Name: Pommes Allumettes
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: olive oil for deep-fat frying; salt; 1 lb (450 g) ‘old’ potatoes, e.g. Golden Wonders or Kerrs Pinks

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Delicious 2

By Darina Allen

Published 1990

About

Pommes Allumettes are matchstick potatoes. They are particularly delicious cooked in olive oil.

Ingredients

1 lb (450 g) ‘old’ potatoes, e.g. Golden Wonders or Kerrs Pinks
olive oil for deep-fat frying

Method

Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut them into tiny, even matchsticks and soak in cold water for 15 minutes. This will remove the excess starch and prevent the potatoes from sticking together. Dry them thoroughly with a tea-towel.

Heat the oil, 190°C/375°F. Fry the potatoes until they are golden brown and v