Monday, September 2, 2013

Just a Really Good Potato Salad, Excellent Balanced Dressing.



(make 1st)
For the Dressing
1  Cups Dukes Mayonnaise
1 Cups Miracle Whip
2 Tbsp French's Mustard
2 Tbsp Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp Cup Heinz Tarragon Vinegar
1/4 Teaspoon Fine Ground Sea Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Ground White Pepper.

Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and incorporate well using a rubber spatula... scraping the sides. Cover and place in the refrigerator to chill. This can be made a day ahead of time if you like.
For the Salad
Boil 3 Lg Eggs, peel and chill
5 Pounds Small Idaho Potatoes, Cut lengthwise and across (moon shaped)
1/2 Cup Lg. Fine Chopped Green Pepper
1/2 Cup Lg. Fine Chopped Sweet Red Bell Pepper
1/2 Cup Md. Fine Chopped Ylw. Onion
1/2 Cup Sweet Salad Cubed Pickles
3 Stalks Fine Chopped Celery.
Chop and place in a large bowl, celery, green pepper, onion. Add the salad cubes to the bowl as well. Peel, slice and boil potatoes to a soft al dente, pour into a strainer and then into an ice-water bath to stop cooking and cool. Once the potatoes are cooled, add them to the bowl with you chopped veggies. Fold in half the dressing mix, again using a rubber spatula. Rough chop eggs, add to bowl of salad. Fold in the remainder of the dressing and chill for a few hours. Sprinkle the top with paprika and parsley to garnish.


Note: What are salad cubes. Salad cubes are a large rough chopped pickle relish, they come in sweet and dill flavors. I have only seen these in the south. My suggestion is you rough chop sweet pickles as a replacement. The difference in a fine chopped pickle relish (like you put on a hot dog) and the rough chopped really does make a difference.  Several brands are Mt. Olive, Vlasic, Peter Piper, Shur Fine and the odd off brand.

This snap shows salad cubes v pickle relish -


Garnish ideas:  Sliced hard boiled eggs and paprika. Deviled eggs and paprika and or washed and trimmed green onion stalks. 



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