Recipe: Yummy Summer Russian Salad

Summer Russian Salad. Starting with a layer of lettuce leaves on individual large plates, simply arrange all the other ingredients on the plate and top with some black olives and witlof leaves. Just before serving pour the dressing over the top. Along with the Russian salad, make a sliced tomato salad, dress it with your best extra virgin olive oil, oregano and fresh basil leaves.

This simple Russian salad filled with fragrant tomatoes and crisp cucumbers is the ultimate in comfort food. Tossed in a simple dill sour cream dressing…this is Russian food done right. There are certain dishes that conjure up sweet memories of distant times. You can cook Summer Russian Salad using 0 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Summer Russian Salad

In a medium bowl, toss together sweet onions, tomatoes, and green bell peppers. Lightly toss into the salad mixture. Russian Salad is known by several names such as "Ensalada Rusa" or "Olivier Salad" or "Salad Olivieh". Before Soviet times, it was a lavish, French-inspired dish made with grouse, tongue, crayfish, potatoes and cornichons, and drizzled with a Provençal dressing.

Summer Russian Salad step by step

1. Cut potatoes into small pieces and add into a pot filled with salted water..
2. Add Carrots and Peas into pot along with vegetable stock and boil for 20 minutes..
3. Once veggies have drained place into a bowl..
4. Add Pickles.
5. And Capers, continue by mixing up the veggies..
6. In a large bowl add the Mayo along with a teaspoon of Dijon Mustard and beat..
7. I do hope you enjoy this salad as much as we do...Have a great weekend everyone!! Kali Orexi!!! :).

It was reinvented during Soviet times with canned peas, boiled eggs and bologna, which were then covered in mayonnaise. © Timolina / Shutterstock Russian potato salad, also known as Olivier Salad, is more than just a potato salad. It's basically a loaded potato salad with lots of add-ins like meats, peas and carrots, hard-boiled eggs and fresh herbs. I don't believe there's one and only traditional version of this salad. Every family has their own variation.

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