Huzare Sla - Dutch Beet and Potato Salad

Dutch potato salad, made with beets and leftover meat, this delicious cold salad looks wonderful garnished with sliced egg on a bed of lettuce. Perfect for a cool summer supper, my mother often made this family favorite. This recipe is a taste as you go recipe and is as much fun to make as to eat!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 10  potatoes
• 2 (15 ounce) cans beets
• 2  cups  leftover  cooked beef or 2  cups  cooked chicken
• 12  hard-boiled eggs
• 1 (16 ounce) jar  sweet gherkins
• 1 (16 ounce) jar  cocktail onions
• 1 (16 ounce) jar dill pickles or 1 (16 ounce) jar  gherkins
•  mayonnaise
•  lettuce leaf

Directions

1. peel, cook and mash potatoes.
2. drain beets and mash thoroughly and add to the potatoes.
3. dice the meat
4. dice 6 of the hard boiled eggs
5. dice about 1/2 of the sweet gherkins, cocktail onions, and dill pickles
6. add diced meat into the mashed potato mix.
7. add diced gherkins, cocktail onions, and dill pickles to taste.
8. add mayonnaise to taste, at least 2 tablespoons to start.
9. fold in diced eggs.
10. shape into mound on top of bed of lettuce leaves.
11. cover mound with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
12. slice remaining eggs and distribute evenly on the mound.
13. chill and enjoy.