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Traditionally this French dish is sautéed on the hob, but if you’re serving as a Sunday roast accompaniment all that last-minute fuss can be a distraction. This is finished in the oven instead. This dish also makes for a simple vegetarian supper served with some sharply dressed salad leaves.


Lyonnaise potatoes

onions,

olive oil

butter

thyme

garlic cloves, thinly sliced

salt and black pepper

Fluffy inside, crunchy outside, these roast potatoes are a perfect sidekick to any roast dinner. (They're even better the next day, eaten straight from the fridge!)

Each serving provides 389 kcal, 7g protein, 65g carbohydrates (of which 3g sugars), 9.5g fat (of which 4g saturates), 7g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Perfect roast potatoes

tbsp duck fat

Maris Piper or King Edward potatoes (each about 175 grams/6 ounces)

garlic

sea salt

The secret of good chips is to cook them twice at two different temperatures, so you will need a deep pan and a thermometer for this recipe.

The best chips you have ever tasted

large potatoes, preferably Maris Piper

sunflower oil,

malt vinegar

Potato wedges are the ultimate easy side dish - just slam them in the oven and forget about them until hunger strikes.

Potato wedges

potatoes

rosemary, chopped,

garlic,

Japanese-style fries. These matchstick fries are beautifully crisp, but it’s their sweet and salty coating that is the real star of this recipe, sprinkled with a nutty, garlicky, seaweedy deliciousness. 


Furikake fries

nori sheets

tbsp garlic granules

tsp chilli flakes

tbsp white sesame seeds

tbsp black sesame seeds

potatoes (large baking potatoes are usually best)

vegetable oil,

tbsp honey

tbsp fish sauce

oyster sauce

These creamy, garlicky dauphinoise potatoes recipe will make a fabulous side dish for any Sunday roast. There isn't an easier side dish in the world!

Each serving provides 561 kcal, 5g protein, 33g carbohydrates (of which 3g sugars), 45g fat (of which 28g saturates), 3.5g fibre and 0.1g salt.

Dauphinoise potatoes

3–4 garlic cloves, grated

500 milliliters/17½fl oz double cream (you may need a bit extra)

Make your chips a little bit healthier with sweet potatoes – spice them up as much as you like. 

Each serving provides 265 kcal, 2g protein, 36g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 11.5g fat (of which 2g saturates), 5.6g fibre and 1.4g salt.

Sweet potato oven chips

350 grams/12 ounces sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chips

tsp crushed dried chilli flakes or smoked paprika

black pepper

These simple Bombay potatoes are one of the most popular Indian side dishes. Serve as part of any Indian meal, although they are particularly good with chicken or vegetable curries.

Bombay potatoes

tbsp oil

mustard seeds (brown

chilli powder

turmeric powder

salt

Looking for the perfect potato salad recipe? Give the humble spud a quick makeover with a delicious tarragon, walnut and honey dressing. Use the best Jersey Royal potatoes when they're in season for the most delicious potato salad you'll eat.

Each serving provides 220 kcal, 4g protein, 25g carbohydrates (of which 3.5g sugars), 11g fat (of which 1.5g saturates), 3g fibre and 0.14g salt.

Perfect potato salad

tbsp walnut pieces (optional)

tarragon vinegar

Dijon mustard

walnut oil

tsp runny honey

sea salt and black pepper

900 grams/2lb new potatoes,

tarragon leaves

shallot,

cornichons

This creamy mashed potato recipe is perfect with sausages, roast chicken or a wintery stew. Try this simple hack for getting lump-free mash every time.

Mashed potato

floury

grams/2 butter,

100 milliliters/3½fl oz double cream

salt and black pepper,

Learn how to make mashed potato that's smooth, creamy and delicious with our video recipe

How to make mashed potato

Slathered with butter, these tattie (potato) scones are so good. They’re great with a bit of Marmite too, or you can go down the sweet route and dish them up with jam or honey. We like to steam the potatoes in this way to get them as dry as possible, then mix them into the flour while still hot. This gives you a lighter, more tender scone.

Tattie scones

150–175 grams/5½–6 ounces plain flour,

tsp baking powder

egg,

butter,

I’m not, as a rule, one for flavouring mashed potatoes, but this version is a worthy exception. Because the garlic cloves are boiled with the potatoes, they make their presence felt sweetly rather than shoutily, and the Parmesan provides a gentle tang. 

Garlic and Parmesan mash

tsp sea salt flakes,

grams/2½oz unsalted butter, softened

Parmesan,

grams/1¾oz breadcrumbs

unsalted butter,

35 grams/1¼oz Parmesan, finely grated

Cooking potatoes in the microwave and then frying on the hob is quick and easy, and you get to see the skins crisp up before your eyes. The key is to leave the potatoes to do their thing – resist the temptation to keep turning and you will be rewarded with a beautifully crisp spud. 

Crispy smashed potatoes 

750 grams/1lb 10 ounces baby new potatoes

vegetable oil

garlic cloves, skins left on, smashed with the side of a knife

sea salt flakes

Who can resist a plate of golden, crisp, freshly cooked chips? Cooking them three times at different temperatures is the way to perfection: it’s not difficult and is totally worth it!

You will need: a deep-fat fryer or a deep saucepan and a thermometer.

Triple-cooked chips

potatoes,

groundnut or sunflower oil,

Cesare Casella, a chef from Lucca, whose family used to run the fabulous Vipore restaurant and who is now cooking in New York, is the man who invented Tuscan fries. Think French fries, but with garlic cloves and fresh herbs thrown into the hot oil towards the end of the cooking time.

Tuscan fries

1.5L/2½pt corn oil oil

head garlic, cloves separated but not peeled

rosemary

sea salt flakes,

You can’t go to Florence without encountering Florentine steak – it’s a famous huge T bone cooked over a grill.  At home, I’ve got my own version of another Italian classic - a tagliata – which is a steak that you cook and then slice on the diagonal, so you can feed 2 people out of one steak. 

If you have steak, you have chips. If you have my tagliata – you’ve got to have my Tuscan fries.

Tagliata for two & Tuscan fries

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