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Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Olive Tapenade

Potatoes simmered in vinegar-and-bay water, flattened with the palm, crisped in olive oil on a griddle, then topped with black olive tapenade and flipped so the olives form a crackling crust. Superb with robust seafood.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total52 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 4red or white all-purpose potatoes, about 140 g each, well scrubbed
  • 2 tbspred wine vinegar, for the cooking water
  • 90 mlextra virgin olive oil, 30 ml in the cooking water, 60 ml over the potatoes
  • 1 leafbay leaf
  • ¼ tspblack peppercorns
  • to tastecoarse salt, for the cooking water
  • 120 mlblack olive tapenade, about 1/2 cup

Diet

  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Anchovy
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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