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Saratoga Potatoes

Saratoga potatoes are thinly shaved potatoes fried in boiling lard and seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Saratoga Potatoes

Saratoga Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Thinly shave the potatoes.

  2. Soak the potatoes in ice water for 30 minutes.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry the potatoes in boiling lard until lightly browned.

  2. Remove from the oil, dry, and sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

  3. Serve hot in a folded napkin.

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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What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Thin slices fry into crisp, golden chips with a tender interior.
Boiling lard
Fat that conducts heat quickly, frying the slices crisp and adding richness.

The step that matters

Soak the potatoes in ice water. Soaking removes surface starch so slices do not clump or stick together. Drying them well afterward keeps the hot fat from spattering and helps the chips crisp rather than steam.

“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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