Friday, March 29, 2024

Fingerling Potatoes (for a crowd 🎉) + Lofty Popovers, Deviled Eggs, Gramma's Mustard Sauce & More

A large pot of escarole and chickpea soup.

Hello, Friends!

I'm popping into your inboxes a day earlier than usual because I have a new-ish recipe to share before the holiday weekend.

It's for roasted fingerling potatoes, an adaptation of a favorite old pan-seared recipe, one I learned to make 20 years ago and hadn't strayed from before a few months ago, when I wanted to make crispy potatoes for a crowd.

In sum, the old recipe calls for parboiling; then pan-searing. The new recipe calls for parboiling; then roasting.

The old method is great for small batches; the new method is great for large, and it works beautifully: the potatoes emerge as crisp and tender as ever with golden surfaces all around.

If you are thinking about serving potatoes for a holiday gathering this weekend but aren't quite up for making a gratin or a mash, I think you'll find this recipe a godsend. The parboiled potatoes can be made hours or days ahead of time, and the fully cooked potatoes reheat beautifully, too. See the notes in the recipe on how to do so.

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

More Recipes for the Holiday Weekend

In this post, I've rounded up all of my favorite Easter recipes, from baked ham and mustard sauce to rack of lamb with tzatziki to scalloped potatoes and punch to buttermilk pull-apart rolls and hot cross buns to easy-to-peel hard-boiled eggs and more.

Favorite Easter Recipes

A few highlights:

Spiced Hot Cross Buns... with currants:

... or without:

Foolproof Easy-Peel Eggs

The secret to easy-peel, hard-boiled eggs? Steam 'em. If you're dyeing eggs for Easter or making deviled eggs, you'll want to try this method.

Classic Deviled Eggs

Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze

If you've ever toiled over a roast turkey — from the brining to the basting to the carving — a baked ham feels like a complete dream.

Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze

Mustard Sauce

In my family, this mustard sauce, my grandmother's recipe, is as essential as the ham on the holiday table. It takes no time to whisk together, and it is so nice to have on hand for leftover ham sandwiches.

Split Pea and Ham Soup

A perfect use for your leftover ham bone.

Lofty Popovers (Yorkshire Pudding)

There is nothing more magical than pulling a pan of lofty popovers from the oven just as everyone is sitting down for dinner, and making them couldn't be simpler. The secret? Room temperature ingredients.

Overnight, Refrigerator Focaccia

Though I am partial to rolls on the holiday table, it's hard to beat this overnight, refrigerator focaccia in terms of effort-to-reward ratio. It's truly so easy and so delicious.

One-Bowl Orange-Ricotta Pound Cake

I've included a number of desserts in my Easter post, and of all of them this is likely the easiest: orange-ricotta pound cake. What's nice about this one is that it can be made ahead — it keeps well for days — but it also can double as a tea cake or breakfast cake or really an anytime cake.