As wikipedia asserts the Olivier salad is named after Lucien Olivier, a cook of Belgian origin (or possibly French), who was the chef of Moscow’s famous Hermitage restaurant. According to wikipedia the original recipe contained grouse, veal tongue, caviar, lettuce, crayfish tails, capers and smoked duck with mayonnaise dressing. You can read the whole entertaining story about this salad here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_salad. It’s worth to mention though that with time all the components were replaced with much cheaper and available food.

Olivier salad (Russian: салат Оливье Salat Olivye) is a traditional salad dish in Russian cuisine, which is also popular in many other European countries, Iran, Israel, Mongolia and also throughout Latin America. In different modern recipes, it is usually made with diced boiled potatoes, carrots, brined dill pickles, green peas, eggs, celeriac, onions, diced boiled chicken (or sometimes ham or bologna sausage), tart apples, with salt, pepper, and mustard added to enhance flavor, dressed with mayonnaise. In many countries, the dish is commonly referred to as Russian salad. | source

Ingredients

• 5 potatoes;
• 2 carrots;
• 1 small can green peas;
• 2 eggs;
• 300-400g beef (can be replaced with boiled chicken, Bologna sausage or ham);
• 4 pickled cucumbers;
• 150g mayonnaise;
• salt and pepper to taste.

1. Put potatoes and carrots into a large pot with salted water.
2. Meanwhile hard-boil the eggs and put meat into a separate pan with salted water to boil it.
3. Boil potatoes and carrots at medium heat level until these get tender.
4. When all the components are ready, drain and let them cool.
5. Peel off the potatoes, carrots and eggs.
6. Dice potatoes, carrots, eggs, cucumbers and beef and place into a big pan.
7. Mix all together with a spoon.

If you are not going to serve the salad immediately, put it into the fridge.
Before serving add salt and pepper to taste, add mayonnaise and mix.

ENJOY YOUR MEAL, BON APPETIT!

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