, diced 

45 gm mayonnaise 

Small bunch of fresh dill or parsley, to garnish (optional)

Method

1. Boil the beetroot in a pan of salted water for 20-30 minutes, until tender. Cool a little,remove skin then cut into dice.

2.Peel and dice the potatoes to the same size as the beetroot. Boil in a pan of lightly salted water until tender.

3.Blanch the peas, carrots, cauliflower and beans. Drain and cool in a chiller.

4. Finally, cook the eggs in boiling salted water for 8 minutes. Plunge them into a bowl of cold water, then peel and halve or simply cut in to the same sizes of other vegetables

5. Mix the pickle with all the vegetables and fold them into the mayonnaise in a bowl. Season and top with  eggs and dill or parsley

  So, now we have it. But I didn't include the recipe for mayonnaise .Because it is better to get a ready-made one than making our own

Anyway those who want to try their own, here is the method

Ingredients

2 eggs

30 ml lemon juice

10 ml prepared yellow mustard

360 ml vegetable or olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

method

Combine the egg, lemon juice and mustard in the container of a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth, then blend on low speed while pouring oil into the blender in a fine stream as the mixture emulsifies and thickens.

 so, enjoyyyyyyyyyyy

Happy eating :)