Your favorite rosolje?
The "Potato Salad Secrets?" thread ( http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/838925 ) led to a few mentions of rosolje, an Estonian salad made with beets.
A quick look online and there seem to be as many recipes as there are cooks! Other frequent ingredients include potatoes, herring and apples.
Please share your version!
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BabsW
Mar 17, 2012 10:42 AM
All of this talk of rosolje has me craving it. I may make it at the next family get-together for my daughter's birthday!
Here's how I make mine:
Rosolje
1/2 lb. diced cooked beets – I like to roast them, skins on and then peel and dice when cool
1/4 lb. diced cooked potatoes, cooled
1/4 lb. diced cooked carrots, cooled
1 jar pickled herring fillets or 1 salted herring fillet
½ cup diced sour pickles
1 diced tart peeled apple, like Granny Smith
4 diced hard-boiled eggsDressing, mayo, sour cream, whole grain mustard, salt and pepper to taste
Optional add-ins:
pinch of sugar
a bit of pickle juice
horseradish
fresh dill
additional chopped hard-boiled eggDirections:
If using the salted herring, soak the herring fillet in cold water, covered, overnight. Rinse well, pat dry, and cut into half-inch pieces. Otherwise, if you have the pickled herring, just take out of the jar and dice it up.
Place the herring pieces in a large bowl and combine with the potatoes, carrots, beets, apple, chopped eggs, and pickles.
Mix equal parts mayo and sour cream and season to taste. I usually add a little whole grain mayo, a bit of salt and pepper and sometimes a tiny pinch of sugar. Sometimes I add a little bit of horseradish.
Fold the dressing into the diced vegetables, stir to coat and watch as it turns a lovely shade of pink from the beets.
Garnish with more chopped hard-boiled eggs and a sprinkling of dill if you like. Serve cold.
This is more or less how I present mine:
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