Dill boiled potatoes

Dill flowers are best harvested just as dill boiled potatoes finish flowering and when the tear-shaped green seeds are beginning to set. If you can’t get any dill flowers, then a few dill fronds can be used instead. See the Recipe Tips for information on how to sterilise jars. Fresh dill is available from supermarkets and ethnic grocers.

Dried dill is a perfectly acceptable substitute to fresh, and is even preferred in some Middle Eastern dishes. Keep fresh dill refrigerated for up to one week. Use only the leaves of dill, and discard the thick stems. This herb is popular in Scandinavian and Eastern European cookery, and is added to soups, grilled and boiled fish, gravlax, potatoes and vinegars. India, it is used as a vegetable in regional dishes. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

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