This potato-egg salad is a perfect side dish for the hot summer days or for a barbecue outside. You don't like the combination with eggs? Then you might consider to try the apple-potato salad that I made on an earlier occasion. Or you just make both of them. For sure your guests will appreciate it a lot!
The inspiration for the potato egg salad comes from the blog cookedbyjulie.
potato egg salad
Ingredients
- 400 gram potatoes
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons mayonaise
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons caper
- 1 clove garlic
- salt
- pepper
- paprika powder
- 3 scallions
- chives a handful
- rosemary
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces.
- Bring water to boil with some rosemary leaves
- Boil the potatoes and the eggs in the rosemary water for 10 minutes, until both are ready.
- Cool down under cold water.
- Peel the eggs and mash 2 of them. Add them to the potatoes.
- Add the caper to the potato-egg mixture.
- Chop two scallions finely and add them to the mixture.
- Chop the garlic clove finely, and add it to the salad as well.
- Mix mayo, mustard, olive oil, pepper and salt und the potato-egg mixture.
- Serve on a dish. Finish with two halved eggs, a scallion, chives and paprika powder
How to make the perfect potato-egg salad
This potato-egg salad is so easy and delicious I could eat it all summer. For sure you can bring in some variation up to your own taste. I also do that. But here we will stick the the basic and original idea.
First of all we peel the potatoes, and then cut them into small cubes. You can them boil them shortly. Or better steam them. I prefer steaming because then they keep more taste. If you cut them quite small, as I do, then you should only boil/steam them very shortly. Otherwise they will be more mashed. And I like a bit of bite.
I love caper and scallions. So they will be my basic flavoring for this salad. But feel free to add spices up to your own taste. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit and surprise yourself!
Of course everything should stick together a bit. You may use some spoonfuls of homemade mayonnaise to do so. You may buy some in the store, but please be tempted and try this very easy homemade Mahonnaise, and learn about the history of this famous white sauce!
More surprising.salad
Are you looking for more salad and side ideas? Check the following surprising.salads on surprising.recipes:
- asparagus-strawberry salad
- Waldorf towers
- Belgian endives and arugula salad with blood sausage
- Fresh fig carpaccio
- apple-potato salad
- Tasty lukewarm chickpea salad
- Watermelon strawberry salad
If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.
da-AL
this looks absolutely yummy!