Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and scrub the potatoes clean without peeling them.
Boil
Place the potatoes in an iron saucepan and cover them with cold water.
Bring the water to a boil, then add 1 tablespoon of coarse sea salt for every gallon of water.
Boil gently for 15 to 25 minutes until tender.
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
- Form the dish itself, and cooking in their skins keeps them moist and holds their shape.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the cooking water so the potatoes take up some flavour as they cook.
The step that matters
Boil gently for 15 to 25 minutes until tender. Boiling hard can break the outer surface of the potatoes before the centre is cooked. A gentle simmer cooks them evenly and keeps them intact. Test with a knife to judge doneness.
“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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