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Monday, May 12, 2014

Speciality Potato Alliance's Organic Yellow Fingerlings Highly Recommended by Whom You Know!

Growing up with an Irish granny, I thought I knew all there was to know about potatoes. However, I'd never experienced the joys of cooking with fingerling potatoes of superior quality, better than what I've seen in New York stores until I tried the fingerling potatoes from Specialty Potato Alliance. Dedicated to preserving the heritage of fingerling potatoes while providing the highest quality, certified organic products year-round, Specialty Potato Alliance is a true gem of a company. It's a niche market, but one that was just waiting to be filled, and Specialty Potato Alliance has definitely stepped up to the plate. Their Organic Yellow Fingerlings are absolutely delicious, and equally enjoyable whether fried or roasted. They provide an excellent addition to any meal, and, going forward, I'm looking forward to keeping them in stock in my pantry at all times!
These fabulous little fingerling potatoes will be the happy note in summer meals. For the chilly times, a wonderful fish chowder gave them the perfect base to shine. So moist, and wonderful, with no sense of dryness about them, they add that special note. They’re from Specialty Potato Alliance, so the “special” is built in! Mashed, boiled, used in any favorite recipe, these wonderfully creamy yellow fingerlings charm, without adding a sense of guilt. Filled with healthy pleasure, and just the right size for satisfying that potato craving you might be having, the yellow fingerlings are great fried, too. 
These potatoes made the best French fries I have ever had! These yellow fingerlings are organic potatoes from the Specialty Potato Alliance. The flavor and texture would be just right for pretty much any potato dish, but I decided fries were in order. This was the best time I’ve made homemade fries, and I sliced them to shoestring size, and with just a few minutes in oil, were fantastically crispy on the outside and delicious on the inside. It was such a treat to have fresh, delicious, homemade, organic French fries! This is something I will need to work into my routine a little more.
Meat and potatoes, need I say more? I love a great cut of meat with some tasty spuds. I was excited to try Organic Yellow Fingerling Potatoes from the Speciality Potato Alliance. These potatoes are grown in small quantities from farmers who truly care about their produce. They taste delicious and fresh. I sliced and grilled mine with hanger steak and garlic for a wonderful meal. The potatoes cooked to perfection and soaked in the herbs from the hanger steak to create an amazing dinner.

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A group of passionate American farmers have chosen to work together and share their best products with customers who search for the highest quality available. You are seeing the results of this farming collaboration. Pictured above are beautiful fingerling potatoes grown in limited quantities and packaged for connoisseurs of concentrated flavor. 

Each fingerling potato has unique characteristics: Russian Banana Fingerlings are a full-flavored buttery potato; French fingerlings are moist and streaked with red and have a dense consistency; the Ruby Crescent has rich yellow flesh and a rouge outer skin; the Purple potatoes are flavorful with a light texture, though their brilliant blue color usually fades slightly when cooked. 

Fingerling potatoes are easy to eat and enjoy! They cook quickly and can be roasted, steamed, boiled, fried and sautéed. They taste wonderful when served warm and can be mashed, sliced or made into salads. The fingerling potatoes from the fields of these farmers have a memorable flavor that will have your family and friends begging for more! 

These delicious hand-selected fingerlings are produced with care and given the attention that only small farms can provide. The rich soil in multiple states assures the year-round availability of these little beauties so food-lovers can always eat their favorite potatoes. 

The farmers who grow fingerlings for Specialty Potato Alliance eat and enjoy the food that they grow; they take great pride in being able to share it with you and your family. These potatoes are grown by farmers who care about what they grow and what they share with both their families and their customers. 

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