How to make potatoes fancy?
Just give them a few slicing, put sliced garlic in between, roast them in butter and olive oil, and call them Hasselback Potatoes.
Yup, it’s that easy. The sliced segments will fan out as they roast, the edges gets crispy, and the center will remain as it should be — soft and creamy.
This is one of the food trends that I’ve come to embrace shamelessly because potatoes are cheap, making it is easy, and the flavor profile you can experiment with are endless. Sometimes, the flavor depends on what you have in the kitchen too! You can put dried herbs, cheese, or eat it plain with salt and pepper. This is one classy way to enjoy a potato I believe and healthier too than, say, a bag of cookies.
Just slice the potatoes stopping just ¼ inch away from the bottom. You can put a stick besied it to prevent yourself from slicing all the way through. Put a tablespoon of butter on top {hee, I like my butter}, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.
An hour of roasting and basting will give you tender, delicious potatoes you can eat for breakfast, snack, or brunch!
I like mine with basil pesto on top though.
PrintHasselback Potatoes with Basil Pesto
Ingredients
- 2 roasting potatoes
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
- 2 tbsp butter
- salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp basil pesto
Instructions
- Rinse and scrub potatoes well. We’re keeping the skin on so it’s gotta be clean.
- Slice a thin layer off of the bottom of the potatoes. This will give them a solid base to rest on to get sliced. Slice into the potatoes but not completely through.
- Slide garlic slices in between potato slices carefully. Be careful not to tear the bottom.
- Place potatoes on a baking pan.
- Generously sprinkle potatoes with salt.
- Top each potato with one tablespoon of butter.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake for 1 hour at 200ºC or until tender on the inside and crisp on the outside. Remove the pan about every 15 minutes to baste potatoes in the oil and butter on the pan. This will make the skin crispy and delicious and the potato extra buttery.
- When cooked through and crispy, remove from the oven,op with spinach pesto and serve warm.
21 Responses
I’ll make this!!! 😀 I super love potatoes! Didn’t even know of Hasselback potatoes, but they look so good and bonus that they’re easy to make!
This looks super, Peach.
This potatoes look delicious…I yet have to try to make them…
Hope you are having a fun week Peachy 🙂
You managed to cut them so beautifully. I love that you’ve added pesto it.
I had no idea that hasselback potatoes were so easy to make! You cut them perfectly uniform and the basil pesto on top is just lovely. Have a super weekend. BAM
Ive so wanted to make these potatoes but I was afraid it was hard, seems like I was wrong
Yum, love the addition of pesto on hasselback potatoes. Delicious!
you made me drool again, sis! what a beautiful presentation– they all look delish!
This looks so appetising. I hope this recipe is right up my alley 🙂
This looks like an interesting twist for Potatoes and looks delicious too.
so fancy! amazing how a simple food can turn extraordinary by applying some twists 🙂
This makes a difference in making potatoes look so appetizing. This is the first I see this kind of preparation.
These potatoes look so delicious I want to eat them right now. Presentation does a lot of impact when it comes to appetite and these pictures wonderfully can catch anyone’s eyes.
We love eating potatoes at home. Got to have these made by the chef in the house (my husband).
The second photo is really drool worthy If i may say so! I love potatoes, I have done something like this in the past but with cheese and really, I love my butter too! hahaha
This post made smile wide because when I went to explore by myself, hubby often had potatoes and this dish sans pesto is one of those he posted proudly as his creation…lovely!!
this is definitely one classy potato! Great idea to put pesto on top. Deliciousness on top of deliciousness.
I’ll eat a potato any which way. If they look fancy, so much the better! Love these Peachy!
Nazneen
Nice recipes! I would love to try them really soon to cook for my sweet boyfriend. He always cooks for me and I want to be the cook naman minsan!
This is very easy to do. I’m sure he will like it.
Oh wow! This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this type of potato preparation. Will try soon. 🙂