Potatoes – Product range
The product range of Jansen-Dongen is too big to explain as a whole. Therefore, a summary can be found here.
Potatoes are being divided into four categories, which are based on their cooking-characteristics. Within every type of cooking there is a wide variety of breeds. The choice for a certain potato is based on taste, product quality and growth-characteristics. However, there are culinary potatoes, which are even a bit better than the others.
Below you can find the cooking types, with their associated types of meals and breeds.
Waxy potatoes
Waxy potatoes become more popular nowadays. Ofcourse that has to do with the taste, but as well with the easiness of preparing them.
Waxy potatoes: | Stay intact after boiling |
Especially suitable for: | Boiling, baking, and potato salads |
Examples of breeds: | Nicola, Annabelle, Valentino |
Most of the culinary potatoes can be found in the segment of waxy potatoes. Jansen-Dongen has an exclusive cooperation with a French seedling company, which (among others) invented the Amandine and the red-skinned Chérie.
An interesting note here is that the Amandine has won the French prize for “Best taste” several times in a row now for being the most delicious potato!
All-purpose potatoes
All-purpose potatoes: | Have a crusty skin after boiling. |
Especially suitable for: | Pretty much all preparation types; boiling, baking, frying, mashing and pureeing. |
Examples of breeds: | Bildtstar, Asterix |
Starchy potatoes
Starchy potatoes come in two varieties; the normal and the extra-large one. The latter is extremely suitable for making delicious French fries.
Starchy potatoes: | Have a crusty skin after boiling. |
Especially suitable for: | Pretty much all preparation types; boiling, baking, frying, mashing and pureeing. |
Examples of breeds: | MelodyPlatina, Milva |
During the summer: | FrieslanderBerber |
Extra starchy potatoes
Extra starchy potatoes are often used for traditional Dutch stew meals. However, because of its good pureeing characteristics, they suit the “Haute Cuisine” as well.
Extra starchy potatoes: | Fall apart after boiling. |
Especially suitable for: | Boiling, pureeing and traditional Dutch potato stew meals. |
Examples of breeds: | EigenheimerAziza, Santé, Alpha |
During the summer: | Doré |