Boiled Potatoes with Skins on
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
Place them in a pot or saucepan and cover with salted boiling water.
Cook until a fork easily pierces them.
Drain the water and let the saucepan sit uncovered on the back of the stove until the potatoes are completely dry.
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
- Provide the starchy base; their starch softens into a fluffy texture when cooked and dried.
The step that matters
Letting the potatoes dry after draining. Residual surface water makes boiled potatoes watery and dilutes their flavor. Letting the steam escape from the uncovered pot lets the surface dry, so the potatoes taste more concentrated and hold together better.
“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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