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"Great kit makes cooking a pleasure."
Jamie Oliver

Coco white pasta bowls set of 4, White
£40.00

purple potato salad

starter | serves 6
I like to use a mixture of new potatoes and purple potatoes in this salad, but if you can’t find any purple ones then just use all new potatoes instead. But try to hunt them down — they’re great!

Make the dressing by mixing together the olive oil, lemon juice and crème fraîche or fromage frais. Cook the potatoes in plenty of boiling salted water for around 20 minutes until tender, and drain well. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, rub off the skins with a knife and slice into bite-size pieces. Mix with the dressing, then add the radishes and herbs and season well to taste.

• from Jamie's Kitchen

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ingredients

• 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• juice of 1–2 lemons, to taste
• 250g crème fraîche or fromage frais
• 500g baby new potatoes
• 500g purple potatoes
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• a bunch of radishes, finely sliced
• a handful of fresh mint leaves, chopped
• a handful of fresh chives, chopped

user comments

21 comments

1. James Bargenstein Fri 09 Oct 2009 @ 10:23 Hello Jamie

The recipe is pretty good but the potatoes are the wrong colour.

2. Lilli Mon 28 Sep 2009 @ 12:55 Hello Jamie,

Thank you for all your wonderful recipeas. I am very happy to taste your cooking. I am looking for a nice looking and tender potato sallad/side dish I have seen somewhere with cress on (one of your books probably). I don't know where to find it. Can you help me please? Lilli

3. Lilli Mon 28 Sep 2009 @ 12:22 HelloJamie,
I search for your recipe with potatoes and cress (sallad or side dish), very nice looking one. How can I find it?

Thank you

4. priya Wed 23 Sep 2009 @ 19:27 Brilliant recipe Jamie! Went down a treat.... My mum will be using your recipe too she really enjoyed it. Taste great, quick and east to make too :)

5. Anne Mon 06 Jul 2009 @ 17:08 Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! Purple potatoes are fantastic - looking forward to trying the salad out this week.

6. Carmen Mon 18 May 2009 @ 20:10 Hey There Jaime,

I love your shows. I am looking for one of you recipes. The warm potato salad with champagne vinegar and truffle oil.

Can the recipe be emailed to me?

Regards,
Carmen

7. Alan Sat 16 May 2009 @ 10:31 Great recipe Jamie me lad....really boooootifulllll!

8. Rob Tue 14 Apr 2009 @ 20:51 By far my favorite cooking show. I have also learned more cooking techniques from your show then any other. Thank you!

9. suki Tue 03 Feb 2009 @ 13:02 hey i jus got your book ministry of food and am cookin the bacon and mushroom sauce with pasta and potato salad, im cookin for friends and if they dont like it i'll have to blame you. hehe xx

10. Teresa Robinson Sun 28 Dec 2008 @ 05:02 Can you send me the recipe for a potato salad from food network that was aired 12/27/2008. The other two recipes are listed online but the potato salad with salmon was not on there and it looked delicious. Thank you, Teresa Robinson

11. jocelyn Wed 19 Nov 2008 @ 13:26 hi jamie! i tried purple potato salad and its so easy to prepare and it taste oooh sooooooo goooooddd! yummy baby! ;-P

12. Gazala Shaheen Thu 04 Sep 2008 @ 05:25 Hi Jamie

All your recepies are great and never miss any of your programmes. Just love all of them. Crème fraîche is great with potatoes and I love it.

13. Vera Giuga Thu 17 Jul 2008 @ 17:23 Dear Oliver, I too love your simple and tasteful cooking. I would like to know if you could send me your receip for those oven potatoes with sausages, garlic and etc... Couldn't write it down in time.
Thanks so much
Vera

14. Brenda Moore Sat 14 Jun 2008 @ 02:00 Dear Jamie, as an ex pom I love reading your recipes,and trying them out, for a taste of old England.I love your shows on tv, you make everything look so easy and my mouth waters while watching. I love cooking and do lots of catering at my bowls club for our Special events, so am always looking up your web site for new ideas. Thanks so much for keeping up my passion for cooking and trying new things.When I left school you didn't have female 'chefs' which I would love to have been!

15. diane. Thu 12 Jun 2008 @ 13:53 Question: Doesn't the lemon juice in the dressing curdle the cream?

16. Ann Sun 16 Dec 2007 @ 16:54 Wow this is a deeeeliciousssssssss salad thank you Jamie - love your website too thank you

17. adam Sat 11 Aug 2007 @ 09:28 with new spuds direct from the garden I never bother to peel - even for a potato salad. Lots of nutrients in most vegies are in the skin.

18. 4M Sat 30 Jun 2007 @ 10:38 This has to be one of the best tasting potato salads I have eaten in over 30 years. It is also one of th easiest to make (except peeling the congo's) Phenomenal. Thank you Mr Oliver for making it, and also sharing it with us.

19. moo Fri 29 Jun 2007 @ 12:58 very moo

20. carol Wed 27 Jun 2007 @ 01:25 Just to let you know that this works well with ordinary white potatoes. It's a great recipe because you don't have to keep to the recipe!! Use the basic idea and splash in what you want.

21. Lita Tue 12 Jun 2007 @ 10:13 Dear Jamie, Love your way of cooking. Trying to find the recipe of the new potato salad with salmon and the crushed herbs.Saw it on dutch TV, but to late to write it down.