Hasselback Potato is a unique style of baking potatoes and the credit goes to a Swedish chef who made this for the first time in the 1950s.
Hasselback potato is a vegetarian recipe in which a single potato, sliced into thin wedges but left joined at the bottom, baked until the layers fan out into rounds of blissful crispy slices. You can make the slices as thick or as thin as you want.
Take a break from regular potatoes and try this scrumptious recipe to add variety to your dinner or lunch. Or simply serve it with drinks. Cheers!
For Hasselback potatoes, you can take the potatoes of any size and any variety. Not the sweet ones, ofcourse! The potatoes are baked with the skin.
When you start slicing the potatoes the slices will be sticking together. Don’t worry, they will start separating when they start baking.
Ready to go in the oven
In the oven
Pro Tip: The potatoes are baked in two stages. Stage 1 is when you bake the potatoes for the first time after greasing them on the top. In Stage 2, grease the potatoes again between the slices. This way the whole potato and the slices will be greased allover evenly with butter and herbs adding wholesome flavour.
Hasselback Potato Recipe
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
1. Potatoes – 4 medium to large size, washed and scrubbed
2. Homemade Garlic and Herbs Butter
Method:
1. Wash and dry the potatoes. Remove all dirt since the potatoes will be sliced with the skin.
2. Slice the potatoes in the vertical direction but the bottom should remain joined.
3. Preheat the oven at 200 deg C or 392 deg F for 10 minutes.
4. Line the baking tray with foil. Arrange the potatoes at equal distance.
5. Grease the potatoes with butter and bake for 20 minutes.
6. Take the potatoes out of the oven after 20 minutes. You’ll see that potatoes have fanned out.
7. Grease the potatoes again, now between the slices.
8. Bake again in the oven for 20 minutes.
9. Take the baking tray out of the oven. You’ll see that the potatoes have browned from the outer edges and appear crispy.
10. Hasselback potatoes are ready! Relish them as a side to your main course or enjoy as a snack with your drinks.
The best part is you can bake this using a minimal amount of butter or as much butter as you want. They can also be reheated in the oven. However, don’t over bake them. Overbaking potatoes can make the slices extremely crunchy and hard to chew.
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