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Experts Tip Sweet potato fries need a starch-water bath
Although traditional table potatoes are usually used for the popular French fries, amateur cooks can also make them from sweet potatoes. An expert reveals how to make the fries get a delicious crust.
Chef pro reveals a simple trick
Meanwhile, many restaurants often offer sweet potato fries too. If home cooks want to prepare them at home, they can ideally do this in a fryer or fry the fries in a pot with plenty of fat. In a message from the news agency dpa, an expert reveals a trick that also gets you a delicious crust around the fries at home: The sliced sweet potatoes simply have to be pulled through a dough of water and starch, explained the chef Felix Wessler from the restaurant "Dining room" on Norderney. "This starch-water mixture can also be equal to a few delicious spices mitgegen." The professional also recommends to rinse the cut chips before twice under clear water.
Prepare sweet potatoes properly. Image: photocrew - fotolia Sweet potatoes are not potatoes
Sweet potatoes are generally not comparable to normal potatoes, Wessler said. "That's because the starch content is lower than that of the well-known tuber." Sweet potatoes, which are also called potatos, are actually no potatoes at all. While the usual potatoes belong to the nightshade family, the sweet potato is a wind plant. Sweet potatoes contain many vitamins and minerals. In the past researchers have been particularly interested in the substance Caiapo, which is mainly contained in the shell of the Batata. According to research, this substance improved the cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels of diabetic patients. The same applies to sweet potatoes as to "real" potatoes: the shell can be eaten along with it. They do not only taste like fries, but are also tasty as mashed or baked potato. (Ad)