Pommes de Terre Soufflées

• 1½ pounds new potatoes, peeled, dried and thinly sliced
• 1½ pints peanut oil
• salt

Bring oil to a boil. Place sliced potatoes in a frying basket and plunge them into the hot oil. They should begin to swell and colour in a few minutes. Remove basket from oil and allow potatoes to cool.

Bring oil to a boil again, this time a little hotter than before, and plunge the basket of sliced potatoes into it again. Continue to cook until potatoes are puffed and golden. Drain, se