The result will not look like a batter, but rest assured it will be transformed into lovely crispy potato cakes once fried.

This comforting curried fish pie has amazing perfumed layers of flavour that will slap you round the face yet still give you delicate fish and a crispy potato top.

There was a delicious beef short rib, slow-cooked until it was tender and falling apart, next to a crispy potato rosti and salsa verde.

Snip over the chives and serve alongside the chicken and crispy potatoes.

It has to have crispy potatoes on top.

They came with micro-pots of 'baked potato purée': the inside pulp without the best bit, the crispy skin.

Garnish with the crispy skin and chervil or parsley.

Finally, to create a crispy skin, cook under the grill for 3 minutes.

I'm talking wonderfully oozy risotto and perfectly cooked chicken, with that all-important crispy skin.

Chop the crispy skin into pieces and fold into the filling along with the meat, followed by the tarragon.