Russian Salad (Olivier)
Usually people outside of former-USSR call it Russian Salad, however its original name is Salad Olivier.
This salad was and maybe still is the most traditional dish for the home New Year celebration for russian people. Hope you will like it too.
Ingredients:
- 1lb of bologna
- 1 can (15 oz) of sweet peas
- 3 middle size potatoes
- 4-5 middle size carrots
- 5-6 eggs
- 1 bunch of green onions
- 1 bunch of fresh dill
- 5-6 middle size cucumbers (pickled with salt not with vinegar, that is important)
- Ground black pepper
- Salt by taste
- Mayonnaise by taste
How to make, step by step:
- Boil carrots and potatoes in advance and make sure they cool till room temperature when you start making the salad. Prepare hard boiled eggs in advance, let them to cool down to room temperature as well. Wash green onions and dill.
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 1
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Skin boiled potatoes and dice them into small cubes like it is shown on the photo below:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 2
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Skin boiled carrots and dice them into the cubes of the same size you diced potatoes into:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 3
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Put diced carrots and potatoes into big bowl:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 4
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Open can with peas and remove liquid, add to the bowl:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 5
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Pill eggs and dice them into the same size pieces as carrots and potatoes. Add the to the bowl:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 6
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Dice bologna, add to the bowl:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 7
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Dice pickled cucumbers. It is important to take cucumbers pickled with salt not with vinegar:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 8
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Chop green onions and dill, add to the bowl:
Russian Salad (Olivier) Recipe: Step 9
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Mix everything, season with ground black pepper and add salt if you feel it is needed. Add mayonnaise and mix everything again. Put salad to the bowl you want to serve it in. Your Russian Salad Olivier is ready to be served!
Russian Salad (Olivier)
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I love this salad have been making it for years
I dont add bologna, or dill but I add cilantro instead as well I use lots of black pepper
my sisters make this same salad with simulated crab sticks
it tastes great
Yep, I keep forgetting about black pepper, it is important! Thanks for mentioning this, I’ve updated the recipe.
BTW, if you like simulated crab sticks, you may also like “Crab Sticks and Rice Salad” (http://www.enjoyyourcooking.com/salads/crab-sticks-salad.html ), it is one of my favorites
Hi
People in my coutry usually add one apple and a spoon of mustard. NO dill !!
[...] layered salad, is very popular in all countries of ex-USSR. As well as Herring Under Fur Coat and Salad Olivier, Salad Mimosa finds its place on the table for big holiday celebrations, such as New Year, [...]
Dill and onions are strictly optional, as are many other ingredients: chicken, cabbage, cilantro, parsley, apple, …
Also try fresh cucumber instead of pickles, you may find it tastes better that way.
But the most important ingredient is the mayonnaise. Regular one sold in Western Europe or North America will ruin the dish irreparably. Either use a Russian mayonnaise, or make your own, from olive oil, vinegar, sugar and salt, it’s very easy.
I agree on mayonnaise part.
Kirill, fresh cucumber in Olivier? Only pickled! BTW, doktorskaya is much better than bologna
if you can find it, then doktorskaya is much better, agree; but then isn’t doktorskaya some kind on bologna itself?