The most popular salads in Russia: what are they? Russian salad: recipes, photos and description

Russian cuisine is famous for its wide variety of dishes. And one of the most honorable places among them is a salad. The Russian version of this dish is very different from most of its overseas sister-countries, as a rule, consists of a large number of ingredients and has a rich, vivid taste. There is one more feature of our salads. In other countries, preparing a similar dish takes no more than 10-15 minutes. At us the process can borrow some hours. Today we will talk about how to prepare Russian salads. Recipes with photos and descriptions can be found in our article.

Meet the "Vinaigrette"

This treat is usually served at the table in the cold season. Vegetables included in its composition, have a huge amount of useful substances for our body. Vitamins in winter are not enough, and such a salad is able to perfectly complement our diet.

You will need:

• 2 beets (medium);
• 2 carrots;
• 2-3 medium potatoes;
• 2-3 cucumbers (salted);
• 1 onion;
• ½ cup of peas (canned);
• Green feather onion;
• Vegetable oil for refueling.

How to cook

Beets need to use sweet varieties. Vegetables should be thoroughly washed from the ground and sand, and after boiling until cooked. They should be soft and easily pierced. After we put the vegetables on a plate and let them cool down completely. Do I clean them from the peel before cooking? At your discretion, but most often vegetables are not cleaned - so more useful substances are stored. It is not necessary to add salt during cooking.

In the meantime, cut the salted cucumber into cubes and finely chop the onion. Vegetables are peeled, also cut into cubes and sent to a common vessel. We will add canned peas and we will use vegetable oil.

In each family, the recipes of Russian salads "vinaigrette" may differ slightly. Sometimes they add a little sauerkraut or season with mayonnaise. This is already a matter of everyone's taste.

The famous "Olivier"

Around this dish, sometimes there are real wars: some claim that the salad is Russian, others deny it. Indeed, in fact it was invented by the Frenchman (Lucien Olivier) and proved so successful that today it is one of the most popular in Russia. No New Year does not pass without such a treat. And they call it sometimes differently: "Metropolitan" or "Meat".

You will need:

• ½ can of canned peas;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 potatoes;
• 2 eggs (hard-boiled);
• 1 cucumber (salted);
• 300 g of boiled meat (ham);
• Mayonnaise and greens.

How to cook

Carrot and potatoes carefully rinse, pour water and boil until cooked. Cool it and cut it into medium cubes. The greens shall be crumbled.

Just cut the cucumber, boiled eggs and meat. Recipes of Russian salads like "Olivier" may differ slightly, some use ham in them, others - boiled pork or chicken. This is not so important. Now we will combine all the ingredients, add green peas and dress with mayonnaise.

Salad "Russian Beauty"

Another traditional dish and decoration of any holiday is often the "Russian Beauty" (salad). Photo and description of it we offer to your attention.

You will need:

• 3 eggs (hard-boiled);
• 300 grams of ham (or boiled chicken);
• 150 g of hard cheese;
• 1 red sweet pepper;
• 2 boiled potatoes;
• 2 medium cucumbers (fresh);
• Mayonnaise, greens at will;
• For decoration - olives, cherry tomatoes, lettuce leaves.

How to cook

All ingredients are cut into medium cubes, mixed and dressed with mayonnaise. There are several options for serving such a dish, it depends on the preferences of the hostess. Such a salad (Russian), can be laid out in layers or not mixed at all. In this case, each ingredient is placed on a plate with separate peas, and the guest himself mixes it.

The beloved Shuba

This traditional salad is Russian, without it there is also no New Year celebration. It combines completely unusual tastes and ingredients, and it turns out just delicious. It is difficult to find a man on our land who would never have tasted or liked the salad "Herring under a fur coat" or simply "Shuba".

You will need:

• Herring fillets;
• 1 boiled beet;
• 1 large boiled carrot;
• 2-3 boiled potatoes;
• 1 medium onion;
• mayonnaise.

How to cook

Vegetables cleaned and grated. Herring fillets should be carefully separated from each, even the smallest, bone, remove the skin from it and cut into small cubes. Onions are finely chopped and doused with boiling water - so we will get rid of bitterness. We begin to make out our salad.

Russian (the photo represents it) the layout option - layers. But sometimes it is rolled into a roll and served as a snack. But today we will not deviate from the rules.

The first layer is the onion, we put the cut fish on it and lubricate it with mayonnaise. After each layer promazyvsya mayonnaise, and the vegetables go in such a sequence: potatoes, carrots and beets. On top of the salad is covered with a thin layer of mayonnaise and is decorated.

Mimosa salad"

Another popular dish in Russia. It is also prepared with the use of a fish, but it turns out to be very gentle.

You will need:

• A can of canned fish in oil (pink salmon, saury or for your taste);
• 2 medium carrots;
• 2-3 medium potatoes;
• 3 steep eggs;
• Mayonnaise, dill.

How to cook

Carrots and potatoes are cooked, cooled and cleaned. Natram on a large grater (in separate plates). Eggs will be cleaned and also separately we will squeeze the grater protein and yolk. From the canned food, salt the liquid and remember the fish with a fork. Finely chop dill.

Lay down our dish (each missed with mayonnaise): fish, egg white, carrot, potatoes. Top with a mayonnaise and sprinkle with grated yolk. Such a treat should be infused for several hours before serving.

Let's sum up the results

Today we paid attention to the most popular salads of Russian cuisine. It should be noted that this does not end their diversity. Salads are prepared from fresh vegetables, fruits and even harvested for future use. Russian cuisine is truly great and diverse, and we will certainly return to it. But this will be another article. Enjoy your meal!