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suleenelena
08-01-2006, 08:20 PM
A classic brunch dish, these golden potatoes are just delicious

900g/2lb medium- size potatoes
2tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
25g/1oz unsalted butter
1 tbsp fresh lemon thyme leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
olive oil for drizzling
Fresh lemon thyme sprigs for garnish

Method:-
Cook potatoes in lightly salted boiling water until al dente.( Not too soft not too hard). Drain and leave to cool. Peel and cut into small cubes. Heat oil in a large pan and fry onion until soft but not brown. Remove from pan with a slotted spoon and reserve. Add butter to pan and melt then add potatoes and thyme leaves and cook over a gentle heat, turning over , until golden. Return onions to pan and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. It does not matter if the potatoes do not brown evenly. Heap hash browns on to a serving platter and serve drizzled with olive oil and scattered with garnish of fresh lemon thyme sprigs.

ginaphan
10-01-2006, 03:11 PM
Just tried the recipe although I did not have fresh herbs with me, but what the heck ... try also. It came out tasty but i am not sure if I got it right.

How much oil do we use for frying the hash? The recipe calls for 2 tbsp. I gather we are not deep frying this like in MacDonalds.

Mine came out mushy but not brown as the bottom of the pan was getting burnt but my hash was till pretty yellow. Perhaps my potatoes were too soft? Without something to bind (like flour or egg) the hash will not form a shape but will remain separate.

Sorry for the many questions. Just wanted to known if I got anything wrong.

Btw, thanks for the many, many recipes and petua's.

suleenelena
12-01-2006, 01:56 PM
when i first did that dish thought it was easy but it wasn't. Keep on perfecting it like i did it was great and my party went well. Its good for parties and etc.. The potatoes i used was the amrican potatoes the yellow ones and i used the small ones not the big ones. That one u cant go wrong with it.Wat u do is u boil them then u just brown it over the pan quickly.