Rus Cuisines: Palate Pleasing Salads

- Vinaigrette W/ Herring & Beets
Categories: Seafood, Salad, Ethnic, Estonian
Yield: 6 Servings

-DRESSING-
3 ts Powdered mustard
1 1/4 ts Sugar
2 tb Warm water
1 c Sour cream

-SALAD-
2 ea Hard-boiled eggs minced
2 ea Beets large boiled & peeled diced 1/4"

1 ea Can of beets diced 1/4"
1 lb Boiled potatoes peeled diced 1/4"
2 ea Dill pickles diced 1/4"
3 ea Fillet pickled herring drained & diced 1/4"
4 lb Boiled beef diced 1/4"*
5 ea Tart red apples cored peeled & diced 1/4"
3 ea Hard-cooked eggs 1/4'd

*NOTE: You may use boiled ham, veal or lamb in place of beef.

DRESSING:
In a small bowl, combine dry mustard with 1/4 ts sugar & stir in 2 tb warm water to make a thick paste.
Set aside for 15 mins.
Stir in sour cream & sugar.

SALAD:
In a large mixing bowl, combine minced eggs, diced beets, potatoes, herring, meat & apples.
Add sour cream dressing then toss together lightly & to make all ingredients moistened well with the dressing.

*NOTE: Traditionally, rossolye is mounted high on a square or round serving plate, garnished with sliced hard-cooked eggs & well chilled. Serve as a first course or a part of zakuska table.

ORIGIN: Anna Musto, Tallinn-Estonia, circa 1998

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Title: Salat Iz Sviokli - Beetroot Salad
Categories: Ukrainian, Ethnic, Salad, Sidedish, Russian
Yield: 4 Servings

4 ea Beets
2 ea Apples for cooking
2 oz Walnuts chopped
3 tb Mayonaise
1 tb Sour cream
1 ea Garlic clove minced

Peel & cook beets. Core & peel apples.
Grate beets & apples together.
Mix well & add walnuts & garlic.
Mix sour cream & mayonaise then mix into the beet & apple mixture.
Chill for 2-4 hrs. & serve.
ORIGIN: Ludmila Nerechenkova, Sevastopol-Ukraine, circa 2001

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Title: Agurkai Su Rukcscia Grietne - Cucumbers w/ Sour Cream Salad
Categories: Estonian, Ethnic, Salad, Sidedish
Yield: 6 Servings

6 ea Cucumbers peeled 1/2'd seeded & sliced 1/2"
1 tb Coarse salt
3/4 ts White distilled vinegar

-DRESSING-
3 ea Hard-boiled eggs
1 ts Prepared Dijon mustard
1/3 ts Sugar
1/8 ts White pepper
1/2 c Sour cream
1 tb White wine vinegar
1 tb Minced fresh dill
6 ea Large lettuce leaves washed & dried

In a large mixing bowl, combine cucumber slices, salt & vinegar then toss them cucumber is very well moistened.
Marinate at room-temp. for 1/2 hr. then drain cucumbers through a sieve & pat them dry with paper towels.
Put them into a large mixing bowl.
Separate yolks from whites of hard-boiled eggs.
Cut whites into strips 1/8" wide x 1"

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