Exton Potatoes
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Exton Potatoes

Exton potatoes have light brown skin over white flesh, with a high starch texture that cooks beautifully light and fluffy. They’re particularly good roasted, developing a golden exterior around a fluffy centre, while their medium to large size makes them an excellent whole baked potato. Grown on the Mornington Peninsula, Exton is one of the early season varieties we look forward to around the Christmas and holiday period.

 

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C o o k i n g   M e t h o d s   &   P r e p a r a t i o n

Cut into even pieces and parboil for around 10 minutes. Drain, rough up the surfaces, toss in hot oil and season. Roast at 220C for around 45 minutes, turning once, for a classic golden exterior.

Boil whole in their skins until tender, then peel and mash. The clean white flesh makes a good white fluffy mash that happily carries butter, milk and plenty of seasoning.

Prick the skins, rub with oil and salt, and bake at 200C for around 75 minutes until the skin is crisp and the inside cooked through.

The Exton is great for chips given its high starch level and crisps up exceptionally with a fluffy interior.

No need to peel for most jobs, as the skin is fine and adds a little fibre. A scrub is plenty. Peel for the cleanest, whitest mash. Cut away any green patches generously before cooking.

Pop your Exton potatoes somewhere cool and dark and they will sit happily for weeks. Keep them out of the light, which causes greening, and away from warmth, which brings on sprouting. Do not refrigerate them, since cold turns the starch to sugar and dulls flavour and texture once cooked. Skip sealed plastic as well, because potatoes need to breathe, and the paper bag they arrive in is perfect. Store them away from onions, which speed each other to spoiling.

A b o u t   E x t o n   P o t a t o e s

Exton is one of the first varieties to arrive at the beginning of the Victorian potato season, when the range of locally grown potatoes is still relatively limited. Grown on the Mornington Peninsula and arriving around the Christmas and holiday period, it’s a variety we look forward to each year.

With its high starch, white flesh and naturally fluffy texture, Exton gives us a quality Victorian starchy potato at a time of year when there are fewer varieties to choose from. Its relatively short seasonal window makes it an important and welcome part of the Spud Sisters range.

Exton is an early season potato that has found a natural home in the Mornington Peninsula growing region. Its early harvest makes it particularly valuable at the beginning of the Australian summer, when locally grown high starch varieties can be harder to come by.

We stock Exton because it gives us a fantastic locally grown, high-starch potato right at the beginning of the Victorian season, when the number of varieties available locally is still quite limited. It’s a tasty variety, an excellent roaster and whole baked potato, and has become a real favourite with our customers around Christmas and the holiday period.

Exton is in season from November to January, making it the natural choice for the warmer months when lighter meals and easy sides are on the menu.

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T r u s t e d   b y   A u s t r a l i a ' s   B e s t   C h e f s

 

Our potatoes are used in restaurant kitchens across Australia, from leading fine dining restaurants to some of the country's most respected chefs. They choose Spud Sisters for specialist varieties, consistent quality and potatoes selected for the way they cook.

The same potatoes we supply to professional kitchens are the ones we send to your door. You're cooking with exactly the same quality trusted by the chefs we work with every week.

W h e r e   t o   b u y   t o n i g h t ?

Majority of our varieties occasionally appears at good green grocers and farmers markets, but stock is often inconsistent and is rarely, if ever, at supermarkets.

If you need it for a particular recipe or just to wow your friends with a showstopping dinner party dish, ordering ahead is the only way to guarantee it.

Check if Spud Sisters is at a market near you, or order online now for delivery to your door.

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CARE GUIDE

H o w   t o   s t o r e   y o u r   p o t a t o e s

Cool, dark and dry

A pantry or cupboard away from sunlight is ideal. Light exposure can cause greening and too much warmth accelerates sprouting.

Don’t refrigerate

Cold converts potato starch to sugar, affecting both flavour and texture when cooked. Starchy varieties are specifically sensitive to cold storage - so to keep the crisp and crunch you're looking for - keep them out of the fridge.

No sealed plastic bags

Potatoes need to breathe. The paper bag they arrive in is perfect or a breathable container.

Keep away from onions

Storing onions and potatoes together makes both deteriorate faster.

Shelf life

Fresh potatoes at the start of the season can keep for up to around 4 weeks in ideal conditions.

If it has a green tinge

Greening comes from light exposure and happens to any variety. Cut the green away generously and cook the rest; if it runs throughout, discard it.

When your order arrives

Open the box straight away and move the potatoes somewhere cool and dark. Minor transit marks are normal for fresh produce and don't affect flavour or quality.

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D o n ' t   g e t   c a u g h t   s h o r t

 

Planning ahead? Order online and have it at your door in a week. Buying a couple of kilos now means you won't get caught short when you want to make a standout potato dish worth talking about. Our potatoes store well and depending on seasonality can keep for up to 4 weeks, so there's a good reason to have a kilo or two ready before the occasion demands it.

 
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