Cuisine: Potatoes
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Orange Butter
Growing up in the '60s, my mother made canned yams that had 1 pound of butter and 1 pound of brown sugar!!!! Don't get me wrong, I loved it.
Now that I am a grownup, I prefer my sweet potatoes, less sweet and a bit spicy! This recipe for Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Orange Butter is from Ina Garten's new cookbook called Modern Comfort Food. I love roasting sweet potatoes. There is a touch of maple syrup, orange juice and some chipotle chile in adobo sauce mixed into the butter. Orange juice brightens up the flavor. It's a winning combination. You can make the butter days ahead.
By - Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hr
- Yields: 6 Servings
Melting Sweet Potatoes
These Melting Sweet Potatoes are incredibly soft and on the inside and crispy on the outside. You roast them in a very hot oven using a metal pan, a glass pan will shatter in the oven at a high temperature, and then towards the end of roasting, you add either chicken or vegetable stock. This is the key to making melting potatoes. You can do this with Yukon gold potatoes as well. You first toss the potatoes in a mixture of melted butter with fresh sage and thyme.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Lemon Roasted Fingerlings and Brussels Sprouts
The key to roasting vegetables together on a sheet pan is to make sure they cook at the same time. These Lemon Roasted Fingerlings and Brussels Sprouts do just that. The vegetables are tossed in a wonderfully, tangy sauce of lemon juice, Dijon mustard, garlic and honey. I love things that take little effort but have big results.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
Japanese Potato Salad
Japanese Potato Salad is unique in that it is half mashed and half chunky, which gives it a creamier texture. It has grated carrots, cucumbers, scallions and diced ham. To emulate Kewpie mayonnaise, you add a little bit of sugar. The Yukon Gold potatoes I used where particularly gold in color!
- Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Baked Potatoes with Boursin & Leeks
In this recipe for Baked Potatoes with Boursin & Leeks, the potato is scooped out, mixed with Boursin, cheddar and leeks and then broiled until the cheese is golden and bubbling. Serve it with a mixed green salad.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 1 hr 30 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Emily’s English Roasted Potatoes
Ina Garten writes a new cookbook every other year and it is always released at the end of October. This year she is releasing it on October 6th. She also sends out a preview recipe, which I always make. This recipe for Emily's English Roasted Potatoes exceeded my expectations. Emily as in Emily Blunt the actress, who was on her show at one point and taught Ina this recipe. Anyone that knows me, knows I like crispy anything, especially potatoes. Well, this is the quintessential English roasted potato. I encourage you to get right on this!
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 1 hr
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Ham Croquettes (or any other leftover meat and mashed potatoes)
I don't really like leftovers. It's because I do not want to eat the same thing again, so I love to reimagine leftovers in a different way. These Ham Croquettes (or any other leftover meat and mashed potatoes) is a perfect example. By the way, I just ate these and they are to die for! These crispy Ham Croquettes are little logs of seasoned minced ham and mashed potatoes. They would also be good as an appetizer with a cold glass of rosé wine. What's not to love!?
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
New Potatoes with Caper Butter
Simply boiled new potatoes are tossed in a butter sauce of capers, green onions, Parmesan, parsley and white wine vinegar and make a great side dish for meat, chicken or fish. It adds a tangy flavor to your basic potato.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Country Garden Potatoes
This recipe for Country Garden Potatoes is from one of my favorite cookbooks called, Beyond Parsley: Beautiful Food Presented by the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri. Diced red and green bell peppers, add a colorful crunch to the dish.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 1 hr
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Baked Potato & Leek Soup with Cheddar & Bacon
This Baked Potato & Leek Soup with Cheddar & Bacon was what I made for dinner last night. This classic potato and leek soup uses milk and sour cream instead of heavy cream, to reduce the fat. The potatoes are first baked and then combined with the sautéed leeks. The mixture was then puréed. The milk, sour cream and cheese were added at the final stage of cooking. The soup is creamy and topped with chopped green onions, bacon and grated cheddar cheese.
- Yields: 4 Servings
