The perfect side-dish: Hasselback Potatoes

Name: The perfect side-dish: Hasselback Potatoes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 medium potatoes; 2 tablespoons melted butter; as per taste Salt; as per need Pepper; as needed Optional additions: garlic(my all-time favourite), fresh herbs(thyme and rosemary work best), bread crumbs, bacon bits, cheese(cheddar ideally), almonds

Karan Tripathi (Food Fanatic) @karanfoodfanatic

New Delhi

With the crispness of a fried potato and softness of a mashed potato, Hasselback potatoes or Potato à la Hasselbacken, offer the best of both worlds. A type of baked potato, where the potatoes are about halfway cut through into thin slices, hasselback potatoes are traditionally had as a side dish with meat, but can be relished by themselves, as well. Not only are they delicious, but the fancy appearance adds on to the charm of digging into them immediately on sight.

Karan Tripathi (Food Fanatic) @karanfoodfanatic

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Ingredients

4medium potatoes
2 tablespoonsmelted butter
as per tasteSalt
as per needPepper
as neededOptional additions: garlic(my all-time favourite), fresh herbs(thyme and rosemary work best), bread crumbs, bacon bits, cheese(cheddar ideally), almonds

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 230°C or 450°F.
2

Wash the potatoes, pat dry them and then place each potato between two wooden spoons and carefully make cuts every 1/8-inch without cutting all the way through the potato.
3

Place the potatoes on the baking sheet and brush them with the melted butter and season with salt and pepper. I added crushed garlic to my butter.
4

Bake the potatoes for 25-30 mins, take them out of the oven, apply more butter and put them back for another 20 mins or until tender.
5

Remove the potatoes from the oven and serve immediately.