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Spanish potato salad from Cadiz

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  • 700 g potatoes
Cut the peeled potatoes into 2 cm bite sized pieces.
Potato salad from Cadiz
  • water
Put them in a flat layer in a stock pot, add water to barely cover, season generously with sea salt and heat on high.
  • sea salt
  • 2 whole eggs
  • water
Put the eggs in a saucepan with water to barely cover and heat on high; once it boils, cover, turn off the heat and leave them 10 to 11 minutes.
Boil the potatoes 15 to 20 minutes until just cooked through and still al dente; do not overcook them or they break apart.
Drain the potatoes in a colander and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking.
  • 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 15 ml sherry vinegar
  • 1 cloves garlic
  • 5 g chopped parsley
In a bowl, whisk the olive oil, sherry vinegar, grated garlic, chopped parsley, sea salt and black pepper together.
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 can tuna in olive oil
Drain the tuna in a fine sieve set over a bowl and flake it gently.
  • 1 whole white onion
Cut the white onion into small slivers and roughly chop the hard boiled eggs.
  • 40 g sliced green olives
Return the potatoes to the stock pot with the tuna, chopped eggs, sliced onion and the green olives.
Pour in the dressing, season with sea salt and black pepper and mix gently.
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Serve at room temperature or chilled; it holds 3 to 4 days in the fridge.