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What Russian doesn't know this salad? It is one of the popular salads, which is present in almost every Christmas table. It is believed that the recipe for herring under a fur coat borrowed Russian cuisine According to popular legend, "shuba" is not the name of the type of clothing, but the acronym.
Shuba (Russian Layered Salad with Beets) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Shuba (Russian Layered Salad with Beets) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shuba (russian layered salad with beets) using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shuba (Russian Layered Salad with Beets):
- Take 2 Red beets
- Get 2 Potatoes (medium)
- Make ready 2 Carrots
- Make ready 1/2 Red onion
- Make ready 1 Hard boiled egg
- Take 1 dash Dill
- Prepare 4 tbsp Mayonnaise
- Take 1/2 tsp Sea salt
- Make ready 1 dash Coarsely ground black pepper
In Russian, "shuba" means "fur coat," and more specifically references the big coats Russians have to wear during the harsh winter months. A traditioinal Russian salad made of layers of pickled herring, onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, and topped with mayo. In this recipe, pieces of pickled herring are covered with a thick layered coat of vegetables topped with mayo. This way the herring ends up under quite a heavy "shuba," so be sure.
Steps to make Shuba (Russian Layered Salad with Beets):
- Cut the leaves off the beets. Peel the carrots and cut in half. Put the beets, carrots and potatoes in the same pan and start cooking them in cold water.
- When the pan comes to a boil, turn the heat down to medium. In about 15 minutes the potatoes and carrots will be done, so take them out of the pan. Peel the potatoes.
- Boil the beets for another 10 minutes or so (until a bamboo skewer goes through them easily). Take them out of the pan, cut off the tough parts on the top and bottom, and peel.
- Either grate or roughly chop up the potatoes, carrots and beets. Finely chop the red onion, hard boiled egg and dill too.
- Layer half the red onion, potato, carrot and beets in a bowl in order. (The photo shows the carrot layer.)
- Spread half the mayonnaise evenly on top of the beet layer. Sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper.
- Repeat Steps 5 and 6, and finish by decorating the top with hard boiled egg and dill. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours (overnight if possible).
- Serve the salad in the bowl, or slice as shown and serve.
Shuba - literally translates to 'herring under fur'. This uniquely named Russian salad is made with cooked root vegetables such as beets, carrots and potatoes dressed with mayonnaise. Shuba salad is traditionally molded onto a pretty serving tray or into a pan, then inverted. Otherwise known as 'herring under a fur coat', this is another iconic Russian dish. A layered salad, it covers chopped up herring with scalded onions, then layers of boiled and grated potato, carrot and then beetroot.
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