What would humanity be like without potato? It is one of the foods that has left the greatest impact on different cultures throughout history and a tuber that we cannot live without today. In times of famine he saved many lives for its great nutritional properties and for being a crop that can grow in poor soils and cold climates.
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Today, The potato is an ingredient present on all continents with which countless dishes are made. Beyond eating it friedcooked, roasted, pureed or steamed, is the basis of countless recipes around the world, and even more so if we look at each and every one of the thousands of varieties of it that exist. There are so many emblematic preparations with potatoes! Without going any further, in Spain, we find it in all regional recipe books throughout the country. Not to mention the great presence it has always had in the most creative and avant-garde cuisine.
© Adobe StockBut have you ever thought about the large number of masses based on potato what can be done? It is an ingredient that offers us multiple alternatives to make pizzas, cakes, fritters, pastas, desserts, empanadas… Perhaps one of the most emblematic are the classics gnoccis Italians, a pasta based on cooked potato, egg and flour that is cooked and combined with all kinds of ingredients and sauces.
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Here you have one selection of recipes in which the potato is the protagonist. From the aforementioned gnocchi, to sweet pancakes, through a pizza based on the most popular tuber to bread, croquettes or cannelloni.
Potato gnocchi or gnocchi carbonara
Pizza with potato dough with smoked salmon, spinach and mozzarella
Potato croquettes with fine herbs
Potato cannelloni stuffed with stew
Crispy prawns with potato noodles
