French Food Friday - La salade piémontaise

 

photo and recipe from pardonyourfrench.com

Bonjour from a very hot SW France,

The whole of France is experiencing a heat wave at present and it is supposed to cool down for the weekend.

I must admit that Salade Piemontaise is something that I have never eaten or made before. French boyfriend loves it and buys it ready made from the supermarket. The supermarket's version is drenched in mayonaise so today I am going to be making my own salade piemontaise using this recipe which looks very yummy.

La salade piémontaise

Ingredients
2 large eggs
600g new baby potatoes
8 grape tomatoes (or 10-12 cherry tomatoes)
2 slices Paris ham
1 shallot, peeled and diced
8-10 cornichons (or dill pickles), sliced, plus a few extra for garnish
1 tbsp (15ml) cornichon juice
2 tbsp (30g) mayonnaise
3 tbsp (45g) greek yogurt
1 tbsp chopped fresh herbs (parsley, chives)
Salt and black pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Make the hard-boiled eggs. Add eggs to a saucepan. Cover with water by 1 inch and bring to a rapid boil. Boil for 1 minute and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let rest in the boiling water for 10 minutes. Carefully remove eggs from the water and rinse under cold water. Once cooled, peel the eggs under running cool water and slice into large chunks.

2. Peel the potatoes and place them in a large pot and cover with water.  Add 1 tbsp of salt and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for about 14 minutes until you can easily poke a knife into the potatoes. Drain immediately into a colander/strainer and run under cold water to cool the potatoes (stopping the cooking process). Set aside. When the potatoes are well cooled, slice them in half or quarters.  

3.Chop the tomatoes in half. Slice the ham into small squares.

4. In a large bowl, combine the diced shallot, sliced cornichons, cornichon juice, mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, fresh herbs, and salt and pepper to taste and stir to combine. Add the potatoes, tomatoes and stir to coat.

Add the ham, cheese, eggs and toss to combine. Adjust seasoning (salt, pepper) if needed and serve with extra chopped fresh herbs on top.

Bon vendredi a tous ♥

Leeann x