Jersey Royals with Butter and Mint

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Passion for Potatoes

By Paul Gayler

Published 2010

  • About

Here is a perfect example of the virtues of simplicity. Jersey Royals are one of the great tastes of summer. Until recently I was involved in the Good Food Festival in Jersey every April and May. This is when the first Jersey Royals are harvested, and what a treat they are. My fellow judges and I always looked forward to tasting them as much as to the festival itself. They are grown exclusively in Jersey since strangely enough they seem to be unsuccessful anywhere else. Nothing beats their