Recipes

[forrestwolf]

I was looking for one thing, and came across numerous YouTube's for this salad, and found it very interesting and different....But just as Southern potato salad, there are many different styles and ways to make this........ Does anyone make this, and if you do, will you share your recipe.....Thanks in advance...

By the way, many of the YouTube's were in Russian, so I only had pictures to try and understand...

[Zhills]

I copied this one a while ago because it really looks interesting. Haven't tried it yet. Is this a similar recipe?

Russian Potato Salad From Costa Rica

By: JHoozky
"This is a great recipe my aunt used to make while I lived In Costa Rica. It is a typical Costa Rican dish believed to have originated in Russia. Peas are optional but I prefer without.
It's an easy Russian salad with a very pretty color. "

Ingredients:
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed and boiled
1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets, drained and finely chopped
4 boiled eggs
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or as needed
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Allow cubed potatoes and eggs to cool after boiling.

Place the potatoes, beets, eggs, and mayonnaise into a
bowl, mix well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

[sunshine45]

i make this all the time because it is part of our ethnic foods, especially in the summer......we call it salade olivier.

i dont measure anything unfortunately because we have been making this for YEARS now......it is a meal in itself and perfect for a luncheon or for a hot summer day. for an estimate, for example, if i use 4 chicken breast halves i would use four eggs and four potatoes. if i was using a rotisserie chicken i would generally use 6 potatoes, 6 eggs. if you have any questions just let me know.

i put in diced chicken breast (or you can use a whole rotisserie chicken)

cubed potatoes (red or yukon gold)

diced dill pickles

hard boiled eggs

peas (i use frozen and microwave them or boil them but they should stay firm so i undercook them).

i also use some of the pickle juice and some freshly squeezed lemon

sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

i prepare it in layers and then mix it all up with mayonnaise.

i have seen some put shredded carrot in it AND i have seen people use mortadella in place of the chicken. it can be "pressed together" and then turned out onto a serving platter. you can decorate with slices of hard boiled eggs, olives, chopped parsley, and sliced pickles. we serve it with flat breads or pita breads and have extra sliced pickles, spring onion, sliced radishes, lettuce, and tomato on the side to add to your bread as desired.

[Beebee2]

It's kind of like American potato salad. There seem to be as many variations as there are Russians and its presentation, while seemingly casual, is often made to be quite formal with intricate decorative garnishes, and is a 'must have' for celebratory occasions. Both recipes that I have serve it very much like our chopped salads with the potatoes, beets, et all cut in large dice, and served informally.

I was first served Russian salad in France, made by a French friend, and years later in Russia, by an American friend. The recipes follow: (I prefer the first recipe with dill pickles and no cheese, pea juice, or apple, and with a couple of diced cooked beets, not given in the recipe)

Salad "Olivier"

5 potatoes
3 carrots
4 eggs
1 lb boiled meat – poultry, veal, beef or sausages
1/2 lb green peas
2-3 dill pickles or fresh cucumber
salt to taste
1/2 lb mayonnaise

Boil potatoes and carrots in skin, and then cool them down and peel them.

Boil eggs, and boil meat.

Chop potatoes, carrots, eggs, meat, dill pickles into 1/2 inches squares. Add green peas and salt. Trust your own taste, everything must be in proportion.

Stir mayonnaise only for the part of salad you are going to eat. In other words, if you are making enough to reserve some for another meal, it will be kept better without it. Mix the salad and refrigerate for awhile. If you want your salad a little tender, mix a part of mayonnaise with an equal part of sour cream. Monique, Evreux, France


Karen's Russian Salad

4-5 medium boiled potatoes
salt
mayonnaise
apples
onion, chopped fine
2-3 carrots, grated
cheese, grated
boiled eggs
cooked peas and pea juice

In bottom of bowl layer sliced boiled potatoes. Salt lightly and cover with a layer of mayonnaise. Peel and slice apples and make one layer. Cover with mayonnaise. Make a layer of chopped onions and grated carrot. Then a layer of mayonnaise. Grate a layer of cheese. Add a layer of mayonnaise. Decorate around rim of bowl with cooked peas and pour 2 T of pea juice over salad. Cover well with saran wrap and chill overnight. To serve, garnish with chopped hardcooked eggs on top.
Krasnodar, Russia

[forrestwolf]

On 1/17/2015 Zhills said:

I copied this one a while ago because it really looks interesting. Haven't tried it yet. Is this a similar recipe?

