Cut the potatoes into slices, and place them in a salad-bowl with a little finely chopped blanched parsley.

You can also add some finely chopped onion or shallot.

If you do not add these you can rub the bowl with a bead of garlic.

Sprinkle some more chopped parsley over the top of the salad and ornament the edge of the bowl with some thin slices of pickled gherkins.

A few stoned olives can also be added.