Classic Tartar Sauce with Pickles and Mayo

Traditional, thick, aromatic, very tasty. Classic tartar sauce with pickles and mayonnaise goes great with toast and potatoes as a dip or even as a dish on its own. You can make it from the simplest ingredients, and its exquisite taste will definitely delight you.
cook time: 15 min
Isla Thatcher
Classic Tartar Sauce with Pickles and Mayo

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

482
Calories
51g
Fat
3g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (1 portion)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Ground hot pepper to taste
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Green onions 10 g
Parsley 10 g
Salted cucumbers 25 g
Mayonnaise 1 cup
Tarragon, tarragon 10 g
Worcestershire sauce 0.5 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make classic tartar sauce with pickles and mayonnaise at home? Prepare all the necessary products. The base of the sauce is mayonnaise, and it must be of the highest quality. Itʼs best if itʼs homemade mayonnaise of your own making. In principle, you can replace it with sour cream, but in my opinion, then the sauce will lose its “zest”. Both salted cucumbers are suitable for a classic taste, and pickled cucumbers for a spicier taste.

Step 2

Step 2
Squeeze lemon juice into mayonnaise. If you squeeze juice directly from a lemon, wash it with very hot water — this will release more juice from the lemon. And use a small sieve to prevent lemon seeds from getting into the sauce. For ease and speed of preparation, you can also use ready-made factory-produced lemon juice.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash and dry the cucumbers. Cut them into very small cubes. You can grate them on a coarse grater, but then be sure to squeeze out the excess liquid.

Step 4

Step 4
Add chopped cucumbers, mustard and Worcestershire sauce to the mayonnaise. I recommend using regular Russian spicy mustard.

Step 5

Step 5
Add a little salt to the sauce to your taste. Keep in mind that mayonnaise itself is quite salty, and cucumbers also contain a lot of salt. Therefore, perhaps someone will not need salt at all.

Step 6

Step 6
Pepper the sauce. Pepper can be any hot ground pepper. I use a mixture of peppers.

Step 7

Step 7
Wash the greens well, dry and finely chop. If you don’t have fresh herbs available, then you can also take dried herbs in powder form: tarragon, onion and parsley.

Step 8

Step 8
Add chopped herbs to the sauce. To suit your taste, you can add some of your favorite herbs: cilantro, dill and basil. In my opinion, chopped garlic cloves also really come in handy here.

Step 9

Step 9
The sauce is thick and flavorful. It goes great with potatoes and other vegetables. Or it can simply be served as a spread on bread. Bon appetit!

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