"Potato recipes for everyone!"

There are way too many ways of cooking potatoes to list here but these potato recipes will definately encourage you into the kitchen!

If you're growing your own potatoes, you'll know the benefits already, but just in case...

Treat yourself to a few baby potatoes at the beginning of the season. Okay thy won't be there to grow big but sometimes quality over-rides quantity, and it's always good to treat yourself. Growing potatoes does take a bit of work and you deserve the rewards!

***********************************************************

Buy potato seed from a reputable supplier. There are a few garden suppliers online who will deliver potato seed to your door.

Maxine Picasso

Planting potatoes in the UK for choice potato recipes!
This section is entirely devoted to potatoes. Check on the links to the left of the page for different varieties - these are both early maincrop crop varieties.

For US deliveries try Amazon:

Kennebec Potato

Norland Potato

***********************************************************

New small potatoes hardly need any preparation. Wash under the tap and rub off skins if you want, but as long as the potato is washed free of soil, it's perfectly edible with it's skin - whatever you do, DON'T peel them!

Add a few sprigs of mint to new potatoes when almost cooked - perfect with roast lamb, and the very simplest of potato recipes!

For a potato salad, cook the potatoes, drain and leave to cool. Make a mayonnaise sauce and stir into the potatoes. Keep it simple. New potatoes are very special and it's a shame to overwhelm them with other vegetables or additions.

Here are a few more potato recipes: Bon apetit!

-Add zest to your summer potatoes with this tasty potato recipe-

INGREDIENTS:

potatoes
courgettes
sweet pepper
a large onion
handful of fresh chopped herbs
juice of one lemon

METHOD:

1. Peel and dice potatoes, then boil or steam until just cooked. Choose a firm fleshed variety so they don’t go mushy! Drain and set aside.

2. Slice courgettes (zuchinni), sweet peppers and a large onion and gently fry in olive or nut oil until soft.

3. Stir in diced cooked potatoes and a handful of fresh chopped herbs ( coriander works very well). Cook gently for a few minutes.

4. Then add the juice of a whole lemon to the pan and stir. Heat for a further minute and serve hot!

CHEESY JACKETS

-as potato recipes go, jackets are probably the simplest! -

INGREDIENTS:

Medium baking potatoes
Grated cheese
grated onion
mixed dried herbs
1 tablespoon olive oil

METHOD:

1. Pour olive oil in a baking dish and sprinkle on dried herbs.

2. Scrub and prick potatoes and bake in dish for around an hour at gas mark 5, 375º F., 190º C.,. Turn after half an hour to ensure a crisp herby jacket to the potatoes

3. Cut potatoes in half and carefully scoop out the flesh into a mixing bowl.

4. Mash well and mix in cheese and onion.

5. Pile the filling back into the potato skins and grill under a medium heat for 5-10 minutes.

OVEN BAKE MASH

- mash with a dash! Try using other ingredients in this potato recipe - such as diced bacon instead of fish -

INGREDIENTS:

potatoes
little milk
little butter
cooked white fish, flaked
fresh chopped parsley

METHOD:

1. Steam or boil potatoes and mash well with butter and milk

2. Stir in the flaked white fish and chopped parsley.

3. Place mixture in a greased ovenproof dish and bake in centre of oven, gas mark 5, 375º F., 190º C.,. for about 20 minutes.

GARLIC POTATOES

-add a little parsley to this potato recipe to keep the breath sweet! -

INGREDIENTS:

potatoes
garlic
butter
about half to one pint of milk
grated cheese

METHOD:

1. Peel and slice potatoes. Steam or boil until just cooked

2. Chop two or three garlic cloves, according to taste. 3. With the butter, grease a deep ovenproof dish.

4. Place slices of potato in layers into the dish, dotting with garlic.

5. Pour milk to half way up side of dish and sprinkle grated cheese on top.

6. Bake in centre of oven, gas mark 5, 375º F., 190º C., for around 25-30 minutes. Serve hot.

HOT POTATO LOAF

A potato recipe to warm the bones!

INGREDIENTS:

2 lb potatoes
4 oz. cream cheese
3 large eggs
5 fluid oz. milk
1½ level teaspoons salt
pepper
1 level teaspoon mixed herbs
1 level tablespoon parmesan cheese

METHOD:

1. Peel potatoes, cut into half inch cubes and parboil in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Drain.

2. Beat cream cheese until very soft. Then beat in eggs.

3. Stir in the milk, salt, pepper, herbs and parmesan.

4. Spoon the potato cubes into a prepared loaf tin and pour over the cheese and egg mixture.

5. Cover with foil and bake at gas mark 5, 375º F., 190º C.,. for one hour. Serve hot or cold.

POTATO SALAD

- potato salad with a touch of style - a wonderful summer potato recipe!

INGRDIENTS:

new potatoes
spring onions, chopped finely
chopped walnuts
natural yoghurt
mayonnaise

METHOD:

1. Steam or boil new potatoes until just cooked, but not mushy. Drain and leave to cool completely.

2. Make a sauce by blending mayonnaise and natural yoghurt. Keep tasting while you mix until it’s perfect!

3. When potatoes are cool, mix in spring onions and walnuts then carefully stir in the sauce, coating all ingredients.

Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

POTATO WINE

- and yes, you can even get drunk on spuds! -

INGREDIENTS:

5 lbs potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 gallon water
2 lemons
2 oranges
1 bruised root ginger
4 lb demerara sugar
¾ oz. baker’s yeast ( or 1 teaspoon dried yeast )

METHOD:

1. Cook the potatoes in the water for 15 minutes.

2. Add the rinds of the lemons and oranges and the ginger, and boil for another 15 minutes.

3. Strain onto the sliced lemons and oranges, and the sugar.

4. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and leave to stand overnight.

5. Strain, add the yeast. Pour into a jar and seal with an airlock.

6. Leave until the bubbles subside, then cork tightly and leave for 6-9 months before bottling.

Happy Cooking!

More "Potato Recipe" Reading

www.flower-and-garden-tips.com/potatorecipes.html