Description
A traditional Polish Christmas salad, also known as 'sałatka jarzynowa’, made with boiled vegetables, eggs, and mayonnaise. It’s a staple dish during the holiday season.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 parsley root
- 1 celery root
- 1 apple
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup peas (canned or cooked)
- 1 small onion
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Peel and boil the potatoes, carrots, parsley root, and celery root until tender. Let them cool.
- Hard-boil the eggs, cool, peel, and chop them.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- Peel and dice the apple.
- Cut the cooled vegetables into small cubes.
- In a large bowl, mix the vegetables, eggs, peas, onion, and apple.
- Add mayonnaise, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
- Garnish with parsley and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
- You can add pickles or ham for extra flavor.
- For a lighter version, replace half the mayonnaise with yogurt.
- This salad tastes better the next day as flavors meld.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Boiling, Mixing
- Cuisine: Polish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
Keywords: Polish Christmas salad, sałatka jarzynowa, holiday salad, vegetable salad