Name: Tartare Sauce
Ingredients: 1 to 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; chopped gherkins or capers

Tartare Sauce

Ingredients

1 to 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
chopped gherkins or capers

Directions

Combine mayonnaise with chopped gherkins or capers in a bowl and mix well until combined.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Mayonnaise: Provides the creamy base and rich fat that carries the sauce's flavour.
Gherkins or capers: Add briny acidity and a sharp, tangy bite that cuts through the richness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.