Olivier salad: the delicious and creamy recipe for the traditional Russian potato salad
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Olivier salad is a very simple recipe for making traditional Russian potato salad. It is usually served during the Christmas holidays or throughout the year as a cold appetizer or side dish.
The creamy and tasty Olivier salad consists mainly of carrots, potatoes, peas, to which other mixed vegetables and cucumbers can also be added, and mayonnaise. The vegetables are already cooked and then added to mayonnaise, which dresses the dish and binds the vegetables with its creaminess.
Russian potato salad has uncertain origins, although its creation is attributed to Lucien Olivier, a French chef of Belgian origin who worked in a famous restaurant in Moscow and created this recipe in the second half of the nineteenth century.
This dish also has other names. In Germany and some Balkan countries it is called “Italian salad”, in Italy it is called “Russian salad”, while in Russia it is called “Olivier salad”, named after the chef who invented it. Here’s how to prepare this tasty recipe to delight your guests.
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