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Potato & Egg Salad, Irish

Here's how you make Potato & Egg Salad, Irish
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 pounds potatoes (new potatoes, or waxy salad potatoes)
  • 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed,optional, i didnt use
  • 2 teaspoons salt (for boiling the potatoes)
  • 4 large eggs (hard-boiled)
  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise (more or less to your taste)
  • 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 3 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons horseradish, grated
  • 4 tablespoons capers
  • 8 spring onions, white and green parts finely sliced
  • 4 stalks celery, finely diced (2-4 sticks, depending on size)
  • 4 tablespoons dill, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chives,minced
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • FOR WRAP
  • 8 ounces smoked salmon (cut wafer thin ,optional
  • 1 lemon, cut in thin wedges
  • 1 tablespoon dill, minced
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Scrub the potatoes, then halve or quarter any larger potatoes so that you have roughly even-sized pieces. Cover with water, bring to a boil in a saucepan Add about 2 tsp salt, the pieces of crushed garlic and the potatoes.

  • Step 2: Bring the potatoes back to the boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer gently, covered, for around 15-20 minutes or until just fork-tender Drain well, return them to the saucepan and allow them to cool, covered by a tea-towel.

  • Step 3: Once cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes or not as you prefer, and chop into approx. 0.5cm chunks.

  • Step 4: In a large bowl, mash together the hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, horseradish and capers.

  • Step 5: Stir in the chopped potato, spring onions,chives, celery and dill. Add salt and black pepper to taste

  • TO MAKE THE WRAP

  • Step 6: Scoop around 2 heaped tblsp of potato salad onto the centre of each slice of smoked salmon and form into a roll.

  • Step 7: Garnished with chopped dill and serve with a lemon wedge.


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