Cold Cod Salad

Name: Cold Cod Salad (Salat iz Treski pod Sjuboj)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 600 g/1 lb 6 oz cod fillets, skinned; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 4-5 black peppercorns; 1 bay leaf; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup rapeseed (canola) oil; 3 large onions, diced; 3 large carrots, grated; 45 ml/3 tbsp water; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup mayonnaise

Salat iz Treski pod Sjuboj

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

This salad, with its golden top, was created during the Soviet era when there was a shortage of food. If nothing else, cod, carrots and onions were always to be found in the supermarket ‘Gastronom’. The salad is best if chilled overnight, so make it in advance.

Ingredients

600 g/1 lb 6 oz cod fillets, skinned
5

Europe
Russia
Fish course
Starter
Gluten-free
Pescatarian
Low carb
Low sugar
Keto
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

Put the cod fillets in a pan and add water to just cover. Add the salt, peppercorns and bay leaf, bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Drain and leave to cool.
Heat half of the oil in a large frying pan. Add the

Energy 528kcal/2179kJ; Protein 15.3g; Carbohydrate 9.5g, of which sugars 7.5g; Fat 47.9g, of which saturates 6.6g; Cholesterol 63mg; Calcium 38mg; Fibre 2g; Sodium 225mg.