Ensaladilla Rusa recipe
You’ll be hard pushed to find a tapas bar in Spain that doesn’t dish up this gem. So we’ve included this ensaladilla Rusa recipe so you can recreate it at home. Yes we know it originated in Russia… but the Spanish have adopted it and made it their own. Enjoy!
Ingredients – basic
- Half a dozen medium sized potatoes, peeled, diced and boiled until tender
- A couple of roasted red peppers- diced – these are optional, but the ones in jars are great for this
- Small tin of tuna, drained
- A dollop or two of mayonnaise – according to taste
- 2 or 3 hard boiled eggs – grated, lightly mashed or crumbled
Method
- Mix the whole caboodle except the eggs
- Sprinkle the egg on top
- Serve cold
Spain Buddy tips
There’s not a lot to really add to this… but follow your instincts. If there’s something you don’t like omit it… well apart from the potatoes of course. But feel free to add a couple of extra flavours if you want to. I quite like the following – feel free to mix and match
- a small amount of really finely diced red onion for some crunch and tang
- a couple of fistfuls of olives – sliced as a garnish
- a fistful of finely diced apple
- Fistful of peas, cooked and cooled
- Sliced cornichons (gherkins / pickles) – sliced
- cherry tomatoes – halfed or quartered. But add those as a garnish rather than in the mix
- You can press the salad into a mold, and refrigerate. That’s a bit fussy for me, I’d rather just serve it in a large bowl for people to help themselves… but it’s nice to do for a party if you’d rather be mingling than serving
- If serving as a centre dish for last minute visitors… pop it in a bowl and supply some of those mini breadsticks for dipping
June 3, 2015 @ 8:57 pm
OOH, I love this salad but those are some new additions – delicious! Thank you!
June 3, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
I’m all for additions! Thanks for popping by xx
June 6, 2015 @ 12:48 am
That’s way to easy. There’s got to be a trick?
June 6, 2015 @ 12:57 am
Nope – it really is that simple. I guess it gets more complicated if you want to make the mayo from scratch of course.
E xxx
June 7, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
Spanish potato salad sounds super tasty and perfect for hot summer days!
June 7, 2015 @ 7:26 pm
Potatoes and tuna in egg? Ok! I’ll try it!