Frexch Fried Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the potatoes and soak them in cold water for 1 hour.
Wipe the potatoes dry and cut them lengthwise into eighths.
Heat a pan of lard until very hot.
Fry the potato pieces in the hot lard until tender and golden brown.
Remove the potatoes with a skimmer and drain on brown paper.
Keep the fried potatoes in a warm oven for a few minutes.
Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and serve hot.
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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