Potato salad mom's way

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 1 kg potato(s), waxy
• 1 small onion(s)
• 1 ½ m.-sized apples
• 1 pack of salami, sliced, approx. 200 g
• 5 m.-large gherkin(s) (Spreewald)
• 3 tbsp cucumber water
• 1 jar mayonnaise, 250 ml
• 125 ml milk, 3.5% fat
• 1 ½ tsp, leveled sugar
• ½ tsp, leveled salt
• ½ tsp, leveled pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 13 hours

First, wash the potatoes if necessary and boil them in their jacket potatoes for about 20 minutes. Then peel them while still warm and let them cool. Peel the onion and apples and remove the cores. Now dice the onion, apples, salami and cucumber very finely, ideally into 5 mm cubes. By now the potatoes should have cooled down and can also be cut into approx. 1 cm cubes. Place the potato cubes in a large bowl. Now add the onion, apple, cucumber and salami cubes to the potatoes in the large bowl. Pour the mayonnaise from the jar into a mug or jug. Now half fill the mayonnaise jar with the milk, close it, shake and then pour it into the mug or jug. Now mix both well with a whisk or whisk until the mixture has about the consistency of yogurt. Now add the cucumber water. Then pour the milk and mayonnaise mixture over the potatoes in the large bowl. Finally, add the sugar, salt and pepper and mix everything very well. The salad must now be covered and left in the refrigerator overnight. The salad may be a little too thick the next day as the potatoes absorb liquid. In this case, simply add a little milk and stir thoroughly again. The salad is now ready to eat and can be served cold. It goes well with wiener sausages, bockwurst, meatballs, roast chicken thighs or grilled meat and sausage. Tip: If you like, you can decorate the salad with tomato quarters, strips of bell pepper, egg halves, parsley, etc. before serving. This salad is perfect for any celebration, be it a birthday, Christmas, Easter or New Year’s Eve. It is also ideal on a buffet or as a side dish to a hearty barbecue.