SUMMER ENTERTAINING- RUSSIAN EGGS

by Andrea ( Bea )Vonk • 19/06/2014

Photo: Andrea ( Bea ) Vonk  Styling: Andrea ( Bea) Vonk

For a glorious summer lunch you could do no better than by making a staple that the Dutch people often order in their cafes and restaurants for lunch: Russian Eggs.

I decided to make this yesterday for my birthday when I had some friends and family over and although the dish has a certain seventies appeal, it really is rather tasty ( but not very slimming) and it went 

down very well! 

Your ingredients 

for the potato salad:

1.5 kilo's potatoes

1 pot of mayonaise,

 1 pot of chopped gherkins, 

10 small pickled onions ( sweet /sour )

 a small bunch of parley and

 2 table spoons of Dijon mustard .

for your deviled eggs :

4 eggs,

1/3 pot of mayonaise

mustard

parsley

salt and pepper

Remaining ingredients :

fresh asparagus( 2 bunches) freshly boiled/prepared and chilled

baby tomatoes

strawberries

cucumber

grapes

boiled ham

salami

cold roast pork

Italian Prosciutto

Here's how to make your potato salad:

Make some potato salad by boiling 1.5 kilo's potatoes that you have peeled and cubed. test if done, then drain and cool.Mix with one pot of mayonaise, 1 pot of chopped gherkins, 10 small pickled onions ( sweet /sour ) a small bunch of parley and 2 table spoons of Dijon mustard .Season to taste and arrange in the middle of a big serving dish.

Next, make your devilled eggs.

How to make devilled eggs: 

Boil 4 eggs till they are hard-boiled ( about 10 minutes ), then cool under running water, peel and half.Scoop all the egg yolks out of your halved egg whites and put them in a bowl.Mix the egg yolks with some mustard, salt and pepper, mayonaise and parsley according to taste .Fill the egg-white halves with scoops of the egg-yolk mixture.Set aside .

Remaining ingredients for your Russian Eggs Dish:

fresh asparagus( 2 bunches) freshly boiled/prepared and chilled

baby tomatoes

strawberries

cucumber

grapes

boiled ham

salami

cold roast pork

Italian Prosciutto

How to put your Russian Egg dish together:

Place the potato salad in the middle of a big serving dish.

Place some rolled up Prosciutto on the edge of the serving disg , and arrange some of the devilled eggs on top, and the rest of the eggs on the 4 corners of the dish as you can see on the picture.Wrap your cooked chilled asparagus in the boiled ham slices and place at the edge of the dish , half on top of the potato salad ( use the picture for guidance how this should look ) Fold your salami like a little cone and place a few on the top , in the middle of the potato salad.

Arrange the cold roast pork slice by slice between slices of cucumber on the edge of the dish.

Use the strawberries, grapes and baby tomatoes to decorate the rest of the dish to pleasing effect.