Boiled potatoes (Gekookte aardappelen)

Traditional recipe from The Netherlands

• 1kg of potatoes
• 1 cup of water
• salt

Peel the potatoes, remove the eyes and put them at once into cold water.

Put 1,5cm of water in a sauce pan with a tightly fitting lid. Add the potatoes and the salt. Bring quickly to the boil and then turn the fire down as low as possible just keeping the steam under the lid of the pan.

Cook for 20 minutes, drain and shake well until dry and flaky.