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Buttered Potatoes With Salted Lemon

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Buttered potatoes with salted lemon on a plate
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This comforting dish mimics the fall-apart potatoes that soak up the savory stewed meat juices in a Moroccan tagine, but you can also just think of it as a warm potato salad. Small golden potatoes are boiled until fluffy, then dressed with a combination of bright preserved lemons (plus their brine) and rich butter, which mellows their punch, to create a salty, creamy side. To make the dish dairy-free—or to serve it at room temperature without the fat setting—swap in ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil for the butter.

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What you’ll need

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

2 lb. small waxy potatoes (such as peewees, fingerlings, or new potatoes)
Kosher salt
1 preserved lemon, seeds removed, finely chopped, plus 2 Tbsp. (or more) brine
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 small bunch chives or 3 scallions, thinly sliced
1 cup coarsely chopped dill
Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place potatoes in a large pot of salted water and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are very tender and easily pierced with a paring knife, 10–15 minutes, depending on the size of your potatoes. Drain and let cool 10 minutes.

    Step 2

    Lightly crush potatoes with your hands (or press with the bottom of a small bowl); transfer to a serving bowl.

    Step 3

    Add preserved lemon, brine, and butter to bowl with potatoes and toss until butter is melted and potatoes have soaked up dressing (they should taste extremely lemony). Add chives, dill, and lots of pepper and toss again evenly distribute. Taste potatoes and add more brine and season with more salt and/or pepper if needed.

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Excerpted with permission from ‘The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress’ Copyright © 2022 by Andy Baraghani. Published by Lorena Jones Books, an Imprint of Penguin Random House.

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TagsDinnerSide5 Ingredients or FewerEasyQuickVegetarianNut FreePotato SaladSaladPotatoRoot VegetableVegetableFingerling PotatoBon Appétit

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