Fourth of July Potato Salad with Blue Cheese, Bacon and Red Onions
Keys: Tubers Root Vegetable
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
----------------- Dressing: ----------------
1 tbl cider vinegar
2 1/4 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp coarse-grain Dijon mustard
1 x clove garlic, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tbl sour cream
----------------- Potato Salad: ----------------
3 lb red-skinned potatoes (about 2 inches in diameter)
Salt to taste
8 oz lean bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup chopped red onion
1 x (6-ounce) piece blue cheese, rind removed and cheese
crumbled Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian (flat leaf) parsley
Method:
To make dressing: Place vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, garlic,1/4
teaspoon salt and several grinds of black pepper in a non-reactive bowl,
and whisk to combine. Whisk in oil. Then whisk in mayonnaise and sour
cream. Taste and season with more salt, if desired. Set aside.
To make salad: Bring large a pot of water to boil. Scrub potatoes but do
not peel. Add to boiling water and salt water generously. Cook until
potatoes are tender but still firm and not mushy, about 25 minutes.
Watch carefully, as time will depend on size of potatoes. Remove and
cool 10 minutes.
Saute` bacon in large, heavy skillet over medium heat until crisp, about
4 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Pour off and discard all
but 1 tablespoon of drippings in pan. Place pan over medium heat and add
red onions.
Stir a minute or less to coat with drippings: Do not cook the onions;
rather just season them with a little of the bacon drippings. Remove
onions to a large non-reactive salad bowl.
While potatoes are still warm, slip off skins and cut potatoes into 3/4
inch cubes. (If potatoes are too hot to handle, hold them in a kitchen
towel while you remove skins.) Add to bowl containing onions; add cooked
bacon and the blue cheese. Toss to mix; the warm potatoes will cause the
cheese to melt slightly.
Pour in the dressing and mix well. Taste and season generously with salt
and pepper as needed.
Let the salad stand at room temperature for 15 minutes so flavors meld.
(Salad can be made a day ahead. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Bring salad to room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.)
When ready to serve, sprinkle salad with parsley and mix well. Place in
an attractive serving bowl.
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