Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Boil enough salted water to cover the potatoes.
Add new potatoes with jackets on or pare old potatoes thin.
Boil fast until tender, about 20 minutes.
Drain the water.
Set the pot on the back of the stove to dry, shaking occasionally.
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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What each ingredient does
- New potatoes
- Starchy flesh that turns tender and fluffy when boiled through.
The step that matters
Boil fast until tender. A rapid boil cooks the potatoes evenly through, while slow simmering can leave the centers firm and the skins split.
“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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