The baked potatoes are a great timeless classic, a side dish always suitable and able to satisfy every palate. How many times, however, has it happened to you not to be able to cook them in the right way and not to obtain the desired result?
To make perfect baked potatoes it is important to follow a few rules essential.

Baked potatoes: perfect recipe

Prepare some crispy baked potatoes outside and soft inside it's a breeze by following a few simple tricks.

First, let's start with choice of potatoes: the best ones to cook in the oven are the yellow-fleshed potatoes, less floury and firmer and more compact. Do not choose old and floury potatoes, generally very rich in starch: these are instead ideal for making gnocchi or mashed potatoes, as they act as "glue".

One of the fundamental rules for a successful dish is to peel the potatoes just before cooking and cut them into pieces of the same size: in this way you will obtain uniform cooking and you will not risk finding overcooked or undercooked potatoes.

Once cut into cubes, it's time to blanch them: this is the secret to preparing crispy baked potatoes. This phase allows in fact to eliminate excess starch, ensuring a very crunchy result. Blanch the cut potatoes for 5 minutes. If, on the other hand, you want to blanch them whole, 10 minutes will suffice (in this way the peel will come off very easily). To avoid blanching them, you can wash them very well or leave them in soaking in cold water for at least 30 minutes.

At this point you can move on to cooking in the oven: put them in a large pan without overlapping them, season with oil, salt, pepper, garlic and rosemary. It's important season them massaging them directly with your hands to fully impregnate them. First bake for 30 minutes at 200 ° C in a static oven, then turn them, remove the garlic clove and cook for another 20 minutes. If necessary, you can brown them more using the convection oven only for the last minutes of cooking.

Quick baked potatoes

If you need to prepare baked potatoes very quickly, there is only one way to get a good result. Cut them to slices thin, leave them to soak in water for 5 minutes and cook them with grill in ventilated mode for about 20 minutes. Caution: remember to turn them very often to prevent them from burning.

Now that you know the secrets to making perfect baked potatoes, you are ready to have some fun with spices, aromas is combinations intriguing. Below you will find some ideas to try to prepare special and tasty baked potatoes.

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