How to cook potato grenaille

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 kg, you will need:

• 1 1 kg potatoes
• 2 4 tablespoons oil
• 3 2 bayleaves
• 4 2 sprigs thyme
• 5 2 cloves garlic
• 6 salt
• 7 pepper
• Total weight: 1,082 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
11 min.	32 min.	43 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the grenaille Thoroughly wash 1 kg potatoes of very small size in lukewarm water.
2	Drain and transfer them to a large saucepan. Use this opportunity to check each potato, trimming off any eyes and bad bits, and discard any black, green or damaged potatoes.
3	First-stage cooking: boiling Cover the potatoes with cold water and bring to the boil. Boil until the potatoes are just barely cooked.
4	Drain the potatoes.
5	Second-stage cooking: frying Heat a large non-stick pan on medium heat and add 4 tablespoons oil, 2 bayleaves, 2 sprigs thyme and 2 cloves garlic.
6	When the oil is hot, add the potatoes and stir well to coat them with oil.
7	Leave the grenaille to fry, stirring from time to time...
8	...until nicely browned. Salt and pepper.
9	This is goes very well with grilled meat, for example.

Remarks

You can also try frying in clarified butter instead of oil.

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