source: www.youtube.com
Mahalo.com cooking expert Scott Aaronson shows a way to waffle-cut a potato using a mandoline.
What You'll Need
- Potato (unpeeled)
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Mandoline (with your blade of choice)
Step 1: Potato Setup
- Place the potato on the cutting board.
- Use your knife to cut the potato in
half horizontally.
- Set aside one half of the potato for the moment.
Step 2: Mandoline Setup
- If your mandoline slicer has a stand, use the stand to prop up
your mandoline.
- Place the cutting board under the mandoline.
- Choose and insert whichever interchangeable blade you prefer into the upper blade slot. Different sizes of blade result in thicker or thinner cuts.
- Set your mandoline's dial to 1/8-1/4 inch. Do not set it any thicker—that would not produce a waffle-style cut.
Mandoline Safety
source: www.youtube.com
Mahalo.com cooking expert Scott Aaronson demonstrates proper mandoline safety.
The Guard
The safest way to use your mandoline is with a guard. However, in this situation, Scott Aaronson is not using a guard. His reason for this is that because the guard has a track on it, it can get in the way when
rotating the potato. If you choose not to use a guard, make sure to be very careful while waffle-cutting the potato.
Step 3: Waffle-Cutting the Potato
1. Use only one half of the potato for this section. Make your first cut by holding the
skinless part of the potato against the surface of the top blade (the
interchangeable blade) and passing it towards and over the bottom
blade (the static blade).
2. Note the ridges on the cut potato.
Rotate the potato 90° from the direction of those ridges.
3. Make your second cut in the same way that you did the first. This will produce one waffle-cut potato slice.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as desired. As the potato gets smaller, your fingers will be getting closer to the blades, so be sure to use extreme caution.
Waffle-Cut Potato Slice
References
Meet Our Experts
-
Scott Aaronson
By the age of 18, Scott was running a small kitchen in an Italian restaurant, which inspired him to spend the next several years learning global techniques and preparations as a server and cook. Then in 2002, he started his own private chef business, working with celebrities like Will Smith, Mary J Blige, Katey Sagal and Jimmy Kimmel. He has also been seen as a guest chef on four Los Angeles-based cooking shows. His most recent challenge was designing and instructing a weekly culinary program for 300 school-age children.
