Old-Fashioned Boiled Dressing Potato Salad
One of the best things there was my great-grandmother's Old-Fashioned Boiled Dressing Potato Salad. This stuff is magical.
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp flour
- 1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3 egg yolks lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 9 medium potatoes (3 pounds)
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 1/3 cup green onion sliced
- 1/4 cup sweet relish
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 3 eggs hard-boiled chopped
Instructions
- To make the dressing, combine sugar, flour, mustard and the 3/4 tsp salt in a small saucepan. Add the egg yolks and milk. Cook and stir over low heat until thickened. (Do not boil.)
- Blend in vinegar and butter. Cool.
- Whip cream to soft peaks. Fold into the cooked mixture.
- Meanwhile, in a covered stock pot, boil potates for 25-30 minutes, or until tender. Drain.
- Peel and chop potatoes.
- In a large bowl, combine potatoes, celery, green onion, relish, 1 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
- Stir in the cooked dressing, tossing lightly to coat vegetables.
- Cover and chill.
- Before serving, fold in hard boiled eggs.
- Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices and fresh parsley, if desired.
Servings: 16