Quick and tasty potato recipes: 5 dishes without spending too much

They are the most used vegetable in the kitchen, yet everyone is looking for new recipes with potatoes, because it's wonderful to bring something new to the table starting from well-known ingredients.

Here are five recipes with potatoes, dishes that make use of these wonderful tubers, which have always been present in our tradition, they are very versatile and excellent in the kitchen for preparing savory but also sweet foods: first courses, side dishes, single dishes… practically there is no "course" that cannot be enriched with potatoes. And there is also another advantage: we can find them good in every month of the year !

Here are five recipes with potatoes selected for you.

How to choose potatoes and prepare them

They are usually bought in mesh bags, but if you have the opportunity you can choose the best potatoes by probing them by touch . They must be firm , but also of a uniform color , without stains or strange marks.

There are so many different recipes with potatoes that even the ways of preparing them are different. If you want to boil them they will have to be kept in water for at least a quarter of an hour after boiling, but if the potatoes are large it can take more than half an hour. If you want to fry them they will need to be cut at least 3 centimeters thick. And so on. There are so many preparation methods that they are often indicated in different recipes with potatoes.

Because potatoes are good for you

Potatoes are good for you , because they contain potassium, complete carbohydrates and Vitamin C. They are excellent in diets to combat diabetes , but also anti-inflammatory . They are very energetic foods and useful in case of gastric and intestinal problems .

Curiosities about potatoes

Potatoes are not native to our lands. They come from the Americas and were imported by the Spanish. There is a variety of potato, the Bonnotte , which is harvested only by hand and only on ten days of the year. Their cost is around 400 dollars per kilo . Before the French Revolution, King Louis XVII imposed potatoes very often at court banquets. And Queen Marie Antoinette even went so far as to decorate her hairstyles with potato sprouts.

Five recipes with potatoes

Given the great versatility of potatoes as an ingredient, present in the typical dishes of all Italian regions, we have chosen to offer you five recipes with very different potatoes and suitable for different moments of lunch or dinner.

1. Potatoes with sage
2. Mashed potatoes
3. Potato roses and bacon
4. Potato pie with cheese and spinach
5. Potato croquettes, agretti and stracchino

Potatoes with sage: very quick and amazing

Here is a tasty , economical and easy to prepare side dish , you can also use leftover boiled potatoes. Sage potatoes are one of the quick potato recipes that you can put on the table in a short time. A very simple dish, it is made of just a few ingredients , yet it is amazing. Our recipe starts with boiled potatoes, but it is an excellent recipe for using boiled potatoes left over from a previous lunch. This way you bring them back to life, while simply heating them you will notice the loss of freshness.

Learning how to prepare perfect sage potatoes is very simple, try it!

Schiacciata di potatoes: recipe with potatoes for the whole family

You can serve the mashed potatoes plain, it's already delicious as it is, or enrich it with cheeses and cured meats of your choice. This recipe with potatoes can be prepared in a few minutes , otherwise it's just a matter of waiting for the freshly mashed potatoes to cool. It is a very flexible dish because you can enrich it by inserting diced cheeses and/or cured meats into the mixture. In smaller portions you can also serve the schiacciata as an appetizer. If you prefer, you can cook it in the oven, using a suitable pan at 180° for 20-25 minutes.

Discover all the secrets of mashed potatoes and prepare it in a flash for friends and relatives.

Potato roses and bacon

Here is another quick recipe with potatoes that you will surely like. Potato and bacon roses are a tasty and original appetizer to also be served at a buffet or an aperitif with friends. Potato and bacon roses are an original idea for serving a delicious and tasty appetizer . With potatoes cut into thin slices and slices of bacon you can prepare these delicious roses.

Also excellent if prepared in advance and reheated as needed. Alternatively, you can also try the potato roses and puff pastry , while if you prefer another cured meat you can prepare the potato roses and speck by following the following recipe.

The potato and bacon roses can be prepared in an instant, but they are so delicious that they are mouth-watering.

Potato pie with cheese and fresh spinach

The potato cake with cheese and spicy fresh spinach is the solution to feed groups of hungry friends and it practically cooks itself

This recipe with potatoes and cheese is the solution when you have some potatoes at home and something good to put in them: that's it, you will serve your potato cake with cheese and spicy spinach without realizing it.

The recipe for this potato cake is really simple, with just a few ingredients you will bring home a fantastic appetizer or main course.

Potato croquettes, agretti and stracchino

The potato, agretti and stracchino croquettes are creamy on the inside and crunchy on the outside, a real delight. The potato, agretti and stracchino croquettes can easily be a side dish for a light dish or a vegetarian dish themselves (in that case however they serve 2 people) accompanied by a nice mixed salad.

Try our proposal of agretti and stracchino potato croquettes .