British Potatoes Recipes

British cooking is honest comfort food — roasts, pies and braises that turn seasonal produce and good meat into hearty, warming plates. When British cooks work with potatoes, they reach for butter, mustard, fresh herbs, stock, root vegetables and a splash of ale, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are boiling, baking, frying and simmering.

The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with plain flour, worcestershire sauce, garlic, unsalted butter, whole milk and olive oil. The dishes here span british classics ready in as little as 40 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.