Potatoes: What to Do With Them
The simplest thing is make Patate alla Ghiotta, which draw their name from the ghiotta, the pan used to capture the drippings from a roast: peel your potatoes, dice them, and slip them into the roasting pan when you're oven-roasting a chicken or pork (in particular ribs and sausages); salt them and turn them occasionally. They'll absorb the drippings from the meats (boilers are ideal here) and emerge extraordinarily tasty. When to add them? About 45 minutes before the meat is done.
Next, you can make Gnocchi, which are bit-sized dumplings generally served with a sauce. Though many different vegetables are used as a base for them, potatoes are the most common.
And finally, some recipes:
Tagliatelle Con Porri e Ricotta
Italians often add vegetables to the pasta water -- in this case potatoes, with a leek-and-ricotta sauce.
Tortelli di Patata
Pasta stuffed with potatoes may be rustic, but it's also very good, and will both surprise and delight your guests.
Ravioli di Patate e Salsiccia
Potatoes and sausage are a perfect filling for Ravioli.
Frico con le Patate
A tasty Friulian cheese-and-potato pie.
Patate Lesse
Boiled potatoes are extraordinarily simple, and very good too.
Patate Fritte
Fries!
Patate Fritte alla Romanesca
The Romans cube their potatoes before they fry them.
Carciofi e Patate Soffirtti
Sauteed artichokes and potatoes. The combination works very well..
Carciofi con le Patate
Another artichoke-and-potato combination, this time done in a pressure cooker. Quite easy!
Grilled Potatoes, or Patate alla Griglia
Grilled potatoes are much easier than you might think, and tasty too.
Patate al Forno alla Lucana
Potatoes baked with tomatoes and onions, a precursur to Tiella.
Patate ai Capperi
Capers complement potatoes delightfully.
Patate all'Aceto Balsamico
Balsamic vinegar adds wonder to anything!.
Patate con la Panna Acida
Sour cream is unusual in Italy, but it works very well here.
Patate e Origano
Oregano and potatoes are a tasty combination.
Patate in Crostata alla Savoiarda
Creamy baked potatoes will be wonderful with a roast.
Patate Pasticciate
A hearty potato casserole filled with cheese and ricotta.
Patate Tartufate
Potatoes work well with most anything, and especially with truffles.
Walnut Croquettes
There's potato too in these, and they're just the thing to enjoy with a stew or roast.
Tiella
A tasty vegetable casserole (tomato, eggplant & potato) from the Abruzzo-Molise area
Tiella
Another vegetable casserole, this time from Taranto, that has mussels too.
Tortino di Patate e Carciofi
This potato and artichoke tart is fairly quick, easy, and also rather elegant. Elegant enough that Elisabetta and I took it to a potluck supper at a friend's, where it vanished.
Gulasch di Patate
A tasty side dish from Trieste that obviously arrived with the Hapsburgs.
Patate Ripiene
Baked potatoes with a cheesy, meat-laced filling.
Patate e Baccalà
Baccalà with a tomatoey sauce, on a bed of potatoes.
Involtini di Petto di Pollo Con Patate
Chicken involtini stuffed with Mortadella, on a bed of potatoes. Comfort food.
Rich Potato Salad: Insalata Ricca di Patate
A tasty, cheesy potato salad. Difficulty:
Easy.
Strucolo di Patate e Carne
A potato roll filled with ground meat and tomato.
Strucolo di Patate e Spinaci
A potato roll filled with spinach and ricotta.
Struculo di Patate
A potato roll loaded with apples, nutmeats and other goodies.
Got more sites / recipes to suggest? Let me know.
A Presto,
Kyle Phillips
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