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  • Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love

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    Olivier salad: simple salad recipe you will love
    Prep: 15 min Cook: 20 min Servings: 4
    by Helenscooking
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    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.

    Ingredients

    • For the salad you will need:
    • 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)

    Directions

    1. Step 1: wash and boil the potato and carrot. Boil for 20 minutes of until cooked i.e. soft. Boil an egg until cooked.
    2. Step 2: Peel a potato and a carrot. Shell an egg(s)
    3. 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)
    4. Chop cornichons and pickled pepper, mix everything.
    5. Step 4: Add salt,pepper and canned peas. Dress with mayo , you can add some dill you you like.
    6. Serve cold.
    7. ***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.***

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