Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love
Ingredients
4
For the salad you will need:
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Preparation
Preparation15 min
Cook time20 min
- This is a traditional recipe for the parties and holidays in Slavic countries. No one knows where it came to former Soviet countries from,(we were a huge country with closed borders for decades), but this was the main salad of every celebration in almost every family for decades.
I cook this salad very rarely and mainly in autumn and winter, as I consider this salad too conservative and even boring to cook it very often. I always experiment with the ingredients as it?s always good to have a different taste of the same well known dish.
Step 1: wash and boil the potato and carrot. Boil for 20 minutes of until cooked i.e. soft. Boil an egg until cooked.
Step 2: Peel a potato and a carrot. Shell an egg(s)
Step 3 : Chop in small chunks potato, carrot, sausage (or any meat you plan to incorporate in a dish), egg. Finely chop the onion (1/4 of it)
Chop cornichons and pickled pepper, mix everything.
Step 4: Add salt,pepper and canned peas. Dress with mayo , you can add some dill you you like.
Serve cold.
***Tip from Helen*** The meat may also be substituted with mushrooms. canned in water or fried mushrooms, the taste will be different. Pickled peppers aren?t a must.For dressing you may combine mayo and sour cream or mayo and ranch dressing. Don?t make the dressing too sour though.***
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Helen
http://www.helenscooking.info
