Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Choose potatoes of similar size.
Scrub and peel them thinly in clean water.
Place in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
Cook
Add salt and simmer gently until tender, about 30 minutes.
Check doneness with a skewer.
Alternatively, steam until tender if preferred.
For new potatoes, scrape and cook in boiling water.
Finish
Drain and let them dry by the fire.
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
- Form the main body of the dish, cooking to a soft, fluffy interior.
- Salt
- Seasons the potatoes as they cook in the water.
“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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