Potato and Anchovy Salad

Name: Potato and Anchovy Salad
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 pounds red waxy potatoes; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 hard-boiled egg, peeled; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons sour cream; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 10 anchovy fillets in oil (from one 2-ounce can), drained; 6 scallions; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

By Nigella Lawson

Updated April 24, 2020

Total Time: 30 minutes
Rating: 4(10)
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This potato salad takes its inspiration from a Swedish wintertime classic, Janssen's Temptation, a gratin of cream-swathed potatoes spiked with anchovies. You might think that 10 anchovy fillets strike too strident a note, but against the rich sharpness of the eggy sour cream dressing and the sweet salad potatoes, they just provide balance.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

3pounds red waxy potatoes
1½teaspoons salt
1hard-boiled egg, peeled
1tablespoon white wine vinegar
3tablespoons sour cream
3tablespoons vegetable oil
10anchovy fillets in oil (from one 2-ounce can), drained
6scallions
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Preparation

Step 1
Put potatoes in a large saucepan, and cover generously with cold water. Add salt, and bring to a boil. Simmer until tender when pierced with a knife, about 20 minutes. Drain, and leave to cool.
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together the yolk of the hard-boiled egg and vinegar until smooth. Whisk in the sour cream and oil.
Step 3
Finely chop egg white, finely chop anchovies and finely slice 4 scallions. Whisk all into egg yolk mixture.
Step 4
Quarter potatoes; add to bowl of dressing. Fold to mix. Transfer to serving dish. Finely chop 2 remaining scallions, and scatter on top. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

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hazelfield3 years ago

i am surprised that here we are in August and no one has said a word about this (almost) perfect summer salad. I didn’t have scallions so I peeled seeded and sliced a young cucumber for crunch and color. Red pepper flakes always lift potato salad out of the ‘oh hum.’ Anchovies play their part. Perfect? As Billy Wilder said, no one is.

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