Potatoes
- 4 Ratte Potatoes, the size of a golf ball
- Rapeseed oil
- Dulse
- Rosemary
- Garlic

Robin Read
This is a current dish from The Counter by Robin Read in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
For the potatoes
Warm the oil, dulse rosemary and garlic in a pan
Add the Potatoes and place in the oven with a lid at 150 for around 90 minutes
Check the potato is cook through leave to rest in the warm oil
For the sauce
Gently cook the onions, shallots and garlic with no colour
When soft ad tender add the wine, reduce to nearly nothing then add the stock and cream
Bring to the boil and puree, pass through a chinois
For the ketchup
Saute the mushroom trimmings with the shallot till golden
Deglaze with sherry vinegar and then puree till smooth
For the chive emulsion
Blend the oil into the egg and lemon juice till emulsified
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