Greta Garbo’s Swedish Salad is a vintage 1920s culinary creation. Dictated by the star herself for a Photoplay magazine, this hearty, savory salad is a mix of cold roast beef, boiled potatoes, apples, pickled herring, anchovies, and oysters, tossed with oil, vinegar, tarragon vinegar, chervil, and gherkins.
This traditional Scandinavian-style dish combines savory, preserved, and fresh ingredients, requiring precise measurements of beef, potatoes, apples, herring, anchovies, oysters, olives, and egg, all dressed with vinegar and herbs. The preparation involves chopping the core ingredients, mixing with dressing, and garnishing with oysters.
A Salad with sex appeal. Try it at your next evening party. It may be prepared ahead.
Greta Garbo’s Swedish Salad
A salad with sex appeal
Ingredients
- 4 oz roast beef
- 4 oz boiled potato
- 4 oz apple
- 4 oz pickled herring
- 3 anchovies
- 1 Tbsp chopped gerkin
- 1 tbsp tarragon vinegar
- 1 Tbsp chervil
- 1 hard boiled egg
- 24 olives
- 12 oysters
- oil
- vinegar
Instructions
- Chop beef, potatoes, apples, and herring into small cubes.
- Chop anchovies.
- Mix all the ingredients together except the oysters.
- Pour over the mixture oil & vinegar to taste.
- Place oysters over the top
