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Herbed Potato Salad with Smoked Trout

I served this up as a side dish for a festive dinner over the weekend, and my friends referred to it as a ‘modern potato salad’. I like that, I’ll take it! Growing up, potato salads were an overlooked but nonetheless, delicious staple at every summer barbecue. Humble boiled potatoes with hard-boiled eggs and gluggy mayonaise- it was a delicious, guilty mess that was utterly perfect piled atop grilled hunks of meat.

With this version of the potato salad, I’ve spruced up the classic dish with a couple of twists for a slightly more sophisticated salad that still delivers the starchy, creamy goodness, with some fresher flavours for a more balanced dish that can play co-star to your mains at a celebratory meal.

Baby potatoes with soft boiled eggs first- your potato salad essentials! Add some smoked trout and chopped capers for a savoury, umami kick. Then add chopped radish and celery to brighten up the flavours and add a bit of crunch, and top it all off with a generous scattering of parsley, dill and chives.

The creamy, home-made mayo is so beautiful and bright if you pull together the right, high-quality ingredients- whisk the egg yolk, garlic powder, dijon mustard, lemon juice (or white wine vinegar, or half and half!) and olive oil together in a small bowl. Keep tasting and balancing the flavours to get it how you like it. With this salad, I prefer a little more mustard for a tangy sharpness that balances the starchy potatoes, but find a balance to suit your palate.

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Herbed Potato Salad with Smoked Trout

A light, herby salad of baby potatoes, smoked trout, radish, eggs and capers, topped with homemade mayonnaise
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 301kcal

Ingredients

  • 5 baby potatoes
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 fillet smoked trout
  • 1 tbsp capers- washed and roughly chopped
  • 2 radishes- thinly sliced
  • 1 stick celery- thinly diced a 10-15cm stalk of celery will do
  • 1 handful parsley- roughly chopped
  • 1 handful dill- roughly chopped
  • 1 handful chives- roughly chopped

Home-made Mayonnaise

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice or white wine vinegar
  • 60 ml olive oil

Instructions

  • Bring a pot of water to boil, season generously with salt, and boil the potatoes for 5-8 minutes (or until tender. Set aside to cool
  • Add the eggs to a pot of water and bring to boil. Cook for 5 minutes (for soft-boiled) or to your liking. Drain and cool
  • Prepare all of the fresh ingredients- chop the capers, radishes and celery, and tear the smoked trout into chunks.
  • Cut the potatoes into quarters and season well with salt.
  • Peel the eggs and cut into quarters
  • Combine all of the ingredients and top with fresh herbs.
  • Whisk together all the ingredients for the home-made mayonnaise. Pour this over the salad and gently combine until the ingredients are evenly coated.
  • Spoon onto serving bowls, garnish with more fresh herbs and some freshly cracked pepper

Nutrition

Calories: 301kcal
Carbs: 12.7g | Fat: 21.2g | Protein: 11.2g

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    Paleodebcooks
    January 3, 2020 at 8:58 am

    5 stars
    Divine!

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