Name: Warm Russian salad
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 750g waxy potato (eg Charlotte, Maris Bard), peeled; 250g carrot; 2 large celery sticks, trimmed; 175g fine French beans topped and tailed; 175g shelled pea or broad beans (about 600g/1lb 5oz in their pods); 2 medium gherkins roughly chopped; 1 tbsp salted capers rinsed and roughly chopped (optional); 2 large egg yolks; 1 tbsp cider vinegar or white wine vinegar; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 175g unsalted butter

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Warm Russian salad

Warm Russian salad

Ruth Watson

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Serves 6

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Cook: 1 hr - 1 hr and 10 mins

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Ingredients

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750g waxy potato

(eg Charlotte, Maris Bard), peeled
250g carrot
2 large celery

sticks, trimmed
175g fine French beans

topped and tailed
175g shelled pea

or broad beans (about 600g/1lb 5oz in their pods)
2 medium gherkins

roughly chopped
1 tbsp salted capers

rinsed and roughly chopped (optional)

For the hollandaise sauce

2 large egg yolks
1 tbsp cider vinegar

or white wine vinegar
1 tbsp lemon juice
175g unsalted butter

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal382
fat27g
saturates16g
carbs29g
sugars0g
fibre16g
protein7g
salt0.09g

low

Method

step 1

Put a very large saucepan of salted water on to boil. Cut the potatoes to marshmallow size, the carrots and celery into dice about two-thirds that size; and the French beans into 2cm/3⁄4in pieces.
step 2

Add the vegetables in turn to the pan of boiling water, starting with the potatoes and ending with the peas. Cook until they are all just tender (neither crunchy, nor fondant). Drain and keep warm.
step 3

Meanwhile, make the hollandaise. Put the egg yolks, vinegar and lemon juice into a blender and whizz for a few seconds. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a lowish heat, then raise the temperature and bring the butter to a bubble. Leave the pan to one side for a minute to allow the milky residue to settle.
step 4

With the blender going, slowly pour a thin stream of butter through the lid. Continue adding the golden liquid until the milky sediment appears (discard it). Remove the lid, season the sauce and whizz for a few more seconds. Replace the lid and keep the hollandaise in a warm place (but NOT over direct heat) for up to 30 minutes.
step 5

Tip the warm vegetables into a large mixing bowl and add the gherkins and (optional) capers. Very, very gently stir in the sauce, using a soft plastic scraper. Serve as soon as possible.

RECIPE TIPS

GETTING AHEAD

Either cut up and/or cook the vegetables a few hours in advance, (the potatoes can’t be left raw once cut as they will discolour); reheat cooked vegetables in a microwave.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2002

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