hasselback potatoes?
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cupofteapet
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Fancy doing something new for dinner and have never made these. Is it simply a case of cutting the new potatoes then spraying with fry light and bung in the oven, or is it more complicated than that?Thanks
oooh i would like to know this one too !
AliGal
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I'm not an SW person - but saw this so have popped in to share what I know.
Peel the potato first. To get the hasselback cut, I do mine by putting two cutting boards either side of the potato and with a very sharp chopping night, make a series of paralell cuts. The potato isn't cut all the way through but has relatively close together cuts the whole length of it. I think it's best done with smallish potatos. The boards stop you cutting through. In classical cooking, I think the potato is cradled in a wooden spoon and then cut - but that seems more dangerous to me. Sprayed with oil, they get crispy quite fast in the oven. In the old days, I would have ladled with goose fat. However they work just as well with a spray on the tray, and a spray or two on top> My DH loves the new low fat version as much as the old style.
Enjoy.
Ali
Peel the potato first. To get the hasselback cut, I do mine by putting two cutting boards either side of the potato and with a very sharp chopping night, make a series of paralell cuts. The potato isn't cut all the way through but has relatively close together cuts the whole length of it. I think it's best done with smallish potatos. The boards stop you cutting through. In classical cooking, I think the potato is cradled in a wooden spoon and then cut - but that seems more dangerous to me. Sprayed with oil, they get crispy quite fast in the oven. In the old days, I would have ladled with goose fat. However they work just as well with a spray on the tray, and a spray or two on top> My DH loves the new low fat version as much as the old style.
Enjoy.
Ali
Sweet-Temptation
Full Member
I have tried these once and they were gorgeous! You make cuts in the potato and i put a few springs of fresh rosemary inbetween the cuts and spinkled with sea salt and sprayed with fry light and roast. I copied this from a recipe in SW book.
muttonchops
Member
Hi, do u par boil them first?! They sound yummy! X
sunshine24
Full Member
We don't par boil or peel and they are lovely. I saw them being sold in Asda last week. They're yummy.
Rainbowgirl
Member
I made some at Christmas from small-ish potatoes with bay leaves stuck in the cuts and lots of seasoning, they were lovely
ChelleFeegan
Full Member
An old post but definitely going to have to try these!! They look yum!!
bilsat
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Pete’s Hassleback Potato (2013)
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 Rasher of smoked bacon, cut into 2x1cm pieces (ff)
2 Baking Potatoes (ff)
Sea salt
60g Strong cheddar cheese (2Hea/2=1Hea per person)
Method
Pick two similar sized potato, place potato in a large ladle so that the curve of the potato lies in the curve of the spoon, with a sharp knife cut down to the edge of the ladle with 5mm spacing between cuts. If the potato is too big to fit the ladle then turn around when ½ way. Place a few grains of salt into each cut.
Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
Place each potato into a microwave & cook for 5 mins (600w microwave)
Remove & place in an oven tray, spray the potatoes with frylight & cook for 20 mins, remove from the oven, place a piece of bacon into each cut & return to the oven for 5 mins more, remove & add cheese, cook for a further 5 mins to melt the cheese.
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 Rasher of smoked bacon, cut into 2x1cm pieces (ff)
2 Baking Potatoes (ff)
Sea salt
60g Strong cheddar cheese (2Hea/2=1Hea per person)
Method
Pick two similar sized potato, place potato in a large ladle so that the curve of the potato lies in the curve of the spoon, with a sharp knife cut down to the edge of the ladle with 5mm spacing between cuts. If the potato is too big to fit the ladle then turn around when ½ way. Place a few grains of salt into each cut.
Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
Place each potato into a microwave & cook for 5 mins (600w microwave)
Remove & place in an oven tray, spray the potatoes with frylight & cook for 20 mins, remove from the oven, place a piece of bacon into each cut & return to the oven for 5 mins more, remove & add cheese, cook for a further 5 mins to melt the cheese.
