Potato Salad with Matjes

Ingredients

• 400 g potatoes (mostly waxy)
• 1 stalk celery root (about 100 g)
• 8 matjes fillets
• 4 Spring Onions
• 4 pickled cucumbers
• 250 g crème fraîche
• Salt
• Pepper (freshly ground)
• 0.5 tsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 0.5 bunch parsley (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cook the potatoes as whole boiled potatoes for 20-30 minutes, then cool and peel them.

2. 2.

   Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to boil for the celery root.

3. 3.

   Peel the celery root and grate it finely; blanch in boiling salted water briefly, shock in cold water, and drain.

4. 4.

   Pat the matjes fillets dry with kitchen paper and cut into bite-sized pieces.

5. 5.

   Slice the spring onions into rings and the pickled cucumbers into rounds.

6. 6.

   Whisk together the crème fraîche, spices, and lemon juice to make a dressing.

7. 7.

   Cube the potatoes and mix them with the other ingredients in the dressing; let sit for 1 hour.

8. 8.

   Finely chop the parsley, taste the salad again, and sprinkle with parsley before serving.