# Ensaladilla Rusa

Ensaladilla Rusa is a traditional dish that always triumphs.

- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- potatoes
- salt
- carrots
- eggs
- mayonnaise
- tuna
- piquillo peppers
- olives
- gherkins

## Instructions

1. Add potatoes, peeled carrots and salt to a pot with cold water.
2. Cook until tender.
3. In a separate saucepan, cook the eggs for 12 minutes.
4. Peel potatoes and eggs.
5. Chop the potatoes and eggs, reserving some yolk for final decoration.
6. Chop the carrots.
7. Add mayonnaise.
8. Mash with a whisk.
9. Add the lightly shredded tuna and mix.
10. Add some piquillo peppers and chop finely.
11. Add olives and gherkins.
12. Mix it all together.
13. Decorate it with mayonnaise, grated reserved egg yolks, sliced boiled eggs, strips of piquillo pepper and olives.
14. Serve with toasted bread.

## Equipment

- pot
- knife
- bowl
- whisk
- food processor
- spatula

## Tips

- Cooking the potatoes and carrots until tender is important.
- Reserving some egg yolk for final decoration is a nice touch.
- The ingredients are a little warm, much better.
- Adding piquillo peppers, olives, and gherkins gives a special touch.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrnqQTV/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/05bea820-9e04-4c59-8f68-32973274da4e
- Extracted: 2025-05-19

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