Name: Farmers' Market New Potatoes with Saffron Aïoli
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon water; 1/2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads; 1/2 teaspoon smoked hot paprika* or Hungarian hot paprika; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1 garlic clove, minced; 12 4-ounce fingerling potatoes, Yukon Golds, or red-skinned potatoes, unpeeled; Fleur de sel (fine French sea salt); 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Use any variety of young, small potatoes at the market — such as fingerlings, baby reds, or small Yukon Golds or yellow Finns.

Market tip:

If you can find flowering cilantro — also known as shot cilantro — at a farmers' market, try it in this dish instead of regular cilantro.

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