Fine Mixed Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

• 1 portion of mayonnaise dressing
• 6 young carrots
• % cup of minced truffles and olives
• 4 boiled potatoes
• 1 small head of cauliflower
• % lb. smoked salmon broken into small roses
• 6 sardines
• % lb. green beans
• % lb. asparagus
• % lb. yellow beans
• % small celery-root
• 1 head of green lettuce
• 4 yolks of eggs
• 1 pinch of white pepper
• Salt to taste
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 4 tbsps. of fine oil
• % tsp. mustard

Method

1. 1

   All the vegetables are cut into small pieces and boiled separately in salt water until tender, but not too soft.

2. 2

   The water is drained off and the vegetables mixed with the potatoes, truffles, salmon, sardines and olives, which have also been cut into pieces.

3. 3

   The mayonnaise dressing is made by stirring the 4 yolks of eggs into cream; add lemon juice, mustard, pepper and salt and cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.

4. 4

   After it has cooled off, stir in the oil.

5. 5

   The salad is mixed carefully with one half of this dressing.

6. 6

   The head lettuce leaves are picked off and placed into the salad dish, the salad piled up in the center of it and the rest of the dressing poured over.

7. 7

   You may garnish it with olives.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FINE MIXED VEGETABLE SALAD. Quantity for 6 Persons. 1 portion of mayonnaise dressing 6 young carrots % cup of minced truffles and 4 boiled potatoes olives 1 small head of cauliflower % lb. smoked salmon broken into small roses 6 sardines % lb. green beans % lb. asparagus % lb. yellow beans % small celery-root 1 head of green lettuce For Mayonnaise Dressing. 4 yolks of eggs 1 pinch of white pepper 1 cup of cream Salt to taste Juice of 1 lemon 4 tbsps. of fine oil % tsp. mustard

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