Smoked Trout Gratin And Mulled Wine Roasties: Poppy O’toole’s Recipes For Potatoes

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A deliciously decadent gratin pinch layers of potato, smoked trout and cavolo nero each smothered successful herb-infused pick and vanished pinch a grating of gruyere. It’s nan eventual cosy murphy main course. Then, for a flavourful twist connected everyone’s favourite portion of a roast dinner, crisp roast potatoes tossed successful a lightly spiced and herby food emulsion.

Smoked trout and cavolo nero murphy gratin (pictured top)

Prep 15 min
Cook 2 hr 15 min
Serves 4

600ml double cream
3
garlic cloves, peeled and bashed
2 sprigs rosemary
3 sprigs thyme
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Nutmeg
Salt and achromatic pepper
25g butter
1 brownish onion
, peeled and thinly sliced
200g cavolo nero, stem removed, leaves astir sliced
750g maris piper potatoes, peeled and trim into 3mm-thick slices
200g thinly sliced acold smoked trout
3 sprigs dill
, finely chopped
150g finely grated gruyere

Pour nan pick into a saucepan and adhd nan garlic, rosemary, thyme, citrus zest and a grating of nutmeg. Season good pinch brackish and achromatic pepper, past group complete a medium-low power and bring to a gentle bubble for astir 10 minutes, to infuse and thicken. Scoop retired and discard nan ail and herbs.

Melt nan food successful a frying cookware connected a mean heat, chuck successful nan sliced onions and fry for 4 to 5 minutes, until softened. Add nan cavolo nero, play generously and saute until nan cabbage wilts. Take disconnected nan heat.

Arrange nan thinly sliced potatoes successful a furniture successful nan bottommost of a heavy 9cm x 12cm baking dish. Top pinch a furniture of nan onions and cavolo nero, past move complete immoderate of nan pick substance and season. Top pinch slices of smoked trout and a sprinkling of chopped dill, past sprinkle complete immoderate cheese. Repeat nan layering process until you scope nan apical of nan baking dish, making judge nan last furniture is potatoes topped pinch pick and cheese.

Bake astatine 170C (150C fan)/340F/gas 3½ for an hr and 45 minutes, aliases until soft each nan measurement through.

White mulled vino roast potatoes

Poppy O’Toole’s achromatic mulled vino roast potatoes.
Poppy O’Toole’s achromatic mulled vino roast potatoes.

Prep 15 min
Cook 1 hr 10 min, positive cooling
Serves 4

6 maris piper potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 rootlike banal cube
Flaky brackish and achromatic pepper

4 tbsp rootlike oil
200ml achromatic wine
½
shallot, peeled and finely diced
3 ail cloves, peeled and finely chopped
A grating of nutmeg
2 full cloves
Zest of 1 lemon, peeled disconnected successful strips
50g salted butter
2 sprigs rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped
2 sprigs thyme, leaves picked and finely chopped
3 sprigs sage, leaves picked and finely chopped

Put nan quartered potatoes successful a cookware of acold water, adhd nan banal cube and play pinch salt. Bring to a boil, past navigator nan potatoes for 7 to 10 minutes, until they autumn disconnected nan extremity of a crisp knife. Drain, past laic a beverage towel complete nan colander and time off to steam-dry for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, power nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6.

Pour nan lipid into a baking tray and put it successful nan oven to get really hot. Once nan potatoes are steamed, cautiously adhd them to nan basking lipid and move pinch a brace of tongs, truthful they’re wholly coated successful oil. Roast for 30 minutes, past springiness them a shingle and return to nan oven for different 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, put a ample cookware connected a precocious heat, adhd nan achromatic wine, past adhd nan shallots, garlic, nutmeg, cloves and citrus zest, and navigator until nan liquid has reduced by half. Whisk successful nan food and herbs, past food retired and discard nan cloves and citrus zest. By this point, nan potatoes should beryllium ready.

Toss nan potatoes successful nan vino reduction, play and service immediately.

  • Poppy O’Toole’s latest book, Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious One Pot Cookbook, is published by Bloomsbury Publishing astatine £22. To bid a transcript for £19.80, sojourn guardianbookshop.com

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