Shuba (Russian Layered Salad with Beets)
- 2 Red beets
- 2 Potatoes (medium)
- 2 Carrots
- 1/2 Red onion
- 1 Hard boiled egg
- 1 dash Dill
- 4 tbsp Mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Sea salt
- 1 dash Coarsely ground black pepper
- 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.
red beets, potatoes, carrots, red onion, egg, dill, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/158573-shuba-russian-layered-salad-with-beets (may not work)