Comments on: Sweet-Potato Salad http://leitesculinaria.com/11586/recipes/courses/sides-sweet-potato-salad.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Testers' Choice http://leitesculinaria.com/11586/recipes/courses/sides-sweet-potato-salad.html#comment-5850 Testers' Choice Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:52:05 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=11586#comment-5850 [Elsa Jacobson] I was attracted to this recipe in part because it included a homemade pickled relish, and homemade pickling or fermenting is of particular interest to me. The salad is excellent and the relish could stand alone, as it will be useful with or without the salad. I'l make the salad again, and I'll also separately make the relish again. This salad enlivened a brunch menu, where it was a colorful side dish alongside other vegetable sides supporting a main entrée dessert frittata with lemon and almond. In addition to adding color, it was far more interesting than a standard breakfast potato, such as hash browns. It would also be delicious as part of a lunchtime salad plate or as an accompaniment to a summertime barbecue and the chipotles suggest the possibility of including it in a Mexican- or Southwest-themed meal. <strong>Vegetarians note:</strong> Worcestershire sauce, in its traditional form, is not vegetarian, as it contains anchovies. Vegetarian “Worcestershire sauce,” is available at natural foods stores as well as Kosher markets. Acceptable substitutes include soy sauce or steak sauce. Alternately, there are recipes for a vegetarian version online. Since the recipe states, “Worcestershire sauce to taste,” it could be omitted entirely without significant detriment to the finished salad. [Elsa Jacobson] I was attracted to this recipe in part because it included a homemade pickled relish, and homemade pickling or fermenting is of particular interest to me. The salad is excellent and the relish could stand alone, as it will be useful with or without the salad. I’l make the salad again, and I’ll also separately make the relish again.

This salad enlivened a brunch menu, where it was a colorful side dish alongside other vegetable sides supporting a main entrée dessert frittata with lemon and almond. In addition to adding color, it was far more interesting than a standard breakfast potato, such as hash browns. It would also be delicious as part of a lunchtime salad plate or as an accompaniment to a summertime barbecue and the chipotles suggest the possibility of including it in a Mexican- or Southwest-themed meal.

Vegetarians note: Worcestershire sauce, in its traditional form, is not vegetarian, as it contains anchovies. Vegetarian “Worcestershire sauce,” is available at natural foods stores as well as Kosher markets. Acceptable substitutes include soy sauce or steak sauce. Alternately, there are recipes for a vegetarian version online. Since the recipe states, “Worcestershire sauce to taste,” it could be omitted entirely without significant detriment to the finished salad.

]]> By: Testers' Choice http://leitesculinaria.com/11586/recipes/courses/sides-sweet-potato-salad.html#comment-5474 Testers' Choice Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:19:17 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=11586#comment-5474 [Elie Nassar] I made this salad to go with a mesquite smoked brisket I cooked up over the weekend, and it really is phenomenal. The relish recipe makes more than double what you need, so I halved it. I won't do this next time because the relish alone is delicious and will go great on a sandwich, hot dog, or a chicken breast. The sweetness of the potatoes really worked very well with the tart dressing and the peppery sweet relish. As an accompaniment to a smoked piece of fatty brisket, this is a superb dish. Too bad I had no leftovers since my guests made sure to polish off the whole thing! [Elie Nassar] I made this salad to go with a mesquite smoked brisket I cooked up over the weekend, and it really is phenomenal. The relish recipe makes more than double what you need, so I halved it. I won’t do this next time because the relish alone is delicious and will go great on a sandwich, hot dog, or a chicken breast. The sweetness of the potatoes really worked very well with the tart dressing and the peppery sweet relish. As an accompaniment to a smoked piece of fatty brisket, this is a superb dish. Too bad I had no leftovers since my guests made sure to polish off the whole thing!

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