Salad "Amateur"
4 servings
30 minutes
The 'Amateur' salad is a true gastronomic greeting from Russian cuisine, combining simplicity and sophistication of flavors. This salad was born as a variation of traditional fish appetizers, where herring plays the main role, while potatoes, cucumbers, and apples add balance between softness, crunchy freshness, and a slight acidity. The dressing with lemon zest and oil gives the dish freshness and richness. It is perfect as an independent dish or a side to main courses, and its rich flavor harmonizes well with traditional Russian drinks. Serving it with green onions completes the picture by adding fresh notes. This salad is a choice for those who appreciate rich and complex flavor compositions while staying within culinary traditions.
1
Boil the potatoes, let them cool, and cut into cubes.
- Potato: 2 pieces
2
Chop the herring. Dice the cucumbers and apples.
- Herring: 1 piece
- Pickled cucumbers: 1 piece
- Apple: 2 pieces
3
To prepare the dressing, grate the lemon zest on a fine grater. Whisk the vegetable oil with lemon juice, add lemon zest, ground black pepper, sugar, and salt to taste.
- Lemon zest: 1 teaspoon
- Vegetable oil: 100 ml
- Lemon juice: 50 ml
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Sugar: to taste
- Salt: to taste
4
Mix all the ingredients, dress the salad, and sprinkle with chopped green onions.
- Herring: 1 piece
- Pickled cucumbers: 1 piece
- Apple: 2 pieces
- Potato: 2 pieces
- Spring onion: 30 g
