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Olive & Potato Salad

Olive & Potato Salad

Elite Jakob
Course Salad

Ingredients
  

  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup chopped basil
  • 1-2 Tablespoons capers, washed and drained
  • 20 pitted olives, any kind and color
  • 4 medium potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt (for cooking the potatoes)
  • 1 Tablespoon oregano
  • Pepper
  • 3 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • In a saucepan, cover the potatoes with water and 1 teaspoon of salt.
  • Bring potatoes to a boil and cook for 20-30 minutes, or until potatoes are cooked through. Let cool.
  • In the meantime, add the sliced red onion, vinegar and salt to a salad bowl and toss the onions while squeezing on them gently, massaging the vinegar into the onions. Leave them in the bowl.
  • Add to the bowl, the tomatoes, olives, capers and basil.
  • Sprinkle the oregano.
  • Peel the potatoes and dice them to large chunks, about 1/2” cubes.
  • Add the potatoes to the salad.
  • Drizzle olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper and toss everything gently with your hands until evenly distributed.
  • Sprinkle more chopped basil before serving and enjoy!