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Modern
Olivier Salad
” This
version was a staple of any holiday dinner on the Soviet era, especially of a
New Year dinner, due to availability of components in winter. Even though more
exotic foods are widely available in Russia on these days, its popularity has
hardly diminished: this salad was and maybe still is the most traditional dish
for the home New Year celebration for Russian people.” Maria
Ingredients:
1 pound York ham
1 can (15 oz) of sweet peas
3 large
potatoes
4 carrots
6 eggs
1 bunch of
green onions
1 bunch of
fresh dill
5 cucumbers, pickled
with salt not with vinegar
Fresh ground
black pepper
Salt to taste
1 cup Mayonnaise,
used to taste
Preparation:
Boil carrots
and potatoes in advance and make sure they cool till room temperature when you
start making the salad.
Prepare hard
boiled eggs in advance; let them to cool down to room temperature as well.
Wash green
onions and dill.
Skin boiled
potatoes and dice them into small cubes.
Skin boiled
carrots and dice them into the cubes of the same size you diced potatoes.
Put diced
carrots and potatoes into a big bowl.
Open can with
peas and remove liquid, add to the bowl.
Peel eggs and
dice them into the same size pieces as carrots and potatoes.
Add them to
the bowl.
Dice York ham, add to the bowl.
Dice pickled
cucumbers. Pickled with salt, not with vinegar; this is important.
Chop green onions
and dill, add to the bowl.
Mix
everything, season with ground black pepper and add salt if you feel it is
needed.
Add
mayonnaise and mix everything again.
Put salad to
the bowl you want to serve it in.
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