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  • You need to choose firm, well-shaped and blemish-free new potatoes for this diabetes recipe.  This is to ensure they cook evenly.

New Potatoes with Garlic (Serves 4)

Ingredients

  • 450 g new potatoes, lightly scrubbed
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 1 tbsp fresh basil, chopped

For the Sauce

  • 1 small onion, quartered and thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp fennel seed
  • 300 ml passata
  • 300 ml vegetable stock
  • 2 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
  • fresh basil, to garnish

Preparation

  1. Line a steamer tier with foil, making an edge to form a dish.  Put the potatoes, oil, garlic and basil in the foil.
     
  2. Place the sauce ingredients in the base of the steamer and bring to the boil.  Cook the potatoes, covered, over the sauce for 45 minutes until the potatoes are tender.  Garnish with basil, and serve with the sauce.

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