Potato Recipes

Classic three-layer butter cake with rich chocolate icing. Made from scratch with cake flour for an incredibly tender crumb, this is the kind of homemade chocolate cake worth clearing your Sunday for.

Grilled Idaho potato ratatouille salad with eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, portobello, and roasted garlic balsamic. A showstopping summer barbecue side that treats vegetables as the main event.

Dutch oven beef stew with sausage and cheddar: stewing beef seared then layered with potatoes, carrots, celery, peppers, and sausage, all smothered in melted cheddar. One pot, cabin-style hearty.

Breakfast tacos with crispy bacon, pan-fried potato chunks, and soft-scrambled eggs in warm flour tortillas. Serve with pico de gallo, hot sauce, and fresh cilantro.

Classic chilled vichyssoise made with leeks, potatoes, and cream, puréed until velvety smooth and garnished with fresh chives. The quintessential cold summer soup.

A deli-style corn rye bread with rye flour, cornmeal, mashed potatoes, and caraway seeds. Finished with a glossy cornstarch glaze for that authentic bakery look. Worth the rise time.

Roasted vegetable soup that starts with a from-scratch stock: carrots, onions, leeks and tomatoes roasted until deeply browned, then simmered into a rich broth. Built into a hearty vegan soup with potatoes, zucchini, pasta and peas.

Oven-baked nacho cheese potato slices tossed with taco seasoning, barbecue sauce, green peppers, and onions, topped with melted cheese. A hearty Tex-Mex side or meatless main.

Kuemmelkartoffel, a traditional German caraway potato side dish. Boiled potato slices tossed with caraway seeds and finished with melted butter for earthy, aromatic flavor.

Traditional possum stuffing: a rustic breadcrumb stuffing with sauteed onion, chopped liver, hard-boiled egg, and Worcestershire sauce. A historic American wild-game recipe.

Homemade vegetable broth simmered 3-4 hours with onions, garlic, carrots, celery, leeks, potatoes, and soy sauce. Freeze in containers for a rich, low-fat base for soups and stews.

Vichyssoise is the chilled French leek and potato soup, enriched with heavy cream and half-and-half, finished with snipped chives. Silky, cold, and the original elegant summer first course.

A rich beef shepherd's pie built from ground roast beef braised with red wine, cognac, mushrooms, and thyme, under a buttery nutmeg mash glazed golden with egg yolk. A deeply savory upgrade on the classic.

Beach-style steamed crawfish layer fresh crawfish, red bliss potatoes, sweet corn, and lemon over hot seaweed. A New England-meets-Cajun shore feast.

Crispy cheese and ham potato cakes made with mashed potatoes, egg yolk, and breadcrumbs for quick 20-minute appetizers or side dishes using leftover potatoes.

Cheese potato puff is a baked mashed potato casserole with cheddar cheese, butter, and beaten eggs that puffs up golden and souffled in the oven. A make-ahead side dish that feeds a crowd.