Crispy Hash Browns with Crème Fraîche

Whether or not served at brunch or dinner, these crispy potato sticks topped with a blanket of creme fraiche and briny trout roe will steal the present. Chef Charleen Sandoval at Born and Raised in San Diego merely seasons the potatoes with buttery shallots and chives earlier than frying the sticks to golden brown perfection. 

Crispy and golden with creamy facilities, the hash browns at Born and Raised, a swanky fashionable steakhouse within the Little Italy district of San Diego, are a must-order facet dish. Minimize with precision into rectangular sticks from russet potatoes which have been baked and grated, then pressed right into a pan to sit back, the hash browns are fried to order, topped with a dollop of cooling crème fraîche that drapes over the new potatoes, and completed with a beneficiant dose of trout roe. These lavish hash browns have been a staple on the menu for years—and when you make them at house, they’re positive to grow to be an everyday at your personal desk, too.

Notes from the Meals & Wine Check Kitchen

“Though the recipe initially appears to be like prolonged, every step is really easy. I wouldn’t minimize corners right here, every step is important in serving to these keep compact and maintain collectively when slicing and frying,” says recipe tester Marianne Williams.  

Make forward

The unfried potato sticks might be frozen on a parchment-lined baking sheet till hardened, about half-hour. Switch them to a ziplock bag, and freeze for as much as one month. You possibly can fry these instantly from frozen, growing the prepare dinner time to about 5 minutes.