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What to cook with potato
The potato is the fridge's savings account: filling, patient and endlessly flexible. Crisped, mashed, roasted or simmered into soup, potatoes turn a few odds and ends into the most comforting plate on the table.
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45 min
Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Boiled, smashed and roasted with garlic until the edges shatter.
25 min
Potato & Egg Skillet
Crisp potato cubes with onion and eggs cracked straight into the pan.
35 min
Simple Potato Soup
Potato, onion and stock blended silky with a swirl of cream.
40 min
Spanish-Style Potato Tortilla
Slow-cooked potato and onion set in egg — good hot, better cold.
Potato cooking tips
- Cut potatoes small and even so everything finishes at the same time.
- For crisp edges, dry the surface well and give the pan room — crowding steams them.
- Green or sprouting potatoes: cut the green parts and sprouts away generously.