Ingredients for one person:
A small/medium potato, boiled in its skin until it is almost cooked with just a bit of 'bite' to it. I used a Maris Piper
Salt and Pepper
Spray oil
I also used two crumpet rings
Method.
Preheat the oven to 180C
Peel the potato and grate roughly.
Add some salt and pepper and mix gently
Put some parchment on a baking tray and spray with oil. Also spray the inside of two crumpet rings and brush the oil around.
Place the rings on the parchment and divide the grated potato between the rings, pressing it down gently.
Bake in the oven for about half an hour or until nicely browned. After 20 mins, you can take off the rings and turn the potato cakes over - they should stay together by then.
Serve straight away.
These would be really nice with poached eggs on top! You could add grated onion, carrot, etc, for a different flavour or add herbs/spices.
They look yummy! I no longer want to buy frozen hash browns -- there is a lot of weird stuff they put in for the texture. Besides, yours look much better.
ReplyDeleteI'm increasingly turned off by the number of additives in processed food like that. It is more of a hassle to make from scratch, I admit, but one could make a stack of these for the freezer which would take away most of the hassle and, as you say, you would know exactly what went into them. I like the look of mine too, thank you for that nice comment! I will definitely make those again and, when diet is less restricted, I will try to ring the changes with added veg, etc.
DeleteIf you make them, do let me know what you thought, please. :-)
J x
Good afternoon Joy
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this - it's right up my street! I like the idea of making up a batch for the freezer. I also fancy the idea of adding veggies too!
I'll report back on my attempt and if I made a 'hash' of it! :-)
Carol
:-) Please do, Caril, I'll be very interested.
DeleteJ x
Evening Joy
ReplyDeleteJust to report (whilst I remember!), made the hash browns for tea tonight. Didn't have Maris Piper, just used what I had in the veggie basket. Turned out not too bad. I think I need to work on how much salt & pepper to use and also to take them out of the oven once cooked. I left mine in the oven to keep warm and weren't that crisp. Having said that, it used up a potato that had languished in the basket. Will definitely make them again. I'm assuming that once cooked and cooled, they can be frozen?
Thank you for your 'take' on cooking. All these variations help many of us 'ring the changes' for our meals.
Carol
:-) Thanks. I would imagine they can be frozen from cooked and then given a quick oven blast to re-heat them - I was intending to freeze before baking. Timing is probably the answer to the not-crisp thing although they are not extremely crunchy. Salt and pepper are down to taste and maybe you could fry just a bit in a pan to check the seasoning before baking them. Worth working on, I would say. :-)
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