Salade de Boeuf (Salata de Boeuf) - An Easy Recipe

This type of salad is very common in Romania. It is often made for special occasions and around the holidays. A traditional potato salad that is a bit tangy, but quite delicious. I have to admit that this type of salad should be done with beef, therefore the name boeuf(French). But many people have adapted this salad with ingredients that they have on hand....usually using cheaper cuts of meat. It it is often done with chicken, turkey or ham. 
This salad has been changed over the years and the Romanians have their own version. It can be quite time consuming, as you have to do a lot of dicing. Feel free to adjust amounts of vegetables/meat....you really can't go wrong with amounts. If you don't like your salad to be too tangy, decrease amount of pickles... if you like more potatoes, add more potatoes... taste and adjust seasoning as you go along. But once it comes together, it is well worth it. It is often decorated elaborately ...sort of like decorating a cake. This salad is normally served with some french bread and can be a meal in itself. You can also serve it as an appetizer....it is fun to make individual servings.

                                                                                                                     Hope you enjoy this.

Preparation:

Boil the vegetables and the meat , (when is done  remove the water  )

  Cut the meat, the potato, the carrots, and the pickles into very small cubes.

Mix everything and add just enough mayonnaise to bind the ingredients together and lemon (1-2 drop) and salt.

Put into a serving bowl, cover with a very thin mayonnaise layer. 

You can decorate with olives and fine slices of red peppers.