Patates Spastes

Name: Patates Spastes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: organic rapeseed oil, for deep-frying; a pinch of salt; 1 heaped tbsp coriander seeds, hand ground in mortar and pestle; 150 ml red wine; 500 g small whole new potatoes, washed and patted dry

Smashed New Potatoes with Coriander Seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

These little chaps neither sound nor look very endearing, but they taste delicous. They are so addictive – once you’ve eaten one you can’t stop until they’ve all gone! I wonder whether ‘smashed’ refers to the state of the potato after being bashed open or the effect of them being steeped in wine . . . A bit of both?

Ingredients

organic rapeseed oil, for deep-frying
500 g small whole new potatoes, washed and patted dry
150 ml red win

Method

Pour enough rapeseed oil into a deep heavy-based pan to fill it to one third. Heat the oil until it is shimmering, then fry the whole potatoes, a few at a time, for 10 minutes, or until golden brownand soft inside.

Transfer the cooked potatoes to kitchen paper to drain, while you cook the remaining batches.

Drain the remaining oil, put the potatoes back into the hot pan, and dry