Potato salad with bacon and homemade mayonnaise

If, you want to change the way of eating potato salad this is a good recipe. For sure, It is a comforting one delicious homemade mayonnaise with simple ingredients. You can serve this salad with meat, perfect with chicken, or just alone. You can heat it hot or cold as leftovers. My story about this recipe, very simple I saw once on TV a similar recipe which I modify a bit using smoked paprika, coriander, and capers. To pimp the mayonnaise. It is almost liking eating a Ceasar salad, but I replace the salad by good small baby potatoes cooks perfectly. For those who love bacon, you can always add more. This is one of my favorites. Hope you like it. My wife Mariolis, always smile when I make this for her, she loves to take the leftover salad at work for lunch the next day.

POTATO SALAD WITH BACON AND HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE

You can heat it hot or cold as leftovers. My story about this recipe, very simple I saw once on TV a similar recipe which I modify a bit using smoked paprika, coriander, and capers.
To pimp the mayonnaise. It is almost liking eating a Ceasar salad, but I replace the salad by good small baby potatoes cooks perfectly.

For those who love bacon, you can always add more. This is one of my favorites. Hope you like it. My wife Mariolis, always smile when I make this for her, she loves to take the leftover salad at work for lunch the next day.

Ingredients

1 large egg yolk
1 tables spoon of capers
2 teaspoon grain old fashioned mustard
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
a small bunch of coriander
1 tablespoon lime juice
3/4 cup olive oil
3 lb small potatoes
100 grams Canadian bacon
1 lime garnish with the zest of a lime

Instruction:

In a medium-sized bowl add egg yolk, whisk until yolk becomes slightly thickened and light yellow. Add salt, capers, and mustard. Crush to a paste with a fork. Vigorously whisk until combined. Very gradually add a few drops of olive oil to the egg mixture. Whisk until you see the mixture lighten in color and starting to thicken. Continue to add small drops at a time, creating an emulsified and thickened sauce.
Once the oil has been added and is visibly thickened, add sea salt, freshly ground pepper and smoked paprika then add freshly squeezed lime juice, and mince coriander, mix well and mix to combine. The mixture should look pale yellow and thick. Taste and season with salt as desired.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
The potatoes
Place the small potatoes in a large pot add chicken stock, bring to a boil, lower the heat simmer until potatoes are fork-tender 5 to 8 minutes depending on their size, take the boiled potatoes out of the pot. Add some olive oil in a non-stick pan, add the potatoes and gently press down on each potato and slightly flatted it. Browned the potatoes on low heat. Flip potatoes until they are crispy. When ready incorporate the potatoes into the mayonnaise. Cut and dice a large slice of good Canadian bacon, add dice bacon into a non-stick pan. Cook the dice bacon stirring often, until it is crispy. Then add the bacon to the salad, mix well. Finish with cut mince green onions add leftover coriander, garnish with the zest of a lime.