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Eoiled (potatoes

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United Kingdom

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Water
  2. 1 teaspoonful of salt
  3. Potatoes

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.

Method

  1. (• Pommes de Terre bounties).
  2. Choose the potatoes as near one size as possible, wash them, peel them very thinly, and remove the eyes;
  3. as they are peeled drop them into cold water until they are all ready ;
  4. put them into a pan of cold water, adding 1 teaspoonful of salt to each quart of water ;
  5. allow them to boil very slowly until tender, drain, put back over the gas for a few minutes with the pan lid half off, shake occasionally until quite dry and floury.
  6. In shaking, take care not to break them.
  7. 20 to 35 minutes should be enough to cook the potatoes, but this varies according to size and kind."

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Colander