Fresh Spring Salad

Name: Fresh Spring Salad (Vesennij Salat)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 large cos or romaine lettuce; 1 large cos or romaine lettuce; 1 cucumber; 10 radishes; 1 bunch spring onions (scallions); 1 bunch spring onions (scallions); 45 ml/3 tbsp roughly chopped fresh dill, to garnish; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup smetana or crème fraîche; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup smetana or crème fraîche; juice of 1 lemon; 15 ml/1 tbsp sugar; pinch of salt

Vesennij Salat

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

This pretty salad can be served as an accompaniment to most meat and fish dishes. It is a typical home-made Russian dish and is hardly ever served in restaurants.

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 large cos or romaine lettuce
1 cucumber

Europe
Russia
Side dish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Low carb
Keto
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

First make the dressing so it has time for the flavours to develop. Put the smetana or crème fraîche and lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk together. Add the sugar and salt and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside.
Put t

Energy 268kcal/1107kJ; Protein 6g; Carbohydrate 8.7g, of which sugars 8.5g; Fat 23.5g, of which saturates 14.5g; Cholesterol 152mg; Calcium 96mg; Fibre 1.8g; Sodium 55mg.