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Christmas Hasselback Potatoes | Jamie Oliver


lovely people I’m going to show you how
to make Hasselback potatoes beautiful
roast crispy skin potatoes cut in such a
way that they all open up fan up and you
can flavor them in the most beautiful
way I’ve done this for my new cookbook
at Jamie’s Christmas and you can make
this any time in a year it’s really a
printable it’s not just potatoes guys
parsnips carrots today I am brave enough
to have two helpers
my little boy buddy okay and this is
petal say hello hello have you ever
heard the word Hasselbeck no didn’t
think so
so I am going to get two of my beautiful
spoons I’m going to lay them down I’m
going to place the potato in between the
gap to stop the knife going all the way
through so I’m going to make little
slices every half a centimeter all the
way down to the little spoon and this
means that you don’t slip it’s really
got a perfect effect come 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 that is it makes more surface area
which means it’s more crispy and I can
put flavored oils in there what do you
think of that kids impressed I am using
a marriage pipe a 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 Hasselbeck I’m going to put the
potatoes into the tray and these lovely
kids are going to show you how to make a
flavored oil so guys do you know what
herb this is good lad I’m going to put a
pinch of salt in here to create not just
seasoning for this but an abrasive kind
of environment and then I’m going to
give this to Petra it’s a better if you
can bash the living daylights out of
that create a mush for daddy and that
immediately it sort of breaks down the
herb itself releases the oils flavor and
it’s gonna give you incredible smell so
once you’ve got a mush
then we can add our fat that could be
butter Turkey drippings or olive oil so
if you can just muddle that slowly
really circles
to add some oil to this and this is
going to transmit all those amazing
flavors so what we want to do now is
make sure all the cut sides are facing
up then we’re going to pour this amazing
oil look at the color guys look at the
color and we’ll just give it a toss and
of course they’re absorbing and taking
on all of that beautiful flavor I’m
gonna put the cut side facing up so I’m
gonna pop it in the oven
they’re going to make a really good
potato but I want to add to it we’re
going to take some leftover red brown or
white do you know what nuts these are
but you don’t
yeah it’s hazelnuts hazelnuts is the nut
of choice but you could use almonds take
some more of the time 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 flavor
and texture okay there’s a nice little
tip to come these potatoes here have had
45 odd minutes and I’m gonna 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
we’re 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 Hasselbeck 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 it’s
absorbed all those beautiful fats and
flavor from the time delicious have a go
at those if you’ve got any ways of doing
it that you think are really interesting
put it in the comments box below there
were supposed to be little people to try
them but see what happens you can rip
them apart of your own can I take these
back for the crew yeah cool well that’s
good
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