Grilled Pesto Potato Salad
- Pesto-Mayo Dressing
- 2 lemons
- 1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 5-6 cups fresh basil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup fresh grated Parmesan
- 1 dash salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- Grilled Potatoes
- 1 pound thin-skinned potatoes (I've used baby reds, fingerlings, even Yukon golds. There's no wrong way to go here.)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 dash salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- Combine pine nuts, basil, garlic, and parmesan in a food processor.
- Drizzle in 1 1/2 cups of olive oil until the pine nuts, basil, garlic, parmesan, and olive oil have become a smooth (though textured!) pesto.
- Add salt and pepper to the pesto to taste.
- In a bowl, squeeze the juice from 2 lemons.
- Add 1/2 cup mayonnaise and about 2-3 heaping tbsp of the freshly made pesto to the lemon juice and whisk to combine.
- Salt and pepper the Pesto-Mayo to taste.
- Preheat grill (I have a charcoal grill, so I just get it nice and hot).
- Cut potatoes into smallish wedges. Not too small, or they'll burn; not too large, or they won't be quite bite-size.
- Toss potato wedges with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Lay potato wedges on the grill in a grill basket. They typically take about 20 minutes, but you want to keep an eye on them and turn them frequently... they can char rather quickly!
- Take the hot, smoky, charred potatoes off the grill and pop them right into the waiting bowl of pesto-mayo. Toss the mixture together.
- Enjoy!
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/18319-grilled-pesto-potato-salad (may not work)