Salads 

Classic recipe for Olivier with sausage

Classic salad "Olivier" is rightfully the center of any meal. The history of this dish goes back several centuries, and our housewives have dozens of variations. You can cook Olivier for a holiday from almost any set of products, depending on your preferences.

50 min 7 servings 200 kcal Very easy to prepare

Option from France

The French salad recipe today differs from the reference version. The fact is that the exact composition of the dish from Lucien Olivier has not been preserved. However, there are several recipes that are as close to the original as possible.

You will need:

  • 150 g of boneless hazel grouse meat;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 1-2 fresh cucumbers;
  • 3 lettuce leaves;
  • 6-20 cancerous necks;
  • olives or capers.

Cooking process:

The first step is to fry the poultry and cut the meat into slices. You also need to cut and boiled potatoes, then chop the cucumber. Mix all products. Now you need to fill the mass with Provencal mayonnaise mixed with a spoonful of broth and a spoonful of soy sauce. In accordance with other recipes, to make the original "Olivier", you also need to add veal tongue, a little soy or peas, 5 eggs and 100 g each pressed caviar, pickled onions and boiled carrots.

Today, the most optimal French version assumes that crayfish necks can be replaced with crab meat or shrimps, and chicken meat can be used instead of hazel grouse.

Classic recipe

The classic recipe for making "Olivier" from our housewives is impossible without boiled sausage and juicy pickles. The Olivier salad with sausage turns out to be very satisfying, so it is used not as a side dish or a snack dish, but as a full-fledged dinner or lunch.

You will need:

  • 150 g of low-fat sausage ("Milk" or "Doctor");
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 5 eggs;
  • 2 pickled or pickled cucumbers;
  • 1 carrot;
  • half a can of green peas;
  • 30 g green onions;
  • mayonnaise.

Cooking process:

To make a salad, you first need to boil potatoes with carrots in their uniforms. By the way, you can even cook them in the microwave. Cut the boiled eggs into small cubes, and do the same with cooled vegetables. Cut pickled cucumbers into small cubes, then chop the sausage and onion. Now you need to put potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, eggs, sausage and onions in the dishes. Add the canned peas at the end. Then the mixture must be seasoned with mayonnaise to taste and put into a beautiful salad bowl before serving. If you want the dish to be more vitamin-rich, you can add fresh cucumbers instead of pickled cucumbers, but leave the rest of the ingredients the same.

With an unusual presentation in layers

The classic version of Olivier's preparation does not always mean serving the salad in one bowl. Modern housewives prefer to offer guests already formed portions. That is why the layered salad recipe is so popular today.

You will need:

  • 5 eggs;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 1 pickled cucumber;
  • 100 g of boiled sausage;
  • greens and mayonnaise.

Cooking process:

First you need to boil the carrots and potatoes without pre-cleaning. After the vegetables have cooled, they need to be cut into cubes. (Cut the peeled cucumber finely, just like the eggs). Cut the sausage last. Now lay out the dish in layers. Put the potatoes first, then the cucumber, sausage, carrots and eggs. Coat all layers with mayonnaise. Top the dish can be decorated with herbs to taste.

You can also increase the number of ingredients and add onions and peas to the Olivier. In this case, it is better to replace the sausage with boiled chicken, and lay the salad itself in the following layers: carrots, potatoes, cucumber, chicken, eggs with onions, peas.

Quick recipe

If there is no time to prepare a full-fledged salad, you can refuse some products. A simple recipe for making "Olivier" allows you to cook an equally tasty and satisfying lunch.

You will need:

  • 300 g of boiled sausage;
  • a jar of peas;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 3 hard boiled eggs;
  • 2 carrots;
  • mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

Cooking process:

First, boil the potatoes with carrots, peel them and cut them into cubes. You also need to grind the eggs. Add peas, chopped sausage, eggs to vegetables and salt to taste. The whole salad should be seasoned with mayonnaise to taste and a little pepper. This version of "Olivier" is suitable as an appetizing dish for every day.

With meat

The recipe with the addition of veal can also be attributed to the classic, but the taste is more refined. In addition, the calorie content of veal meat is less than that of beef. In such a combination of products, the taste of vegetables is revealed much better, therefore meat "Olivier" is made with fresh cucumber. To make a regular holiday meat salad, you will need:

  • 250 g of boiled veal;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 3 cucumbers;
  • 5 eggs;
  • 1 onion;
  • 1 carrot;
  • jar of peas.

Cooking process:

Despite the composition different from the classics, the preparation of such "Olivier" does not change. You also need to boil the necessary vegetables, chop all the ingredients and mix with mayonnaise. You can add a few tablespoons of soy sauce to the dressing.