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Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World


Peruvian Potato Salad

Peru
FAIRTRADE new potatoes in a creamy sauce.

Ingredients

1 kg FAIRTRADE new potatoes
200 gm Red Leicester cheese
4 hens eggs
5 ml chilli powder
50 ml FAIRTRADE Brazil Nut oil
200 ml evaporated milk
1 FAIRTRADE lemon
1 small onion
lettuce and olives
FAIRTRADE Sources
FAIRTRADE Fresh fruit and veg
Lemons
Brazil Nut Oil

Method

Preparation

De skin the onion, and chop very fine, or grate.
Wash the lettuce leaves.
Juice the lemon.

Cooking

Boil the potatoes in their skins and allow to cool.
Hard boil the eggs (10 to 12 minutes) and cool them in cold water. S hell the eggs and separate the yolks.
Place the egg yolks, in a bowl with the grated cheese, chilli powder, a little salt and pepper and mash together with the back of a (wooden) spoon.
Gradually beat in the Brazil Nut oil, the condensed milk and the lemon juice.
Check the seasoning and adjust as necessary.
Mix in the grated onion.

Assembly

Place the lettuce leaves around the edge of a serving dish and put the potatoes in the dish.
Pour over the sauce.
Garnish with olives.

To serve

Serve cold.

Variation

Vary the hot spice to taste.