Why Cut Potatoes into Eight Parts

Potatoes are a frequent guest in the kitchen. From it make a lot of dishes, and methods of its preparation, perhaps, not count. Potatoes are fried, boiled, stewed, dried, cooked in hot oil. This is an excellent side dish that will suit both meat and fish.





It is not surprising that potato-making It is also popular both in the usual kitchen and in an expensive restaurant.





So we want to show you a recipe where potatoes will act as the main dish, and not the side dish, as is usually the case. And even in such a culinary role, it has something to show: a beautiful appearance and rich taste, emphasized by greenery and seasonings, will suit almost any occasion.

Potatoes with crust in the oven Ingredients

• 6 potatoes (use young potatoes)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 0.5 lemons
• 2 teeth. Garlic
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 25g parsley
• 25g dill
• salt
• pepper

Preparation

1. Prepare the ingredients. Wash the potatoes and greens, cut the lemon and peel the garlic.
   
   
   
2. Greens, garlic, salt and pepper, as well as juice squeezed from half a lemon, vegetable oil put in a blender. Grind the ingredients to a homogeneous mass. Sauce ready!
   
   
   
3. Wash and wipe the potatoes dry. Cut a little off each potato to give it stability on a flat surface. According to the type of slices in an orange, make 8 incisions in each root vegetable. But don't finish it, leave about 1 cm at the base. Between the “petals” of potatoes, insert small pieces so that the “petals” can then open. Take pieces from the previously cut off base.
   
   
4. Take out a bowl with high sides and grease it with butter. Generously fill the surface of the root vegetables with sauce. In addition, on the top of each flower put a piece of butter.
   
   
   
5. Cover the potatoes with foil and bake in an oven heated to 180 degrees for 35 minutes. Before serving, remove the foil and decorate the dish, for example, with olive.
   
   
   

That's it. potato We did it. In general, the seasonings can be slightly changed for yourself. The only thing we want to insist on is butter. If you want a delicate taste, don't replace it with margarine. Otherwise, the potatoes will not be so light and refined.





Keep the pan clean and the food fresh. We wish you new culinary masterpieces!