Recipe: Melting Potatoes

Melted Potatoes


As with my usual frazzled blog content, I am usually all over the place. 😁 I decided to put up a recipe that the Big Ragu and I tried the other evening called melting potatoes. I describe it as baked potatoes with enough butter to coat your insides. But let me tell you, they are INCREDIBLE! Hope you like them! I included any changes I made to the recipe in parentheses. 

This recipe can be found several places online. I don't remember which website I grabbed it from. The cooking time was spot on. The juices from the stock and butter reduced and made an awesomely rich herbed sauce. 

Melting Potatoes

Hands-on Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes 
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients: 
* 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and sliced 1 inch thick
(Honestly, we used another type of baking potato and sliced it a little thinner, probably from 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick.) 
* 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) of unsalted butter, melted (Umm ... I just used an entire stick!)
* 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or chopped fresh rosemary (I used smaller amounts of dried herbs and actually used both for this recipe. It still came out great.)
* 1 teaspoon kosher salt
* 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (Pre-ground worked fine as well.)
* 1 cup chicken or vegetable stock
* 3 gloves of garlic, smashed (I LOVE GAAAAH-LIC. I used pre-chopped and doubled the amount.)

How to Make: 

Step 1: 

Preheat oven to 500' F with the rack in the upper third. Toss potatoes with butter, herbs, salt and pepper. Transfer to a 13 by 9 inch metal baking dish and arrange in a single layer. (Don't use a glass pan, which can burst under such high heat.)

Step 2: 

Bake 15 minutes, flip the potatoes, then bake 15 minutes more. Remove the dish from the oven and add chicken or veggie stock and garlic. Return to the oven until most of the stock is absorbed, about 15 minutes more. Transfer to a serving platter and pour any remaining liquid in the pan over top. Serve warm. (WELL, DUH!)


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