Autumn Potato Salad Recipe
A simple roasted potato salad incorporating a couple other seasonal root vegetables like parsnips and carrots. I served it on a bed of wild rice with a simple mustard vinaigrette.
I did that thing the other night, Halloween actually, where you're invited to a party and can't decide exactly what to bring. At first I said I'd bring a hearty salad of some sort, but as soon as I heard the word salad leave my mouth, ideas for savory tarts started flitting around my brain. And wow, is that a pâte sucrée tart shell in the freezer? Maybe I should make something with that. I also decided, right around the same time, that it would be a good idea to bake cookies for trick-or-treaters instead of handing out candy. I was looking at a long day in the the kitchen for sure.
I got an early start, and in the morning collected ingredients from all my favorite shops. It was beautiful and sunny out, and hey, we should really go for a walk. And do you want to try someplace new for lunch? And, and.....and somehow the day snuck away from me in a hundred fantastic ways. In the end, a spinach tart made it next door, and the neighborhood kids got freshly baked cookies, and the chocolate tart made it out of the oven, but not to the party. And this salad never made it out of my head. It had to wait until later in the week to make an appearance. But I thought I'd share it with you because I liked how it turned out.
The idea was a simple roasted potato salad incorporating a couple other seasonal root vegetables like parsnips and carrots. I served it on a bed of wild rice - all with a simple mustard vinaigrette. I've think I've subliminally been on a bit of a mustard bender since I returned from Paris.
Also, I should mention, embarrassingly enough - that when all these roasted beauties finished their term in the oven, I noticed the parsnips waiting patiently on the sideline, quiet as church mice, raw as ever. They never made it onto the pan. I'll include them in the recipe though, because they were supposed to be there .
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Autumn Potato Salad Recipe
I used some charming pink-fleshed, huckleberry potatoes (or at least I believe they were huckleberry potatoes), but any small, waxy potatoes will do. Also, on the mustard front, I seek out plain whole-grain mustard for the dressing - no added herbs. Also, and I've mentioned this before, wild rice takes some time to cook, so I make up big pots of it, drain it really well, let it cool, pack it into freezer bags, and freeze it. It freezes beautifully, and makes quick work salads like this - perfect for soups too. And one last note of importance, do your best to cut your vegetables into pieces of similar thickness, so they roast in a similar time frame.
1 1/2 pounds small, waxy potatoes, well scrubbed and halved or quartered
1/2 pound baby carrots, well scrubbed and halved or quartered
1/2 pound parsnips, well scrubbed, and halved
6 medium shallots, peeled
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 big pinches of sea salt
2 bunches of scallions (green onions), greens topped off, and halved lengthwisevinaigrette:
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 small shallot, minced
2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1/3 cup of olive oil
1 tablespoon heavy cream or creme fraiche (optional)2 cups cooked wild rice (opt)
Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
In a large bowl toss the potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and shallots with 1/4 cup of olive oil and 2 big pinches of salt. When the ingredients are well coated, turn them out onto a large baking sheet in a single layer. There will be a bit of residual oil in the bottom of the bowl, gently add the green onions to the mixing bowl and push them around a bit until they are coated as well. If there is room on your baking sheet add the onions in their own corner (they take less time to roast and you will need to remove them), or place them on their own baking sheet. Place in the oven.
The scallions will likely finished baking first, remove them when they are well-browned, roughly 20 minutes. The rest of the vegetables usually take somewhere between 40 and 60 minutes. Let them go until they are deeply golden and tender throughout. Check them regularly, flip them with a metal spatula once or twice along the way, and if any of the smaller pieces are getting too dark pull them off the pan.
While the vegetables are roasting, start the dressing by pouring the red wine vinegar into a small bowl along with the chopped shallot. If you have the time, let it sit there for twenty minutes or so. Then whisk in the mustard and salt, before slowly drizzling in the olive oil, whisking all the while. Whisk in the cream, taste and adjust with more mustard, vinegar, salt, etc to taste.
