Potato salad

Potato salad is made from boiled potatoes and other ingredients. In principle, the methods of preparation can be distinguished with or without mayonnaise. In Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland the term is widely used potato salad. As an alternative to mayonnaise, a preparation with yogurt is common, especially in the diet kitchen.

• 4.1 Charivari
• 4.2 Ensalada rusa

Potatoes

Usually waxy or predominantly waxy potatoes (called potato salad ) For preparing potato salad be used. The fixed cooking varieties are suitable, since they are not as easily disintegrate during mixing of the ingredients. In some recipes, but also a small proportion mehligkochender potatoes is used to give the salad a creamy consistency.

The cooked potatoes are sliced ​​and mixed with the other ingredients. Both so-called salt potatoes (cooked in shell or not ) as well as the cooked dish with boiled potatoes are used. Especially for the North German variant of potato salad with mayonnaise, potatoes are often processed further until the day after cooking, as they have then obtain additional strength. For the southern German variant of salad, potatoes are usually processed when they are still warm, because the marinade can then better move. This works particularly well with steamed potatoes. Another method of preparation is that the potatoes are not cut, but are easily crushed and disintegrate.

Preparation

The preparation methods and ingredients of potato salad differ even within the same region. Also, there are no regionally uniform methods of preparation, if necessary preference or family traditions.

Without mayonnaise

In southern Germany and Austria to Croatia the cut potatoes are usually mixed with a decoction of meat broth, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and mustard. The salad can contain additional chopped onions, fried bacon bits or pieces of cucumber. Often the still hot potatoes are doused with the marinade. Thus prepared salad can be eaten warm ( " Warm potato " ) or cold.

In parts of Styria and Burgenland the potato salad is served served with pumpkin seed oil.

With mayonnaise

In the northern parts of Germany, the potato salad is usually made ​​with a mayonnaise -containing dressing. The potato salad with mayonnaise are often added to pickles or apples in the Rhineland. In the north variants dominate with apples and boiled egg. In Brandenburg, however, be combined with radish pickles or finely chopped onion. Also roast leftovers, herring, sausage pieces and fresh herbs can be added to salad to taste.

Use

Potato salad is a very popular and versatile accompaniment to various courts because of the variety of cooking methods. There are often old family recipes that are used and distributed over many decades. The potato salad is often served with sausages and chops, but also to fried fish. As potato salad it is a classic side dish Wiener Schnitzel. He is a popular party salad and cooked on holidays. In many families it is customary on Christmas Eve to eat potato salad with bratwurst, sausage or Vienna; in southern Germany dominated Schäufele the board.

Variants

In many regions names often formed from the respective dialect used for the regional variants. Basis of word formation are mostly regional designations of the potato.

• Bavaria and Austria: potato salad
• Franken: Bodaggnsalat
• Swabia: Grombierasalad
• Rhineland: Ädäpelschlot
• Upper Lusatia: Arber Salad
• Mecklenburg: Tüftensalat

Charivari

" Charivari " (from Latin caribaria " confusion " ) is a French version of potato salad. In the Charivari come to the diced or sliced ​​boiled potatoes apples, pears, mushrooms, beetroot and pickled cucumbers.

In Normandy there is a variant with herring pieces. The salad gets a dressing of spiced mayonnaise.

Ensalada rusa

The in Spain very popular " Russian salad " contains potatoes: carrots, peas, tuna and asparagus. The salad is prepared depending on the Spanish province with a different flavored mayonnaise, or it can be added to other ingredients like peppers, sour beans and olives.