Ensalada Rusa – a much better potato salad

Recipe provided by Chef Crusco Catering in Austin, TX. Ingredients
  • 2 cups Potatoes – diced small
  • 1/2 cup Carrots – diced small
  • 1/2 cup Frozen Peas
  • 2 eggs  – hard boiled and roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup Mayonnaise (hopefully homemade but store bought works too)
  • 2 Tablespoons of Savora (Argentine mustard) – can be found at Phoenicia Bakery
  • 1 lemon – juice only
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ cup of pimento stuffed green olives – cut in half lengthwise
Directions
  1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Peel and dice the potatoes and carrots in 1/3 inch squares.
  2. Boil vegetables until fork tender. Immediately remove to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Once cooled, remove & dry the vegetables. Repeat the same process (boil only 30 seconds though) for the frozen peas.
  3. Use the same pot to hard boil your eggs for 7-8 min’s. Mix the Mayo with the Savora mustard and lemon juice.
  4. In a large bowl, add potatoes, carrots, peas and hard boiled eggs. Gently fold in 1/2 the Mayonnaise mixture spoonful by spoonful just so that it lightly coats the vegetables. Taste a season with salt and pepper (if needed).
  5. Transfer the mixture onto a serving platter.Cover the vegetables with the rest of the mayonnaise mixture. Garnish with the green olives. Enjoy!