German Potato Salad

A creamy potato salad with gherkins, apple, egg and chives, best served chilled.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 min
Total: 40 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
❌
Serves
6 people
Difficulty
Very Easy

Ingredients

  • 1kg waxy potatoes, scrubbed
  • 4 eggs
  • 5 gherkins, finely diced
  • 1 crisp apple, peeled and diced
  • 1 small red onion, finely chopped
  • 200g mayonnaise
  • 100g sour cream or crème fraîche
  • 2 tbsp gherkin pickling liquid
  • 1 tsp medium mustard
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
  • Salt and white pepper to taste

Method

  1. Boil the potatoes in salted water for 18 to 20 minutes until tender, adding the eggs for the final 9 minutes. Drain, cool the eggs in cold water and peel and chop them.

  2. Peel the potatoes while still warm and slice them.

  3. Mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, gherkin liquid and mustard in a large bowl.

  4. Fold in the potatoes, gherkins, apple, onion and eggs. Season with salt and white pepper.

  5. Chill for at least 1 hour, scatter with chives and serve.