Quick tartare sauce
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- no cooking required
- Serve
- Serves 4
A must-have for fish and chips, fishcakes and a fish finger sandwich, tartare sauce is a cinch to knock up. It's much fresher and less vinegary than anything you can buy in a jar.
Ingredients
- 200ml/7fl oz mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp capers, drained and chopped
- 3 tbsp gherkins, drained and chopped
- 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- squeeze of lemon juice
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Mix together all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
Serve straight away or store in the fridge until needed.
Recipe tips
Mix up the herbs if you like. Parsley is the obvious choice, but dill and tarragon are also lovely.
A few chopped green olives also make a nice addition.
As mayonnaise is the base of a tartare sauce, it's worth using a good quality one. If you want to push the boat out, homemade mayonnaise makes a tartare sauce really special.
If you want to knock up a cheat's version using only store cupboard items, a basic mix of mayonnaise, capers and gherkins will still be better than anything you can buy from the supermarket.
