Cod liver salad with potatoes and beans

6 servings

60 minutes

A modern take on the same cod liver salad that was a staple at every Soviet feast. Instead of turning the liver and egg into a monolithic grey mass, we fluffed it up with a pile of green leaves. Classic vinaigrette dressing, olives, green beans, tomatoes and finely chopped sprats, merging into a common chorus of ingredients, give the salad Mediterranean notes, bringing to mind Nicoise.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 525.5
• Proteins: 11.1g
• Fats: 46g
• Carbohydrates: 17.4g

Ingredients

• Cod liver: 250 g
• Potato: 400 g
• Chicken egg: 3 pc
• Olive: 40 g
• Sprat: 100 g
• Iceberg lettuce: 0.5 pc
• Green beans (frozen): 200 g
• Cherry tomatoes: 8 pc
• Red onion: 1 head
• Grainy mustard: 10 g
• Lemon juice: 30 ml
• Olive oil: 75 ml
• Garlic: 1 clove
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients.

2. Boil the potatoes in their skins, peel them, and cut into large slices.

   Required ingredients:

   • Potato: 400 g

3. Boil the eggs hard, cool them in cold water, and cut into wedges.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 3 pieces

4. Without thawing the beans, throw them into salted boiling water and boil for 1 minute, then transfer to cold water to keep them green and crunchy. Dry them on paper towels.

   Required ingredients:

   • Green beans (frozen): 200 g
   • Salt:  to taste

5. Wash the salad, dry it, tear very large leaves by hand. Place them in a salad bowl.

   Required ingredients:

   • Iceberg lettuce: 0.5 piece

6. For the dressing, squeeze a clove of garlic into a clean bowl.

   Required ingredients:

   • Garlic: 1 clove

7. Add mustard, 2 tablespoons of oil from the liver can, lemon juice, salt, pepper and mix well with a whisk.

   Required ingredients:

   • Grainy mustard: 10 g
   • Cod liver: 250 g
   • Lemon juice: 30 ml
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

8. Gradually whisk in the olive oil while mixing, beating the sauce until it emulsifies.

   Required ingredients:

   • Olive oil: 75 ml

9. Sprinkle the prepared dressing over the salad leaves.

   Required ingredients:

   • Iceberg lettuce: 0.5 piece

10. Cut the tomatoes in half and place them in a bowl with potatoes and beans, then drizzle with dressing.

    Required ingredients:

    • Cherry tomatoes: 8 pieces
    • Potato: 400 g
    • Green beans (frozen): 200 g

11. Dry the sprat with a paper towel, fillet it, and cut it if the fish is large.

    Required ingredients:

    • Sprat: 100 g

12. Place the eggs, trying to keep their shape, along with the sliced onion.

    Required ingredients:

    • Chicken egg: 3 pieces
    • Red onion: 1 head

13. Place large pieces of cod liver on top (break the pieces into fragments with a fork).

    Required ingredients:

    • Cod liver: 250 g

14. Garnish the salad with cod liver and olives and serve.

    Required ingredients:

    • Olive: 40 g