California-Style Tartar Sauce

Name: California-Style Tartar Sauce
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes About 1 Cup
Ingredients: 3 cornichons or gherkins; 2-3 tsp. nonpareil capers; 1 cup mayonnaise; Juice of ½ lemon; 1 tsp. pickling brine from jar of cornichons; 1 tsp. pickling brine from jar of capers; Salt and freshly ground pepper, white or black

Serves
makes About 1 Cup

Traditional recipes for tartar sauce use homemade mayonnaise, but high-quality store-bought mayo yields good results, too.

Ingredients

3 cornichons or gherkins
2-3 tsp. nonpareil capers
1 cup mayonnaise
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tsp. pickling brine from jar of cornichons
1 tsp. pickling brine from jar of capers
Salt and freshly ground pepper, white or black

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Instructions

Step 1

Finely chop cornichons or gherkins and transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Chop nonpareil capers and add to bowl with cornichons.

Step 2

Add mayonnaise, lemon juice, and pickling brine from cornichons and capers. Mix with a wooden spoon until well-blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Adjust seasonings with a little more mayonnaise, lemon juice, or either of the pickling brines, if you like.

Finely chop cornichons or gherkins and transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Chop nonpareil capers and add to bowl with cornichons.
Add mayonnaise, lemon juice, and pickling brine from cornichons and capers. Mix with a wooden spoon until well-blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Adjust seasonings with a little more mayonnaise, lemon juice, or either of the pickling brines, if you like.