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French Fried I'otatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and cocoa butter work together. They rank in the top 91% of all ingredient pairs. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

French Fried I'otatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel and cut the potatoes into strips.

  2. Wash the potatoes and dry them with a clean towel.

  3. Heat cocoa butter in a kettle until thoroughly hot.

  4. Drop the potatoes into the hot cocoa butter and cook until golden brown.

  5. If using salt, sprinkle it on the potatoes after removing them from the fat.

  6. Let the potatoes drain in a wire dish in the oven for one minute.

  7. Serve in a hot dish.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + cocoa buttertop 91% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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