Potato salad recipe: How to make potato salad
POTATO SALAD is the heartiest salad you can get and it makes the perfect side to a summery dish. Here's how to make potato salad.
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Potato salad can consist of boiled potatoes and a range of different ingredients from egg and mayonnaise to capers and vinegar. You can’t beat a traditional British version of a potato salad, though. Express.co.uk talks you through BBC Good Food’s classic potato salad recipe.
A potato salad is a barbecue or picnic staple and easy to make in bulk if you’re serving a large group of people.
Summer is on its way and the weather is getting warmer, which means we’re all more likely to eat a salad rather than a warm and heavy winter meal.
However, a potato salad is the best of both worlds. It’s carby and satisfying but full of goodness too!
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Potato salad is thought to have originated in Germany and then spread through Europe and Asia.
The recipe was probably created by European immigrants in the USA from a mixture of German recipes.
Here’s how to make a classic potato salad, according to BBC Good Food.
Ingredients
- 800g small new potato
- 3 shallots, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp small capers (optional)
- 2 tbsp cornichons, finely chopped (optional)
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise, or to taste
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- small handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped
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Method
Step one
Boil the potatoes in salted water for 20 minutes until just cooked, drain, then cool.
Step two
Cut the potatoes into chunks, then throw into a bowl with the shallots, capers and cornichons, if using.
Step three
Add enough mayonnaise to bind, then mix together the olive oil and vinegar and add just enough to give a little sharpness to the salad.
Step four
Stir in the finely chopped parsley and serve.