Potato Salad
6 medium potatoes
6 eggs
2 medium onions
280 ml (1/2 pt) salad dressing
salt
pepper
paprika
diced cucumber or radish slices
lettuce leaves
Preparation
Choose Potatoes of equal size. Wash well but do not peel. Place them on trivet, add water,close lid, bring to pressure and cook for 8 minutes. Reduce pressure quickly under cold running water.
At the same time hard-boil the eggs. Put eggs in cold water before shelling them. Drain and peel potatoes. slice the potatoes eggs and onions thinly, keeping them in separate piles.
Select a salad bowl that is fairly deep and arrange the ingredients in alternating layers as follows, potatoes, salad dressing, onion, egg, seasoning, until all the potatoes are used.
Reserve some egg slices for the top garnish. Diced cucumber and radish slices may be incorporated in the layers of ingredients.
Refrigerate until chilled thoroughly. Immediately before serving mix all together carefully with two spoons gently lifting and stirring without breaking the slices. Decorate the edge of the bowl with lettuce leaves and the top with slices of egg.
Sprinkle paprika over the dish.
Hot potato Salad
6 medium potatoes
4 eggs
4 slices of bacon
1 large sweet onion
175g (6 oz) celery
50ml vinegar
2 tablespoons of sugar
salt and pepper
paprika
Preparation
Prepare and cook potatoes whole in pressure cooker. Hard-boil eggs at same time. Drain peel and dice potatoes into 13 mm (1/2 in) pieces. Shell and slice eggs. Keep warm (while preparing remaining ingredients) preferably oven proof dish on low heat. Reserve one egg for garnish.
Cut bacon into small pieces and fry in a pan until crisp. Cut celery finely and mince onion.
Remove bacon from heat and allow to cool slightly then add the sugar and vinegar. Return to heat and stir in the celery, onion and seasoning.
When all ingredients are hot remove pan from heat and pour the contents over the dish of potatoes and eggs. Garnish with the egg slices. Serve at once or keep hot until ready to serve.