Lean olivier salad

4 servings
15 min

I prepared the most basic version of the lean Olivier, diversifying it only with an apple. You can not put an apple, but add, for example, onions. Or mushrooms, any, champignons or forest, boiled or salted. There will be a completely different taste. You can also put squid if the post allows seafood. But I think the taste will already be somewhat different, not quite similar to the traditional New Year's salad. I will pay special attention to the preparation of lean mayonnaise. As I said, I didn't get it right away. I advise you to make mayonnaise in small portions. Take quite a bit of liquid from the peas to begin with, and practice with a small amount. Pour the oil a little bit, then the mayonnaise will quickly thicken. I think that it can be made without a blender, just beating the products with a whisk. Good luck!

How to make a lean salad Olivier? Prepare the products. Boil the vegetables beforehand. Wash the potatoes with carrots, cover with cold water and cook for half an hour from the beginning of the boiling water. Cook them directly with the skin without cutting off the tips. Finished vegetables will easily slide off the knife if pierced in the middle. Drain the water, cool the vegetables. Drain the liquid with the peas. Do not pour this brine, it will be needed to make mayonnaise.

With a small sharp knife, peel the vegetables. Cut the potatoes, carrots, cucumbers and apple into small cubes. The salad will look nice and neat if you cut all the ingredients into the same size and shape pieces.

Add the polka dots. The salad is ready, it remains only to mix it and season with mayonnaise, which we will make ourselves.

Make the mayonnaise. Prepare the products for it. Take the vegetable oil without smell, it can be both olive and sunflower.

Pour the pea brine, lemon juice, salt and sugar into a tall glass and start punching with a submerged blender. The fluid should whiten and increase slightly in size.

Continuing to work as a blender, start with a thin stream of portions to pour vegetable oil. Hold your horses! The slower you pour, the better the mayonnaise thickens. Whisk until thick sauce.

I got mayonnaise on my second attempt. The first time I poured all the oil at once, and it did not thicken. The second time the oil poured quietly, and everything worked out. Try mayonnaise for salt, add if necessary.

Season the salad with the resulting sauce and serve immediately. Enjoy your meal!