Pommes Frites

Our family loves our pommes frites, the crisp, skinny fries popular at brasseries all over France. The tricks to making them at home are relatively simple; the potatoes should be thoroughly rinsed, to rid them of all extra starch, and they must be dried well before they touch the hot oil. Fried twice to make them extra crisp, these frites are excellent with fleur de sel, black truffle salt, or rosemary salt (using the salt mixture made for the Roasted L