I did a little "dry canning" today... Dehydrated 5 pounds of potatoes into hash-brown shreds. Can be re-hydrated as needed for hash-browns and potato cakes... Enjoy! Diane
Potatoes Citric Acid, optional Dehydrator PROCESS: Wash the potatoes, peel them, wash again, cut in half (large chunks) and boil for about 4-6 mins. Submerge in ice water that has a bit of citric acid sprinkled in the water (the cold water stops cooking action and the citric acid helps prevent browning of potatoes) Let the potatoes cool...pat dry and shred using a food processor - then lay out on dehydrating trays - dehydrate at 135-140 until dry (mine took about 5+ hours). Once completely dried, packed into jar/s - vac seal using a Foodsaver jar saver vac. Yield: My 4-5 pound bag of Colorado Potatoes (Russets) made a quart jar full of shreds. Cheat (easy) Method: defrost a bag of frozen hash-browns overnight and simply place on dehydrating trays to dehydrate - a great idea if you can find a great sale on the 6 pound bags. Re-hydrate by pouring boiling water over potatoes and let sit 15 mins. then cook as usual/use in recipes. Photos by: Diane Baker for Canning and Cooking at Home
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This is a perfect breakfast side dish, and great placed out on a brunch-time table. Serves many and tastes great! There are times I make two 8x8's so that I can give one to my neighbors to enjoy. If you want crispier hash browns, you will need to brown the thawed potatoes in a skillet (I add 2 tbs butter, 1 tbs canola oil to the skillet to get HOT then add in the potatoes) before assembling the entire dish for the oven. I love this recipe and it's also great with scrambled eggs in a breakfast burrito. Now that Fall is here - time to pull it back out of my recipe vault and share! Enjoy Diane
Cheesy Hash-browns with Ham Ingredients: 1 (32 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed 8 ounces cooked, diced ham 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of potato soup 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese Directions:
*Kitchen Note: You CAN cook the thawed hash browns a bit in a hot skillet to brown them before proceeding with the assembly of the recipe. |