Farmer’s salad is a simple side dish made with potatoes, tuna sauce, and sweet and sour onions; it’s delicious both cold and at room temperature. You can also serve the farmer’s sauce as an appetizer, maybe added to a slice of bread. The farmer’s salad can also be found at the deli counter, and when I had friends over for dinner, I would buy it, and it was always a hit, so I thought about trying to make it at home. I must say they appreciated it a lot and said it’s much better than the store-bought version, so since then, I always prepare it following this recipe. I recommend making homemade mayonnaise to get an even better result. As for cooking the potatoes, I steam them in a pressure cooker, thus greatly reducing cooking times, but of course, you can also boil them as you’re used to. Now let’s see how to make the farmer’s salad, and if you try it, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Stovetop, Pressure cooker
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients to make the Farmer’s Salad

1.1 lbs potatoes
3.5 oz pickled onions
3.5 oz olives
0.35 oz capers
2 fillets anchovies
4.2 oz tuna in oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsps mayonnaise

Tools

Blender
Pressure cooker
Steamer Basket

How to prepare the Farmer’s Salad

Let’s start preparing the Farmer’s Salad, boil the potatoes as you usually do; I steam them in the pressure cooker, peel them, cut them into pieces, and place them in the basket, cooking them for 20 minutes from when the pot starts whistling. Once the potatoes are ready, peel them if you cooked them with the skin, cut them into pieces, and place them in a bowl. Prepare the tuna sauce by pouring the capers into the blender cup,
the anchovies,
the tuna,
the lemon juice
and the mayonnaise,
blend until a smooth and not too thick sauce is obtained.
Place the potatoes in a bowl, add the onions,
the olives
and the tuna sauce,
mix well so that all ingredients are well coated with the tuna sauce, let it rest in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving, so the potato salad will be fresh and even more flavorful.