Description
Ina Garten’s classic tartar sauce brings coastal charm to seafood dishes with rich mayonnaise and zesty pickle accents. Homemade perfection elevates your meal from ordinary to extraordinary, offering restaurant-quality flavor you can quickly craft in your own kitchen.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- ½ cup (120 milliliters) mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) small-diced pickles
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) capers
Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) Champagne or white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) coarse-grained mustard
Seasonings:
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Assemble a food processor or mini chopper equipped with a steel blade to prepare the pickle mixture.
- Add all designated ingredients into the processor’s container, ensuring even distribution.
- Activate the pulse function, gently pressing the button in short, quick bursts to chop the pickles into fine, uniform pieces.
- Continue pulsing carefully, maintaining a texture that is finely diced yet not completely liquefied or turned into a smooth puree.
- Pause occasionally to scrape down the sides of the processor with a spatula, guaranteeing that all ingredients are thoroughly integrated.
- Stop processing once the mixture reaches a consistent, well-blended consistency with small, distinct pickle fragments visible throughout the preparation.
Notes
- Elevate your tartar sauce by selecting premium mayonnaise with rich, creamy texture.
- Experiment with vinegar varieties like apple cider or white wine to enhance the sauce’s depth.
- Control texture by gently pulsing ingredients, preventing over-mixing into a mushy blend.
- Fine-tune pickle and caper quantities to match your personal flavor preferences.
- Fresh herbs can add unexpected brightness and complexity to the traditional recipe.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 130 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg