Fondant potatoes
are so lovely, but oh so difficult to get just right. Mine were just
fine this time, although a bit more browning would've been nice. I
will have to keep trying to get the perfect fondants one day.
With interest I
read Felicity Cloake's recent article How to make the perfect fondant potatoes and everyone can decide based on that what
combinations to use. I didn't make my fondant potatoes the same way
as Felicity, maybe next time. I first fried the potatoes in butter,
which had a small addition of oil in it and then cooked the potatoes
in vegetable stock with thyme and garlic. I always think that the
stock is the best part in this dish and I always save it either for
just some drinking broth or some other recipe, it's so good! Am I the
only one who drinks fondant potato broth?
I served my
fondants with roasted carrots and a romanesco bake. Finally I bought
my first romanesco! It was quite good, a bit of a mix between
cauliflower and broccoli, and I really like the weird look of it with
its pointy florets. I steamed the florest first and then baked with
cheese. I also added a little bit of pre-fried onion and garlic in
there and salt and pepper.
This was quite a
pleasing dish.
Your VegHog
