Name: Tartare Sauce
Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon chopped capers; 1 chopped gherkin

Tartare Sauce

Ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chopped capers
1 chopped gherkin

Directions

Prepare 1 cup of mayonnaise.
Stir in 1 tablespoon of chopped capers and 1 chopped gherkin.

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: Forms the creamy base of the sauce and carries the flavour of the other ingredients.
Capers: Add a briny, sharp acidity that cuts through the richness of the mayonnaise.
Gherkin: Adds crunch and a tangy, sour note that balances the sauce.

“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.