Warm potatoes take up the dressing before tomatoes, pepper and ham are added. Gentle folding keeps the pieces intact.
Cook potatoes until a knife slips in, without letting them fall apart.
Ingredients and timing for 4
Serves 4 · 45 min
Approximate timings for this editorial recipe proposal, which has not been kitchen-tested. Adjust cooking to your ingredients and equipment.
- 600 g potatoes
- 4 eggs
- 300 g tomatoes
- 1 small green pepper and half an onion
- 60 g pitted black olives
- 80 g cured ham
- 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon vinegar; salt and pepper to taste
Step-by-step method
- Wash and boil whole potatoes for about 20–25 min depending on size until tender. Separately boil eggs for 10–12 min from boiling; whites and yolks must be firm.
- Cool eggs under cold water and peel. Drain potatoes, cool enough to handle, peel and cut into chunks. Mix oil, vinegar and pepper and dress the warm potatoes.
- Wash and chop tomatoes and pepper; chop onion. Fold into potatoes with olives. Add quartered eggs and ham strips at serving time. Taste before salting.
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Wash hands and utensils after handling raw eggs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate promptly in a shallow container at 4 °C or below.
Keep perishables out of refrigeration for no more than 2 hours, or 1 hour above 32 °C. This recipe has not undergone a storage test.
Food handling and chilling: FoodSafety.gov.
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