Czech Potato Salad – BramborovའSalà¡t
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- 09 Dec 2021
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WHAT IS CZECH POTATO SALAD?
Czech classic potato salad is made of boiled potatoes, eggs, root vegetables, dill pickles, and mayonnaise. In addition to salt and pepper, pickle juice and yellow mustard are mixed into the salad.
Potato salad is traditionally served at Christmas Eve dinner as a side dish with fried carp. Not only at Christmas but also on other festive occasions, potato salad appears on the holiday menu.
If you have ever tasted the famous Czech open-faced sandwiches, then know that potato salad can be spread on white bread and forms the basis of the “obložený chlebíÄek” sandwich.
INGREDIENTS
To make Czech potato salad, we need:
· Potatoes; use all-purpose or waxy potatoes that hold together and don't fall apart when cooked. The potatoes should be cooked with the skin on, preferably the day before, and cut into the salad when completely cooled.
· Eggs; hard-boiled and cooled
· Dill pickles; in addition to the pickles we will need to season the salad with a little pickle juice
· Onion; finely cut
· Carrot; fresh carrot, boil it in water in advance, and cool it
· Parsley root; as with carrots: boil and cool it
· Pepper and salt
· Yellow mustard
In the Czech Republic, there are many variations of potato salad. Practically every homemaker has their own recipe. The one I am presenting here is tested in our family, contains basic ingredients, and is simple.
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Boil the potatoes in their skin and let them cool down completely, ideally overnight. Boil hard-boiled eggs, cool them, and peel them.
STEP 2: Clean the carrots and parsley root and cut them into 1-2 equal-sized pieces. Cook them in boiling water for about 5 minutes, then cool them quickly with cold water. The vegetables will be soft but not mushy.
STEP 3: Cut the potatoes, eggs, pickles, carrot, and parsley root into cubes about â…“-inches in size. Peel and finely chop the onion.
STEP 4: Put everything in a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, pickle juice and yellow mustard. Season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
