Just like mashed or twice baked potatoes, this hasselback potato side dish is delicious with grilled ribeye steak and grilled corn on the cob. To infuse your oil, simply place fresh herbs, pared lemon zest, garlic cloves or chilli (or all 4) in a few cm of oil in a small pan. Whilst slits made closer together result in a more impressive outcome, it's a lengthier and more fiddly process than fewer and wider spaced slits. Make deliciously crunchy and crispy Hasselback potatoes or even other vegetables with this clever tool by Lekue.

Soaking the sliced potatoes for a few hours in that same vinegar water will also draw out the starch. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services and show you advertising related to your preferences by analyzing your browsing habits.But they were exactly the kind of too fancy, too complicated potato I felt intimidated to try at home. Place the potato on the flat cut side and using chop sticks or wooden spoons, place one on either side of the potato lengthwise. This clever gadget makes finely cutting potatoes a breeze and delivers super crispy potatoes filled with flavour. The seasonings and fillings for my hasselback potatoes recipe are completely up to your imagination! It’s the kind of thing that looks impressive, but is surprisingly easy to do, thanks to my trusty Potato Guide — making it perfect for a weeknight side, but fancy enough for company.

Put the potatoes cut-side up on a shallow baking dish and brush over the oil, getting some in between the slices. Larger potatoes can be peeled or left unpeeled (just make sure they're scrubbed of any dirt), and new potatoes left unpeeled. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . Hasselbacking doesn't just stop at potatoes either, you can try it with butternut squash, carrots or beetroot. By using my useful kitchen hack of chopsticks placed on either side of the potato when slicing, it doesn’t allow the knife to cut entirely through the potato and keeps them together.You put the potato in a wood cradle (I don’t know how else to describe it), and it is secured with two spikes to hold it in place.

I had no idea they started in Sweden when a trainee chef, Lief Ellison made them at Hasselbacken Restaurant in 1954.By placing the potato in the slicing tool it's easy to slice cuts in the potato that are just deep enough so that the potato still holds together when placed in the oven. She has an abnormal love for sparkling water and enjoys digging into the latest healthy food trends. Crispy on the outside and tender soft on the inside, the baked potato slices are similar to thick potato chips, but the slices are still attached to the base.