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Cracked Potatoes

Here's how you make Cracked Potatoes
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 25m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 1/2 pounds potatoes (small potatoes, I used 4 gold potatoes, no need to peel)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander (the recipe calls for 2 teaspoons coriander seeds, cracked)
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, cracked (didn't bother cracking the seeds)
  • 1 cup white wine (original recipe calls for 1 cup vermouth)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Using a meat mallet whack the potatoes, one at a time, to crack them until slightly flattened but still intact. In a bowl toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon oil and the salt and pepper.

  • Step 2: In a skillet (I used cast iron) over medium high heat the remaining oil and butter; add the potatoes in a single layer, reduce heat to medium, then cook without moving for 6-8 minutes, flip and cook until well browned on the other side -- another 5 minutes.

  • Step 3: Add the coriander and fennel; cook shaking pan constantly for a minute or so. Add wine. Cover and reduce heat to medium low and cook until potatoes are tender and the liquid had nearly evaporated (12-15 minutes), flipping potatoes halfway through. Transfer to serving dish, scraping the sauce and seeds on top.

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