December 22, 2008 | Suanne | Comments 2
Danish Sugar-browned Potatoes (Brunede Kartofler)
Minoo made this Danish Sugar-browned Potatoes specially for Paul. Paul described this potato dish to Minoo and Minoo was able to get the recipe from a Danish in a grocery store she visited. When Minoo tried the recipe at home, she ate all the potatoes by herself because they are that good.
The Danish Sugar-browned Potatoes are tender and sweet. They pair well with roast beef, chicken, pork or lamb.
Ingredients
- 12 – 15 Parisian potatoes
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
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Instructions
 Boil the potatoes in salted water until fork tender, about 20 minutes.
Remove, drain and allow to cool slightly. |
 The peeling of the potato skin does need a lot of helping hands. |
 In a large frying pan, brown sugar over medium-low heat just until sugar begins to darken around the edges and start to caramelize. |
 Stir in the butter until the mixture is smooth and slightly bubbling. |
 Add the potatoes to the pan, shaking the pan to coat them evenly with the caramelized butter. Allow the potatoes to brown briefly, 5 to 10 minutes. At the end of the cooking, the caramelized butter should have reduced and thickened to just enough to coat the potatoes. |
Interesting recipe! Btw, “Dane” is the proper demonym for a person from Denmark, not ‘a Danish’, which would refer to the pastry. It’s from the distant past — Denmark was called “Daneland” in English during the time of the Vikings. Denmark, the modern name of the country, is probably from Den (Dane) + mark (territory, border-land). Weird, I know. Especially when you consider that “a Chinese” is an old, acceptable way (though nowadays “a Chinese person” would be used) to refer to a person from China. Thanks for the Danish recipes though! I will be looking into making these and/or that coffee cake soon! And sorry if this came across as nagging, wasn’t meant to be. :P
Hey Z,
I will take your word for it but, unfortunately, sources like Dictionary.com and Wikipedia list “Danish” (<– caveat, uppercase!) as “something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark”. Of course, lowercase and it will be the pastry. Don’t get me wrong, I am sure most of us will appreciate you clear that for us; just that the misconception has been so widespread…
As for Chinese, I have stories of my own. The most “interesting one” is that in a lot of places in Latin America, they will call any East-Asian person “Chino”/”China” (Spanish for “Chinese”) even if he/she might be from Japan or Korea. Go figure!