Fondant Potatoes
4.7
Ingredients
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 65 min
Instructions
- 1 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- 2 Cut off potato ends; stand potatoes on end and peel from top to bottom with a sharp knife to make each potato into a uniform cylinder. Cut each cylinder in half crosswise to make 6 potato cylinders, each about 2 inches long.
- 3 Place potatoes into a bowl of cold water for about 5 minutes to remove starch from the outsides.
- 4 Heat vegetable oil in a heavy oven-proof skillet over high heat until slightly shimmers.
- 5 Pat potato cylinders dry with paper towels; place cylinders with the best-looking ends into the hot oil. Reduce heat to medium-high; fry until well-browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
- 6 Flip potatoes; repeat on other ends. Blot out oil from the skillet carefully using a paper towel held with tongs as they cook. Add butter and thyme sprigs to the skillet.
- 7 Paint butter over tops of potatoes with a thyme sprig using tongs. Cook until butter foams and foam turns from white to a pale tan color. Season with salt and black pepper. Pour chicken stock into the skillet.
- 8 Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven; cook until potatoes are tender and creamy inside, about 30 minutes. Add ¼ cup more stock if potatoes aren't tender and cook 10 minutes more.
- 9 Place potatoes on a serving platter. Spoon thyme-infused butter remaining in skillet over potatoes. Garnish with thyme sprigs. Cool before serving, about 5 minutes.
By John Mitzewich