Pommes de terre Pailles (Straw Potatoes)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut the potatoes into a fine, long julienne.
  2. Wash them and dry them well in a cloth.
  3. Put them into hot frying fat, then drain them after a few minutes in the special frying basket.
  4. Just at the moment of serving, plunge them again into the smoking fat to make them thoroughly crisp.
  5. Drain them on a cloth and salt lightly.

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