Russian Potato Salad From Costa Rica

By: JHoozky
"This is a great recipe my aunt used to make while I lived In Costa Rica. It is a typical Costa Rican dish believed to have originated in Russia. Peas are optional but I prefer without.
It's an easy Russian salad with a very pretty color. "

Ingredients:
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed and boiled
1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets, drained and finely chopped
4 boiled eggs
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or as needed
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Allow cubed potatoes and eggs to cool after boiling.

Place the potatoes, beets, eggs, and mayonnaise into a
bowl, mix well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Hey.....I like this sald recipe, as I do love me some beets.......Thanks......but I must say, the others are more in tune as to what I found....and I must say, several of the recipes and YouTube's I came across molded the salad in a bowl, lined with foil (which I would never use, but wax paper or plastic wrap), then unmold the salad, and put the sliced eggs around the salad, on the salad, and not put chopped eggs IN the salad......I just thought it was interesting all together......

[sunshine45]

On 1/18/2015 forrestwolf said:

On 1/17/2015 Zhills said:

I copied this one a while ago because it really looks interesting. Haven't tried it yet. Is this a similar recipe?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Russian Potato Salad From Costa Rica<br /><br /> By: JHoozky <br />"This is a great recipe my aunt used to make while I lived In Costa Rica. It is a typical Costa Rican dish believed to have originated in Russia. Peas are optional but I prefer without.<br />It's an easy Russian salad with a very pretty color. "<br /> <br />Ingredients:<br />4 potatoes, peeled and cubed and <em>boiled</em><br />1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets, drained and finely chopped<br />4 <em>boiled</em> eggs<br />2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or as needed<br />salt and pepper to taste<br /><br />Directions:<br />Allow cubed potatoes and eggs to cool after boiling.<br /> <br /> Place the potatoes, beets, eggs, and mayonnaise into a<br />bowl, mix well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Hey.....I like this sald recipe, as I do love me some beets.......Thanks......but I must say, the others are more in tune as to what I found....and I must say, several of the recipes and YouTube's I came across molded the salad in a bowl, lined with foil (which I would never use, but wax paper or plastic wrap), then unmold the salad, and put the sliced eggs around the salad, on the salad, and not put chopped eggs IN the salad......I just thought it was interesting all together......

we generally do BOTH.

if you have a bundt pan or a tube pan or a loaf pan it can work in that also if you want a molded look.

[PinkyPetunia]

On 1/17/2015 Zhills said:

I copied this one a while ago because it really looks interesting. Haven't tried it yet. Is this a similar recipe?

Russian Potato Salad From Costa Rica

By: JHoozky
"This is a great recipe my aunt used to make while I lived In Costa Rica. It is a typical Costa Rican dish believed to have originated in Russia. Peas are optional but I prefer without.
It's an easy Russian salad with a very pretty color. "

Ingredients:
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed and boiled
1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets, drained and finely chopped
4 boiled eggs
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or as needed
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Allow cubed potatoes and eggs to cool after boiling.

Place the potatoes, beets, eggs, and mayonnaise into a
bowl, mix well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

My DIL is from the Dominican Republic and her family makes this kind of potato salad with eggs and beets. It's very good, but looks odd because it's pink. Don't know how a Russian salad came to be popular in that region.

[SANNA]

I am from Southern Russia and we all love this Olivier salad. We mostly make it in the cold time of the year, it is a must for New Year and for birthdays. The most accurate I find BeeBee's French friend Monique version. The salad came from France,like many Russian dishes, and French are always do it best. I use the same recepie. It did became popular even in Dominican Republic, only because of huge influx of Russian tourists.