Baked Walleye & the Coolest Potato I’ve Ever Seen
Last Saturday I picked up a bag of red potatoes from King’s Hill Farm and some walleye fillet from Supreme Seafoods at the Mineral Point Winter Farmer’s Market (at the Old Royal). As I was cutting up the potatoes for dinner one night, I was taken aback by the interesting red pattern inside. I hadn’t seen a potato that looked like this before. At first I thought there was something wrong but every piece looked the same and they were just beautiful so they could not possibly be bad for me 
Isn’t it gorgeous? The next day, I emailed Jai, one of the owners of King’s Hill Farm to asked about this special potato. It’s called a French Fingerling which is funny because they are not at all the size of little fingers. Do French people have big fingers? Kidding! (On a side note, King’s Hill Farm also have the largest carrots I have ever seen. Will post about it later.) I think these potatoes would be perfect for a German potato salad, but so far I’ve just used them in a one pan meal with the walleye fillets and some other vegetables I had around.
RECIPE
- 2 T Spanish olive oil
- rosemary (dried from my summer garden)
- oregano (dried from my summer garden)
- potatoes (from King’s Hill Farm)
- yellow beets (from Shooting Star Farm)
- cherry tomatoes
- mushrooms
- 1 piece of bacon (from Marr’s Valley View Farm)
- 1 medium head cipollini onion (from King’s Hill Farm)
- salt
- pepper
Walleye (from Supreme Seafoods)
- drizzle with olive oil
- salt
- pepper
I basically put in whatever veggies I could find in the house. Bake at 400 degree for about 50 minutes then placed the walleye fillets on top of the veggies for the last 8 to 10 minutes. (You can start cooking from a cold oven, no need to preheat.)
This looks great! I love roasted veggies. I served purple potatoes to my mother in law around Thanksgiving and she would NOT believe me that they were actually potatoes and not something bizarre and different. (They came from my CSA, Vermont Valley).
Fun post! Found you guys through a search for Zanzibar ice cream — just thought you might be curious.
Hi Lindsay
We’re so spoiled in Wisconsin. Anyone can find a CSA no matter where there are in the state. Thanks for dropping by 
I remember reading an article about farmers markets last year that said it wasn’t necessary to buy potatoes at the farmers market because they were just as good and cheaper at the grocery store.
Who ever that certainly had not tasted the kind of amazing potato varieties we have available in this neighborhood.
This morning my husband, daughter and I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, and potatoes. I had purchased four different kinds from Butter Mountain at the Dane County Farmers Market Saturday. We had one of each and did a taste test. We each had a different favorite, but all agreed there are many colorful and flavorful spuds out there that taste as much better than grocery store potatoes than heritage apples exceed Red “Delicious” from the store.
Denise