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Russian Vinegret

Russian Vinegret

Russian Vinegret is a type of salad made with beets, potatoes, carrots, pickles and onions. The word derives from the French vinaigrette. This might be because a typical Russian salad dressing is made with sour cream, while for Vinegret you use vegetable oil (which relates to vinaigrette). This is just my guess, however.

Like anything containing beets and root vegetables in general, Vinegret is a healthy salad. It’s also very easy to prepare, but of course you’ll have to be patient about boiling beets. Or, you can find packaged boiled beets in the supermarket.

Vinegret goes along perfectly with salted or smoked salmon.

An important note is to combine the vegetables right before you serve your Vinegret, and toss the beets with oil first. This will prevent beets from staining the other veggies. Potatoes turn red almost immediately anyway, but at least carrots, onions, and pickles will be saved. So be sure to cool your vegetables well before you dice and mix them together.

Russian Vinegret
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Borsch, The Tsar Of Soups

Borsch is absolutely the king, or better say the Tsar of soups in Russian/Ukrainian cuisine. It’s red, hot, spicy, garlicky, and only a spoon of sour cream (Smetana) can tame it!

You can never have too much Borsch: make it in a large saucepan and serve in hearty portions. Borsch can be stored in the fridge for 2 and more days with no problem, just infusing more and more.
Borsch
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Did you ever want to know more about Eastern European cuisine?
RussianSeason is a food blog run by two Russian-speaking women - a mother (Natalia) and a daughter (Alina) - living in Latvia. We cook most of the dishes together, while Alina writes the posts.
We would be happy to share some (tweaked&adapted) recipes from Russia, Eastern Europe, and former USSR with our readers.
Stano is the guy behind the Slovak version of this blog. He also provides us with traditional Slovak recipes!
Our email address is: russianseason@gmail.com
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