Christmas beetroot, apple and potato salad

Name: Christmas beetroot, apple and potato salad (Rosolli)
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 1 apple; 3 cooked potatoes, finely diced; 2 large gherkins, finely diced; 3 cooked beetroots (beet), finely diced; 3 cooked beetroots (beet), finely diced; 3 cooked carrots, finely diced; 1 onion, finely chopped; 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups double (heavy) cream; 3 hard-boiled eggs, roughly chopped; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley; salt and ground white pepper; salt and ground white pepper

Rosolli

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Finland

By Anja Hill

Published 2007

About

Rosolli is part of the traditional Christmas table – voileipäpöytä – Finland’s equivalent of the Swedish smörgåsbord or Russian zakouski. It is served on Christmas Eve, just as the festive excitement mounts.

Ingredients

1 apple
3 cooked potatoes, finely diced
2 large gherkins, finely diced

Europe
Finland
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Nordic

Method

Cut the apple into small dice. Put in a bowl and add the potatoes, gherkins, beetroot, carrots and onion and season with salt and pepper. Carefully mix together and spoon into individual serving glasses or bowls.
Mix any beetroot juice into the cream to flavour and give it a pinkish colour, then spoon over the vegetables and apple. Sprinkle the chopped eggs and