When they are done roasting, remove the vegetables from the oven. In a large bowl toss the wild rice (if you're going that route) with a splash of the vinaigrette. You can now either transfer the rice to a serving platter, as a bed for the vegetables, or you can add the roasted vegetables to the bowl and toss them with the rice, the rest of the dressing, and half of the scallions. Turn everything out onto the platter and serve topped with the remaining roasted scallions.
Serves 6.
Prep time: 15 minutes - Cook time: 45 minutes
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This was very delightful dish for me and it is one of the healthiest potato recipe too.Want to try and taste it out.Thanks for sharing and iam one of your fan and will keep on updating your recipes.
I can not get enough mustard, either. I want it on everything!
Wow, that is a gorgeous and delicious-looking potato salad! I thought about making cookies to pass out this year, but decided against it figuring that parents would deem them "unsafe" because they weren't safely prepackaged in a wrapper. How were the cookies received? Or are you mainly giving out treats to kids that you know? You know, I was worried about it for a minute or two - and then decided that it would be so much more fun if more people made homemade treats. So I went for it. There were a mix of kids that came by - some I knew, most I didn't. The parents seemed totally fine with the cookies, some even asked if they could have their own! And I have to say, the faces on a lot of the kids really lit up when they saw I had cookies - It was very cute. I highly recommend it for next year.
The combination of roasted potatoes, carrot & parsnip is one of my favourite easy side dishes. I usually just toss them in salt & butter but next time I'll call it a salad and use a vinaigrette and maybe the wild rice too.
We're always looking for new ways to enjoy potatoes - this looks great! Thanks!
Although I have said it before, I must say again, that this is my favorite food blog and recipe source. You regularly feature recipes for foods I grow, or can get from local farmers - and they are always delicious. Add to that your beautiful photography and stories and it is indeed the perfect recipe. Your generosity toward others, (cooks you have featured here), greatly inspired me in my own work. Thank you Heidi. This potato salad looks delightful. Michaela
This looks great, all ingrediants already on hand. Will make this tonight for dinner! I came across your blog only a week ago and I am in love...your philosophy and amazing recipes are right up my alley. I think I've already made 5 recipes from it! All wonderful Thanks Heidi! From your newest fan :)
Quite possibly the most elegant looking potato salad I've ever seen.
Beautiful. I have a couple of sweet potatoes here, whispering that they would like to join in the fun. Have just added wild rice to the shopping list... Thank you!
Thanks for share good recipe. Good post, keep it up.
This is the healthiest potato salad recipe I've ever seen. I am so making this soon!
Heidi, Your potato and wild rice salad sounds great. We've been cooking up wild rice here quite a bit now that it is chilly and rainy. I pressure cooked a batch the other day but I don't like the texture of it as much as simply slow cooking it in a pot. It does take so much time that I think I will freeze some next time as you suggest. I like to have a few cups cooked to just toss into veggie soups at this time of year. And huckleberry potatoes? I have never heard of those. They sure are beautiful! Thanks! -Ali :)
This is exquisite, and right up my alley!
Heidi: This sounds and looks delicious- exactly what I've been looking for!!! P.S.- I don't see how to comment on the 'Basic Chocolate Cake" recipe, but I just made it for my husband's birthday and it was a total hit!! I made it in a springform pan and topped it with fresh raspberries. Thank you so much!!!!! :)
I do not think I have ever seen an Autumn potato salad. It not only looks beautiful I have a feeling it probably taste great too :)
Sorry Heidi, but I am really glad to hear that you forgot the parsnips. It's so nice to know that even you make mistakes sometimes :)
I love recipes I can make from staples I keep on hand in my refrigerator. Add some cubed tofu to the root veggies, and this could be a great main dish... might end up as my lunches for the week!
What a beautiful salad!!
i need to eat this right now
Festive and beautiful, as always. :)
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