Tartare Sauce

Name: Tartare Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (280 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: about ¼ cup (53 ml) Mayo; about 1½ Tbsp (24 ml) Greek Yogurt; 1/8 cup lemon juice (30 ml) Lemon Juice; about 7 cornichons (70 g) Cornichon; about ¼ cup (40 g) Capers; about 1½ jalapenoes (20 g) Jalapeno; about ¾ bunch (40 g) Parsley; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Cyril Lignac recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Cyril Lignac.

SPREAD · FRIED FISH & SEAFOOD

In the published recipe, this is the spread for sardine beignets.

Lignac's tartare sauce for fried sardines.

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TARTARE

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 9
Jar batch: 1.25× recipe

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Ratio

MAYO 53 mlLEMON JUICE 30 mlGREEK YOGURT 24 ml

Ingredients

Mayoabout ¼ cup (53 ml)
Greek Yogurtabout 1½ Tbsp (24 ml)
Lemon Juice1/8 cup lemon juice (30 ml)
Cornichonabout 7 cornichons (70 g)
Capersabout ¼ cup (40 g)
Jalapenoabout 1½ jalapenoes (20 g)
Parsleyabout ¾ bunch (40 g)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): MAYO, LEMON JUICE, GREEK YOGURT.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add CORNICHON, then CAPERS. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 1½ JALAPENOS, ¾ BUNCH PARSLEY.
Season to finish: SALT (to taste), PEPPER (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Cyril Lignac works in Modern French / TV cuisine at Le Quinzième; credentials include Michelin 1* (Le Quinzième, Paris, 2012-2019).

Originally published as Sauce Tartare.

Adapted from a Cyril Lignac recipe (Cyril Lignac / Tous en cuisine via Femme Actuelle (sardine beignets; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 1.25× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Cyril Lignac / Tous en cuisine via Femme Actuelle (sardine beignets; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Sauce Tartare”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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