Bonjour my friends, I'm Frankie and welcome to Club Foody! Nine times out of ten, most main courses
require a side dish. It can be anything; rice, pasta, vegetables, bread, salad, legumes, and so on...
The month of May is well known for people reopening their cottages
and getting ready for the summer so I thought it would be fun to share this side dish recipe...
In today's episode, I'll show you how to make my Cottage Fries! These oven-baked oval potato slices
are french fries cousins. Crunchy on the edges with a soft center, these are amazingly flavorful!
They are easy to make and pair well with many proteins... So my friends, let's get cooking!
All right so after the potatoes are scrubbed, we'll slice them evenly about 3/8ths of an inch thick... we
don't want too thin or too thick so they are soft inside with a nice crunchy texture on the outside.
So when we're done, we'll fill up a bowl with cold water
enough so the potato slices are submerged and then add white vinegar which will help
make them crispier. We'll give a good shake and transfer them to the bowl.
We'll swirl them around to dislodge some starch and let them sit for 20 minutes.
When time is up, well drain the potato slices into a colander before transferring them onto a
cutting board lined with paper towels to absorb any excess water and we'll dab the top as well -
we want them as dry as possible. We'll transfer the slices to a big bowl and drizzle on some olive oil
as well as bacon fat and freshly squeezed lemon juice. To this, we'll add
Herbe de Provence which you can get the recipe by clicking on the top right corner of your screen.
We'll also add garlic salt not powder, then hot paprika, some ground sea salt
and of course, freshly ground black pepper. Now with our clean hand, we'll toss the potato slices
around so they're well coated - you can use a spoon but i'm telling you, it won't do a good
job compared to our hands. Sometimes this is the best way to go to do it right. Next, we'll drop the
potato slices on a large baking sheet lined with foil and spread them evenly into a single layer.
Now whatever we have left in the bowl, we'll add it to the slices... this is some serious flavor we don't
want to leave it behind. We'll then transfer to a 450ºF/230ºC preheated oven and bake for a full hour
but what we'll do is every 15 minutes, we'll remove from the heat and flip the potato slices
over before returning them to the oven for another 15 minutes. As we repeat the process,
they will slowly start to crisp on the outside without burning, turning into a nice golden color.
When the hour is up, the potato slices should look like this; perfectly cooked, soft inside
and crispy on the outside... just beautiful! Now, although they're ready to eat, I like to do one
more step and it is to put them on paper towels to absorb any excess oil before sprinkling with some
fresh chopped parsley. And my friends, these are our Cottage Fries! This is an amazing potato recipe!
Well seasoned and flavorful, these tasty fries are perfect with barbecued proteins!
This can be your new go-to summer side dish recipe... I hope you give it a try soon
and be sure to visit clubfoody.com for ingredient amounts, directions and more info... Until next time my friends, bon appétit!