Delicious potato salad with tuna

Delicious potato salad with tuna

One of Spain's best-known salad specialities is Ensalada Rusa. It is served in almost every tapas bar or restaurant. It is a delicious potato salad with tuna.

It can be served as a side dish, starter or simply as a tapa.

Ingredients

500 g potatoes
2 carrots
1/2 red bell pepper
100 g peas
2 pickled gherkins
50 g green olives
2 cans of tuna
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 jar of mayonnaise

Info

Persons: 4
Preparation time: approx. 1 hour
Difficulty level: easy

The preparation

Step 1:

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Wash the potatoes and cook them with the skin on, along with the carrots and peas, until tender.

Step 2:

Cut the bell pepper into strips and fry in a pan with a little oil.

Step 3:

Place the cooked potatoes, carrots, and peas in a colander and allow to cool slightly.

Step 4:

Peel and slice the potatoes. Dice the carrots.

Step 5:

Place the potatoes, carrots, and peas in a large bowl and mix well. Then add the mayonnaise and chopped tuna and mix well. Season with salt to taste.

Step 6:

Slice the gherkins, olives, and hard-boiled eggs.

Step 7:

Place the salad on a platter, shape into a hemisphere, and garnish with the bell pepper, gherkins, olives, and eggs. Refrigerate for about 1 hour and serve cold.