Lucy Madden

Potato Punts

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Potato Year: 300 Classic Recipes
The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

  • About

Said to have been invented as a late-night antidote to alcohol at a New York restaurant called Simon’s, these herbed potato balls were served in fried skins with a drink.

Ingredients

  • 2 large potatoes
  • Vegetable oil
  • 2 oz (50 g) butter

Method

Prick the skins of the potatoes and lightly rub with oil. Bake in a hot oven until tender and then allow to cool. Cut the potatoes in half and scoop out the insides with a melon scoop.

Fry the skins in oil until crisp, rub each half inside with ½ oz (13</