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potato is one of the most widely eaten foods in the world. There are more recipes for red, white and sweet varieties than for any other staple. Think of potatoes and you think of Ireland. If your name is Murphy they call you Spud. But the traditional Irish recipies are only a fraction of the more than 600 different ways to cook this magnificent vegetable
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Baked potato is not just a spud in its jacket. The recipes range from simple roast potato cookery to the wonderful french dishes like au gratin, duchesse and Lyonnaise.
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You can't get a much more Aussie potato recipe than Alpine pepper potato bake. Australians can make this entirely from local produce using Robertson potatoes, Illawarra butter, native Alpine pepper and yakijirri made from bush tomatoes that are found nowhere else in the world
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This microwave recipe for baked potato was given me by a cook who learned his trade on the cattle droving trails.
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Baking a potato in the microwave is quick, easy and retains far more of the nutrients than with conventional cooking. The only difference in quality is that potato skins cooked in the microwave do not go crisp
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This is another potato dish from the Australia bush, given to me by Tony Smyth and I’m passing it on to you just as he wrote it. Tony used to be guide and cook on a coach tour of the Outback
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This potato dish is an easy variation on the basic recipe. As well as sliced potato it calls for the addition of sliced onion and grated cheese.
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This is an interesting little potato recipe for those of you who enjoy the great outdoors. You don't have to use a Dutch oven, of course, the recipe adapts easily for the home kitchen, but you'll probably have a lot more fun if you do.
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Hasselback's potatoes come from a restaurant of the same name in Stockholm, Sweden. While I don't pretend this is necessarily the original recipe, it has to be very close and is certainly worth doing.
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This is an interesting variation on the standard methods of baking potato in that it is already cooked before it goes into the oven and ends up as a kind of souffle. It's very rich and therefore a good festive dish.
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Potato is often used in salads but is usually served cold. This is a hot salad and the addition of cabbage and cheese makes it substantial enough for a family meal
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Boulangére, you may know, is the French word for baker, and this potato recipe is so-called because it once used to be cooked in the baker’s oven after bread making had finished for the day
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Potato cups have many uses from serving as starters to providing a novel way of presenting vegetables. The trick is to get them crisp in the first place, and that is very easy to do
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Escoffier, the great French chef is credited with this potato dish which he called ‘gratin Dauphinois’. I’m not certain he created it originally, but the recipe I give below is certainly his
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If you think this potato dish looks a lot like Escoffier’s gratin Dauphinois you would be right. The only difference is the substitution of consommé for scalded milk or cream
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If the thought of attempting a soufflé gives you nightmares, try this very simple potato recipe as a starter. It could lead you to greater things
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If you find it difficult to think beyond potato chips and beer nuts for snacking with pre-dinner drinks, here's a suggestion that might help out. Potato straws are quick and easy to make, and delicious.
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This easy potato bake is also the basic recipe for classic dishes such as Potato Lyonnaise. Master this, and you’ve mastered them all
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This is a novel way of presenting baked potatoes and one that I use for the barbecue in particular. It's a bit of fun and you will find the kids more than willing to help out with the last bit
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There are any number of variations on potato salad, so the recipe I give here is for basic ingredients giving a usable (and very tasty) result. You can vary this as much as you like, adding in all kinds of flavors, including replacing the mayonnaise dressing with your favourite vinaigrette
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Any cook will tell you they don't need a recipe to boil a potato. Most would be wrong. Many young chefs fall into the same cooking trap.
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There are as many versions of this Irish potato dish as there are towns in Ulster, which is where champ comes from. This is mine
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For a dish that is rarely cooked these days, colcannon manages to excite a lot of passion among my grandmother's countrymen - who would be my countrymen too, if I wasn't an Aussie
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It may come as a surprise to find that old and new potatoes are often treated differently by professional chefs when boiling them. The differences are subtle, but important.
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Old potatoes are generally just call 'potatoes' these days. They tend to be the only thing available in the shopping malls so it makes sense to do the best with them we can.
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Baby potatoes are called 'chats' in Australia and take a surprisingly long time to cook, even in a microwave. The great thing is to preserve all their goodness by not cooking them in water
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Great for an informal lunch or supper, my potato and bacon salad is all the more attractive for being cooked in the microwave. It's so quick you can cook it at the last minute
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This recipe is close to being the microwave version of Savoyard potato. It’s much easier to prepare and cooks a lot more quickly too, making it an economical family dish
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One of the things about preparing potato salad for lunch is that you really don’t want to spend too many hours doing it. So anything that cuts down on the time taken must be welcome.
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I love these eastern european potato cakes and, if you have never eaten them before, you are in for a treat. Blinis are what bubble and squeak hopes to be when it leaves the nursery
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Orson Welles was wrong. Switzerland, which is where rösti comes from, is more than just cuckoo clocks. This classic potato dish is a great favorite in my household and goes well with just about any kind of meat or fish
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Blinis are a kind of small pancake made from potato. This is a novel variation on a classic dish which will add color and flavor to any meal, but which is especially good with chicken
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Tartafin is a potato recipe that comes originally from Normandy, France. It’s different from most layered potato dishes in that it is cooked on top of the stove
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