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Rosolje

Non-vegetarian

A pink Estonian salad of diced beetroot, potato, pickled cucumber, apple and herring in a tangy sour-cream and mustard dressing. A must on festive tables.

Rosolje is an Estonian salad, ready in about 2 hours 15 minutes and made with beetroot, pickled herring and sour cream. It serves 6 and is rated easy to cook.

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Prep
25 min
Cook
50 min
Rest
1 h
Total
2 h 15 min
Serves
6
Level
Easy
Calories
247

Ingredients

6 servings

For the dressing

Equipment

Method

  1. Step 1

    Boil the beetroot (opens in a new tab) until tender (about 50 minutes), the potatoes (opens in a new tab) separately (about 20 minutes) and the eggs (opens in a new tab) for 10 minutes. Cool everything, peel and cut the beetroot and potatoes into small dice; chop the eggs.

    Cooked vacuum-packed beetroot saves almost an hour.

    Potatoes boiling in a pot
    How it looks · Photo: Lionel Ntasano on Pexels

  2. Step 2

    Combine the beetroot (opens in a new tab), potatoes (opens in a new tab), pickles, apple (opens in a new tab), herring, eggs (opens in a new tab) and onion (opens in a new tab) in a bowl.

    • 10 min

  3. Step 3

    Mix the sour cream (opens in a new tab) with the mustard, sugar (opens in a new tab) and salt, fold through the salad until everything is pink, then chill for at least an hour so the flavours meld.

    • 5 min

About this dish

Origin
Estonia · Commonly attributedRelated to other Baltic and Russian beetroot salads such as vinegret and herring 'under a fur coat'.More food from Estonia
Dish
Lunch · Dinner · Salads · Appetizers & starters
Cooking method
Boiled, No-cook
Taste
tangy, sweet & sour, salty, creamy
Diet
Pescatarian · No gluten ingredients · No nut ingredients
All labelsPescatarian · Non-vegetarian · Flexitarian-friendly · No gluten ingredients · No nut ingredients · Alcohol-free · Pork-free · Beef-free
Worked out from the ingredients. How labels work
Good for
Make-ahead · Festive & celebration
Cook more with
Beetroot · Pickled herring · Sour cream · Potato · Dill pickles · Apple
Techniques
Boiling · Pickling

Allergens

  • Contains: Milkfrom sour cream
  • Contains: Eggsfrom egg
  • Contains, can be adapted: Fishfrom pickled herring
  • Contains: Mustardfrom dill pickles, pickled herring, prepared mustard
  • May contain: Sulphitesfrom pickled herring, prepared mustard

Based on typical versions of these ingredients and not verified allergen-free. Brands differ and cross-contact happens, so always check labels. For severe allergies, follow your clinician’s advice.

Nutrition

247 kcal per serving

Calculated

1 serving ≈ 235 g · recipe makes 6

Where the energy comes from

  • Protein 15%
  • Carbohydrate 39%
  • Fat 46%
Nutrition per serving and per 100 g
NutrientPer servingPer 100 g*
Energy247 kcal105 kcal
Protein9.7 g4.1 g
Carbohydrate24.4 g10.4 g
Net carbohydrate20.6 g8.8 g
Sugars12 g5.1 g
Added sugars——
Fibre3.8 g1.6 g
Fat12.7 g5.4 g
Saturated fat3.9 g1.7 g
Trans fat——
Cholesterol81 mg34 mg
Sodium675 mg287 mg
Salt equivalent1.7 g0.7 g
Vitamins & minerals per serving
Potassium
554 mg
Calcium
86 mg
Iron
1.7 mg
Magnesium
37 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)
147 µg
Vitamin C
15 mg
Vitamin D
1.3 µg
Vitamin B12
1.6 µg
Folate (DFE)
92 µg

How these numbers were made

  • Calculated from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) per-100 g values and the listed quantities.
  • *Per 100 g of combined raw ingredients; the cooked dish may weigh more or less.
  • Optional ingredients are not included: onion.
  • “—” means the value isn’t known for enough of the ingredients; it is never zero by default.
  • Values are estimates for guidance, not for medical dosing. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. fdc.nal.usda.gov.

Good to know

Serve with

  • Serve with dark rye bread alongside Christmas roast pork and sauerkraut.

Food safety

  • Keep chilled; it contains fish, eggs and dairy.

Storage

  • Keeps 2 days covered in the fridge.

Original editorial recipe · FriendsPantry editorial · Not yet independently reviewed · Added · Updated

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Main ingredient

Used in steps 1, 2

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