Pommes de terre Pailles (Straw Potatoes)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- potatoes
- frying fat
- salt
Instructions
- Cut the potatoes into a fine, long julienne.
- Wash them and dry them well in a cloth.
- Put them into hot frying fat, then drain them after a few minutes in the special frying basket.
- Just at the moment of serving, plunge them again into the smoking fat to make them thoroughly crisp.
- Drain them on a cloth and salt lightly.