Jersey Royal Potato Salad

This Jersey Royal Potato Salad is a family favorite, made with those special new potatoes only grown on Jersey in the Channel Islands. Sub your favorite new potato if you can't get them! 

The Jersey Royal story begins in 1880 when a farmer named Hugh de la Haye planted a 15 sprouted pieces of a seed potato and one grew into a plant with papery skins. The slanted hillsides get lots of sunshine and the vraic – a seaweed used for fertilizer on the island – gives the Jersey Royal its unique taste. 

Sadly, we haven’t been able to fly back to Jersey because of the pandemic but I found this recipe with photos in files and decided to share for National Egg Day, if only to remind myself that someday things will be better COVID-wise and we will be able to travel again. 

Jersey Royal Potato Salad

This recipe makes enough for two servings with a little left over. It is easily doubled, trebled or even quadrupled, if you are serving a crowd. If you don’t have access to Jersey Royals, another new potato can be substituted. I’ve also made this quite successfully with the little thin-skinned red ones we can get here in States.

Ingredients

8 1/2 oz or 240g Jersey Royals, boiled till just cooked through

2 eggs, hardboiled

1 teaspoon grated onion, plus any onion juice

2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise

2 teaspoons yellow mustard

fine sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

Cayenne, optional

Green onions to garnish

Method

Mash the egg yolks with a fork and mix in with the grated onion, mustard and two tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Chop the egg whites into the bowl. Follow those with the Jersey Royals, also roughly cut into halves or thirds, depending on the size of your Royals.

Mix everything together and season to taste with fine sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne, if desired. 

If the mixture seems too dry, add the extra tablespoon of mayonnaise. Garnish with some chopped green onion. 

Enjoy! 

It’s National Egg Day tomorrow so my Foodie Extravaganza friends are sharing recipes you can use for your own celebration! Many thanks to our host, Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla.

• BBQ Deviled Eggs by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Chorizo Scotch Eggs + 2016 Bodegas Jorge Ordonez Málaga Moscatel Old Vines by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Fluffy Omelette by Sneha's Recipe
• Italian Frittata by Our Good Life
• Jersey Royal Potato Salad by Food Lust People Love
• Mexican Baked Eggs by Making Miracles
• Sous Vide Ham and Cheese Egg Bites by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Tuxum Barak (Khorezm Egg Dumplings) by Tara's Multicultural Table
• Yoda Avocado Deviled Eggs by Simply Inspired Meals

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