Olivier Salad
Some dishes evoke special memories. For me, Olivier is inextricably linked with the New Year holidays: a decorated tree, garlands, baubles and gifts. In my family, this salad was always prepared exclusively for the New Year's table.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 7
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 7 servings
- green peas 1
- meat 300 g
- eggs 4
- potato 350 g
- salted or pickled cucumbers 150 g
- onion 150 g
- salt
- mayonnaise
Instructions
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Boil the meat until done (the process takes about 40 minutes after boiling). Let it cool.
Step 2 of 12
Boil the potatoes until done. Let them cool.
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Dice the meat.
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Peel the potatoes and dice them.
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Finely chop the onion.
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Pour boiling water over the onion and leave for 10 minutes.
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Drain the water, rinsing the onion in cold water.
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Finely chop the cucumbers.
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Finely chop the eggs.
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Combine the potatoes, meat, onion, peas (after draining the water), eggs and cucumbers. Add salt.
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Add mayonnaise. Garnish to taste.
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As a decoration, you can make a little Christmas tree from green peas (with a cranberry on top).