Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Oatmeal Potatoes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Oatmeal fries well and makes a nice crunchy counterpoint to plain boiled potatoes. Serve these potatoes with any grilled or pan-fried fish.

Ingredients

  • 900 g/ 2 lb even-sized medium potatoes
  • about 60 g/ 2

Method

Peel the potatoes. There is no need to turn them, restaurant-style, but trim them to a roughly uniform shape, then cook in lots of rapidly boiling unsalted water.

When they are nearly done, which will take about 20 minutes, melt the butter over a low heat and fry the oatmeal in it with the salt and pepper, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until golden brown.

Drain the potatoes,