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French-Style Brown Butter New Potatoes Recipe

Name: French-Style Brown Butter New Potatoes Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 stick unsalted butter (4 ounces; 113g), cut into 1/2-inch pieces (see note); 1 pound (450g) small new potatoes, rinsed (see note); Kosher or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary (optional); 2 garlic cloves (optional); Sliced chives, for serving; Crème fraîche, for serving

4 servings

portionen

20 minutes

aktive zeit

50 minutes

gesamtzeit

Kochen beginnen

Zutaten

1 stick unsalted butter (4 ounces; 113g), cut into 1/2-inch pieces (see note)

1 pound (450g) small new potatoes, rinsed (see note)

Kosher or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

4 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary (optional)

2 garlic cloves (optional)

Sliced chives, for serving

Crème fraîche, for serving

Anweisungen

In a medium (3-quart) saucepan or saucier, melt butter over medium heat. Add potatoes, a healthy pinch of salt, and pepper to taste. Cook, swirling saucepan and stirring frequently with a heat-resistant spatula while butter hisses and pops. Make sure potatoes remain in a single, even layer in the saucepan while cooking. Continue cooking and stirring until butter begins to foam rapidly and turns golden yellow, 5 to 8 minutes.

Reduce heat to medium-low; add herbs and garlic (if using). Continue stirring and turning potatoes occasionally to promote even browning. At this point, the butter should be golden brown. Regulate heat so butter simmers at a very gentle bubble and foams up when you stir it. (Depending on the strength of your burner, you may need to reduce heat from medium-low to low.) Continue cooking until potatoes are completely tender (poke a potato with a sharp paring knife or cake tester to test for doneness) and deep golden brown, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and let potatoes rest for 5 minutes in the saucepan.

Toss potatoes to coat them in brown butter. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a serving bowl; reserve brown butter. Drizzle as much brown butter as you like over the potatoes and sprinkle with chives (if you like) and sea salt to taste. Serve immediately with crème fraîche for dipping.

Nährwertangaben

Portionsgröße

Serves 2 to 4

Kalorien

335 kcal

Gesamtfett

26 g

Gesättigtes Fett

16 g

Ungesättigtes Fett

0 g

Transfett

Cholesterin

70 mg

Natrium

419 mg

Gesamtkohlenhydrate

24 g

Ballaststoffe

2 g

Zucker insgesamt

2 g

Eiweiß

3 g