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Huzarensalade

Huzarensalade/hoo-ZAR-en-sah-lah-duh/
Also known as: Hussar Salad
Huzarensalade
About this dish

A creamy potato salad with diced meat, pickles, apple and egg, decorated and served cold.

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Ingredients
🥔750g potatoes, boiled and diced
🥩250g cooked beef or ham, diced
🥒6 gherkins, diced, plus extra to decorate
🧅8 pickled silverskin onions, chopped
🍎1 apple, diced
🫙1 cup mayonnaise
🥚3 hard-boiled eggs
🍅Tomato wedges and lettuce, to decorate
Method
Serves 3
1
Mix the potatoes, meat, gherkins, onions and apple in a large bowl.
2
Stir in the mayonnaise and a splash of the gherkin vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.
3
Shape into a mound on a lettuce-lined platter and smooth with a little more mayonnaise.
4
Decorate with egg slices, tomato wedges and gherkin fans.
5
Chill for an hour before serving.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Huzarensalade ('hussar salad') is a Dutch party and Christmas classic, traditionally decorated with egg, tomato and gherkin fans.

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