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Austrian · Main course · 50 min

Potato salad with soured cream (Kartoffelsalat)

Lukewarm potato salad with onion in a tangy stock and vinegar dressing, stirred creamy with soured cream at the end.

As of: 11 October 2026

Potato salad with soured cream (Kartoffelsalat)

Ingredients

servings
  • 1 kgwaxy potatoes
  • —salt (for the cooking water)
  • 2onions (finely diced)
  • 2 tbspvegetable oil (for sweating the onions)
  • 1 tspsugar
  • 200 mlhot vegetable or beef stock
  • 4 tbspwhite wine vinegar
  • 1 tspmustard
  • 200 gsoured cream
  • —salt and pepper (from the mill)
  • 1 tbspparsley, chopped (to sprinkle)
Time
25 min active · 50 min total · + 1 h resting
Difficulty
easy

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Preparation

  1. Cook the potatoes in their skins in salted water until a knife slides in easily, then rinse briefly in cold water, peel while still warm and cut into slices about 5 mm thick.
  2. Sweat the onions in the oil until translucent, add the sugar, pour in the stock and bring briefly to the boil.
  3. Pour the hot stock over the potato slices, add the vinegar and mustard and mix gently so the slices stay whole.
  4. Leave the salad to infuse for at least 1 hour so the potatoes absorb the dressing.
  5. Stir in the soured cream, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with parsley before serving.

Drink with it

  • Pale lager · excellent match

    Helles or Pils, well chilled

    Carbonation and mild hop bitterness loosen the starch, and the malt stays in the background next to the vinegar and soured cream.

    Pils or Helles: What's the Difference? ↗

  • White wine · good match

    Grüner Veltliner, dry

    Acidity and pepperiness keep pace with the vinegar and onion; the soured cream takes the edge off the dressing so the wine does not seem harsh.

    Which wine pairs with food? A simple approach to choosing ↗

  • Vodka · good match

    Vodka, ice cold and neat from a small glass

    In Eastern Europe, potato, onion and sour flavours go with a cold clear spirit, and the neutral spirit clears the starch from the palate.

    What Is Vodka? Raw Materials, Flavor, and Cocktails ↗

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