General: How do you cook canned new potatoes?
Subject: How do you cook canned new potatoes?
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Ted (tedconley at earthlink.net)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:53:32 -0800
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I had those little round potatoes a while back at a wedding and they were very addicting. I must have had 3rd's that night. Anyway, how do you cook them? The ones I had were in a thin gravy type sauce - as if they were placed around a roast beef.
From: Nancy Young (qwerty5 at ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:48:17 -0500
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I thought it was just me. I was kind of embarrassed when I posted that I loved those canned potatoes. A number of people have told me since that they love them too.
Someone told me their mother always cooked them around a roast.
I love this recipe adapted from Biba Caggiano's Northern Italian Cooking:
Roasted Potato Balls
canned potatoes (cut the large ones in half so you wind up with reasonably consistant sized potatoes)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
2 garlic cloves
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Melt butter with oil in a large skillet. When butter foams, add drained potatoes, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, turning frequently. When potatoes are golden, remove garlic. Serve immediately.
I actually prefer her recipe as written, but it's a lot more work. You use a melon baller on 8 large potatoes to make the potato balls, then boil them in salted water for 1 minute, then continue with the recipe.
The aim is to have the outside of the potatoes be browned and chewy.
You can use 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, which you'd remove with the garlic, but the dried rosemary left on them make the potatoes that much better.
From: cbrooks at super.zippo.com (Cathy Brooks)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:11:02 GMT
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I always cook potatoes with a roast. They soak up all the juices and taste delicious. Probably no very healthy, but oh well.
From: cogman at cyberenet.net (Friend)
Date: 13 Nov 1997 00:17:12 GMT
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I love those roasted canned new potatoes, but my favorite way to cook them is to fry them. I open a can of those potatoes, cut them in half, let them drain on paper towels for a few minutes, and then I throw them in a hot frying pan and sprinkle fresh ground pepper, papprika, and garlic power on them. I cover the pan and let the potatoes cook for a few minutes than I flip the potatoes over and let them cook in the cover pan a few minutes more. The potatoes come out with a nice crispy crust and soft inside. Yum! I am going to make them for dinner tonight!
From: Michael L Kankiewic (michaelk at acsu.buffalo.edu)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:40:25 -0500
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I like to dip them in hot vegetable oil with salt and lots of rosemary.
From: About College (webmaster at aboutcollege.com)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:57:23 -0500
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Yup, just put them around the meat your roasting.
From: penmart10 at aol.com (Sheldon)
Date: 12 Nov 1997 19:10:50 GMT
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Eat cold straight from the can. They are already cooked. Or, heat and eat, by preparing them further, using whatever method you would any other pre-cooked potato, ie. roast, fry, add to soups, stews, salads, etc.
From: damsel at visa.com (Damsel in dis Dress)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:43:11 GMT
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I had them at a friend's house once, and have made them her way ever since. She just dusted them with flour, paprika, salt, and pepper, and cooked them in a little butter until crispy. Not bad ..
Carol
From: nancy-dooley at uiowa.edu (Nancy Dooley)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:00:34 GMT
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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>I had them at a friend's house once, and have made them her way ever
>since. She just dusted them with flour, paprika, salt, and pepper, and
>cooked them in a little butter until crispy. Not bad ..
No need for the flour.
I like to use up left-over baked potatoes by frying them in butter. Sprinkle seasoning on as desired.
From: Jerry Roush (roush_jerry at htc.honeywell.com)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:46:49 +0000
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Nancy Dooley wrote:
> I like to use up left-over baked potatoes by frying them in butter.
> Sprinkle seasoning on as desired.
A friend here at work brought me some Chilpotle Potato Pancakes for breakfast yesterday. MMmmm.. When he gives me the recipe, I'll post it!
From: Lisa Smith (Pagemstr at plnet.net)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:26:04 -0600
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I love those little suckers, My mom used to heat them in a pan with lots of butter and salt and pepper.