Tartare sauce

Mix all the wet and chopped dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk together to blend.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Note: The tartare sauce will keep well for up to 2 days.

Tips & tricks

• Make your own mayonnaise using this easy recipe.
• If you’re calorie counting, you could use low calorie mayo as an alternative, but it won’t have quite the same creamy texture.
• Not keen on crunchy onions? Switch it up with onion powder.
• Mix in some hard-boiled eggs for a delicious egg salad.

How to store tartare sauce

Cover your tartare sauce and keep it in the refrigerator for up to a week. We don’t recommend freezing it.

The history of tartare sauce

Inevitably, the history of tartare sauce is a hazy one. It is most likely to have been created by the French sometime after the 18th century when mayonnaise was first invented. The sauce was initially used as a condiment for the raw meat dish, beef tartare, which would explain its name.

It’s a classic! Once you’ve made your tartare sauce, here’s a recipe for the fish, chips and mushy peas to go with it.

This recipe was updated on 1 September 2023.