Content
- Linda, Laura and Sieglinde
- potato variety
- The cooking types
- Even more differences
- Red, yellow or blue - which potato is it allowed?
- The classics among the potatoes
- Popular potato varieties
- early potatoes
- Grandma and Grandpa still know her
- Try!
- Storable potatoes
- Tips & Tricks
Linda, Laura and Sieglinde
Linda, Laura and Sieglinde are among the best-known potato varieties. But behind seemingly unusual names such as blue Swede and Bamberg croissants hide delicious potatoes. Have you ever heard of Granola?
Granola is a medium-early, predominantly firm potato with yellow pulp. She was honored as Potato of the Year 2019.
potato variety
With over 5000 varieties of potatoes, the selection is not easy. There are potatoes with red and yellow peel, sometimes oblong, sometimes round or oval. The blue potatoes seem to be exotic, like the Blue Swede.
Even bigger is the variety of the potato. Here you can choose between finely spicy or strong spicy, greasy, nutty, sweet, creamy, buttery and even with marzipan notes.
The cooking types
Not every potato is good for the fried potato. While Nicola and Selma let themselves be cut well after cooking, the farinaceous Adretta would disintegrate in the pan.Because of their different cooking and processing properties, the tubers are divided into three types of cooking, the festkochenden, the predominantly festkochenden and the floury potatoes.
Hard-boiled potatoes such as the Sieglinde, Cilena and Vitelotte varieties contain little starch. They are also moist after cooking, retain their firm consistency and are easy to cut. They can be used to prepare salads, fried potatoes, fries and gratins.
Agria, Solana, Quarta and Granola are among the predominantly hard-boiling potatoes. Your bowl will burst easily when cooking. They are the ideal salt, pel and fried potatoes.
Mehligkochende varieties have a high starch content. They taste dry, their shell bursts during cooking and they almost fall apart by themselves. They are ideal for crushing and pureeing. From Adretta, Freya and Augusta delicious mashed potatoes, soups, dumplings and potato pancakes are prepared. Ideal as a baked potato.
Even more differences
An important differentiator is the degree of maturity of the potatoes. They are divided into very early and early potatoes, mid-early as well as late and very late varieties. Early varieties are harvested from June, mid-early August and late to late October.
There are also differences between food and farm potatoes. While some have been on our diet for a long time, starch, alcohol, potato flour and adhesives are extracted from the potato potatoes.
Red, yellow or blue - which potato is it allowed?
When choosing your potato variety, you should focus on taste, use and shelf life. And when you grow, try something new or rediscover one of the old varieties.
The classics among the potatoes
The oldest German potato in the list of varieties is Sieglinde.
Popular potato varieties
Profitable yields, good storage capabilities and their aromatic taste made these potatoes the most popular varieties.
early potatoes
Grandma and Grandpa still know her
Since the 17th century, potatoes are known in Germany, which was initially cultivated as an ornamental plant because of their flowers. Your benefit recognized u.a. the Prussian King Frederick the Great. On his orders, the farmers had to grow potatoes in their fields and the Prussian king even had them guarded by his soldiers.
Many of the old potato varieties are no longer available today. Mostly they have not proven themselves in industrial cultivation or because of their susceptibility to disease. From lovers and organic farmers, they are still grown today. You can buy them from other gardeners or over the Internet.
Try!
Storable potatoes
Suitable for storage are the mid-early to late varieties. In a dark cellar with temperatures of 4 - 10 degrees, the potatoes make it safe through the winter. Recommended are Agria, Quanta, Melina, Secura, Adretta, Laura, Aula and the new variety Solana Queen Anne.
Tips & Tricks
Under www.bundessortenamt.de find the "descriptive list of varieties" of the Bundessortenamt. She gives you an overview of the approved potato varieties in Germany, that is 210 at the moment.