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It is best to use left over cooked potatoes, however if none available, peel and par boil potatoes for 10 mins. Drain and dry on kitchen paper. Heat small amount (can add more at a later stage should it be required ie sticking to the bottom of the pan) of oil/bacon fat/duck fat in heavy based frying pan. Toss in potatoes (cut into quarters should be about the right size - use your noddle depends on size of potatoes), coat thoroughly in hot fat, then turn down heat, turn frequently, idea is to have crispy outside. If you cook over a high heat chances are that you end up with incinerated potatoes that are still rawish on the inside). Drain and sprinkle with salt before serving. This works for me and no complaints from the men in my life, who have a passion for sauteed potatoes. Kay -----Original Message----- From: Simon Wistow [mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx] Sent: 20 August 2003 14:05 To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: [london.food] sauteed potatoes I cannot sautee potatoes. There. I've said it. It's out in the open. I seem congenitally unable to do them properly. But I have a hankering for them tongiht, plus some potatoes I wnat to get rid of before they turn. So has anybody got any tips and tricks. I was planning on using my lovely Le Creuset heavy skillet http://www.lecreuset.co.uk/castiron/frying.asp for evenness of heat and because I love it. As an aside I picked up an oven dish on sale for 10 pounds in the brilliant kitchen store in Bath on Queen's Street. A friend of mine did a roast chicken in it last Tuesday and it came out beautifully and was great for making gravy in. Expect a elegy on Le Creuset soon. I love all my stuff from them. Simon -- act like nothing's wrong * * * * * * * * * * * * This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This email represents the personal views of the author/sender. The author/sender has no authority or delegation to bind the City of York Council by this e-mail and the City of York Council accepts no responsibility whatsoever for its contents. Please note that any reply to this email may be screened.
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