Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love

Name: Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: Serves 4.; Cooking time 35 minutes.; Preparation time 15 minutes; 2-3 medium potatoes boiled; 1-2 eggs hard boiled; 1 medium carrot boiled; 7-8 cornichons; 2-3 tablespoons of pickled peppers (optional); 3-4 sausages or a cup of chopped ham or chicken breast; 1/4 white onion; 1 pinch of salt; 1 pinch of black pepper; 2-3 tablespoons of canned peas; 3 tablespoons of mayo (light)

Starter

Easy

35 min

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