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Boiled Potatoes

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Potatoes
  2. Water
  3. Cut
  4. a teaspoonful of salt

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Potatoes.
  2. | Water.
  3. | Salt.
  4. Wash the potatoes well, and pare them thinly and as evenly as possible.
  5. If they are of unequal size, cut the large ones in half, lengthwise.
  6. As they are pared, put them into clean cold water.
  7. When ready, put all into a saucepan, with just enough cold water to cover them, and add a teaspoonful of salt to every pound of potatoes.
  8. Bring them to the boil.
  9. Boil gently for twenty to thirty minutes, until a skewer will just go through them.
  10. Strain off all the water, put the lid on the saucepan, and stand it at the side of the stove for about ten minutes, to finish cooking.
  11. Lastly, shake them gently, and put the lid half on for a few minutes, giving them an occasional shake during this time.
  12. This will make them nice and floury.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grill or grill pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve