Many amateur cooks are clearly in a hurry when preparing Olivier salad.
They pour all the chopped ingredients into a bowl at once and season the mixture with mayonnaise.
Such carelessness often results in a dish that is not the most appetizing.
The ingredients need to be added in a certain order. The peas should be added to the salad towards the end of cooking.
The correct order of adding ingredients to Olivier salad
First, you need to put the sliced pickled cucumber, chopped onion, and potato cubes into a bowl.
The vegetables need to be thoroughly mixed. And only after a few minutes can you pour the chopped boiled eggs, carrots and sausage into the bowl.
After a minute, add green peas to the egg-meat-vegetable mixture.
The contents of the salad bowl should be mixed again, and then seasoned with mayonnaise. If the cook wants to add salt, this should be done before using the white sauce.
The result will be a very tasty salad. Olivier, prepared in a hurry, is unlikely to be so appetizing.
Earlier we listed common mistakes that spoil Olivier salad.
