Boiled potatoes with pressure cooker

"I remember the days I boiled potatoes in water. Never cooked right, parts coming off, difficult to peel... then it came the pressure cooker"

 

Ingredients

• 3/4 medium sized potatoes
• water
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt

Tools

• Potato peeler
• Pressure cooker

Preparation

• Peel the potatoes
• Cut the potatoes in discs
• Lay the potatoes in the basket so that they are not stacked on top of each other
• Add half a glass of water to the bottom of the pressure cooker
• Insert the basket and close the lid

Cooking

•  Close the valve and turn the hob to high heat
• When the valve starts whistling reduce the heat slightly and count 10/12 min (depending on how small the cuts are or how many potatoes)
• When the time elapsed, switch off, get the steam gradually out through the valve
• Open and check the potatoes (in the unlucky event that you where too hasty, put them back in and cook for another 3/5 minutes from when you hear the valve whistle)
• Let them cool down a bit and cut them in halves or quarters
• Put the potatoes in a bowl
• Add extra virgin olive oil and salt to taste

Tips

I often place a piece of fresh salmon on top and cook everything together for 15 minutes. Super easy! Either way I recommend making some homemade mayonnaise to eat with them. BTW, you can also use this method to then make mashed potatoes. It's faster than boiling them in water.