Russian Salad – Franciasaláta

Russian Salad – Franciasaláta (French salad) is a delicious comfort salad and side dish we serve around Holidays and family gatherings in Hungary.

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Russian Salad – Franciasaláta is a diced vegetable salad with a mayo-sour cream dressing. In Hungary we usually don’t put boiled egg and ham in it, however, we add diced apple. Oh, and diced cheese is a real treat too!

But all in all, you can’t go wrong if you add some extra ingredients to your salad!

Pst: A dash of white wine can spice the dressing up.

There are two main ways you can make this salad:

• The easier, quicker way is to buy the Frozen Russian Salad Mix or Frozen Mixed Vegetable and cook that as the base of your salad, also it’s the way I make it.
• The harder, longer, but more autentic way is to peel, dice and prepare your own vegetables for the salad such as: carrots, potatos, peas, corn.

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 pack Frozen Russian Salad Mix
• 1 large Apple
• 1/2 medium size Purple/Red Onion
• 3-4 medium size Pickles
• 1 cup Diced Ham Optional
• 4 Boiled Egg Optional
• 1/2 cup Diced Cheese Optional

Dressing

• 1 tbsp Mayo
• 1/2 tbsp Mustard
• 2 tbsp Sour cream
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Smoked paprika to taste Optional
• 1 pinch Sugar

Instructions

• Boil water for the Frozen Russian Salad Mix, and cook it according to the package,
• While the vegetable mix is cooking, peel and dice the apple and the onion.
• Slice the pickles.
• Add the diced apple, onion, ham, cheese, and the sliced pickles to a large mixing bowl.
• Strain the vegetable mix when it’s cooked, then add it to the mixing bowl as well.
• Mix the dressing in a smaller mixing bowl. (Add spices to taste)
• Pour the dressing onto the salad, then mix well.
• Put the salad in the fridge for 1-3 hours.
• Serve it cold.

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Russian Salad – Franciasaláta

Let me know in the comments below how do you/your family make this salad!

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