Soufflé Potatoes
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- yellow potatoes
- pork lard (manteca de cerdo)
- salt
Instructions
- Select yellow potatoes. Peel them and cut into slices the thickness of a five-peseta coin.
- Heat abundant pork lard (manteca) in a pan over high heat and fry the potato slices in it.
- When the frying begins to go too fast, move the pan to a cooler spot until cooking stops completely and the potato is cooked through inside.
- Then return the pan to high heat, and the potatoes will generally begin to puff up at this point.
- Stir the potatoes with a skimmer so they stay loose and separate from one another.
- Remove them from the oil and place them in a colander.
- Heat the lard very well and drizzle it over the potatoes from time to time using the skimmer.
- Return them to the pan and they will be well soufflé'd.
- Let them brown slightly and season with salt.