What is Olivier's salad?
Olivier salad, also called Russian salad, is a food that was created at the end of the 19th century in Russia. The original version contained a long list of ingredients, many of which are not commonly available, including grouse, aspic and caviar. These ingredients were mixed together with a special mayonnaise, a recipe for which the salad creator was never fully revealed. The salad version has become very popular in Russian homes, especially as a meal served during the holidays and other celebrations. Olivier salad, which has become a basic meal in regions in Russia and its surroundings, uses more easily available ingredients such as cucumbers and bologna, and more resemble potato salad than original creatures. They are mixed together in a bowl with - most often - peas, carrots and cucumbers or cucumbers. You can add other vegetables to the salad, including tomatoes, peppers, onions and celery. The eggs cooked hard are sliced and are also added to the bowl. Precise proportions and a mixture of vegetables differ from one recipe to another.
Almost all recipes for olivier salad calls to add some kind of meat. Unlike the authentic version, the derivative versions tend to include only one type of meat throughout the salad instead of small pieces of different types. In Russia, the added meat that is added, usually a very fine -grained sausage that resembles the Boloni. Some salads use chicken or shrimp, or may include a duck, rural sausages or beef sliced into small pieces. The meat does not have to be cut and mixed with vegetables, but instead can be served as a whole piece next to the salad if desired.
anything is included in Olivier salad, one constant in the threcept is that the bandage is based on mayonnaise. A simple recipe could use only a few hills of mayonnaise as the whole bandage, while other recipes could require a bedding, mustard, spices and lemon juice. It was known that the authentic version of olivier salad usesThe mayonnaise, which was made by the original chef with high -quality olive oil, provides a significantly different taste from commercially produced varieties.
As soon as everything was thrown by the bandage of mayonnaise, the olivier salad is completed. It can be served in a bowl or spread to the top of the toast wedges as an appetizer. The salad can also be used as a sandwich span or as a filling for other meals such as baked potatoes.