Comber Earlies Potato Salad

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byLotte Duncan

of Taste AND Comber Earlies Food Festival Ambassador, and BBC Food writer

Taste Ards and North Down (Taste AND) is a dedicated food and drink network and tourism initiative established by the Ards and North Down Borough Coun Read More
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Prep Time

40 minutes

Cooking Time

20 minutes

Serves

A Party, Entertaining

Ingredients

 

A fresh, herb-packed showcase of Comber Earlies potatoes

  • 450g cooked Comber Earlies potatoes (kept warm)
  • 2 tbsp gherkins, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp Kalamata olives, sliced
  • A handful of rocket
  • A handful of spinach
  • 2 tbsp chopped chives
  • 2 tbsp chopped dill
  • 6 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 bulb fennel, very thinly sliced
  • 150g Young Buck cheese
  • 150ml crème fraîche
  • 150ml Greek Yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Juice and zest of ½ lemon
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 6 slices streaky bacon

 

Method

  1. Place the gherkins and olives in a large bowl.
  2. Roughly chop the rocket and spinach and add to the bowl along with chives, dill, spring onions, fennel and Young Buck cheese.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the crème fraîche, yoghurt, olive oil, lemon zest and juice.
    Season with salt and black pepper.
  4. Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and mix well.
  5. Add the warm potatoes and gently combine.
  6. Leave to sit for at least 1 hour to allow flavours to develop.
  7. Fry the bacon until crispy and scatter over the salad just before serving.

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