Tartar Sauces

Tartar sauce can be bought in jars from the supermarket, however making your own sauce from scratch usually tastes better and is generally no hassle at all. You can start off by making a simple tartar sauce, adding ingredients to your favourite brand of mayonnaise. For those with a little more experience in the kitchen, you could even make your own homemade mayonnaise, which you could subsequently transform into a delicious tartar sauce. Recipes for tartar sauce in the UK differ slightly to those from the US and Canada. British recipes include capers, gherkins, parsley, chives and lemon juice in their ingredients, whilst in the US and Canada minced onion, sweet pickle or dill relish and capers are added. Sometimes hard-boiled eggs and olives may also be included. The sauce can be prepared in a food processor or blender but may just as easily be made by mixing the ingredients together in an ordinary mixing bowl. The prepared tartar sauce should be kept in a jar with a screw-on lid for a maximum of 1 week.