New potatoes with almonds and saffron

Name: New potatoes with almonds and saffron
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 500 g baby new potatoes; 4 tbsp olive oil; Small bunch of parsley; 2 tbsp blanched almonds; 1–2 fresh garlic cloves; 2 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs; Salt and freshly ground pepper; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 12 saffron threads, soaked, in a splash of boiling water; 12 saffron threads, soaked, in a splash of boiling water

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse

By Elisabeth Luard

Published 2011

About

Nutty baby potatoes cooked in their own saffron-coloured juices are just the thing for a warm day in the garden. Make this with the first of the new potatoes, the smaller the better.

Ingredients

500 g baby new potatoes
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp

Side dish
Vegan

Method

Scrub the potatoes but leave them whole.

Heat the oil in a small frying pan. Fry the breadcrumbs, garlic and almonds till lightly gilded. Save a spoonful for finishing the dish, and drop the rest into a food processor with the parsley and saffron and 2 tablespoonfuls of the saffron’s soaking water, then process until the mixture is a thick paste. You cannot do this with a pestle and mor