Confit Potatoes

[Jittlebags]

Anyone had a go ? Very slow cooked apparantly.

These's a mega version here that take overnight to make, and has a severe risk of you ending up in A&E on account of the mandolin.

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/confit-potatoes-recipe

They do look nice though.

[seepage]

Michael Winner used to bang on about them, I mean to go the Chop House to try them for myself.

[New folder]

ending up in A&E on account of the mandolin.

[Jittlebags]

Michael Winner used to bang on about them, I mean to go the Chop House to try them for myself.

I presume his were generously dressed in chef's special sauce.

[idunnosomename]

that looks like some Mr Kipling bullshit

[Shit Good Nose]

First saw James Martin do them on something like What's That? It Tastes Shite, or some proto Saturday Kitchen type show in the very early 90s.  Even though I can't remember exactly what show it was, that segment left quite an impression on me (admittedly probably because it was the first time I'd seen a chef's mandolin, several years before Rick Stein nearly took his finger off with one).

Amazingly, despite having several recipes for them, I've never tried them.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

They look fucking silly. Bin.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Oh man I love Animal House!

[dissolute ocelot]

mandoline=cheffy finger-shredder cooking device
mandolin=medieval finger-shredder musical instrument

It's not fucking hard. Unlike my confit potatoes.

Bonus content: a couple of weeks ago, Yotam had a recipe for mushrooms slow-cooked in half a bottle of olive oil, which sounded pretty darn nice.

[idunnosomename]

captain corelli's magimix with slicer attachment

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

[pancreas]

Doesn't deserve its own thread, but I've been reading the Rowley Leigh recipes in the FT recently. Gorgeous unpretentious English, simple food and important tips on how to get it right. Pancreas gives FIVE STARS.

[idunnosomename]

ive been eating those croissants you get in a big bag from Aldi

[pancreas]

ive been eating those croissants you get in a big bag from Aldi

While fucking tins of spam.

GP. Now.

[Emma Raducanu]

I once confited something

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

I once confited something

Was it an arse, perchance?

[Glebe]

Obligatory.

[Emma Raducanu]

Was it an arse, perchance?

A butt.

[Endicott]

[Blue Jam]

Ever tried making hasselback potatoes? They're up there with fougasse in the "looks impressive but actually a piece of piss to make" stakes. They're like a cross between roast potatoes and baked potatoes, tasty but still vaguely healthy. Job's a good 'un

[bgmnts]

They're Tater Tots now.


AMERICAN NAMES FOR BRITISH FOODS. FUCK OFF JOHNY FORRINER

[Gurke and Hare]

No tater tots are different - they're like little hash browns. Croquettes are mash in breadcrumbs.

[seepage]

Ever tried making hasselback potatoes? They're up there with fougasse in the "looks impressive but actually a piece of piss to make" stakes. They're like a cross between roast potatoes and baked potatoes, tasty but still vaguely healthy. Job's a good 'un

'The Ninth' in London does good ones. The restaurant, considering it's got a Michelin star, is reasonable price-wise and not up its arse.

[Emma Raducanu]

Where I am, it's all about hash browns these days. They're all charging £3.50 for a side order of hash browns which consist of someone squashing grated potato in their hand and throwing them in a fryer.

[Brian Freeze]

Ever tried making hasselback potatoes? They're up there with fougasse in the "looks impressive but actually a piece of piss to make" stakes. They're like a cross between roast potatoes and baked potatoes, tasty but still vaguely healthy. Job's a good 'un

Do you have a good recipe for these please? Impressive looking but deceptively simple is right up my street.

[Blue Jam]

Do you have a good recipe for these please? Impressive looking but deceptively simple is right up my street.

1. Get a baking potato.
2. Shove a skewer through the bottom.
3. Make a series of cuts, letting the skewer stop you going all the way through. Remove the skewer.
4. Drizzle in oil and sprinkle with any flavourings you feel like adding- dried herbs, paprika, cheese, bacon bits etc.
5. Bake for 45 minutes, by which time the slices should have fanned out. Open the oven and baste the potatoes in oil before baking for a further 45 minutes.

Aternatively do steps 1-3, put the potatoes in the microwave for ten minutes and then add flavourings and oil and finish them off in the oven for 30 minutes

It's basically posh student cooking, you can't go wrong.

[idunnosomename]

1) open bag of aldi croissants
2) eat croissant
*optional* put clip on bag to maintain freshness
3) go back to bed and cry and about your shitty life
4) remember croissant and eat it

[Cuellar]

God I hate potatoes. In pretty much any form except chips. Horrible bland rubbish.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

God I hate potatoes. In pretty much any form except chips. Horrible bland rubbish.

It's one of the most versatile foodstuffs in the world you melt.

[Cuellar]

It can taste like cardboard and sand in hundreds of ways yes