Avocado and Smoked Salmon Salad

Russian contemporary kitchen is known for its complex layered salads that combine lots of pre-cooked ingredients. This salad is a refined version of a typical layered salad with ingredients that are not traditional for the Russian kitchen.

I used canned sprat (шпроты), a Baltic type of herring, that have a distinct smoked flavour. It works amazingly well in this recipe.

Servings: 4
Time: 45 minutes

• 1 cubed avocado
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 potatoes, boiled and cubed
• 200 grams, smoked salmon, thinly sliced
• 5 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 tablespoons dill, chopped

1. Mix cubed avocado with the lemon juice.
2. In a flat serving dish spread 2 layers of plastic wrap in a criss-cross pattern leaving enough wrap on the sides to cover the dish at the end.
3. Start putting the ingredients one by one, by layer in the following pattern:
   -avocado, mixed with lemon juice
   -sour cream
   -dill
   -salmon
   -shallots
   -potatoes 
4. Wrap the sides plastic wrap on top of the dish. Press gently. Put in a fridge for 15-20min.
5. Unwrap the top part of the plastic, put a flat plate over the dish. Gently but quickly turn the dish upside down, remove the wrap. 
6. Serve with a slice of lemon.