Hasselback Potatoes

A wonderful looking baked potato with Parmesan seasoned crispy crust which goes well with a fancier meal. This looks like a very special side dish, but is actually easy to make. It's time to fancy up those potatoes.

Hasselback potatoes have been around a lot on the blogs since the pictures look oh so good. Here's my take. A hasselback potato is basically a baked potato that has been cut into slices seasoned to taste and baked. I chose garlic and Parmesan but just salt and pepper would do.

Rating

Low 4 or high three. My wife was the three. She wanted my Parmesan Garlic Baked Potatoes


Notes: I have adequate knife skills but I'm not good enough to just cut the potato like this. I came up with using a metal skewer to stop me from going all the way through. It worked great.

 Preheat the oven to 400 degree convection or 425 conventional.

Scrub the potatoes well and insert a metal baking skewer along the flattest side of the potato about 1/4 inch from the bottom. You will have a little at both ends without a skewer. 

Cut 1/4 inch slices using the skewer as a guide not to go all the way through.You will need to freehand the ends without the skewer.

Melt 1 T butter per potato in a microwave. Add salt, pepper and other seasoning too taste. Now that was not very helpful was it... Well I used 1 t of my 7:2:2 seasoning per potato. That is a ratio of kosher salt/course pepper/granular garlic. If you don't have that then use 3/4 t of kosher salt and 1/4 t each of pepper and garlic powder. Use a brush and bush the butter mixture into the potato.

Now go through the potato again and using about 1 to 1 1/2 T of finely grated Parmesan sprinkle into the slices.

Brush remaining butter/spice mix on the potato and sprinkle any remaining Parmesan on top.

Bake for 45-50 minutes until crispy brown and 210 degrees internal temp.

Hasselback Potatoes

by Dan Mikesell August-25-2013

Learn how to make a Hasselback baked potato with Parmesan seasoned crispy crust.

Ingredients

• 2 or as many as you want russet potatoes
• 1 T per potato butter
• Salt, pepper and spices to taste
• 1 T per potato finely grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Instructions

1) Preheat the oven to 400 degree convection or 425 conventional. 2) Scrub the potatoes well and insert a metal baking skewer along the flattest side of the potato about 1/4 inch from the bottom. You will have a little at both ends without a skewer. 3) Cut 1/4 inch slices using the skewer as a guide not to go all the way through.You will need to freehand the ends without the skewer. 4) Melt 1 T butter per potato in a microwave. Add salt, pepper and other seasoning too taste. 5) Use a brush and bush the butter mixture into the potato. 6) Now go through the potato again and using about 1 to 1 1/2 T of finely grated Parmesan sprinkle into the slices. 7) Brush remaining butter/spice mix on the potato and sprinkle any remaining Parmesan on top. 8) Bake for 45-50 minutes until crispy brown and 210 degrees internal temp.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 50 mins Total time: 1 hour Yield: 2

Updated

August 25 2013

Dan Mikesell