In most parts of the world, potatoes are a staple food thanks to its versatility while cooking. There are hundreds, and probably thousands of ways to cook potatoes. Similarly, you can combine potatoes with other ingredients to produce unmatched and mouthwatering recipes.
The usual ways of preparing potatoes are simply coking them in boiling water, then there are mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, stewed, baked or chipped potatoes and more. There also many different sorts of potatoes and some are more suitable for some foods and others for other types of meals. For instance russet potato is great for baking, frying, mashing and roasting. Red potatoes are best for boiling, Long whites are good for for boiling, baking, roasting and frying. New potatoes are delicious for baking etc…
For starters you can try and make whipped potatoes. You will need 8 potatoes, milk (1/3 cup), butter ( cup) and some salt and pepper.
The preparation is quite simple. First you need to peel the potatoes, cut them into a few big pieces and put them into a saucepan. Add water and bring them to a boil. Then turn the heat down a bit and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes. How do you know if potatoes are done? Try and pierce them with a knife of fork. It should go in very easily and you must feel that the potato is really soft. If it’s not you need to cook it some more. Then drain the water and melt the butter in another saucepan, mix it with milk and beat the potatoes. Then add milk and butter and use mixer on hight speed to mix the potatoes so they become fluffy.
The there is a recipe that is known worldwide – a recipe for French fries. Take a few baking potatoes, that we mentioned before. For 4 people you will need 6 big potatoes. Then you also need frying oil and salt. First you need to peel the potatoes and then cut them in strips that are somewhere up to 1/2 inch wide. You know how French fries look like. now comes a nice trick. to get the starch out and make fries more crunchy soak them in ice cold water for at least one hour. Then heat the oil (375 degrees) and drain the potatoes. Put the potatoes in frying basket and fry until they are golden brown. Add some alt and you are done.
There are general tips while cooking potatoes that will help you come up with those great recipes. For example, for a crispier skin on your baked potatoes, rub some little oil, bacon drippings or butter on potatoes before baking. If you want to have mashed potatoes that have extra richness, cook them in milk. The milk should be evaporated skim milk as a replacement for whole milk.
It is cool to add a little twist to your potato recipes. A cool thing about potatoes is that all people eat them and you don’t have to worry if your visitors will like them or not. So if you are in trouble and don’t know what to cook, choose on the the potato recipes.
Ben likes his potatoes to be mashed. So if you need some delicious recipes for mashed potatoes visit his website that is full of different recipes. He specially recommends his healthy mashed potatoes recipe
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