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Have You Tried These Weird Russian Holiday Dishes?

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With the holidays upon us, you know you will have more than one excuse to show off your mad cooking/baking skills to friends and relatives. Looking for something new to master? Russian cuisine like many ethnic cuisines is full of surprises and is refreshingly new.

HAVE YOU TRIED THESE WEIRD RUSSIAN HOLIDAY DISHES?
Fish in the salad and beets as a topping? How can these be real? Not only sharing weird Russian salads, but also including recipes!

 Herring Under a Fur Coat Salad

This Herring under a Fur Coat has appeared before on the list of weird Russian dishes, but don’t you judge until you try it. It is amazing if it’s done right! My family only makes it once or twice a year, but we enjoy every fork of it.

Herring under Vegetable Coat

Ingredients

  • 3 large potatoes
  • 4 large unpeeled carrots
  • 3 large beets
  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 4 fillets of pickled herring in oil (finely chopped)
  • 4 large hard-cooked eggs (finely chopped)
  • Black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Place all vegetables in a large pan unpeeled and boil until tender. Remove vegetables as they become tender and continue cooking the rest.
  2. Peel while still warm, cool completely and shred carrots and beets. Finely chop the potatoes.
  3. Layer potato on the bottom of the oval plate and pat it down to create an even layer. Spread 1/3 of the mayonnaise on top to completely cover the potatoes.
  4. Place half of the beets, half of the carrots, and half of the finely chopped onion, chopped pickled herring, and 1/3 of the mayonnaise.
  5. Layer the remainder of the onion and carrots, chopped eggs and black pepper to taste, mayonnaise beets.
  6. Pack it down and refrigerate for at least 6 hours before serving.

Russian Beet Salad is another one of the favorites on our table. This one also uses beets as a base, but this one has a totally different taste.

Creamy~ussian_Beetroot_Salad

Olivie (Winter) Salad

Russian Salad “Olivie” is more than a holiday appetizer – my family makes it any time they find an excuse – this is ultimately THE favorite appetizer. Russian_Salad Oliver

Mimosa Salad

My family doesn’t usually put the Mimoza salad in separate glasses, but it sure makes for a great presentation. Mimoza-table-cover

Ingredients:

  • 2  of 5 oz cans tuna in oil, drained
  • 6 large hard-boiled eggs
  • 2 large carrots
  • 1 medium onion
  • 4 medium potatoes
  • 1 cup mayo
  • 1/4 cup extra light olive oil
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste

Directions:

  1. Place all vegetables in a large pan unpeeled and boil until tender. Remove vegetables as they become tender and continue cooking the rest.
  2. Peel while still warm, cool completely. Peel and grate vegetables
  3. Boil eggs. Once eggs are cooled, peel and cut eggs in half separate whites from yolks.
  4. Set aside 2 tbsp of mayo. Mix the rest of mayo with light olive oil and stir until blended. Set aside.
  5. Combine drained tuna with 2 Tbsp mayo and spread the mixture over the bottom of a glass dish. Add a thin layer of mayo over it.
  6. Grate egg whites over the tuna layer and add another layer of mayo.
  7. Grate carrot and add another thin layer of mayo.
  8. Finely chop the onion and spread it over the salad and top with a thin layer of mayo.
  9. Grate potatoes evenly over the salad, season and add the remaining mayo, spread evenly over the top with a spatula.
  10. Top it with finely grated egg yolk
  • Cabbage Pirozhki

This appetizer is often used as a pre-appetizer while waiting for the guests to arrive. Cabbage Pirojki is just a perfect finger food to get the edge off while waiting for the official table invitation

Pirozhki

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Comments

  1. Patty says

    December 1, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Pre-appetizer huh? You guys really know how to party! I’m not a big fan of beets but my husband loves them. He loves herring too. I wonder if he was Russian in a former life. heh

  2. Liz @ Yes/No Films says

    December 1, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    I’ve never heard of cabbage pierogies (pirojki?) before – sounds interesting! I like the Polish variety (potatoes w/ onion or cheese).

  3. Jenna Wood says

    December 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    Beet salad? I love the color of both of the options, but the Oliver sounds and looks delicious. I really need to begin branching out more with my holiday entertaining dishes!

  4. Holly S. says

    December 1, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    I loove trying new foods and those Pirojkis sound delicious! I’ve had potato-filled Pierogis, but never cabbage. I’m going to have to try these! Thanks!

  5. Rebekah says

    December 1, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    I love the color of the Beet Salad. That would look amazing with my rather bland-looking Christmas dinner favorites.

    • Jenna Wood says

      December 2, 2014 at 1:29 pm

      Right? This would really dress up the table. Usually the only color I have is the cranberry sauce!

  6. melandria romero says

    December 2, 2014 at 6:26 am

    i love the colors and presentation you have here, it makes me really hungry. I especially like the finger cabbage food, sounds nice.

  7. Tina Bowling says

    December 2, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Wow, so many interesting recipes I have never heard of! I’m thinking that Mimoza sounds pretty good.

  8. Joely Smith says

    December 2, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    So beautiful! They do say you eat with your eyes first! You made me want to eat!! The cabbage pirojki is amazing! I have had them before – yours look scrumptious!

  9. katherine says

    December 2, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    Oh now I’m starving! Some of these sound awesome!

  10. Cinny says

    December 2, 2014 at 4:06 pm

    Those look amazing. I am particularly hungry after seeing that mimosa appetizer!

  11. Michelle says

    December 2, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    All of these dishes look divine! I have bookmarked the mimosa recipe!

    Michelle

  12. Jenn says

    December 2, 2014 at 6:44 pm

    Looks like a yummy appetizer. I always like trying new foods. Love your Foodie Collection.

  13. Danielle says

    December 12, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    Yum! Comfort food at it’s finest. Looks like a great spread.

  14. Debi says

    December 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    It looks yummy to me. We don’t have unique foods but we do have a lot of food.

  15. valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says

    December 14, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    I always find it interesting to see what different people enjoy eating at the holidays. That waffle tort sounds very interesting!

  16. Crystal says

    December 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    My husband loves beets, so I know that salad would be a huge hit in our house! They all look delicious. I like to mix in something new each year to spice things up!

  17. Elle Tucker says

    December 17, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    Even the double take at a food so pink (that wasn’t a dessert) would keep me from digging in! Each one of those dishes look delicious. My husband and I make something similar to the cabbage pirojki and it’s always nice to have new versions to try 🙂

  18. Jerry Marquardt says

    December 21, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    The Russian Salad “Olivie” looks awesome! I miss real Russian food so I would love to figure out how to make them.

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