scottsgravy
Assistant Cook
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Looks like I finally found an active cooking forum with an attractive layout. This is great.
My favorite way to cook is to go into the kitchen, look in the fridge and start creating something from what's there.
I do have some regular dishes I like to make too. I will share one of my favorites.
Varni Potatoes - a old Italian recipe (I mean hundreds of years old) from the Varni family. They are friends of mine. I change the spices around a lot and use different kinds of potatoes. Here's the way I made it last time:
Overview: These are fast and easy. Just chop the taters, put some spices on 'em and throw 'em in a hot oven.
Food for: 2-4 people.
Time: 20 minutes.
You need:
- Four potatoes.
- Olive oil.
- A sprinkle of oregano, thyme, black pepper and curry powder.
Cut the potatoes...
- Turn on the oven. 450°.
- You want little wedges. So cut them in half and then into wedges. They should be about 1/4"-3/8" thick at the wide part. Thinner = crispier.
Put them on a cookie sheet...
- Put just enough olive oil on a cookie sheet to cover about half of the bottom of it. Don't worry, when you put the potatoes down they will spread the oil out the rest of the way.
- Lay the potato wedges down individually so they cover the cookie sheet in a single layer and are not stacked up.
- Sprinkle the spices over the potatoes. Just a think sprinkling is enough. Then put a little salt on them too.
Put 'em in the oven...
- Put your potato-filled cookie sheet in the oven for about 15 minutes.
- When the potatoes in the corners of the cookie sheet are looking a little black around the edges they're done.
Eat 'em with mayonnaise (ooh!), I mean ketchup!
My favorite way to cook is to go into the kitchen, look in the fridge and start creating something from what's there.
I do have some regular dishes I like to make too. I will share one of my favorites.
Varni Potatoes - a old Italian recipe (I mean hundreds of years old) from the Varni family. They are friends of mine. I change the spices around a lot and use different kinds of potatoes. Here's the way I made it last time:
Overview: These are fast and easy. Just chop the taters, put some spices on 'em and throw 'em in a hot oven.
Food for: 2-4 people.
Time: 20 minutes.
You need:
- Four potatoes.
- Olive oil.
- A sprinkle of oregano, thyme, black pepper and curry powder.
Cut the potatoes...
- Turn on the oven. 450°.
- You want little wedges. So cut them in half and then into wedges. They should be about 1/4"-3/8" thick at the wide part. Thinner = crispier.
Put them on a cookie sheet...
- Put just enough olive oil on a cookie sheet to cover about half of the bottom of it. Don't worry, when you put the potatoes down they will spread the oil out the rest of the way.
- Lay the potato wedges down individually so they cover the cookie sheet in a single layer and are not stacked up.
- Sprinkle the spices over the potatoes. Just a think sprinkling is enough. Then put a little salt on them too.
Put 'em in the oven...
- Put your potato-filled cookie sheet in the oven for about 15 minutes.
- When the potatoes in the corners of the cookie sheet are looking a little black around the edges they're done.
Eat 'em with mayonnaise (ooh!), I mean ketchup!