Russian salad

RUSSIAN SALAD

Ingredients
1 dose homemade mayonnaise,

1kg peas,

4 carrots,

1 kg potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes

1 small jar capers,

240 gr. pickles cut in very small pieces.

Mayonnaise

Ingredients

240 gr. Sunflower oil

The juice of 1.5 lemon
2 large potatoes boiled whole (300- 350 g.)

1 tablespoon powder of mustard 15 g approx

1 very fresh egg

Salt to taste

How to do it

Put water in a small pot. Place the pot over moderate heat.

Peel the potatoes, wash and place them whole into the water. Let them boil until soft.

Put 120 g Sunflower oil into the blender

With fork wring the potatoes and mash them.

Put half of the mashed potatoes into the blender.

Hit them for 2-3 minutes.

Add the remaining 120 gr. sunflower and potatoes into the blender.

Hit them all together for a few minutes.

Add the lemon juice, the mustard powder and salt and hit for a few more minutes.

Add one whole egg and beat, until you get a mayonnaise-like paste.

VEGETABLES 

Separately cut carrots and potatoes into small cubes.

Put each vegetable in a different pot and boil until tender.

Put the peas in another pot and boil it until it softens.

Drain the vegetables. Leave them in a strained, as needed, to leave all of the excess liquid.

Wash and drain the capers.

Chop the pickles.  

Put in a bowl all the boiled vegetables, the capers and the pickles.

Pour over the vegetables 60 grams sunflower oil. Put salt and lemon juice and mix.

Add mayonnaise to the bowl and mix well.

Put the salad in a serving bowl and garnish it with slices of carrot.

Keep the Russian salad in the refrigerator.