Hot-smoked salmon is a Scandinavian delicacy that lends itself very well to many different dishes. It could probably not be more Estonian than to mix some good smoked salmon into a potato salad.
Start by washing the potatoes well and cutting them into cubes of the size of dice…
…Put the potato cubes to boil in some cold water and a bit of salt. While that is going, chop red onion and pickle into small bits. In a bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice and mustard…
…Stir it well. Sprinkle in a little bit of salt, sugar and some fresh-ground black pepper. Chop parsley and chives and mix those into the salad dressing along with the chopped red onion and pickle…
…Break the salmon into bite-size pieces and mix it with the dressing. When the potatoes are fork-tender, drain and combine with the dressing and salmon mixture…
…Season to your taste and serve immediately. Although, this salad is also just as tasty served cold, serving it warm makes it for a great supper.
Bon appetit!
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(A Different Kind of Cookbook) is not the typical collection of recipes. It uses whatever one might have left over in the fridge or pantry, and offers different ideas for using those ingredients. Included are many ideas not usually present in Estonian kitchens (quesadillas, chili, East Indian-style chicken casserole) or different ways of sprucing up local staples (mashed potatoes, cole slaw, potato salad). It does not give fixed amounts, but rather lets the cook choose whatever ingredients and how much of those he wants included in the dish. In addition to the unique approach to cooking are also ideas for serving and what to do with left-overs.
Maiken Urmet, a native of Tartu, Estonia, received her degree in Computer Graphic Design at Tartu Art College in 2002. After college she moved to Belgium with her boyfriend and that is where she first started dabbling in cooking. She found a new creative outlet and has by now published her first cookbook in Estonian that came out in the Summer of 2009 (available in bookshops). Maiken has lived in Portugal, Belgium and USA and wants to expand the Estonian diet with foreign dishes. Naturally she also enjoys her grandmother's good ol'fashioned Estonian dishes and has sworn to master those as well. At the moment she is once again back in Belgium, working on another cookbook and studying French.
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Ai, this was good. Be careful with the lemon juice when using real homemade cucumbers!
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What a wonderful recipe! But the girls in the video really DO dance like a potato salad… :)
