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Olivier Salad

Name: Olivier Salad
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 2 Potato; 1 Carrot; 100g Ham; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 2 Cucumber pickles; 3 tbsp Green peas; 4 tbsp Mayonnaise

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Potato, egg, and ham tossed in mayonnaise — the essential salad of Russian celebrations.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Devised by a Moscow chef in the 19th century, this salad was later simplified by ordinary people and has since become a fixture of Russian home cooking. It appears at virtually every New Year and celebration, functioning much like Russia's answer to osechi (Japanese New Year food).

🌆 Where it's eaten: A Russian home on New Year's Eve: the family gathers around a large plate of Olivier salad while watching the countdown on TV — an essential part of welcoming the new year.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Potato 2
Carrot 1
Ham 100g
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Cucumber pickles 2
Green peas 3 tbsp
Mayonnaise 4 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the potato and carrot unpeeled until tender.
Peel and cut into 1cm cubes.
Cut the ham, hard-boiled egg, and pickles into cubes the same way.
Combine all ingredients with the peas in a bowl.
Add mayonnaise and toss to combine.
Chill in the refrigerator before serving.

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