Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Latin America

Olivier salad

Russian version, called Olivier salad or Stolichny salad, became popular as a zakuski (hors d'oeuvre, entrée) or a side-dish for Christmas and New Year's Eve (Novy God) feasts across the former Soviet sphere of influence. Originally, the salad included various kinds of poultry, meat and seafood; in its current widespread form, it usually includes potatoes, diced boiled chicken (or sometimes ham or bologna sausage), eggs, brined dill pickles, carrots, green peas and onions, dressed with mayonnaise. It can thus be considered as a combination of potato salad, egg salad and chicken salad.

Variations of Olivier salad are also popular in the Balkans, Iberian Peninsula, as well as in some Asian countries and throughout Latin America. In many countries this salad is known as Russian salad (e.g. Greek ρώσικη σαλάτα, Spanish ensaladilla rusa, Turkish Rus salatası etc.). In the Turkish cuisine there is also a traditional potato salad called patates salatası.^[9]

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