Name: Smoked potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1.2 kg baby Nicola or cream delight potatoes; 3 thyme sprigs; 1 garlic clove, bruised; 1 fresh bay leaf; 100 gm hay (see note); melted butter, To serve

Smoked potatoes

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for smoked potatoes by Shaun Kelly from Paris restaurant Au Passage.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

1H 10M

Ingredients

1.2 kg baby Nicola or cream delight potatoes

3 thyme sprigs

1 garlic clove, bruised

1 fresh bay leaf

100 gm hay (see note)

melted butter, To serve

Method

Main

1.Combine potatoes, thyme, garlic and bay leaf in a saucepan with enough salted cold water to cover generously, bring to the boil, reduce heat to low-medium and simmer until just tender when pierced with a skewer (25-30 minutes). Drain and set aside.

2.Spread hay in the base of a foil-lined casserole or large saucepan (smoking may stain the casserole) and place a round wire rack on top of the hay. Spread potatoes on rack, cover with a lid and place casserole over high heat until hay starts to smoke (3-4 minutes). Reduce heat to low and smoke until potatoes are tender and well flavoured (30 minutes). Serve hot, drizzled with melted butter and seasoned to taste.