New Year is coming soon. It's time for Olivier salad. You can make do with the good old familiar dish.
Or you can improve it by making some small adjustments. Guests, having tasted the “modernized” salad, will never forget its excellent taste.
As you know, Olivier salad contains eggs, mayonnaise, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, peas, onions, boiled sausage or boiled chicken.
If you add one of the ingredients recommended by the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, chef Yulia Arkhipova , you will give the dish a new, unforgettable taste.
Mushrooms
In principle, you can use any, but the ideal option is aspen and porcini mushrooms. Or chanterelles.
They should be fried in butter, then, after cooling, added to the salad. Last.
By the way, champignons will also provide Olivier with an “updated” taste. They need to be cut into large pieces, which are fried over high heat.
Apple
Peel and grate. For a large salad bowl you will need half an apple or a small whole one.
Guests won't guess why your Olivier salad is so delicious, like never before. Whether to tell them about the trick or not is up to you.
Fresh cucumbers
Add to salad, don't replace salted ones. For two salted ones - one fresh one.
The taste will pleasantly surprise those you treat with the dish. They will inquire what has changed. But the secret is known only to you.
Garlic and cheese
An option for those who do not expect any stormy romantic passions for the New Year, and whose guests are liberal about these products.
Proportion: for three eggs – one clove of crushed garlic.
As for the cheese, you need a hard, sharp one, but in small quantities: 2-3 tablespoons of grated will be enough.
Important: These products should be added last.
Expert: Julia Arkhipova
