Roast Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Wash and dry the potatoes.
Place them in a 400°F (200°C) oven or a toaster.
Do not burn the outside before they are warmed through.
Roast large potatoes for about 2 hours, or parboil them first to reduce roasting time.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Starchy flesh turns fluffy inside while the outside crisps and browns in the dry heat.
The step that matters
Keep the outside from burning before the centre is warmed through. Potatoes need steady heat to cook through; if the surface gets too dark before the interior is hot, the outside burns while the middle stays underdone. Parboiling first shortens the time needed in the oven.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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