Russian Salad

Name: Russian Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 Potato; 2 Carrot; 50 Cornichons; 50 Capers; 40 Olives; 5 Egg; 150 Tuna; 100 Extra virgin olive oil; Salt; Black pepper; 100 Sunflower oil; 2 Tuna oil; 2 Pickle brine

Traditional Spanish potato salad with homemade mayonnaise and tuna

Eric Lahuerta

Prep: 20m
Cook: 30m
Steps: 8
Servings: 4
Difficulty: Medium

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Method

Step 1Boil the potatoes and carrots30 min
In a pot, bring the potatoes and carrots to a boil for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
PotatoCarrot
Step 2Boil the eggs11 min
In a saucepan, boil the eggs for 11 minutes and set aside.
Egg
Step 3Prepare homemade mayonnaise
For the mayonnaise, add to a blender the egg, sunflower oil, extra virgin olive oil, pickle juice, tuna oil, salt, pepper and emulsify well.
Extra virgin olive oilSaltBlack pepperSunflower oilEggTuna oilPickle brine
Step 4Cut the boiled vegetables
Peel the potatoes and roughly chop the carrot and potato.
PotatoCarrot
Step 5Mix the base ingredients
In a bowl, add the potato together with the carrot, tuna, grated egg, pickle and finely chopped olives, salt, pepper and mix.
PotatoCarrotCornichonsOlivesEggTunaSaltBlack pepper
Step 6Incorporate the mayonnaise1h
Add the mayonnaise and blend all ingredients well, then refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 7Plate and garnish
Plate and top with mayonnaise, grated egg yolk, pickles, capers and peppers for garnish.
CornichonsCapersEgg
Step 8Enjoy
Final step: enjoy this delicacy.