To Boil Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Select potatoes of uniform size and wash them.
Pare the potatoes thinly.
Cook and serve
Cover the potatoes with boiling water and cook for 30 minutes.
When nearly done, add salt.
Drain the potatoes and set the saucepan aside to let them steam for a few minutes.
Serve immediately; do not let them remain in the water after cooking.
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
- Provide the starchy body of the dish, and their starch sets the texture as they cook.
The step that matters
Drain and serve promptly. Potatoes left in hot water keep absorbing moisture, so they turn soft and waterlogged. Draining them and letting them steam briefly drives off surface water and keeps the texture firm.
“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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