There are few ingredients as versatile as the humble potato.
Our most important staple food, the potato has and continues to bolster Irish people in all weather, all seasons and all moods. From creamy mash and crispy roasties, to comforting tater-topped hot pots to ingenious flatbreads made with the root vegetables, there are endless ways to use potatoes.
Here, we've rounded up some of our favourite recipes, ideal for celebrating International Day of the Potato (30 May).
Brian McDermott's perfect mash
Donal Skehan's damn good shepherd's pie
Slow cooked crispy potatoes with chimichurri
Emily Scott's Dauphinoise potatoes with spinach
Potatoes and leek soup with toasted bacon croutons
Mark's lamb kofte with potato flatbread and feta
Tess Daly's potato pesto pasta
Clodagh McKenna's fish pie in baked potato jackets
Arun Kapil's glazed sausages & spicy potatoes
