🇷🇴 Romania recipe
Salata de Boeuf
Salata de Boeuf is Romania's most festive salad, an elaborate and celebratory dish that appears on every holiday table alongside sarmale and cozonac. Despite its name suggesting beef, it is most commonly made with chicken, combined with a precise dice of boiled root vegetables, potatoes, pickles, and peas, all bound together in a rich homemade mayonnaise. Decorated with piped mayonnaise rosettes and vegetable garnishes, it is as much a visual centerpiece as a culinary delight.
Prep35 mins
Cook45 mins
Serves10
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 500g chicken breast (or beef)
- 3 large potatoes, peeled
- 3 large carrots, peeled
- 2 parsnips, peeled
- 1 celery root (small), peeled
- 200g green peas (frozen or canned)
- 4 large pickled cucumbers (castraveti murati), finely diced
- 2 roasted red peppers, finely diced
- For the mayonnaise:
- 3 large egg yolks, at room temperature
- 300ml sunflower oil
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Salt and white pepper to taste
- For decoration:
- Sliced pickles, olives, and hard-boiled egg slices
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 300
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 18 g
