Sorry, but
I'm still on a Japanese kick. The
Japanese do have a particular way of doing potato salad. Mine uses the flavours but not the
techniques. A Japanese potato salad is
based on mashed potato – which I just couldn't get my head around.
So I cooked
up some potatoes (waxy ones) until they were tender and then drained them
thoroughly.
While the
potatoes were cooking I finely julienned half a carrot. I cut up half a zucchini very finely as
well. The Japanese would use cucumber.
The
dressing is made up of lots of Kewpie mayonnaise – a lovely mayonnaise I now
prefer. Add a tablespoon of rice
vinegar, a spoonful of sugar, salt and pepper and I also used a touch of wasabi
paste (which the Japanese would not)
The salad
benefits from being left to rest for a while.
I enjoyed the results. Creamy but
not too cloying.
I tried to
get a bit arty with the photo but it didn't turn out that well – it was under
artificial light which is never a good start and the plating was, in the end, a
bit weird.
I'm always on the lookout for a good potato salad recipe.
ReplyDeleteMashed potato salad always seems weird to me. I was shocked the first time it was served, which was at a roadside diner long ago when there weren't so many chain restaurants that would be predictable if mediocre. You made me curious -- I'm going to look up real Japanese potato salad!
ReplyDeletebest... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
My mother in law makes regular potato salad from mashed potatoes. My hubby loves it but I find it a little odd.
ReplyDeleteI too am always interested in potato salad recipes -- I like to change up the flavors and ingredients.
ReplyDeleteI've had German, French, and Polish potato salad. This is a totally new twist on potato salad for me. Sounds very interesting
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