Lovely people, I'm guna show you to make Hasselback Potatoes
Beautiful roast crispy skin potatoes cut in such a way that they all open up, fan up and you can flavour them in the most beautiful way
I've done this for my new cookbook, Jamie's Chistmas and you can make this any time of the year
It's really a principle, its not just potatoes guys
parsnips, carrots
Today I am brave enough to have two helpers, my little boy Buddy, and this is Petal
Say Hello
Hello, Hello
Have you ever heard the word Hasselback?
No
No, didn't think so
So I am guna get two of my beautiful spoons
I'm guna lay them down
I'm guna place the potato in between the gap to stop the knife going all the way through
So I'm guna make little slices every half a centimeter, all the way down to the little spoon
and this means that you don't slip, its really got a perfect effect
come and have a little look here
So you can see what we've done here is create, kind of like a crazy little open texture
now the great thing about this is it makes more surface area, which means it's more crispy and I can put flavoured oils in there
What do you think of that kids?
Impressed?
I am using a Maris Piper potato because it's really great for roasting, fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside
and that's exactly what you want in a roast potato or a hasselback
I'm guna put the potatoes into the tray and these lovely kids are guna show you how to make a flavoured oil
So guys, do you know what herb this is?
Thyme
Good lad
I'm guna put a pinch of salt here to create not just seasoning for this but an abrasive, kind of environment
and then I'm guna give this to Petal
So Petal if you can bash the living daylight out of that
Create a mush for daddy
and that immediately, it sort of breaks down the herb itself, releases the oils, the flavour
and its guna give you incredible smells. So once you've got a mush
then we can add our fat, that could butter, turkey drippings or olive oil
so if you can just muddle that slowly round in circles I'm guna add some oil to this, and this is guna transmit all those amazing flavours
So what we want to do now is make sure all the cut sides are facing up, then we are going to pour all this amazing oil, look at the colour guys
look at the colour
And we'll just give it a toss and of course, they're absorbing and taking on all of that beautiful flavour
and I'm going to put the cut side facing up
So, I'm going to pop this in the oven, they're going to make a really good potato but I want to add to it
Were going to take some leftover bread, brown or white
Do you know what nuts there are? I bet you don't
Hazelnuts
Yeah it is hazelnuts
Hazelnuts is the nut of choice, but you can use almonds
Take some more of the thyme
I'm going to pop these in the oven
What you've got is really, really crispy bread now and you can see how the skins on the hazelnuts have just kind of come off and they've toasted
basically we've created flavour and texture ok
there's a nice little tip to come
These potatoes here have had 45 odd minutes
and I'm going to use a little brush, thyme, olive oil hasselback potatoes
Now my little helper, can you take this tray? It's not hot. and just pour it in here. Are you tall enough to get in there?
It's quite a big ask, let's help you
And then were going to put some cheese in there
so just a few little knobs of cheese
So if I close this, can you turn the button please?
You can have them chunky, or you can have them quite fine
and then sprinkle this on top
I'm going to put this back in the oven now, about 15 more minutes until gnarly and crispy and golden and sizzling and delicious.
Look at that
A great Hasselback Potato, but it's not just potatoes guys
parsnips, carrots, absolutely beautiful. So have fun with it
Let's plate these sexy fellows up
unbelievable
Joyful
This is what you're getting guys, super crispy, and then on the inside super soft
super fluffy and of course it's absorbed all those beautiful fats and flavours from the thyme
delicious
Have a go at those, if you got any way of doing that are really interesting, put it in the comments box below
There were supposed to be little people to try them, lets see what happens
You can rip them apart if you want
mmm
Can I take these back for the crew?
Yeah
Cool
No
Can I just have one more?
Can I have one more?
Oh that's good