Saratoga Chips

Ingredients

• good-sized potatoes
• hot lard for frying
• coarse sea salt

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

1. Peel the potatoes and slice them as evenly as possible.

2. Soak the slices in ice water.

3. Heat a kettle of hot lard (about 400°F or 200°C).

4. Dry the potato slices in a towel by shaking them.

5. Fry a few slices at a time in the boiling lard.

6. Stir occasionally and remove when they are light brown.

7. Use a skimmer to take them out and place on paper to drain.

8. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt while hot.