Hasselback Potatoes
Mini Hasselback Potatoes are crisp on the outside and tender in the center. They are a showstopping accompaniment to a holiday dinner, or great to serve as an appetizer along with a dip.
Full disclosure, I remember my fellow students and I rolling our eyes at some of the techniques we learned in culinary school.
Many things, like learning how to tournée vegetables, just seemed so out of place in the 21st century. When were we ever going to use that? (I still haven’t).
Others seemed silly as the instructor was demonstrating, but once I tasted the finished product, I couldn’t deny that I was happy to have learned it.
These Mini Hasselback potatoes fall into the second category. Like my roasted acorn squash slices and apple rose tart, they may look SUPER fancy, but are actually pretty easy for any home cook with a sharp knife to accomplish.
The combination of an extra crisp outside and super tender center of this Easter potato recipe will have you going back for a second helping. They’re also one of my favorite sides to go with ribs.
What are Hasselback potatoes?
Despite being somewhat adjacent to many of the classical French techniques I learned in culinary school, it’s thought that Hasselback potatoes were created in Sweden.
Why the name? They may have been created by a chef at Hasselbacken restaurant in Stockholm.
The restaurant is still in business today, and an entire section of their menu is devoted to Hasselback potatoes, of course. When I make it to Sweden, I am for sure going there!
Mini Hasselback Potatoes Ingredients
- baby potatoes – I used a combination of baby red and white potatoes. You can use any small baby potatoes to make this recipe. Extra potatoes can be used for a baked potato pizza or mashed and turned into a potato cake.
- olive oil – this will crisp up the potatoes, as well as provide quite a bit of flavor.
- salt and pepper – so so crucial. Don’t skip the salt and pepper.
- rosemary – this is my favorite herb for these mini potatoes, but I discuss other options below. Extra rosemary can be turned into rosemary simple syrup recipe for a rosemary cocktail.
- Parmesan cheese – this is optional (and omit this if you want to keep this Easter potato recipe vegetarian), but a dusting of grated Parmesan cheese added at the end is so so good. Pecorino Romano is also great!
Hasselback Potatoes Recipe tools
To be completely honest slicing baby potatoes into Hasselback potatoes can be a little bit time consuming, and you WILL inevitably slice all the way through a few potatoes on accident.
But I have a trick that works really well: place a chopstick on either side of each potato and use it as a guide. This allows you to quickly and efficiently slice the potatoes without going all the way through, since the chopsticks will stop your knife. Save the chopsticks for the best orange chicken recipe!
How to make Mini Hasselback Potatoes
1. CUT. Use a sharp knife to make cuts every 1/8 to 1/4 inch along the top of each potato, without cutting all the way through.
2. OIL & SEASONINGS. Place the potatoes in a roasting dish and toss with oil and salt and pepper.
3. ROSEMARY. Spread the potatoes in an even layer in the dish and scatter the rosemary over the potatoes.
4. ROAST. Transfer to the oven and bake 45 minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown and crispy on the outside, but tender on the inside. Sprinkle with cheese before serving.
How to make Mini Potatoes in advance
Mini Hasselback potatoes are best and crispiest served straight from the oven. BUT, there’s a big caveat here: they reheat really well!
To make these in ahead of time, you can do all the prep work a day or two in advance, and bake them halfway or even all the way.
Let them cool and store them in a covered container in the refrigerator. Just before serving, pop them into the oven to reheat them or finish cooking them, and serve!
Mini Potatoes Recipe Variations
I kept these mini Hasselback potatoes simple with just salt and pepper and rosemary for seasoning, and then a sprinkle of Parmesan for extra umami at the end. But there’s so many ways you can jazz these up more.
My favorite addition to this Easter potato recipe is minced garlic. I stir a few cloves of minced garlic into the olive oil before spooning it over the potatoes.
Rosemary not your thing? You can also use different herbs! Parsley and oregano are other nice options here. You could even do a combination of two or three herbs. If you bought chives for shrimp deviled eggs, those are great here too.
Home Chef Tips for this Recipe for Hasselback Potatoes
- Make sure you have a very sharp knife before starting this recipe. It will be very hard to get precise cuts with a dull knife.
- Try these on the grill! Wrap them in a foil pack and cook over indirect heat (perhaps while you are grilling meat on the direct heat side of the grill) until they are tender.
- Get creative with your garnishes! Along with the Parmesan cheese, you can also finish this dish with chopped chives, fresh microgreens, or a sprinkle of smoked paprika.
Dipping sauce ideas for Mini Potatoes
Do Hasselback potatoes REQUIRE a dipping sauce? Not really, but are they better with a dipping sauce? Definitely! A sauce is particularly great when serving mini Hasselback potatoes as an appetizer. You have so many options here:
- My favorite dip for mini Hasselback potatoes (and potato chips, and bread, and everything) is roasted garlic dip.
- If you’re not into garlic, sour cream with a little bit of horseradish and/or chives stirred in is easy and perfect.
- Drizzling balsamic glaze over Hasselback potatoes kind of takes them to another level.
- My feta dressing isn’t just for salad. It’s amazing on mini Hasselback potatoes, especially if you’re serving them with lamb!
- Cilantro chimichurri is a great option if you’re serving steak, because it’s a good sauce for the potatoes AND the meat!
BEST Recipe for Hasselback Potatoes
Mini Hasselback Potatoes are crisp on the outside and tender in the center. They are a showstopping accompaniment to a holiday dinner, or great to serve as an appetizer along with a dip.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 pounds baby potatoes, scrubbed
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Use sharp knife to make cuts every 1/8 to 1/4 inch along the top of each potato, but don’t cut all the way through (see Home Chef notes).
- Place the potatoes in a roasting dish or on a rimmed baking pan. Drizzle potatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Use your hands to toss potatoes together with oil so that potatoes are fully coated in oil.
- Spread potatoes into even layer in dish and scatter rosemary over potatoes. Transfer to oven and bake 45 minutes or until potatoes are golden brown and crispy on the outside, but tender on the inside. Transfer to serving dish and sprinkle with cheese.
Notes
Home Chef Notes:
- Slicing the baby potatoes can be a bit time consuming and you will inevitably slice all the way through a few of them accidentally! To mitigate this I have found the quickest and most effective way of slicing the potatoes is to place a chopstick on either side of the potato and use it as a guide so your knife can't go all the way through to the cutting board.
- To make these in advance, you can do all the prep work a day or two in advance, and bake them halfway or even all the way. Let them cool and store them in a covered container in the refrigerator. Just before serving, pop them into the oven to reheat them or finish cooking them, and serve!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 465Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 704mgCarbohydrates: 49gFiber: 5gSugar: 3gProtein: 7g
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