Piedmont salad


Piedmont salad
Piedmont salad is a mix of potaotes, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, gherkins and cervelas sausage dressed with mayonnaise.
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Last modified on: September 29th 2012
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Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 15 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 1
Prepare 200 g tomato and, after cutting into small pieces, salt and leave to wait in a sieve to draw out some of the juice.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 30 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 2
Boil 400 g potatoes, peel and cut in half lengthways, then into small pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 20 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 3
Slice 4 hard-boiled eggs when cooled.

Cut 100 g cervelas into small dices.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 4
Slice 30 g gherkins in vinegar.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 5
Roughly chop the parsley.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 6
Put all the ingredients into a salad bowl.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.
Piedmont salad : Stage 7
Add 200 g mayonnaise and mix well.

Leave for at least an hour before serving to allow the potatoes to absorb some of the creaminess of the mayonnaise.
Remarks
You can replace the cervelas with another kind of meat or sausage of your choice, but still cut into small dice. For a vegetarian version, just leave it out.

You can replace the mayonnaise with a rémoulade dressing if you prefer. As for all salad recipes, this can be varied to suit your taste (a little more of this or a little less of that).
Keeping: A day or 2 in the fridge if the bowl is covered with plastic film .
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 RDI=30 %90 RDI=8 %470 RDI=70 %4,850 RDI=240 %20,320 RDI: 240 %
Per 100 g6 RDI=2 %7 RDI=1 %40 RDI=6 %430 RDI=20 %1,800 RDI: 20 %
Per person10 RDI=4 %10 RDI=1 %80 RDI=10 %810 RDI=40 %3,390 RDI: 40 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Sulfites, mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 6 people : 3.45 €
  • Per person : 0.60 €

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  • This has to be my very best favorite way to prepare potato salad. However, jh, I never thought to add cervelas, or any other kind of meat besides ham. Thanks for the clue and sharing...

    Hope all is well with you and yours,
    Louise:)
    Posted by Louise june 7th 2011 at 02:10 n° 1

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