Hasselback Potatoes – Cookie and Kate

Have you ever tried Hasselback potatoes? They’re heavenly. They’re crispy like potato chips across the edges, and tender like scalloped potatoes on the within. If you happen to’re a fan of buttery baked potatoes and crispy potato pores and skin, these fancy Swedish potatoes are proper up your alley.

I’ll be trustworthy—my first try at Hasselback potatoes over a decade in the past was a flop. I unintentionally sliced all through my potatoes, and so they didn’t end up proper. It was a humbling expertise.

Then, I tasted an unforgettable Hasselback potato on a visit to Scotland, and I got here again decided to make them at house. I’ve discovered some key suggestions and methods, and I’m sharing all of them with you at this time. If I can do it, you’ll be able to, too!

How one can Slice Hasselback Potatoes

The important thing to Hasselback potatoes is slicing them correctly. You’ll want a pointy chef’s knife and two wood chop sticks (in the event you don’t have chop sticks, attempt wood spoons). That will help you visualize the method, please take a look at my photos and the recipe video under!

1. First, create a flat facet on every potato so it could actually relaxation securely in opposition to the slicing board with out wobbling. Search for an apparent “backside” or flat facet on every potato, then slice a really skinny piece off that facet.
2. Place the potato on the slicing board with the flat facet resting beneath. Place the chopsticks on either side of the potato, resting snugly in opposition to the potato.
3. Beginning about ¾ inch from the correct (or left, in the event you’re left-handed), slice as thinly as potential throughout the potato, ideally ⅛-inch thick slices. I’ve discovered it useful to maintain the tip of the knife on the slicing board somewhat than slicing straight down.
4. Readjust your chopsticks as mandatory in order that they keep comfortable in opposition to the potatoes. Proceed slicing to the opposite finish till you’re about ¾” from the tip (use your finest judgment so that you don’t minimize off the top). 

What occurs in the event you unintentionally minimize out a slice? It’s okay, simply tuck it again into place. If you happen to unintentionally minimize off the top of a potato, it would nonetheless end up nicely with out it.

Watch How one can Make Hasselback Potatoes

How one can Make Hasselback Potatoes

As soon as your potatoes are sliced, the remaining is fairly simple! You’ll discover the total recipe under, however right here’s the gist and why it really works so nicely:

Bake the sliced potatoes for 1 hour at 450 levels Fahrenheit.

Baking them plain at first (no oil or butter but) at excessive warmth units the stage for an epic potato. If we add butter any earlier, it burns. These are methods that I discovered from my Best Baked Potato checks, and so they apply to Hasselbacks as nicely.

In the meantime, mash softened butter with recent garlic and salt.

As soon as the potatoes have baked for an hour, the slices have separated, making house for butter to seep down between the cracks.

Unfold half of the butter combination over the potatoes.

Bake the potatoes for 10 minutes to crisp up.

Unfold the remaining butter combination over the potatoes.

These potatoes are gloriously buttery. The garlic cooks in opposition to the recent potato, which mellows it. A few of the butter will soften onto the pan, and that’s okay.

Garnish as desired.

I really like a sprinkle of flaky salt, a dollop of bitter cream, adopted by a sprinkle of chopped chives.

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Please let me understand how your Hasselback potatoes end up within the feedback. They take some effort, however they’re so value it.

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