Potatoes with Smoked Bacon and Prunes

Name: Potatoes with Smoked Bacon and Prunes
Ingredients: 2 lb (900 g) potatoes, peeled and sliced; 2 oz (50 g) sugar; 12 oz (350 g) smoked bacon, diced; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 2–2½ pints (1.1–1.4 litres) good meat stock; 4 oz (110 g) prunes, stoned

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

The smokiness of the bacon combined with the sweetness of the fruit produces a magical result. Apples, pears or apricots can be substituted for the prunes. This is lovely with a dish of chicken livers and leeks, both quickly fried in butter. The amount given below will feed six people.

Ingredients

2 lb (900 g) potatoes, peeled and sliced
2 oz (50

Main course
Christmas
December

Method

Put the sugar in a heavy pan and leave it over a slow heat to caramelise – try not to stir until the last moment. Turn the dried fruit in this and remove from the heat.

Sauté the bacon and add to the dried fruit. Add the potatoes with the garlic and cover with the stock. Bring to the boil and then put into a casserole dish and cook, uncovered, in a moderate oven,