Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes
Hasselback potatoes are cut into thin strips, leaving some of the flesh intact, to form a sort of puff pastry or "porte-feuilles". They are then baked in the oven, and topped with cheese and ham.
It's a simple recipe, and at the same time quite technical.
It's a simple recipe, and at the same time quite technical.
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Last modified on: November 26th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 potatoes, you will need:
- 1
4 potatoes - 2
¼ cup Clarified butter - 3
thyme - 4
¼ cup Comté cheese - 5
2 slices ham - 6
fine (or table) salt
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 53 min. | 1 hour | 1 hour 53 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
With a vegetable peeler or knife, make a dish under the potato, removing a slice.
We do this so that they are stable afterwards.
We do this so that they are stable afterwards.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Place the potato, with the dish created in the previous step underneath, on a chopping board.
To make cutting easier afterwards, surround the potato with 5 mm-thick pastry blocks.
If you don't have any, use whatever you have on hand that is also around 5 mm thick: school rulers, "Chinese" chopsticks, etc.
To make cutting easier afterwards, surround the potato with 5 mm-thick pastry blocks.
If you don't have any, use whatever you have on hand that is also around 5 mm thick: school rulers, "Chinese" chopsticks, etc.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Using a sharp knife, slice the potato from top to bottom along its entire length, until you reach the wedges.
Note that the beginning and end of the potato are too small to be protected by the wedges, and will be cut off completely.
Note that the beginning and end of the potato are too small to be protected by the wedges, and will be cut off completely.
Stage 5 - 12 min.
Do this for all the potatoes.
Stage 6 - 12 min.
Stage 7 - 40 min.
Do this for all the potatoes, then place them on a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet.
Brush the outside of each potato with butter, sprinkle evenly with salt and thyme, and bake at 200°C (390°F) for 40 minutes.
Brush the outside of each potato with butter, sprinkle evenly with salt and thyme, and bake at 200°C (390°F) for 40 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Meanwhile, cut ¼ cup Comté cheese and 2 slices ham into strips, then into small squares, approximately the diameter of the potatoes.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
After 40 minutes, remove the potatoes, which should already be golden brown.
Stage 10 - 12 min.
Divide the pieces of ham and cheese between the slits in the potatoes.
It's best to spread the chosen slit with a knife blade, insert the piece of cheese or ham, then remove the knife blade, holding the cheese or ham in place.
Here again, working in pairs is a very good idea.
It's best to spread the chosen slit with a knife blade, insert the piece of cheese or ham, then remove the knife blade, holding the cheese or ham in place.
Here again, working in pairs is a very good idea.
Stage 11 - 20 min.
Return the potatoes to the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Stage 12
Serve on their own, or with a green salad, for example.
Remarks
This 2-step cooking method takes a little longer, but you'll get much better results than with raw potatoes topped with cheese and ham before going into the oven.
This is a recipe that can be adapted to just about any taste: you can change the cheese and meat as you like. You could even replace the ham with vegetables, such as grilled zucchini slices.
If you prefer, replace the clarified butter with oil.
This is a recipe that can be adapted to just about any taste: you can change the cheese and meat as you like. You could even replace the ham with vegetables, such as grilled zucchini slices.
If you prefer, replace the clarified butter with oil.
Keeping
Enjoy immediately.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,412 Kcal or 5,912 Kj | 48 gr | 125 gr | 80 gr |
| 71 % | 19 % | 12 % | 12 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 168 Kcal or 703 Kj | 6 gr | 15 gr | 9 gr |
| 8 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per potatoes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 353 Kcal or 1,478 Kj | 12 gr | 31 gr | 20 gr |
| 18 % | 5 % | 3 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 potatoes : 2.89 €
- Per potatoes : 0.72 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon and spinach quiche, Montlebon toast, Mozzarella pasta bake, Mini cheese and mustard toasts, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All |
 | Clarified butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Pain perdu, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Nanou's red cabbage salad, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endive and beer soup, Sarladaise potatoes, Potato purée , Avengers' potatoes, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , ... All |
 | Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur, Ham pasta bake, Croque-monsieur complet, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), French toast "cordon bleu", ... All |
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