How to cook potato grenaille


How to cook potato grenaille
The French call very small potatoes "grenaille". This is a typical way of cooking them: the tiny potatoes are pan-fried in their skins and make an excellent accompanient for meat.

Grenaille can be made with any kind of potato; it is a question of size, rather than variety, though I think that firm-textured potatoes, such as rattes or charlottes, work best. I am using rattes in the photos.

The cooking is a combined method: boiling first, then frying. This is quicker than using a single method.
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 45 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
How to cook potato grenaille

Prepare the grenaille

Thoroughly wash 1 kg potatoes of very small size in lukewarm water.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
How to cook potato grenaille
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.

Stage 3 - 10 min.
How to cook potato grenaille

First-stage cooking: boiling

Cover the potatoes with cold water and bring to the boil.

Boil until the potatoes are just barely cooked.

Stage 4
How to cook potato grenaille
Drain the potatoes.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
How to cook potato grenaille

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.

Stage 6 - 1 min.
How to cook potato grenaille
When the oil is hot, add the potatoes and stir well to coat them with oil.

Stage 7 - 20 min.
How to cook potato grenaille
Leave the grenaille to fry, stirring from time to time...

Stage 8
How to cook potato grenaille
...until nicely browned.

Salt and pepper.

Stage 9
How to cook potato grenaille
This is goes very well with grilled meat, for example.
Remarks
You can also try frying in clarified butter instead of oil.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe20 RDI=8 %200 RDI=20 %60 RDI=9 %1,420 RDI=70 %5,930 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g1 RDI=1 %20 RDI=2 %5 RDI=1 %130 RDI=7 %550 RDI: 7 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 kg : 2.90 €

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