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Wild Garlic and Crispy Fried Salami Potato Salad

May 3, 2017 By All That I'm Eating 17 Comments

Meals that are made from a few simple ingredients are invariably some of my favourite dishes of all. A quick scramble around the cupboards and fridge pulling ingredients and ideas together always feels more satisfying; like you’re getting a meal for nothing. My evening meals are always planned in advance so it’s lunchtime where I get my Ready Steady Cook hat on. Sometimes however the scrabbling approach doesn’t yield any particularly tasty sounding results; ham and chocolate spread tostadas anyone? This time however, the combination of ingredients I had resulted in Wild Garlic and Crispy Fried Salami Potato Salad and it was brilliant.

 Wild Garlic and Crispy Fried Salami Potato Salad

Ingredients

You will need (for two):

  • 400g potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
  • Handful green beans, topped and tailed, halved
  • Small handful wild garlic
  • 12 slices Italian salami (I used finocchiona which has fennel in), roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper

Method

Start by putting the potatoes into a large pan of salted water. Bring the pan to the boil and cook the potatoes until they are cooked through, cooking time depends on how big you have chopped them. If you have a steamer add the green beans to the steamer over the potatoes for the last few minutes of cooking, or boil separately for a few minutes.

While the potatoes are cooking put the wild garlic (after a thorough rinse) into a pestle and mortar with a pinch of salt. Bash everything up together well until you have a thick paste then add the olive oil, a pinch of pepper and the lemon juice.

Get a frying pan on a medium/high heat and add the salami. Dry fry until crispy, plenty of oil will come out of the salami.

Drain the potatoes when they are cooked (and the green beans if you have cooked them separately) and mix with the beans, salami and wild garlic oil.

 Wild Garlic and Crispy Fried Salami Potato SaladThe grassy and faint garlic whiff from the wild garlic is so good with the slightly fatty salami. The fennel in the salami works really well but any salami would be delicious; it’s a different flavour to something like bacon. The potato breaks down after it’s cooked so the wild garlic oil nestles in the little nooks and crannies and turns everything a wonderful green. The beans add a little freshness and the lemon finishes it off with its zesty acidity. A meal as good as this from a few leftover ingredients and a bit of a rummage in the hedgerows; perfection. Something else equally as potato filled and garlicky are my wild garlic gnocchi if you fancy trying something veggie!!
If you want to have a go foraging for wild food, take a look at my beginner’s guide.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Foraging, Green Beans, Lemon, May, Meat & Fish, Potatoes, Quick Recipes, Recipes By Month, Salad, Salami, Seasons, Spring, Vegetables, Wild Garlic Tagged With: potato salad, recipe, salami, wild garlic

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Comments

  1. AvatarThis is How I Cook says

    May 4, 2017 at 04:55

    I used to eat fried salami on toast when I was a kid-for Breakfast! I think I might need to try this grown up version!

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  2. AvatarDavid | Spiced says

    May 4, 2017 at 11:37

    Did you find the wild garlic yourself? How fun! I’ll have to check out your guide! Also, I love fried salami, and putting it on a salad is a great way to serve it!

    Reply
  3. Avatarangiesrecipes says

    May 4, 2017 at 12:49

    Love wild garlic! This is a simple yet delicious salad.

    Reply
  4. AvatarThe Reader's Tales says

    May 5, 2017 at 04:59

    This is an original salad… My other half will certainly love this he is a huge fan of potato salad…. Hahaha… Have a great weekend ahead, Caroline and thanks for your message 🙂

    Reply
  5. AvatarAlida says

    May 5, 2017 at 08:28

    Wild garlic is a fab herb to use in cooking. I must say I hardly ever use it but I have in the past. My sister who lives in Slovenia always goes foraging for wild garlic at this time of year. They have woods packed with it. It is also so good for you. I must go out and get some before it’s too late.
    You have been so inventive here, thanks for the inspiration your recipe so simple and tasty looks really delicious.

    Reply
  6. Avatarcheri says

    May 5, 2017 at 14:27

    What a fabulous meal Caroline, I love it when food comes together like this, all great ingredients, together amazing.

    Reply
  7. AvatarDavid says

    May 6, 2017 at 14:30

    Ramps (that is what we call wild garlic here) is the only variety of garlic I can eat. I miss it, as it doesn’t grow in the desert! Your dish sounds quite springy and comforting, Caroline!

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  8. AvatarGALINA says

    May 6, 2017 at 20:13

    That’s totally awesome! Just my idea of heaven on a plate. I love potato-based salads, and this one is soooo good.

    Reply
  9. AvatarGiGi Eats says

    May 9, 2017 at 13:00

    Mmmm this girl loves herself a MEATY salad – which is EXACTLY what this is! <3 😀

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  10. AvatarMonica says

    May 9, 2017 at 13:31

    This looks delicious! I love potatoes and this potato salad is right up my alley. PS – I do love ham and chocolate but not together, I have to admit. ; )

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  11. AvatarJohn/Kitchen Riffs says

    May 10, 2017 at 15:18

    I love a hearty salad like this! Use salami a lot, but don’t often combine it with potatoes. Great idea — gotta try that! Thanks. 🙂

    Reply
  12. AvatarGloria Roa Baker says

    May 12, 2017 at 23:05

    Caroline ! really I love this garlic and potato salad!!!
    Nice to know you!

    Reply
  13. AvatarLaura Dembowski says

    May 13, 2017 at 16:14

    I also love throwing meals together. This looks excellent and would be great any time of day, really.

    Reply
  14. AvatarMonika Dabrowski says

    May 15, 2017 at 10:34

    Such a wholesome salad idea, I like that it’s actually more than just a salad, it’d take care of lunch. I’ve hot garlic chives growing in my garden, I wonder if they would do instead of the wild garlic.

    Reply
  15. AvatarMarie | Yay! For Food says

    May 15, 2017 at 16:14

    Sometimes the best meals comes from looking around the pantry! This looks delicious, especially with that Italian salami!

    Reply
  16. Avatarheather (delicious not gorgeous) says

    May 15, 2017 at 17:21

    wild garlic oil? crispy salami?! this sounds ridiculously good. i like potato salad but usually don’t beeline straight for it, but i’d probably get a massive helping of this one (:

    Reply
  17. AvatarAgness of Run Agness Run says

    May 17, 2017 at 11:37

    This is an exquisite salad recipe! I love all the ingredients so much that I could eat this salad every day!

    Reply

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