This is a warm potato salad, German-style!
Theyre then showered with crispy, golden bacon bits and hit with freshness from dill and green onion.
This excellent combination of flavours and textures makes this quite possibly my all-time favourite potato salad!
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So its not strictly authentic, but still bears German influences like the dressing style, bacon and dill.
(Outside of Germany, that is. )
The combination of salty-sweet-savoury with herby freshness turns an otherwise ordinary potato salad into something magic!
They say parents shouldnt have a favourite child.
If potato salads were my children though, Id openly say its my favourite child!
Regular readers know my other Potato Salad Children, whom I also dearly dote on.
The classiccreamy mayo based one.
A bright, fresh,lemony one.
This deliciousbacon-y, charred corn one.
Then of course theres all the sweet potato ones, likethis oneandthis one.
Yes, I have an entire Potato Salad Family!
attempt to get potatoes that are of even size so they cook through at the same time.
Sliced potatoes cook quickly, and its annoying when some are overcooked so they break!
If you cant get red potatoes, other waxy potatoes will do;
Bacon Streaky stuff c’mon!
We need the fat as the bacon renders for the warm, bacon and cider vinegar vinaigrette.
Everybody knows that sweet goesextremelywell with bacon (candied bacon anyone?)!
Oil Any neutral oil will do fine here.
The dill in particular works so well in this potato salad!
They will take between 10 15 minutes to cook, depending on the size.
Start checking early because you want the potatoes very slightly firm in the centre.
Also dont forget to add salt into the water so it seasons the potatoes as they cook!
Slice Drain the potatoes then set aside to cool a bit.
Slice into rounds about 0.7cm / 14 thick.
Turn the heat to medium.
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Add the red onion slices to the bacon and cook 3 minutes or until the onion is soft.
By this time the bacon will be beautifully golden!
Add vinegar and sugar Add the cider vinegar and sugar.
This brown stuff is calledfondand its going to add a ton of flavour into our dressing!
Add oil Add the oil and simmer for 2 minutes more.
Congratulations, youve just made a warm vinaigrette dressing!
Check for seasoningTaste and add more salt if you want (though the bacon should add enough).
It should also be kept lightly oiled to stop it from rusting.
Plating up!
Youll find that this recipe has a good dose of green onion and fresh dill.
It needs it, for a boost of fresh flavour to counter the richness of the sweet bacon vinaigrette!
If you have never tried Pork Knuckle before (spoiler: its not pigs trotter!
As for a sweet finish, what else could it be other than aBlack Forest Cake??
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