Potatoes, Fried
Ingredients
Directions
Cut potatoes into small pieces, about the thickness of a little finger.
Heat oil in a deep pan until smoking hot.
Plunge the potato pieces into the hot oil.
Fry until slightly browned on the outside.
Remove from oil and let cool briefly in a cloth before serving.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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