Рецепт Easy homemade tartar sauce
Easy homemade tartar sauce
March 27, 2014 by Becca John 3 Comments
My fiancé and I went out for lunch the other day, and I was very jealous of the tartar sauce he had with his fish and chips. I never see it served with anything other than fish, which is a shame because it’s one of my favourite condiments, and you don’t get vegetarian fish (well actually, there are some vegetarian fish-style products out there, but I’ve yet to find one that isn’t revolting, so let’s just ignore that).
Luckily I know a great, easy tartar sauce recipe, so instead of trying to find somewhere that would serve it to me alongside something other than fish, I decided to just make my own.
I learned this recipe when I worked in a restaurant a couple of years ago. The food we served was pretty rubbish, through no fault of our own – basically we were told to make pretty much everything in either the fryer or the microwave – but we did make our own tartar sauce, and I couldn’t get enough of it. I couldn’t stop myself from dipping a chip into it what seemed like every five minutes (don’t worry, I obviously took my own pot, I didn’t dip into the stuff we served to the customers!).
Tartar sauce is ridiculously easy to make, which I suppose is why we made our own at the restaurant, even though we served microwaved packets of risotto (yeah… I left very shortly after they started making us do that). This version only has four ingredients: mayonnaise, capers, pickled gherkins (I think that’s just plain old ‘pickles’ to you American folk), and raw onion. I know, it sounds a bit disgusting – who wants to eat raw onion?! But trust me, it works. In fact, it more than works – it’s incredible.
You can serve this sauce as soon as you’ve made it, but the raw flavour is a bit more toned down if you let it sit in the fridge for at least a few hours first. It stays nice and tangy, but it’s just a bit less intense. I guess it gives the flavours a chance to really meld (I’m not entirely sure what that means, but I’m sure it happens).
Next time I’ll show you what vegetarian dish I decided to serve this with – it was a very good choice!
Easy homemade tartar sauce
Author: Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
Recipe type: Miscellaneous
Serves: 3
Ingredients
- ½ onion
- 1tbsp capers (drained)
- 2tbsp pickled gherkins (around 8 baby gherkins, or one large)
- 2tbsp mayonnaise (I used light)
Instructions
Chop the vegetables quite finely. Combine the four ingredients in a bowl, and mix well. You can serve this sauce immediately, but it’s best after a few hours in the fridge.
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