New potatoes in green sauce

Name: New potatoes in green sauce
Yield: Serves 2-4
Ingredients: 500 g new potatoes; 1 heaped tablespoon finely chopped basil leaves; flaked sea salt and black pepper; 4 tablespoons finely chopped curly-leaf parsley; 1 heaped tablespoon finely chopped mint leaves; 1 heaped tablespoon finely chopped tarragon; 6 tablespoons good extra virgin olive oil; 1 medium banana shallot, very finely chopped; 1 small hard garlic clove with no green shoot, very finely chopped; 1 generous teaspoon Dijon mustard; 3 teaspoons red wine vinegar or lemon juice; 6-7 brown anchovies in oil, drained and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
2-4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Table

By Valentine Warner

Published 2013

About

This is a fantastic accompaniment to barbecued or steamed fish, goes very well with all meat, and is simply a very pleasant little lunch in its own right.

Ingredients

500 g new potatoes
flaked sea salt and black pepper

Fish course
Lunch
Side dish
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

To make the sauce, mix the herbs, garlic, shallot and anchovies together in a bowl. Stir in the mustard, vinegar or lemon juice and oil and leave, covered, for half an hour or so at room temperature to become what it’s meant to be.

Put the potatoes in cold water with a teaspoon of salt and bring them up to a gentle simmer. Cook them for 14 minutes until tender. It is essential that they