A dish this simple calls for nothing more than a sprinkle of coarse sea salt.
, you do this by parboiling them, then frying them twice. But when I've got a batch of fresh-from-the-dirt new fingerling potatoes in my hands—like I did last night—I prefer to use a different method.
I start by scrubbing the potatoes clean, then placing them in a pot, and covering them with cold, salted water, which I then put on a burner and bring to a boil.preventing the exterior of the potato from overcooking before the center is finished, as it would be if I started with boiling water. Russian Banana fingerlings like the ones I used here are particularly prone to becoming mushy when overcooked, so I have to keep an eye on them.
After they've cooked through, I allow them to cool just a bit, then split them in half. The exposed surface is slightly sticky and gluey—all the better to crisp up when I fry them—and cooked enough that they get slightly roughened up in the slicing process, increasing the surface area.on Saturday—a foie gras farm in the Hudson Valley —where I came home with a quart of duck fat. .
The great thing is that I can boil and slice the potatoes even a day in advance, then all I've got to do is crisp them up right before serving.If you don't have duck fat, bacon fat, lard, or any other animal fat will work best . Otherwise, substitute with peanut or vegetable oil.
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