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    Salad Russe - Russian Salad Recipe

    Published by: Adina October 7, 2019 ยท Last modified: June 25, 2024 4 Comments
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    Last Updated on 25/06/2024 by Adina

    Salad Russe, or Russian potato salad with beets, is a very popular Eastern European salad, also known as Salade Olivier.

    Salad ร  la russe

    This salad russe recipe could be the vegetarian version of the Boeuf Salad my grandmother used to make so often.

    And that Boeuf Salad is pretty much the Olivier Salad, which is famous not only in Russia and Eastern Europe but also in the Middle East and Latin America.

    As much as we all loved the classic, a change was nice from time to time, and then she would make this equally delicious Russian salad with beets instead of chicken.

    Try another Romanian Oriental Potato Salad - the second most-loved one there after the above-mentioned Boeuf Salad.

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    • Ingredients for salad russe
    • How to store potato salad?
    • How to serve Russian potato salad?
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    • Salad Russe - Russian Salad Recipe
    Salad ร  la russe

    Ingredients for salad russe

    Beets: You can use either fresh beets, which you will have to cook or roast yourself, or buy the packaged cooked beets. Not pickled beets, though.

    • I bought fresh beets and baked them myself in the oven. I recommend that because I think the beets taste best when baked at home, but I admit it is quite a lengthy process, which I don't go through myself all the time either.

    Mayonnaise: Homemade mayonnaise is always best and I do make it all the time for this kind of recipe, but if you don't feel like it, you can use your favorite brand of mayonnaise as well. This is the simplest and best recipe for making whole egg mayonnaise with a blender.

    Olives: When it comes to olives, I always recommend using whole black olives with the pit in. It might take a few minutes to pit the olives, but they taste about a million times better than olives in brine.

    Otherwise, you will need cooked potatoes and carrots, hard-boiled eggs, and some gherkins, preferably sweet-sour ones.

    How to store potato salad?

    Refrigerate in an airtight container for 3-4 days, but only about 2 days if you make it with homemade mayonnaise.

    It contains hard-boiled eggs, so you could make it after Easter with some of the leftover Easter eggs. And in case you have a larger amount of hard-boiled eggs, have a look at this post - What to do with hard-boiled eggs?

    How to serve Russian potato salad?

    This Salad russe would make a great addition to any Easter brunch table, but it is also delicious served on its own as a light meal or you can definitely take it to work or to a picnic.

    Salad ร  la russe

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    salade russe with potatoes, carrots, beets, eggs and mustard in a bowl.

    Salad Russe - Russian Salad Recipe

    Salad Russe, or Russian potato salad with beets, is a very popular Eastern European salad, also known as Salade Olivier.
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    Course: Salads
    Cuisine: Russian
    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 2 hours hours
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 349kcal
    Author: Adina
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    Ingredients 

    • 1 medium beetroot fresh or already cooked
    • 12.5 oz potatoes 350 g
    • 3 medium carrots
    • 3 eggs
    • 10 small gherkins preferably sweet-sour
    • 20 black olives
    • 4-5 tablespoons mayonnaise
    • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    • fine sea salt and black pepper
    • some parsley

    Instructions

    • Cook beetroot: If your beetroot is not already cooked, wash and dry it well and place it in a baking dish. Preheat the oven to 400ยฐF/ 200ยฐC and bake the beetroot until soft. You should be able to easily prick it with a fork. This will take at least one hour or more, depending on the size of your beetroot. Keep checking.
      1 medium beetroot
    • Cook ingredients: In the meantime, cook the potatoes until soft. Cook the carrots. Cook the eggs until hard. Leave everything to cool, including the beetroot.
      12.5 oz potatoes/ 350 g + 3 medium carrots + 3 eggs
    • Chop: When all the cooked vegetables and the eggs are cold, chop them into nice cubes or slices. Chop the gherkins, remove the stone of the olives, and chop them roughly.
      10 small gherkins + 20 black olives
    • Make salad dressing: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise and the mustard, and add some salt and pepper.
      4-5 tablespoons mayonnaise + 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard + fine sea salt and black pepper + some parsley
    • Combine salad russe: Add the mayonnaise to the vegetables and mix carefully.
    • Adjust the taste with salt and pepper again, and sprinkle the salad with some chopped parsley.

    Notes

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1/4 of the dish | Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 786mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 15g
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    1. Agness of Run Agness Run says

      April 29, 2017 at 10:37 pm

      A salad is always welcomed in my daily meals. This seems like a palatable recipe! Thanks a bunch for providing such a colorful recipe, Adina!

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    2. Dawn - Girl Heart Food says

      April 13, 2017 at 3:24 pm

      I've never had this type of salad before, but it sure looks delicious! I didn't really eat a whole lot of beets as a child, but love them now - picked, roasted, raw. Such a funny story about your mother-in-law. You actually changed her mind about beets! I mean I can't see how she wouldn't like this salad; I bet you were really happy she tried it!

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    3. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

      April 13, 2017 at 2:28 pm

      A new salad to me..but with all the fresh produce, I know this is definitely something I would love too.

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    4. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says

      April 13, 2017 at 2:10 pm

      I've never had Salad a la Russe before, but it sure is packed with ALL the yum!! I adore a good salad, so I must add this to my list of ones to try! Cheers!

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