How do I know if the potatoes are cooked?
To check for doneness, prick the potatoes with the tip of a knife. If it comes out easily, your potatoes are cooked, if not extend the cooking for a few minutes.
How to boil potatoes?
Either way, start cooking the potatoes with cold salted water. Cover, bring to a boil then lower the heat to keep the boiling to a minimum. If they are whole, the cooking will take 20 to 25 minutes.
Why cook potatoes in cold water?
Quite simply because starting the cooking in cold water will allow you to obtain uniform cooking. If you throw your potatoes directly into hot water, the outside will cook much faster but will spoil a little and prevent the heat waves from penetrating to the heart of the potato.
Why put vinegar in the potato water?
So that they do not darken:
Add a tablespoon of vinegar to the cooking water.
How do I know if boiled potatoes are cooked?
First step: choose potatoes of the same size for even cooking. Second step: to check that they are cooked to perfection, prick the center of the potatoes with the tip of a knife. She sinks without resistance? Your potatoes are cooked.
Why aren’t my potatoes cooking?
Slices that are too thick, lack of liquid, cooking time that is not long enough, variety of potatoes not suitable: these are all reasons that can explain why your potato gratin does not cook.
How to boil sweet potatoes?
Put the pieces of sweet potatoes in a saucepan and put water to cover the pieces. Salt the water at the rate of 1g of salt/90g of sweet potato, and put in the crumpled log sheet. Turn on the heat and simmer for 10 to 20 minutes, covered, from when it starts boiling.
Why cook potatoes with the skin on?
You can lose up to 90% of micro-nutrients and vitamins that are water-soluble, such as vitamins B or C, if you cook a peeled potato. It can be a little less, 80%, if the potato is cooked with the skin on. It is therefore in our interest to keep the skin.
Why remove starch from potatoes?
Sautéed. Cut into cubes or slices, the potatoes should then be washed generously and dried in a clean cloth to remove the starch. This will prevent them from sticking while baking.
Why put potatoes in water?
To prevent the starch from oxidizing on contact with air, there is indeed a very simple grandmother’s trick: once peeled, we will plunge our potatoes into a salad bowl filled with cold water.
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