Italian Vegetables & Side Dishes: Potatoes
Potatoes: the Glorious
Tuber
Few Vegetables are as tasty, satisfying, or versatile.
Standbys
Baked Sweet Potatoes with Lime and
Ginger
A classic, and excellent American recipe from Jack
Seelye.
Difficulty: Moderate
Boiled Potatoes: Patate Lesse
Boiled potatoes are extraordinarily simple, and very good too.
Difficulty:
Easy
Fries: Patate Fritte
Difficulty: Easy
Roman Fries: Patate Fritte alla
Romanesca
The Romans cube their potatoes before they fry
them.
Difficulty: Easy
Roman Gnocchi: Gnocchi alla Romana
An astonishingly tasty baked variety of gnocchi that's perfect with a
roast.
Difficulty: Moderate
Other Recipes
Baked Potatoes Lucana Style: Patate al Forno
alla Lucana
Potatoes baked with tomatoes and onions, a
precursur to Tiella.
Difficulty: Easy
Creamy Baked Potatoes Savoy Style: Patate in
Crostata alla Savoiarda
Creamy baked potatoes will be
wonderful with a roast.
Difficulty: Moderate
Grilled Potatoes, or Patate alla
Griglia
Grilled potatoes are much easier than you might think, and
tasty too.
Difficulty: Easy
Potato Gulasch: Gulasch di Patate
A tasty side dish from Trieste that obviously arrived with the Hapsburgs.
Difficulty: Easy
Potatoes and Capers: Patate ai
Capperi
Their flavors combine delightfully.
Difficulty:
Easy
Potatoes with Balsamic Vinegar: Patate all'Aceto
Balsamico
Balsamic vinegar adds wonder to anything!.
Difficulty: Easy
Potatoes with Oregano: Patate e
Origano
Oregano and potatoes are a tasty combination.
Difficulty: Easy
Potatoes with Sour Cream: Patate con la Panna
Acida
Sour cream is unusual in Italy, but it works very well
here.
Difficulty: Easy
Truffly Potatoes: Patate Tartufate
Potatoes work well with most anything, and especially with truffles.
Difficulty: Easy
Rich Potato Salad: Insalata Ricca di
Patate
A tasty, cheesy potato salad.
Difficulty:
Easy.
Stuffed Potatoes: Patate
Ripiene
Baked potatoes with a cheesy, meat-laced filling.
Difficulty: Easy
Walnut Croquettes
There's
potato too in these, and they're just the thing to enjoy with a stew or
roast.
Difficulty: Easy
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