🥔 Noirmoutier Island Potatoes PGI - Sirtema Early Potatoes | Neary
Noirmoutier Potatoes: The long-awaited New Potatoes.
📖 The announcement of spring on the Island
The return of fine weather marks a precise moment on the Île de Noirmoutier: the harvest of the very first new potatoes. The Sirtema variety, grown in sandy soil swept by sea air, is harvested before its full maturity. This is what gives it its very special "new potato" status.
This unique island terroir offers a potato with a slightly sweet taste, with subtle hazelnut notes. Its skin is so thin and delicate that it does not need to be peeled; a simple brushing under clear water is enough. It is an ephemeral, seasonal product, a symbol of traditional agriculture protected by a PGI (Protected Geographical Indication).
- Simply boiled or steamed, with a knob of semi-salted butter.
- Roasted whole in the oven with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprig of rosemary.
- Sautéed in a pan for a slightly golden skin and tender interior.
- In a warm spring salad, accompanied by fresh asparagus.
délicieuses... en plus, cela me rappelle ma jeunesse, c'était la variété de pommes de terre que mes parents plantaient jadis dans leur jardin