French Potatoes Recipes

French technique is the grammar of Western cooking: careful browning, patient sauces and precise seasoning turn humble ingredients into something refined. When French cooks work with potatoes, they reach for butter, shallots, white wine, thyme, cream and Dijon mustard, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are boiling, simmering, searing and baking.

The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with butter, garlic, fine sea salt, neutral oil or olive oil, large onion and tarragon. The dishes here span french classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.