Many Ways to Make Delicious Potatoes
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Many Ways To Make Delicious Potatoes FRENCH FRIED POTATOES POTATOES AU GRATIN and surely something everyone flavor of potato pairs well with texture, squeeze the moisture out Making fries is not difficult, A French comfort food, remembers from childhood, even any combination of herbs. of the potatoes before adding but it is a process. In addition this classic side dish combines if mom only heated them up from Roasted potatoes with herbs other ingredients and forming to potatoes, oil, and salt, a potatoes, cream, salt, and a freezer bag. While the frozen is a versatile side dish, and the into patties. For German potato thermometer and a heavy pepper with Parmesan cheese version is often inexpensive, leftovers can be used in many pancakes, season with salt and pot for boiling and frying are to yield a dish that tastes far there’s not much cheaper than a ways. In general, roast at very pepper and add a touch of flour necessary components. And more expensive than the sum plain potato. Cutting a potato into high heat (475 degrees) until the and an egg to hold the mass substitute paper grocery bags of its parts. The key is slicing cubes, seasoning, and roasting in skins brown and crisp and the together. Heat a good amount for paper towels when draining the potatoes thinly and evenly the oven creates small morsels of natural sugars in the potatoes of oil in a heavy skillet, ladle in the potatoes -- paper bags help and layering the slices in a snug, crispy brown potatoes a whole caramelize slightly. Bringing portions one at a time, and flatten fries stay crisper after a final fry. slightly overlapping pattern to lot healthier than packaged tater out the sweetness of the potatoes each into a patty. Traditional Serve with a variety of sauces or ensure maximum flavor. tots. enhances the herb flavor even accompaniments include sour condiments, from the ubiquitous TATER TOTS ROASTED POTATOES WITH more, making the most of the cream and applesauce, but be ketchup to an exotic chutney. Crispy, salty potatoes are one HERBS ingredients. creative -- everything tastes of Americans’ favorite foods, The earthy and subtly sweet good with fried potatoes. MASHED POTATOES Seasoned with little more than POTATO CROQUETTES milk, butter, salt, and pepper, The fancy man’s tater tot, mashed potatoes are a comfort these creamy-on-the-inside and food most Americans come to crisp-on-the-outside bundles Let’s All Go To Beautiful Norway! love from an early age. Starchy of joy are the great equalizer potatoes such as russet are the at dinner parties. The simple best for mashing into a light and ingredients take a bit of patience fluffy texture. Master the basic to transform into classic French preparation and add a signature croquettes; fry shortly before ANNOUNCING NORWAY 2020 or seasonal touch to this serving so the croquettes are otherwise bland dish. Favorite warm, crisp, and at their peak SCANDINAVIAN TOUR mix-ins include scallions, bacon, through and through. and cheddar cheese. The only Denmark - Norway - Sweden limit is a cook’s imagination. POTATO HASH May 4-16, 2020 A potato hash takes advantage Rev. Paul Andell, Host GARLIC MASHED POTATOES of both inherent textures of the This variation on the root vegetable: soft and crispy. classic mashed potato, not Although a hash may seem NORSK HOSTFEST TOUR recommended for those on like a haphazard combination a low-calorie diet, deserves of ingredients warmed up May 25-June 7, 2020 special mention. 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