Thursday April 13, 2023

The potatoes to the importance They owe their name to this attempt to look like a high-class dish from a humble ingredient, such as potatoes. It seems that the origin dates back to the postwar years,thanks to their careful presentation they were saved for special occasionsinstead of poor potatoes.

This It is a dish originating from the province of Palencia and all of Castilla y León, which also took root in Madrid. It is a simple dish, cheap and easy to prepare, although it requires several basic techniques, batter (with flour and egg), frying and stewing.

In some recipes variants are introduced such as cooking the potatoes before coating them, other spices are included, such as paprika or ingredients such as ham, chorizo ​​or clams.

This potato recipe can serve as a great main course or as an accompaniment to a meat dish such as these roast ribs with potatoes to the importance.


Ingredients forPotatoes to the importance: Grandma’s recipe

  • 700 grams of potatoes

  • 2 eggs

  • Flour

  • 1 onion

  • 2 garlic

  • 150 milliliters of White Wine

  • ½ liter of Meat Broth

  • Saffron

  • Parsley

  • Oil

  • Salt

How to make potatoes to the importance: Grandma’s recipe

Tips for potatoes at the perfect size:

  • Ideally, you should cut the potatoes with a thickness of approximately 1 centimeter.
  • If you toast the saffron in the pan a few seconds before, you will get more of its flavor.
  • You can also cook it with water instead of meat broth, it is a little softer in flavor.
  • The glass of white wine that you add to the stew, that is of quality, do not use a tetrabrick wine.

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