The recipe for the “Russian housewife style salad” is very tasty and can be individually tailored to suit every taste. This dish has a shelf life of two days. This recipe is a quick meal.
Christmas is getting closer and housewives spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing their loved ones all kinds of delicacies. This recipe is a special treat for the palate that takes little time.
The Russian salad was originally created by my mother. In recent years, she passed this recipe on to me. It’s a very hearty salad, so it’s just the right change from the many sweets at Christmas. You can prepare the “Russian salad housewife style” the day before.
Ingredients are for 6 people
- 200 g hunting sausage in one piece
- 200 g beer ham in one piece
- 200 g Lyoner in one piece
- 200 g salami in one piece
- 200 g Emmental cheese in one piece
- 150 g meat salad
- 250ml oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 4 tablespoons vinegar
- 3 medium-sized potatoes (waxy)
- 1 onion
- 1 small jar of capers
- 1 egg
- 3 gherkins
- pepper
- Salt
- Side dish (rolls, white bread, baguette – bread)
Preparation of Russian salad
For the Russian salad, the potatoes are boiled with a little salt as jacket potatoes. In the meantime, the different types of sausage and the piece of cheese are diced into small, even pieces and then placed in a bowl of appropriate size. The onion is added after it has been peeled and also finely diced. The special note is the taste of the gherkins. Please cut them into small pieces and put them in the bowl. After the potatoes have been boiled until soft, they are skinned and left to cool properly before being diced and added to the previous ingredients.
Mix the egg yolk with the lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl using the whisk.
The oil is best-added drop by drop at the beginning. Add the oil, beating constantly, until you get a creamy consistency. The mayonnaise prepared in this way is now added to the bowl with the other ingredients, the meat salad, the capers, and a tablespoon of mustard, stirred and seasoned with salt and pepper. Depending on your taste, the capers are not absolutely necessary. The salad should sit for about 30 minutes.
Baguette bread, rolls, or white bread are well suited as a side dish.
