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Rice or Potato and Beet Salad

September 4, 2020 | Updated August 31, 2023 | Laura

✽ Recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I | Julia Child ✽

Julia Child Recipes 140-141 | 387 recipes to go!

✽ Rice or Potato and Beet Salad [Salade à la d’Argenson], p. 543
✽ Mayonnaise with Green Herbs [Mayonnaise aux Fines Herbes], p. 89

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✽ Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ You can buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I which contains these recipes here. (affiliate link)

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Since I didn't create these recipes (if only!), I do not post exact amounts of ingredients or word-for-word instructions. If any of these recipes spark your interest, I highly recommend you buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking (affiliate link). It's a great investment and learning tool and contains hundreds of classic recipes.

I hope that you enjoy reading my thoughts, learn something new, and leave inspired to try a new recipe. Bon appétit!

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✽ Butter Count: +0 TB

✽ Cost: $9.59 [~$2.40 per serving]

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Nope, your eyes are not deceiving you.

You’re seeing it perfectly. It is indeed a pink potato salad. The sixties were a wild time in the food world and Chapter 9 (Cold Buffet) of this cookbook is my constant reminder of that. Can you imagine showing up to somebody’s house for a nice Sunday lunch, and they pull this pink blob out of the fridge for you to eat??

✽ Laura's Rating: 5

✽ Brian's Rating: 6

This salad was good, don’t get me wrong. It was MUCH better than what I was expecting. But would I make it again? Ehh, probably not. I would prefer just a regular yellow potato salad.

The beets were my favorite part of the salad. This salad is also very customizable. You can pretty much put in whatever your heart desires!

As for the mayonnaise though- absolutely delicious. Homemade mayonnaise proves to beat store-bought over and over again.

Looking for more Julia Child lunch recipes to read about?

→ Check out all of the cold buffet recipes that I've completed so far!

✽ Step 1: Marinate

This salad takes some planning. You can’t just whip it up for a quick lunch. The potatoes (or rice), beets, and green onions must marinate in a bowl of homemade vinaigrettefor about a day.

✽ Step 2: Make Mayonnaise

After marinating, the next step is to make the mayonnaise with green herbs. Egg yolks are beat for two minutes until they are thick and sticky. Some wine vinegar, salt, and mustard are added, and it is all beaten for thirty seconds more.

Now the yolks are ready to meet the oil! This is going to be your arm workout for the day. The oil goes in drop by drop while you are beating constantly. After about ½ cup of oil has been added, the sauce will become very thick. Julia says this is when the crisis is over, and you can finally rest. The rest of the oil can now be added in larger quantities.

Lastly, a couple tablespoons of boiling water are added as an “anti-curdling insurance.”

To make it mayonnaise with green herbs, minced green herbs of your choice are stirred in at the end.

The mayo is then folded into the salad, and whatever salad ingredients of your choice is mixed into the salad.

I chose to mix in canned tuna and decorate with green olives, sliced hard-boiled eggs, and parsley sprigs.

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Category: Julia Child, Cold Buffet Cuisine: French
Keywords: julia child beet salad, julia child salad recipes, french potato salad with beets

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More Cold Buffet Recipes:

✽ Salade Nicoise (a classic and delicious salad)
✽ French Potato Salad (you can't go wrong with potato salad)
✽ Beef and Potato Salad (this cold salad takes original potato salad to the next level)
→ Check out all of the completed Julia Child cold buffet recipes!

✽ You can find this recipe and all the other Julia Child recipes I make in Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I (affiliate link). Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ Check out my Julia Child Recipe Checklist to see a list of all my completed and pending recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking!

Bon appétit!

September 4, 2020 by Laura Ehlers

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