Caution — 5 errors in the preparation of Olivier! The best chefs share their experience.

Christmas feast is unthinkable without salad Olivier. To cook this dish is very simple, of course, if not to prevent embarrassing mistakes. Today edition "Website" will tell you how to cook delicate, elegant and rich Olivier. We hope our tips will be useful to you!

How to cook Olivier

1. Mistake # 1
   It is not necessary to fill Olivier only one with mayonnaise. Of course, very convenient — just squeeze out the contents from a bag and salad, but this dish is heavy on the stomach and too rich. Is to dilute the mayonnaise with sour cream or cream, as did our grandparents. Also you can replace the mayonnaise with Greek yogurt: a dish with this hearty and healthy dressing can be offered even to children. If you are applying for Olivier restaurant level, is fill it with homemade mayonnaise: it is stored for 2-3 days, so you can prepare it in advance.
   
   Fill the salad immediately before serving, because after a few hours it may be undesirable moisture.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Mistake # 2
   Add to salad doctor's sausage — unforgivable mistake, even if it makes your mother and grandmother. Make a real Olivier, don't put off until the next New year! Choice of main ingredient for you: it can be beef, pork, chicken or even crawfish tails. The author of the famous salad was also added meat grouse, but now this delicacy will hardly find on the shelves of our stores.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Mistake # 3
   Add to salad a large quantity of potatoes is a bad idea. This has a negative impact on the taste properties of the salad, and the consistency of food it turns out starchy and sticky. The potato tends to absorb the dressing, so many Housewives have to add a large amount of mayonnaise in the salad. So after the feast, I wanted to dance, not to collapse on the couch, it is necessary to prepare easy, delicious and healthy dish. For 12-14 servings should take 4 potatoes weighing 100 grams.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Mistake # 4
   Do not add Olivier canned peas. Its taste is very close to boiled potatoes: the same sickly-sweet, so to prepare the salad is better to use frozen peas. Using this advice, you will turn heavy winter salad with root vegetables in a light, delicate and spicy dish.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Mistake # 5
   Add a salad only one egg is also a bad idea. Moscow chef shared his opinion on the matter. They declare with one voice that the egg is a special ingredient that is responsible for the tenderness of meals. They balance the taste of the potatoes, carrots and peas. Boil more eggs: 12 servings of at least 3.
   
   
   

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The author

Victoria Poplavskaya Believes that art knows no rest! Enjoys drawing, used to look at life with a painter's eye. Cleaning the house and cooking finds work, a pleasure after all to any business can be creative! Loves unorthodox methods of solving problems. Favorite book Victoria — "Three comrades" E. M. Remarque.