This is how you freeze potatoes to roast them later in the oven (@oatmealmonsters)
No festive dinner would be complete without crispy and crunchy potatoes in the oven.
There are thousands of recipes online for making perfect potatoes.
Some bake them with olive oil and butter, and some put one type of fat or another.
But if you want to learn from the best, you should stick to the recipe of Adam Smith, one of England's top chefs, with a Michelin star, who revealed his secret to making great potatoes.
In a recent interview with food reporter Laura Nightingale, Smith revealed his secret to making baked potatoes and said: "My tip for making roast potatoes is to cook them the day before. Make sure they're well cooked and soft and then freeze them. If necessary, heat duck fat or beef before you take the frozen potatoes out of the freezer and cook them until golden brown. I find it gives the potato a nice, golden roast and they come out perfectly crispy."
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Also on the BBC's food site they advised that you can save valuable time when planning a group meal by pre-preparing and freezing the potatoes.
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The BBC also has a recommended recipe -
they recommend leaving small and medium potatoes whole and cutting them in half big potatoes
Then transfer the potatoes to a large pot of cold salted water and bring to a boil.
Leave the potatoes in the boiling water for exactly 6 minutes, then strain through a strainer and leave to steam dry for a few minutes.
Then shake the strainer a little to soften the sides.
At this point, transfer them to a large bowl, shake over a teaspoon of flour, a little salt and a little pepper, and mix well.
Pour over 100 grams of goose or duck fat (can also be replaced with schmaltz or vegetable oil) and mix well until a uniform coating is formed.
Place the potatoes on a tray lined with baking paper and freeze.
After they are frozen, you can transfer the potatoes to a freezer bag for storage purposes and keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
When you plan to cook them, heat the oven to 200C/180C.
Pour another 40 grams of the fat or oil into a baking dish and put it in the oven.
When the fat is boiling, carefully add the potatoes, then roast them for 25 minutes.
Remove the tray, increase the oven temperature to 220C/200C, flip the potatoes and return to the oven for another 40 minutes until they are golden and crispy.
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