Warm Salad of New Potatoes , Asparagus , Smoked Mackerel , Wild Garlic and Egg Salad

Not only is it the new asparagus season  but the first new potatoes are appearing from Cornwall .  With thin papery skins , sweet and delicious they soak up dressing . This is a dish you will want to eat with a fork and but for the dressing dripping asparagus feel free to use your fingers.

Wild garlic leaves in the dressing impart a delicate seasonal flavour but you can use finely chopped garlic .

Smoked mackerel is so readily available  its lovely with fennel too or in a not quite nicoise salad once tomatoes come into season , I also like to make it into a pate great on toast or on a baked potato.

Warm Salad of New Potatoes , Asparagus , Smoked Mackerel , Wild Garlic and Egg Salad

Serves 2

200g of New Potatoes
100g of Asparagus
1 egg
3 fillets of smoked mackerel

Dressing
4 tbsp of olive oil
2 tbsp of white wine vinegar
Juice and zest of one lemon
1 tbsp of dijon mustard
Salt and Pepper
1 handful of wild garlic leaves

1. Whisk together all the dressing ingredient including the  wild garlic leaves
2. Boil the new potatoes until cooked and the eggs are hardboiled (3 minutes)
3. Steam the asparagus  over the potatoes for a few minutes
4. Once the potatoes are cooked ,slice  and mix the potatoes and the asparagus  dressing while still warm this will ensure they absorb the dressing and wilt the garlic leaves .
5. Mix in the asparagus place in a bowl and layer over the smoked mackerel and eggs.