Pomme de terre de I'Île de Ré

Pomme de terre de l'lle de Ré are firm-fleshed potatoes that are less than 70 mm big and are produced on the Île de Ré in France. The potatoes have a distinctive, unique vegetable, slightly sweet flavor and delicate skin that rubs off quite easily.

They are eaten in May and June only, belonging to the early potatoes sort, harvested before their full maturity (before the starch has formed) on the limy, sandy soil on which they grow. Quality measures are high, regarding germination, grading and sustainable farming, and so five varieties of the potato come to existence - the Alcmaria and the Starlette, melting and sweet, and Roseval, Charlotte and the Amandine with a bit firmer flesh than the other varieties.