Looking for a fresh, flavorful, and incredibly simple salad that works for any meal of the day? You've found it! This Fish Salad with Saury and Olives is a delightful combination of textures and tastes, bringing together flaky canned fish, crisp vegetables, satisfying pasta, and a tangy dressing. It's a fantastic way to turn a simple can of fish into a complete, nutritious meal. While this recipe uses saury, a fish popular in Eastern European cuisine for its rich flavor, feel free to substitute it with canned tuna or mackerel. This salad is a testament to how simple ingredients can create something truly special and delicious.
Fish Salad with Saury and Olives
Ingredients for Fish Salad with Saury and Olives
- 250 g canned saira (a type of Pacific saury; canned tuna or mackerel can be substituted)
- 50 g olives
- 80 g small pasta (like orzo or ditalini)
- 2-3 hard-boiled eggs
- 200 g iceberg lettuce
- 100 g fresh cucumber
- 50 g carrot
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- a few stalks of green onion
- a few sprigs of parsley
- 1/2 lemon
- soy sauce, olive oil, salt, and black pepper to taste
- extra virgin olive oil
How to Make Fish Salad with Saury and Olives
Cut the iceberg lettuce into wide strips.
Add finely chopped parsley and green onion to the iceberg lettuce.
Julienne the fresh cucumber into thin strips, similar to Korean-style carrots.
Cut the iceberg lettuce into wide strips.
Add finely chopped parsley and green onion to the lettuce.
Julienne the fresh cucumber into thin strips, similar to Korean-style carrots. Add the sliced cucumber to the salad.
Also, julienne the carrots into thin strips or use a couple of tablespoons of ready-made Korean-style carrot salad.
Boil the small pasta until al dente, salting to taste.
Add the cooled pasta to the vegetable salad and mix well.
Also, julienne the carrots into thin strips or use a couple of tablespoons of ready-made morkovka po-koreyski (a spicy Korean-style carrot salad popular in post-Soviet countries). Add the carrots to the other vegetables. Pour in a tablespoon of soy sauce, squeeze the juice from half a lemon, and season with salt and crushed black pepper to taste. Mix the ingredients well and let them chill in the refrigerator for a while.
Boil the small pasta until al dente, salting the water to taste. Drain the water and add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Let the seasoned pasta cool to room temperature.
Add the cooled pasta to the vegetable salad and mix well. The base of our salad is ready.
Debone the canned saury and place the fish pieces on top of the vegetables.
Arrange the egg wedges next to the fish pieces.
Sprinkle the salad with toasted sunflower seeds and add halved olives.
Arrange the salad on a platter. Debone the canned saira (a type of Pacific saury) and place the fish pieces on top of the vegetables.
Hard-boil the chicken eggs, cool them, peel, and cut into quarters. Arrange the egg wedges next to the fish pieces. To keep the egg yolks bright, don’t boil the eggs for more than 7-8 minutes!
Toast the sunflower seeds in a dry skillet until golden brown. Sprinkle the salad with the toasted seeds and add halved olives. For this recipe, olives stuffed with anchovies were a perfect match. Olives stuffed with lemon or red fish would also work well.
Sprinkle the finished fish salad with saury and olives with crushed black pepper and green onion and serve immediately.
Sprinkle the finished fish salad with saury and olives with crushed black pepper and green onion, and serve immediately.
And there you have it – a beautiful and delicious salad ready to be enjoyed! This dish is wonderful on its own, but it can also be served over a bed of greens, scooped onto crackers, or even used as a filling for a sandwich or wrap. Don't hesitate to customize it with your favorite vegetables or herbs; a little dill or some cherry tomatoes would be excellent additions. We hope this simple yet elegant recipe brings a taste of freshness to your table and becomes a new favorite in your culinary rotation. Enjoy your meal, or as they say in Russian, Priyatnogo appetita!
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