Gandolfos Potato Salad

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Gandolfos Potato Salad combines skin-on new potatoes and crumbled bacon with a mayonnaise-and-sour-cream dressing flavored with dill, onion, and parsley.

The potatoes are boiled until tender, cooled enough to handle, and cut before being gently tossed with the dressing. Serve immediately or cover and chill.

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Before you start

Leave the potato skins on, finely chop the onion, and chop the fresh parsley.

Allow additional time if you choose to chill the salad before serving.

Ingredient notes

  • new potatoes: Keep the skins on when cutting the potatoes into quarters or eighths.
  • onions: Finely chopped.
  • fresh parsley: Chopped.
  • sour cream: The container is 8 ounces; low-fat may be used.

Gandolfos Potato Salad recipe

AI illustration of creamy skin-on potato salad with bacon, onion, parsley and dill

Gandolfos Potato Salad

Gandolfos potato salad combines skin-on new potatoes and crumbled bacon with a mayonnaise-and-sour-cream dressing. Dill, onion, and parsley are mixed into the dressing.
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Salad, Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs new potatoes unpeeled
  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 container sour cream 8 ounces; low-fat may be used
  • 3/4 teaspoon dried dill
  • 2 tablespoons onions finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2–3 slices bacon crumbled

Method
 

  1. Place the potatoes in boiling salted water that covers them. Cook for 14–15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and cool until they can be handled.
  2. Cut the potatoes into quarters or eighths, leaving the skins on. Place them in a large bowl and add the crumbled bacon.
  3. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, dried dill, onion, parsley, salt, and pepper.
  4. Add the dressing to the potato and bacon mixture and toss gently.
  5. Serve immediately, or cover and chill for up to 8 hours. Garnish if desired.

Notes

Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Allow additional time if you choose to chill the salad before serving.

Tips for success

Let the drained potatoes cool until they can be handled before cutting.

Toss gently when adding the dressing to the potatoes and bacon.

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