Fingerling potatoes: French Fingerling

Smooth, plump uniform oblong; thin rosy skin and yellow or pink-splashed flesh. (According to Sandi Aarestad, owner of The Potato Patch in Halstead, Minnesota, if this tuber is allowed to develop slowly and fully, it turns pink.) When steamed or boiled, the skin is pink-gold and flesh satiny, waxy, and moist with a buttery balanced flavor. Baked, it has a sweet-dough scent; the flesh is less silky but has a creamy, flaky texture and similar flavor.