New Potatoes with Butter

Ingredients

• two pounds of small new potatoes
• a teaspoonful of salt
• three ounces of fresh butter
• a teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Wash and scrape two pounds of small new potatoes (as much as possible of the same size).

2. 2

   Put them in a stewpan with a teaspoonful of salt and enough cold water to cover them.

3. 3

   Set them to boil two minutes only; then drain off the water and dry them on a cloth.

4. 4

   Melt three ounces of fresh butter in a sauté-pan, add the potatoes, and simmer on a good fire for about twenty minutes, taking care to often toss them, in order to give them an even colour all round.

5. 5

   When properly done, sprinkle some salt and a teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley, dish up, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Practical household cookery (1891) by E. Duret, page 160. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NEW POTATOES WITH BUTTER, Wash and scrape two pounds of small new potatoes (as much as possible of the same size). Put them in a stewpan with a tea^poonful of salt and enough cold water to cover them. Set them to boil two minutes only ; then drain off the water and dry them on a cloth. Melt three ounces of fresh butt«r in a saute- pan, add the potatoes, and simmer on a good fire for about twenty minutes, taking care to often toss them, in order to give them an even colour all round. W^hen properly done, sprinkle some salt and a tea- spoonful of finely chopped parsl

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