Simple Russian Salad
Ingredients
- 3 large potatoes
- 3 large carrots
- 4-5 pickled gherkins
- 7 oz/ 300 g ham
- 1 cup/ 130 g green peas drained from a can or frozen and thawed
- ⅞ cup/ 200 g mayonnaise
Instructions
- Cook the potatoes and carrots in boiling water, until soft but firm. Let them cool until room temperature.
- Dice finely all the vegetables. Make sure the green peas are drained very well.
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients. Mix very well until the mayonnaise is distributed evenly all around.
- Serve the salad on a plate or in a bowl, with some bread or crackers aside.
Notes
- Vegetarian Russian Salad: skip the meat and optionally increase a bit the quantity of the other ingredients.
- If you want to diversify this salad, you can make a Classic Olivier by adding 5 eggs, 1 small onion, half fresh cucumber and sprinkle with dill.
- Another alternative is the Stolychni salad: similar to Olivier but with chicken, instead of ham. For this version you can also substitute ⅓ of the mayo with sour cream and add some finely chopped sausages.
- Keep the Russian Salad in airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days .