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Minty potato salad
I once posed a question to my students: What would you do if potatoes become extinct?
The outrage was incredible! No more chips, wedges, potato smiley faces, mashed potatoes, shepherd’s pie, jacket potatoes… I ran out of space on my white board as I listed all the favourite dishes made from potatoes. For me it would be potato salad. I don’t know how I (or any true South African) will survive without the humble potato salad.
I like to change things up a bit and I’m not always in the mood for a mayo-based dressing for my potato salad. For this one I used some of the out-of-control mint in my garden.
Ingredients
500g baby potatoes, halved or quartered if needed
30 grams mint leaves, shredded
1 sprig rosemary leaves, finely chopped
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
a good pinch sea salt
Method
- Boil the potatoes until just cooked through.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients and pour over the potatoes.
- You can either serve it as a warm side dish or cold as a salad at a BBQ.
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I absolutely love potatoes. I’ve never thought about mint with potatoes but I will be trying it. I bet mint in mashed potatoes would be good too.
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Ohh now there’s a great idea! I’ve only put garlic in my mashed potatoes, so mint might be awesome – especially if it is paired with a lamb dish. I’m really curious now as to how that would taste! xxx
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I think I heard a story that when potatoes were brought over from the New World in the 1500’s that some people in France thought it was a conspiracy to poison them. But now, everybody can’t do without them. Aha mint. I’ve been using thyme which sort of has a minty peppery taste. But I think mint and rosemary will work very well. I’ll just have to adapt it to my one potato recipe. Basically, I rub one potato with olive oil, make slits in the skin, microwave it for 5 minutes, take it out, break it open, sprinkle on spice, drizzle with vinegar etc., and more olive oil…
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That is a brilliant story! I cannot believe the French thought it was a conspiracy 😆
Thyme really works well with potatoes too – we often use it along with rosemary when making roasted potatoes.
Your potato recipe sounds really great – I’ll have to try it some time ☺️
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I honestly don’t know what I’d do if potatoes become extinct, I eat them basically everyday and potato salad is one of my favourite foods. This recipe sounds gorgeous and I’m very tempted to try this myself. Great post!
Samantha | https://believeinamiracle.co.uk
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I don’t know what I would do either – I love most potato based dishes ☺️ Thank you for stopping by!
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The recipe sounds delicious and so simple!! 🙂
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Thank you! It really is so simple, yet so filling!
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