Potato Pushkin

Amazing side dish in the old way! We usually fry raw potatoes in a frying pan, and in the 19th century roasting took place mainly after boiling. The result was a fragrant potato with a golden crust and crumbly flesh. Let's also cook it according to the recipe of Pushkin's time!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 9 % 2 g
Fats 17 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 74 % 17 g
109 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    To cook potatoes Pushkin or Pushkin-style, we need only three ingredients: potatoes (preferably young), delicious butter and salt. It is better to take medium-sized potatoes, but not quite small either. Smooth medium tubers are ideal. So the potatoes will boil evenly. ! Pick potatoes from one batch and one variety - so it will boil evenly and at the same time.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the potatoes well and rub thoroughly with a brush or a stiff sponge under running water. Put the potatoes in the peel in a saucepan and pour clean cold water. The water should completely cover the entire potato. Immediately add salt.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the pan on the fire. Bring the water to a boil and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes. Check the readiness of root vegetables with a knife: if the knife easily pierces the vegetables, then the potatoes are ready. There is no need to pierce all the tubers in a row - it is enough to choose the largest of all and check its readiness. If he's ready, then so are the others.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Drain the water and leave the potatoes in the pan to cool. Peel the potatoes with a knife. If the tubers are large, cut in half, leave the small and medium ones entirely. I fry the potatoes whole, but if desired, you can cut the potatoes into slices: circles or quarters.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Heat the butter in a frying pan.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Lay out the potatoes and, stirring occasionally, fry on all sides over medium heat until golden brown.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put the finished golden potatoes on a platter and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!

No additional spices are needed for this potato, however, if desired, ready-made potatoes can be additionally peppered and sprinkled with coarse sea salt - it will turn out very tasty.

You can serve such potatoes to completely different dishes: meat, fish, poultry. This is a universal side dish, which can also act as a main dish, because potatoes are not called second bread for nothing - it contains a lot of nutrients and minerals.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g

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