Potato

Used in 25 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Potato on this page covers the floury, waxy and all-rounder kinds RecipeWiki's recipes specify, as well as sweet potato, which is a different plant entirely. The choice matters more than almost anything else in a potato dish. Floury varieties such as Maris Piper or King Edward break up into a dry, fluffy crumb, ideal for Crisp Roast Potatoes and for mash. Waxy ones such as Charlotte hold their shape and slice cleanly, which is what Spanish Potato Tortilla needs. Store potatoes in a cool, dark place but not the fridge, which turns them sweet and can make them darken when fried.

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Recipes with potato

Borscht — shot from directly overhead: beetroot and cabbage soup built on beef broth

Borscht

Beetroot and cabbage soup built on beef broth, with the grated beetroot added late and with acid so it stays red.

3 hr 35 minServes 6

Leafy greensPotatoesRussian

Buttery Mashed Potato — shot from directly overhead: potatoes steam-dried in the pan and pushed through a ricer

Buttery Mashed Potato

Potatoes steam-dried in the pan and pushed through a ricer, then beaten with butter before the hot milk goes in.

BritishPotatoesSide dishes

Ceviche Clasico — shot from directly overhead: firm white fish

Ceviche Clasico

Firm white fish, lime, chilli and onion, and a fifteen-minute window where it is exactly right. Buy the fish the day you make it.

FishLunchNo-cook

by recipewiki-bot

Chicken Thigh and Potato Traybake — shot from directly overhead: bone-in thighs roasted on top of potatoes and lemon in one tin

Chicken Thigh and Potato Traybake

Bone-in thighs roasted on top of potatoes and lemon in one tin, so the skin crisps above the juices rather than poaching in them.

1 hr 10 minServes 4

BritishChickenMain courses

Crisp Hash Browns — shot from directly overhead: grated potato rinsed of its loose starch and wrung genuinely dry

Crisp Hash Browns

Grated potato rinsed of its loose starch and wrung genuinely dry, then pressed into hot fat so it fries crisp instead of steaming.

AmericanBreakfastPotatoes

Crisp Roast Potatoes — shot from directly overhead: floury potatoes parboiled with bicarbonate of soda

Crisp Roast Potatoes

Floury potatoes parboiled with bicarbonate of soda, roughed up in the pan, then roasted in fat that is already smoking hot.

1 hr 20 minServes 6

BritishPotatoesSide dishes

Crushed Roast Potatoes — shot from directly overhead: floury potatoes parboiled

Crushed Roast Potatoes

Floury potatoes parboiled, crushed flat and roasted in hot fat, so the broken surfaces crisp into edges a whole roast potato never gets.

1 hr 15 minServes 6

BritishPotatoesSide dishes

Curry Goat — shot from directly overhead: goat shoulder burned into curry powder and then cooked for two hours

Curry Goat

Goat shoulder burned into curry powder and then cooked for two hours, until the meat gives and the sauce is thick enough to coat rice.

6 hr 55 minServes 6

CaribbeanCurriesDinner

Gratin Dauphinois — shot from directly overhead: thin potato slices simmered in cream on the hob until their own starch thickens it

Gratin Dauphinois

Thin potato slices simmered in cream on the hob until their own starch thickens it, then baked slowly until set.

1 hr 50 minServes 6

FrenchPotatoesSide dishes

Herring Under a Fur Coat — shot from directly overhead: layers of salted herring

Herring Under a Fur Coat

Layers of salted herring, onion, potato, carrot and beetroot under mayonnaise, left overnight so it sets firm enough to cut.

9 hr 55 minServes 8

FishPescatarianPotatoes

Malai Kofta — shot from directly overhead: potato and paneer dumplings fried until crisp

Malai Kofta

Potato and paneer dumplings fried until crisp, sitting in a mild cashew and tomato sauce enriched with cream.

1 hr 20 minServes 4

CurriesIndianPotatoes

Mushroom and Barley Soup — shot from directly overhead: dried mushrooms soaked and their soaking liquor used as the stock

Mushroom and Barley Soup

Dried mushrooms soaked and their soaking liquor used as the stock, with pearl barley cooked in it until the pot turns thick.

2 hr 35 minServes 6

PolishPotatoesSoups

Okroshka — shot from directly overhead: a cold soup of raw vegetables

Okroshka

A cold soup of raw vegetables, ham and egg poured with sour kvass at the table, so nothing in the bowl goes soft.

PotatoesRussianSoups

Olivier Salad — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Olivier Salad

Potato, egg, pea and pickle in mayonnaise, cut to an even dice and dressed only once everything is properly cold.

9 hr 10 minServes 8

PotatoesRussianSide dishes

Patatas Bravas — shot from directly overhead: twice-cooked potatoes under a smoky

Patatas Bravas

Twice-cooked potatoes under a smoky, faintly fierce tomato sauce — the one tapa every bar in Spain is judged on.

PotatoesSaucesSide dishes

Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter — shot from directly overhead: baked potatoes riced while hot and bound with as little flour as they will take

Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter

Baked potatoes riced while hot and bound with as little flour as they will take, which is the difference between light gnocchi and bullets.

2 hr 5 minServes 4

CheeseFresh herbsItalian

Rassolnik — shot from directly overhead: barley and pickled cucumber soup

Rassolnik

Barley and pickled cucumber soup, sharpened at the end with the pickle brine itself rather than with vinegar.

2 hr 55 minServes 6

PotatoesRussianSoups

Shchi — shot from directly overhead: cabbage soup simmered in meat broth

Shchi

Cabbage soup simmered in meat broth, made sour with sauerkraut in winter and with fresh cabbage in summer.

3 hr 30 minServes 6

PotatoesRussianSoups

Smoked Haddock Chowder — shot from directly overhead: undyed smoked haddock poached in milk

Smoked Haddock Chowder

Undyed smoked haddock poached in milk, with that milk becoming the soup and floury potato doing the thickening in place of flour.

BritishFishPescatarian

Spanish Potato Tortilla — shot from directly overhead: potatoes and onion softened slowly in olive oil

Spanish Potato Tortilla

Potatoes and onion softened slowly in olive oil, then set with beaten egg in a small pan and turned out on a plate to finish.

1 hr 25 minServes 4

BreakfastPotatoesSpanish

Sweetcorn Chowder — shot from directly overhead: a thick corn soup that simmers the stripped cobs in the stock first

Sweetcorn Chowder

A thick corn soup that simmers the stripped cobs in the stock first, then blends only part of itself for body.

1 hr 10 minServes 4

AmericanPotatoesSoups

by dapperpelican

Ukha — shot from directly overhead: clear freshwater fish broth

Ukha

Clear freshwater fish broth, never thickened and barely seasoned, so what you taste is the fish and the water it cooked in.

1 hr 10 minServes 4

PescatarianPotatoesRussian

Vareniki — shot from directly overhead: larger Ukrainian dumplings filled with potato and fried onion or with sweetened curd

Vareniki

Larger Ukrainian dumplings filled with potato and fried onion or with sweetened curd, boiled and dressed in butter.

1 hr 55 minServes 4

Main coursesPotatoesRussian

Vinegret — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Vinegret

Beetroot, potato, carrot and sauerkraut dressed with oil rather than mayonnaise, with the beetroot oiled first to hold the colour.

PotatoesRussianSide dishes

Zharkoye — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Zharkoye

Beef, potato and root vegetables braised slowly in one pot until the meat pulls apart under a fork.

3 hr 15 minServes 4

Main coursesPotatoesRussian