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Leek and carrot salad

A raw salad of grated carrots and finely sliced white leek in a dressing of hard-boiled and raw egg yolks, lemon, vinegar, mustard and whipped cream. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 504.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 504 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The salad appears among the raw-food recipes of the 1949 edition and shows how raw root vegetables and leek were turned into a dish of their own with a creamy dressing.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the vegetables

    Grate the carrots and slice the white of the leek finely.

  2. 2

    Make the dressing

    Mash the hard-boiled yolks smooth with the raw yolk. Stir in the lemon juice, pepper, sugar, vinegar and mustard.

  3. 3

    Add the cream

    Fold in the whipped cream and mix the dressing with the carrot and leek.

  4. 4

    Note on raw egg

    Note: Because of the raw egg yolk, the salad should not be served to pregnant women, the elderly, small children or the sick. Use fresh eggs and serve the salad cold and on the same day.

Changes from the original

The teacup measure is converted to about 1.5 dl and a knife-point to a pinch. The book says only "1 raw"; this is read as a raw egg yolk. The method is split into steps and a note on raw egg is added.

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1949 (proofread, p. 504) → Modernised~89% of the text changedremovedadded
Ingredienser: 1 tallerkenfull revne gulerøtter 1 teskålfull finskåren gulrøtter (1 tallerkenfull). 1,5 dl finskåret purre (kun (1 teskål, bare det hvite) Saus: hvite). 2 hårdkokte eggeplommer stk hardkokte eggeplommer. 1 stk rå saft av 1/2 eggeplomme. 0,5 stk sitron (saften). pepper (etter smak). sukker (etter smak). 1 spiseskje eddik ss eddik. 1 knivsodd klype sennep (1 knivsodd). 2 spiseskjeer stivvispet ss stivpisket fløte. Riv gulrøttene og skjær det hvite av purren fint.. Rør de hardkokte eggeplommene glatte sammen med den rå plommen. Rør inn sitronsaft, pepper, sukker, eddik og sennep.. Vend inn den stivpiskede fløten og bland sausen med gulrot og purre.. Merk: Den rå eggeplommen gjør at salaten ikke bør serveres til gravide, eldre, små barn eller syke. Bruk ferske egg, og server salaten kald og samme dag.

Note on Modernised

Teskål er omregnet til ca. 1,5 dl og knivsodd til klype. Boka sier bare «1 rå»; det er tolket som rå eggeplomme. Tilberedningen er delt i steg og et råd om rå egg er lagt til.

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Frequently asked questions

Which part of the leek is used?
Only the white part, finely sliced.
What is the "1 raw" in the dressing?
The text does not say outright, but it is read as one raw egg yolk alongside the two hard-boiled ones.
How does the dressing become creamy?
By folding in 2 tbsp of stiffly whipped cream at the end.

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