Vegetable Salad with Beetroot, Potato, and Carrot

For weekdays and holidays, budget-friendly and simple to prepare! Vegetable Salad with Beetroot, Potato, and Carrot is something between Olivier and Herring under the fur coat. It turns out tasty, tender, juicy, with a pleasant tang. It also looks quite attractive, festive, and elegant!
Updated : 29 September, 2025

Easy
About 45 min.
Preparation
Step 1
Boil chicken eggs until hard, then cool them in cold water. Also boil the beets, and separately boil potatoes in their skins and carrots until soft.
Step 2
Peel the onion. Rinse with cold water and finely dice. Place in a bowl and pour boiling water over to remove bitterness. After 10 minutes, drain, rinse with cold filtered water, and pat dry with paper towels.
Step 3
Peel the cooled eggs and grate them on a medium grater.
Step 4
Peel the boiled potatoes and grate on a medium grater.
Step 5
Peel the boiled carrots and grate them the same way.
Step 6
Take a sweet-and-sour apple, peel it, and grate on a fine or medium grater.
Step 7
Dice pickled cucumbers into small cubes (you can also use salted ones).
Step 8
Grate the beetroot separately so it doesn’t stain the other vegetables.
Step 9
Prepare homemade mayonnaise if possible - it’s tastier and healthier, especially with good olive oil. But store-bought works too. You can substitute sour cream or natural yogurt.
Step 10
Place a cooking ring on a flat plate. If you don’t have one, use a springform cake tin (about 7 inches / 18 cm diameter). First layer: grated potato, press lightly, and spread about 1.5 tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Step 11
Second layer: carrots, press lightly, spread mayonnaise. Third layer: onion, then cucumbers, spread mayonnaise again.
Step 12
Next layer: grated eggs with mayonnaise, then grated apples with mayonnaise.
Step 13
Final top layer: grated beets. On top, make a mayonnaise grid with a piping bag.
Step 14
Before serving, refrigerate the salad for a couple of hours.