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New potato salad

Angela Clutton

A perfect side dish for almost any spring or summer meal

Recipe Meta

Prep

5 mins

Cook

40 mins (plus resting)

Serves

4

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

  • 700g new potatoes
  • 150ml chicken or vegetable stock
  • ½ red onion, finely chopped
  • 4 tsp mustard
  • 25ml white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
  • 75ml extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ tsp caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp chopped tarragon
  • 2 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley

Method

Simmer the potatoes in a large pan of salted water for 15-20 mins, until only starting to become tender. Drain the water off, then return the potatoes to the pan and half-cover with a lid for 15 mins, so they finish cooking in their own steam.

While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the dressing. Bring the stock to the boil in a small saucepan, tip in the chopped onion and return to the boil for 2 mins. Strain the onions out (keeping the liquid), and rinse them under cold water through a sieve to refresh. Set them aside to drain.

In a large bowl, whisk together the mustard, vinegar, oil and sugar. Whisk into that 75ml of the stock and the cooked onions, which should by now have cooled. Season well.

Once the potatoes have finished cooking in their own steam they should be just cool enough to handle, but still warm enough to take the dressing. Slip the skins off the potatoes, cut them in half or into thick slices, and gently toss in the dressing. Toss in the herbs. Set aside for at least half an hour for the potatoes to absorb the dressing, giving them a gentle stir round occasionally.