Best ever potato salad
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Sea salt
- 1 small red onion halved and thinly sliced
- 1.5 kg potatoes
- 6 hard-cooked eggs coarsely chopped
- 1 small jar roasted red peppers finely diced
- 1 cup whole egg mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Instructions
- Bring the vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan and cook until the sugar and salt dissolves, about 1 minute. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool for 10 minutes. Add the onions and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours. Drain the onions through a strainer into a bowl and reserve the pickling liquid.
- Put the potatoes in a large pot, cover with cold water by 2 inches and add 2 tablespoons salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until a knife inserted into the centre of the potatoes meets with no resistance. Drain the potatoes well, let cool slightly (but not all the way) and slice into 1/2-inch thick slices.
- Transfer the warm potatoes to a large bowl. Add the eggs, pickled onions and red peppers. Whisk together the mayonnaise, mustards, a few tablespoons of the pickling liquid and season with salt and pepper.
- Add the dressing and parsley to the warm potatoes and gently mix to combine; season with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature or cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 2 hours and serve chilled.