tom's vladivostok potato salad

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Baby Kato
Beautiful Shore Country, NB

This delicious sounding potato salad is flavored with crab meat, salmon caviar, and garlic-laced mayonnaise. It was created by Tom Hudgin when he lived in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

(2 ratings)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 45 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For tom's vladivostok potato salad

  • 7 md
    medium white potatoes (about 2½ lbs.), peeled and cut into ½" pieces
  • pinch
    salt
  • 3 md
    carrots, peeled and cut into ¼" pieces
  • 1 c
    frozen green peas
  • 1 3/4 c
    mayonnaise
  • 3/4 c
    sour cream
  • 2 Tbsp
    extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp
    fresh lemon juice
  • 6 clove
    garlic, finely chopped
  • 6 oz
    jumbo lump crabmeat, crumbled
  • 2
    hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped
  • 1 md
    yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 4 oz
    salmon caviar
  • 3 sprig
    fresh dill
  • 1/2 c
    pickled sweet red pepper strips

How To Make tom's vladivostok potato salad

  • 1
    Put potatoes into a large pot, cover with salted water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and cool. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, add carrots, and cook until tender, 3–4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a plate and cool. Add peas to pot of water and cook for 30 seconds; drain and cool.
  • 2
    Whisk together ¾ cup mayonnaise, sour cream, oil, lemon juice, half of the garlic, and salt to taste in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate sour cream mixture until cold. In another bowl, whisk together remaining mayonnaise and garlic; gently fold in crabmeat. Cover and refrigerate crab mixture until cold.
  • 3
    Gently mix sour cream mixture with eggs and onions along with the reserved potatoes, carrots, and peas. Cover and refrigerate potato salad until cold.
  • 4
    Just before serving, mound potato salad onto a round serving platter and form into a large cake. Spread crab mixture evenly over the top and sides. Decorate top of salad with salmon caviar (arranging it in the shape of a crab, if you like) and dill sprigs. Arrange pepper strips around the base of the salad. Serve immediately.

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