Best Russian Roast Beef Salad Recipes

EASY RUSSIAN SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the carrots and potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water for 4 mins, then throw in the peas and cook for 4 mins more until all the vegetables are tender. Drain, cool for a few mins, then tip into a bowl with the cornichons, mayonnaise and parsley, if using. Mix well and season to taste. Delicious with leftover roast beef or lamb, wedges of pork pie or cold sliced ham or chicken.

PROVENCAL ROAST BEEF SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• Split rolls in half and score them with a sharp knife to make craters for dressing to seep into.
• Make dressing with olive paste, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and olive oil. Season with olive oil.
• Spoon dressing into rolls, top with roast beef, sliced tomato and sprigs of parsley. Drizzle on more dressing and top with pimiento.

AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN SALAD 'OLIVYE'

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add potatoes and carrot. Return mixture to a boil and add eggs; cook until potatoes are tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and slightly cool mixture. Chop potatoes and carrot; peel and chop eggs.
• Mix potatoes, carrot, eggs, pickles, peas, ham, and parsley together in a large bowl; stir in mayonnaise until salad is evenly coated.

CREAMY ROAST BEEF SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate at least 24 hours.
• Stir.
• Serve atop lettuce leaf or spoon onto toasted onion roll.

ROAST BEEF SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the beef,onion,and tomatoes in a large bowl.
• I small bowl whisk together the vinegar, oils, horseradish, and salt & pepper to taste; pour over the beef mixture and combine well.

RUSSIAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil. Season with salt.
• Add whole potatoes to the boiling water, and cook 15 minutes. Add whole carrots to the cooking potatoes, and cook both another 10 minutes. Remove potatoes and carrots with a spider when easily pierced with a cake tester or a very thin knife blade, and set aside in a bowl.
• Add frozen peas to boiling water, and using the spider, remove them to a separate bowl as they float, until all peas have floated and been transferred to the bowl.
• Gently add the eggs, and allow to boil 10 minutes.
• While the eggs cook, peel the potatoes and carrots under cold running water by rubbing them gently with your fingers. Rinse the peas under cold running water to cool.
• Once the eggs are cooked, drain them, and peel under cold running water.
• Neatly dice the potatoes, carrots, ham, eggs and cornichons to the same approximate (and rather small) size as the peas, aiming for uniformity. Gently toss them all together in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise with the cornichon brine, and pour over the salad. Toss gently with rubber spatula or using your fingers until the salad is well coated. Season with several hearty grinds of black pepper.
• Refrigerate overnight, and serve cold.

COLD ROAST BEEF WITH BEETROOT SALAD & HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• To make the horseradish cream, whisk all the ingredients together with salt and pepper until spoonable, then set aside. Lay the slices of beef on four serving plates. In a bowl, mix the beetroot, shallot and salad leaves together. Dress with the sherry vinegar and 3 tbsp of the olive oil, then gently toss.
• Neatly pile a mound of salad into the centre of each plate and scatter some microleaves around the outside. Top the salad with a neat spoonful of horseradish cream, drizzle with the remaining olive oil and serve.

ROAST BEEF SALAD

Steps:

• Toss all the ingredients except the lettuce together in a large bowl. To serve, arrange the lettuce leaves on a large platter and spoon the salad into the center.