What is in the salad?

Cooked, cut-up macaroni and cleaned anchovy fillets, tossed in a dressing of oil, lemon juice, stock, salt and a little sugar.

Can the salad be served in something decorative?

Yes, it can be arranged in celery baskets, which can also be filled with peas and spinach.

A set meat jelly cut with a knife or cutter and used as garnish.

Cold fillet of elk

Roast, larded elk fillet is served cold, surrounded by a macaroni salad with anchovies in a dressing of oil, lemon juice and stock, and garnished with firm aspic and tomato. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 868.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 868 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The dish belongs to the cold-table chapter and shows how game roasts were served cold with salad and decorated aspic.

How to make it

1
Make the salad
Cut the cooked macaroni up and mix with cleaned anchovies cut in fillets. Shake the oil, lemon juice, stock, salt and a very little sugar well together and pour over.
2
Arrange the fillet
Lay the sliced elk fillet on a platter and surround it with the salad. The salad can be served in celery baskets.
3
Garnish with aspic
Cut the firm aspic with a root-vegetable cutter and lay the pieces up on the back. Garnish with tomato. The small baskets can also be filled with peas and spinach.

Changes from the original

Quantities are given only for the dressing; the rest are listed without numbers. "Rotkniv" is kept, and what "the back" refers to is unclear in the text. The salad dressing is moved to the first step.

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Frequently asked questions

What is in the salad?: Cooked, cut-up macaroni and cleaned anchovy fillets, tossed in a dressing of oil, lemon juice, stock, salt and a little sugar.
Can the salad be served in something decorative?: Yes, it can be arranged in celery baskets, which can also be filled with peas and spinach.
What is the aspic?: A set meat jelly cut with a knife or cutter and used as garnish.

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