Traditional potato salad is a lovely thing! This simple recipe is a well-loved family favourite and I hope it will become a favourite for you too. It tastes best with homemade mayonnaise, so it’s well worth the 5 or 10 minutes it takes to whip up a batch of your own mayonnaise for this delicious salad.
In my native Canada, potato salad is a classic accompaniment to barbeques, and here in the UK I have been reminded of this by our recent spell of fabulous summer weather in the early spring. I will be serving this several times over the coming months!
This recipe is suitable for Thermomix TM6, TM5 and TM31.
Method
- Add water to TM bowl, insert simmering basket and add potatoes to it, then place eggs in Varoma dish, cover with Varoma lid and steam 25 min/Varoma/speed 2.
- Place Varoma dish with hard-boiled eggs into a sink full of cold water to cool the eggs; meanwhile, lift simmering basket from TM bowl with aid of TM spatula and transfer steamed potatoes to Varoma tray to cool; discard steaming water.
- Chop spring onions and mayonnaise 7 sec/speed 5.
- Peel eggs, discarding shells, rinse peeled eggs under gently running water to remove any bits of shell, then add peeled eggs to TM bowl and chop into mayonnaise mixture 5 sec/reverse/speed 3½.
- Transfer egg mayonnaise mixture to a large serving bowl with cooled potatoes and stir together gently until potatoes are all coated with egg mayonnaise. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground pepper if desired.
Delicious!
We think so too – enjoy!