Lemon Potatoes

Name: Lemon Potatoes
Ingredients: Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1½ lb (700 g) small new potatoes; Parsley and/or chives, chopped; 2 oz (50 g) butter; Juice of ½ lemon; 1 heaped tablespoon grated lemon rind

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

A perfect dish for a summer evening, eaten at dusk with a chicken roasted in butter and a plate of lightly dressed just-out-of-the-garden salad leaves.

Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) small new potatoes
2 oz (50

Side dish
Vegetarian
July

Method

Steam the potatoes and push off the skins when cool enough to handle. Melt the butter, stir in the lemon rind and juice, then the seasoning. Slide in the potatoes and roll them in the sauce so that they are evenly coated and heat through.

Sprinkle with chives and/or parsley.