Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Spiced Mini Hasselback Potatoes


Here is the mini hasselback potatoes recipe. The spices used for the potatoes were inspired from my previous post, the Dry Potatoes With Ginger and Garlic. I am using the Fingerling potato variety for this recipe. They are small, buttery, and is just the perfect compliment for my finger sandwiches. Using a clever suggestion from one of my readers, Marcus, I used a wooden spoon to facilitate cutting the potatoes to an even depth. It certainly made the cutting process easier, thanks Marcus.


Spiced Mini Hasselback Potatoes
(Printable Recipe)

Ingredients

1 Bag (800 g) Fingerling Potato, washed
½ tsp Ground Ginger
½ tsp Ground Turmeric
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp Fennel Seeds
1 tsp Sea Salt
3 Tbsp Peanut Oil



Method



Preheat the oven to 400˚F.

Place the potato on a wooden spoon, flat side down. Start from one end of the potato and cut all the way until the knife touches the spoon,
at about 3 to 4 mm intervals.

In a large mixing bowl, combine ground ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, fennel seeds, sea salt and oil. Toss in the potatoes and marinate for about 20 minutes.



Arrange the potatoes in a baking tray and bake in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes or until the potatoes turn slightly crispy on the outside and the flesh is soft.


7 comments:

Fresh Local and Best said...

This looks quite good. I love the spices you added.

Rose said...

YUM! I love those potatoes! Great photographs!

Lori E said...

Why is it the simplest of ideas make us thump our foreheads and say "why didn't I think of that". First of all using the smaller potatoes the using the wooden spoon. Doh.

Dana said...

Those are perfection! I love the look of them and am sure the taste is as good as the looks! I've never made those but am intrigued every time I see a photo of one.

Nutmeg Nanny said...

Mmmmmm delicious looking! My mom used do something with potatoes that looked a lot like yours but just used butter and garlic. I bet your added spices would be awesome!

Cari said...

Who knew a potato could be beautiful! They look lovely!

bARE-eYED sUN said...

yum!

a def for Saturday. :-)

thanks for the recipe. gotta love taters

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