Simple Tartar Sauce - quick, easy, deliciously homemade tasty tartar sauce

mayonnaise

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

pickles

🥗Healthier: cucumber

💰Cheaper: relish

Cucumber provides freshness with fewer calories

capers

🥗Healthier: green olives

💰Cheaper: chopped pickles

Green olives offer a similar briny flavor

Dijon mustard

🥗Healthier: yellow mustard

💰Cheaper: regular mustard

Yellow mustard is more accessible and less spicy

Wash hands thoroughly before starting.

Take out 1/2 cup of mayonnaise from the fridge.

Add dill relish to the mayonnaise (can substitute with sweet pickle if preferred).

Chop onion very finely and add to the mixture.

Add a little bit of dried dill to the mixture.

Roll the lemon on the counter to release juices, then cut it in half.

Squeeze the juice from half of the lemon into the mixture, removing any seeds.

Add salt and pepper to taste, adjusting according to preference.

Stir all ingredients together until well combined.

Set the tartar sauce aside and clean up the workspace.

Cut pumpernickel bread into four pieces.

Place a dollop of tartar sauce in the center of each piece of bread.

Top with candied salmon, if desired.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

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