Spanish Potatoes

Name: Spanish Potatoes
Ingredients: 1½ lb (700 g) potatoes, peeled and cut ½ inch thick; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 2 cloves garlic, sliced; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; A little nutmeg; 1 egg, beaten; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

The addition of lemon juice to potato may seem a little unusual at first, but it is a strangely seductive addiction and one that is popular in Spanish cookery.

Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) potatoes, peeled and cut ½ inch thick

Main course
Vegetarian
June

Method

Heat the olive oil, blend in the flour and cook for a few moments.

Add the potatoes. Allow to cook for a few minutes, turning frequently. Season with the salt and pepper, garlic, parsley and nutmeg and just cover with water.

Bring to the boil and allow to simmer very gently. Do not allow the potatoes to break or disintegrate. When cooked, after about 20 minutes, remove from the