Russian Salad

Name: Russian Salad
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 1 pound cooked new potatoes, diced; 4-6 cooked carrots, sliced; ½ pound cooked string beans, sliced; 1 cup cooked peas; ¼ pound dried beans, boiled; ½ pint well-flavoured mayonnaise; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; salt and freshly-ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons finely-chopped parsley; 2-3 hard-boiled eggs; 1 tablespoon capers; 1 tablespoon chopped pickles

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

1 pound cooked new potatoes, diced
½ pound cooked string beans, sliced
4-6

Europe
Russia
Eastern Europe
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Combine diced cooked potatoes with sliced cooked string beans and carrots and cooked dried beans and peas, reserving a few of each vegetable for garnish. Moisten with wine vinegar and olive oil and season to taste with salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Toss and chill.

Add capers, chopped pickles and parsley, chopped egg whites and enough mayonnaise to bind mixture loosely. Toss ingr