Finnish Beet Salad

Name: Finnish Beet Salad
Ingredients: 2 medium potatoes, cooked, peeled, and diced (I prefer white or large new potatoes, which have a less grainy texture); 2 tart apples, peeled and diced; 2 carrots, peeled, cooked, and diced; 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes; 2 medium dill pickles, diced or grated; 3/4 3/4 cup minced sardines (optional) or 3/4 cup anchovy (optional); 1/8 teaspoon white pepper; 2 cups cooked beets, peeled and diced; 1 cup sour cream; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 teaspoons beet juice; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 dash sugar; crumbled bacon (optional)

14 ingredients

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Ingredients

2 medium potatoes, cooked, peeled, and diced (I prefer white or large new potatoes, which have a less grainy texture)
2 tart apples, peeled and diced
2 carrots, peeled, cooked, and diced
2 tablespoons dried onion flakes
2 medium dill pickles, diced or grated
3/4 3/4 cup minced sardines (optional) or 3/4 cup anchovy (optional)
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
2 cups cooked beets, peeled and diced
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons beet juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 dash sugar
crumbled bacon (optional)

Directions

1

Combine the potatoes, apples, carrots, onion, pickles, white pepper, and herring (if you're using it).
2

Mix together the sour cream with the lemon juice, beet juice, salt, and sugar until well blended to make the sour cream dressing.
3

Traditionally (and this is how you would want to make it for a dinner party), just before serving you would carefully add the beets- because if the beets are added too long before serving, the salad will turn a deep pink, whereas some people prefer it tinted only mildly pink; then you would turn into a salad bowl lined with crisp lettuce and serve chilled with the sour cream dressing mixture on the side.
4

However, I make the salad for picnics and potlucks and so I mix it all together - not worrying about any steps in preparation - just stir it all together at once, put it in the serving container, put crumbled bacon over the top, and let it chill for at least an hour before I let anybody at it; it comes out nicely bright pink, which I find attractive and kids like.
5

For Vegetarian option omit the fish and the bacon.

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