When I had my friend Ben round for dinner once, I asked beforehand if there was anything he didn’t eat. His answer was, “metal.” He’s my kind of man, as is William. There’s nothing he won’t eat, apparently.
On the day before travelling to my mum’s for a family Christmas that I didn’t think would happen until the very last minute, I found a bag of new potatoes in my fridge that needed using up. There were also lots of herbs in the salad crisper, so I decided that William’s new potatoes recipe was just the ticket. What a great little recipe it turned out to be.
I used ghee because I had some to hand, which meant I didn’t need to do the clarifying process. My herbs were mostly chives and thyme. I forgot about the paprika, but no matter, this was utterly delicious! Oh, I didn’t peel the potatoes because I like the skins. I smashed them with a fork though, as I figured this would help them absorb more of the herby butter. And so it did.
Winner, winner, buttery potatoes dinner. That’s all I had. It was so good!
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Real men eat boiled potatoes with herbed butter sauce. .. If only he’d had his own cookery show with celebrity chums, could have been called .. ‘The Wild Rocket Bunch’ ! … Right about the skins on and what a pointless faff to get them off anyway .Can’t see paprika would add much, but these would go well with some grilled mackerel or perhaps a light quiche lunch before heading off to rescue your mate from a horde of heavily armed Federales .
Hahaha – agree, Mark. I love the skins! Now I’m reading your comment I am remembering those lovely garlic potatoes you made when we had the battle of the celebrity chillies. Ooh, and that cheesy garlic bread. YUM. I think it’s time for breakfast xx
Real men eat boiled potatoes with herbed butter sauce. .. If only he’d had his own cookery show with celebrity chums, could have been called .. ‘The Wild Rocket Bunch’ ! … Right about the skins on and what a pointless faff to get them off anyway .Can’t see paprika would add much, but these would go well with some grilled mackerel or perhaps a light quiche lunch before heading off to rescue your mate from a horde of heavily armed Federales .
Hahaha – agree, Mark. I love the skins! Now I’m reading your comment I am remembering those lovely garlic potatoes you made when we had the battle of the celebrity chillies. Ooh, and that cheesy garlic bread. YUM. I think it’s time for breakfast xx