Russian Salad
A classic salad featuring marinated vegetables, mayonnaise, and various toppings.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Carrots
- 1 cup Potatoes
- 1 cup Peas
- 1 cup Green beans (flageolets preferred)
- 6 tablespoonfuls Olive oil
- 3 tablespoonfuls White wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoonful Salt
- 1/2 teaspoonful Black pepper
- 1 head Lettuce
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- 1 cup Shrimp
- 1/4 lb Smoked salmon
- 1 Hard-boiled egg
Instructions
- 1Marinate the carrots and potatoes, cut in small pieces, also the peas and beans, with French dressing (oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper).
- 2Arrange on a dish in four sections, having lettuce for the foundation of each. Cover each vegetable with mayonnaise. Strew the tops of two sections with small pieces of smoked salmon; on a third section strew the sifted yolk of the egg, and on the fourth, the white of the egg, cut rather coarsely. Outline the inner side of each section with shrimps, by lightly pressing the ends of the shrimps into the mayonnaise. Finish with a tuft of lettuce in the centre of the dish.