My Olivier, Russian Salad

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My Olivier, Russian Salad

When in my beautiful little city approaches the time around New Year and all the holidays come, than it’s time to visit all close relatives, family and friends. Everywhere are prepared various specialties, pastries, meats, sauces and what not, but almost on everyones table Russian salad will be served. It’s typical and almost mandatory for all Balkan countries to have Russian salad for the holidays. I tried at my relatives and friends all sorts of versions of Russian salad. In addition to main ingredients, which are veggies like potato, carrots, peas and also ham, someone will always add something new in the recipe. I tried ham which tasted bad or the potatoes that were overcooked and didn’t look nothing like Russian salad. But there are many housewives who prepare this salad as good as the greatest chefs. Must admit that I didn’t like this salad for a long time and I never cooked it in my kitchen, but after some small changes in the quantity of ingredients I started to like it. Adding sour apple in this recipe it improves the taste. Now I make it couple times annually and everyone who tried it was pleased. 

Ingredients:

·         1 smaller can /12 oz/ sweet peas

·         1 smaller can /12 oz/ sweet corn

·         4 medium sized potatoes

·         Carrots 100g /3.5 oz/

·         4 eggs

·         4 large pickles

·         Ham 150g /5.2 oz/

·         1 sour apple

·         Sour cream 150ml / 2/3 cups/

·         Mayonnaise 300ml /1.2 cups/

Directions:

1. Boil potatoes in salted water. When boiled, dice potatoes into small cubes.

2. Peel carrots and dice them into small cubes too. 

3. In a deep bowl mix the potatoes and carrots. Open a can of peas, remove the water and pour into a bowl, also pour sweet corn from the can. 

4. Dice pickles into small cubes and add in a bowl. 

5. Boil 4 eggs and dice them into the same pieces as other vegetables. Also dice ham into small cubes. Peel an apple and cut into small cubes. 

6. When all these ingredients are mixed in a deep bowl, add sour cream and leave the bowl in the refrigerator to cool.

7. When vegetables are cooled, then add in a bowl 300ml of mayonnaise. Stir all ingredients well. Add salt if you think is required.

8. Put back the salad to cool a little more in the refrigerator. 

Calories: 590

Preparation time: 50 min   |   Cook time: 30 min   |  Serves: 6-10

Did You Know? Carrots are grown in ancient times primarily as a medicine and not as food. The ancient Greeks called it: Karoto!

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