Russian Salat Olivier
by Annie
Rating:
4 ★
Ingredients
- • 0.5 pound cooked chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
- • 2 pounds boiled potatoes (about 4 medium), cooked & cut into
- • chunks
- • 1 large carrot, cooked and sliced into thin rounds
- • 3/4 cup shelled peas, cooked
- • 1 orange, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
- • 2 tart apples, cooked, but not peeled, diced
- • 2 whole green onions, chopped
- • 3 hard boiled egg yokes
- • 3 tablespoons olive oil
- • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- • 3/4 cup sour cream
- • Salt
- • Freshly ground pepper
- • Chopped parsley or dill
Instructions
- Combine chicken, egg, potatoes, carrot, peas, orange, apples
- and green onions in bowl and mix. Press hard cooked egg yolks
- through fine sieve. Mix in 2 tablespoons olive oil until
- smooth and creamy. Stir in 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1/2 cup
- mayonnaise, and 1/2 cup sour cream. Season to taste with salt
- and pepper. Pour over salad and mix thoroughly. Turn salad
- into clean bowl and chill, covered, overnight.
- When ready to serve, form salad into high mound on platter.
- Mix remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup sour cream , 1
- tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Pour dressing
- over the top of mound so it cascades down the sides. Garnish
- the salad with any left over carrot rounds and chopped
- parsley. Makes 8-10 servings.
- NOTE: Ingredients for this salad may be varied. Try
- substituting fresh peaches in season for oranges, or crab meat
- for chicken.
