Garlic Cream Potato Cakes

These potatoes will lend themselves to many dishes. In this book they are featured with fish (see Pan-fried Red Mullet with a Tomato and Leek Soup), but they will also go with almost any meat dish, from sausages to roast lamb or game, stews and braised dishes.

The concept has been adapted from the French pommes dauphinoise, made from sliced, layered potatoes baked in the oven in a garlic cream sauce. The little oval shapes (round will