Saturday 27 December 2014

Polish Christmas Eve: Traditional Vegetable Salad (Saladka Jarzynowa)

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This is a Polish traditional salad that we eat for Chistmas. It is made of vegetables used in the cooking of the vegetable broth used in the Christmas Barszcz. Quantities of ingredients are quite flexible and each household might have a slight variation. I usually make a big batch so you can easily cut it in half or even quarter. 
Celery root can be quite bitter to some people so you may want to adjust the quantity to your taste.

Ingredients:
Cooked carrots, I had 7 on hand
Cooked celery root, I used 0.25 of large one 
Cooked parsnip, I used 2
0.5 kg of potatoes, cooked
4 medium dill pickles
3 hard boiled eggs
2 apples peeled, core removed
1 small can of peas (you can cook frozen peas and use that instead)
4 tbsp mayonnaise (you an also make a lighter version using greek yoghurt)
2 tsp yellow mustard
Salt, pepper

1. Chop all vegetables and fruits into small pieces.
2. Mix mayonnaise with mustard and salt and pepper. Add to the salad, mix everything carefully so all pieces are covered in the mayonnaise sauce. 
3. Serve as an appetizer or for breakfast.
4. Enjoy!

Note: the salad has to be stored in the fridge; it stays good for up to 7 days.

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