Violetta Salad with Beets and Salted Cucumber
Vitamin-rich, appetizing, and tasty - everyday celebration! Violetta salad with beets and salted cucumber will delight all fans of light vegetable dishes. It’s essentially a simplified vinaigrette, but with cheese and mayonnaise. If you like, you can replace mayonnaise with any vegetable oil.
Updated : 23 January, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
300 grams
Beetroot
150 grams
Salted cucumbers
50 grams
Green peas
50 grams
Hard cheese
2
Garlic
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
to taste
Ground black pepper
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How to make Violetta salad with boiled beets, cheese, and salted cucumber? It’s quite simple. First, prepare all ingredients. You can use boiled beets or beets baked in foil in the oven until tender. Stores also sell ready-cooked vacuum-packed beets, which saves time.
Step 2
Boil the beets in their skins until tender, about 1-1.5 hours, depending on size. If the beet is large, do not cut it in half, or the juice will leach out and you’ll end up with dark red water and pale beets. Cool the cooked beets, peel, and dice into small cubes.
Step 3
Shake excess brine off the salted cucumbers and dice into small cubes. I used salted gherkins - crisp and bright. You can replace salted cucumbers with pickled cucumbers.
Step 4
Dice the cheese into cubes as well. Any firm or semi-firm cheese works - just choose one that’s tasty and good quality, without milk-fat substitutes. I used a simple firm fermented cheese.
Step 5
Drain the canned peas and pat them dry.
Step 6
In a bowl, combine the beets, salted cucumbers, cheese, canned peas, and garlic pressed through a garlic press. Dress with mayonnaise, add salt and pepper to taste, and mix.
Step 7
Place a serving ring (14-16 cm / about 5.5-6.3 in) on a plate. Pack the salad into it and press down. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. If you don’t want to use a ring, just mix everything in a bowl and serve.
Step 8
Remove the ring, garnish with fresh herbs, and serve. Enjoy!
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