Pommes De Terre Au Lard

Potatoes with Salt Pork

Preparation info
  • For

    6

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

  • About

Vegetables are usually served as a separate course in France, except when they have been cooked with the meat, or as a garnish for a particular dish. Potatoes with gammon makes quite a substantial luncheon dish.

Ingredients

  • About lbs. of potatoes
  • ¼ lb. of lean gammon
  • 2

Method

Choose potatoes as much as possible of the same size. Peel them carefully, divide in quarters, and trim neatly, removing any sharp angles. Wash and drain the quartered potatoes. Cut the lean gammon in small dice, and blanch in boiling water for a few minutes. Dry them in a cloth, and fry them in butter till they are just beginning to brown. Remove them from the butter, and put