How to Make Roast Hasselback Potatoes | Jamie Oliver

[Music] lovely people i'm going to show you how to make hasselback potatoes beautiful roast crispy skinned potatoes cut in such a way that they all open up fan up and you can flavor them in the most beautiful way i've done this for my new cookbook jamie's christmas and you can make this any time of the year it's really a principle it's not just potatoes guys parsnips carrots today i am brave enough to have two helpers my little boy buddy okay and this is petal say hello hello have you ever heard the word hasselback no didn't think so so i am gonna get two of my beautiful spoons i'm gonna lay them down i'm gonna place the potato in between the gap to stop the knife going all the way through so i'm going to make little slices every half a centimeter all the way down to the little spoon and this means that you don't slip it's really got a perfect effect come and have a little look here so you can see what we've done here is create kind of like a crazy little open texture now the great thing about that is it makes more surface area which means it's more crispy and i can put flavored oils in there what do you think of that kids impressed i am using a maris piper potato because it's really great for roasting fluffy on the inside crispy on the outside and that's exactly what you want in a roast potato or a hassle bag i'm going to put the potatoes in to the tray and these lovely kids are going to show you how to make a flavored oil so guys do you know what herb this good is i'm going to put a pinch of salt in here to create not just seasoning for this but an abrasive kind of environment and then i'm going to give this to petal so petal if you can bash the living daylights out of that create a mush for daddy and that immediately sort of breaks down the herb itself releases the oils flavor and it's going to give you incredible smell so once you've got a mush then we can add our fat that could be butter turkey drippings or olive oil so if you can just muddle that slowly around in circles i'm going to add some oil to this and this is going to transmit all those amazing flavors so what we want to do now is make sure all the cut sides are facing up then we're going to pour this amazing oil look at the color guys look at the color and we'll just give it a toss and of course they're absorbing and taking on all of that beautiful flavor i'm going to put the cut side facing up so i'm going to pop this in the oven they're going to make a really good potato but i want to add to it we're going to take some leftover bread brown or white do you know what nuts these are i bet you don't hey yeah it's hazelnuts hazelnuts is the nut of choice but you could use almonds take some more of the time i'm going to pop these in the oven what you've got is really really crispy bread now and you can see how the skins on the hazelnuts have just kind of come off and they've toasted basically we've created flavor and texture okay there's a nice little tip to come these potatoes here have had 45 odd minutes and i'm going to use a little brush thyme olive oil hasselbeck potatoes now my little helper can you take this tray it's not hot and just pour it in here are you tall enough to get in there it's quite a big ask let's help you and then we're gonna put some cheese in there so just a few little knobs of cheese so if i close this can you turn the button please [Applause] you can have them chunky or you can have them quite fine and then sprinkle this on top i'm gonna put this back in the oven now about 15 more minutes until gnarly and crispy and golden and sizzling and delicious look at that a great hasselbeck potato but it's not just potatoes guys parsnips carrots absolutely beautiful so have fun with it let's plate these sexy fellows up unbelievable joyful this is what you're getting guys super crispy and then on the inside super soft super fluffy and of course it's absorbed all those beautiful fats and flavor from the thyme delicious have a go at those if you've got any ways of doing it that you think are really interesting put it in the comments box below there were supposed to be little people to try them let's see what happens you can rip them apart if you want can i take these back for the crew yeah cool well that's good [Music] you

Channel: Jamie Oliver

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Keywords: jamie, oliver, cooking, food, cook, recipe, tube, chef, foodtube, jamieoliver, hassleback, potatoes, buddy, petal, crispy, flavoured oils, maris piper, thyme, oil, hazelnuts, golden, blue cheese, christmas, book

Id: sXKhvvPXB5I

Length: 5min 0sec (300 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 27 2016