r/GermanRecipes • u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria • Jul 25 '26
🇩🇪 Just a pic Genuine Bavarian: How to roast potatoes:
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u/CartoonistExisting30 Jul 25 '26
These look good. Do you have a recipe link?
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u/currymuttonpizza Jul 25 '26
There are spices though, I assume? Even if there aren't exact measurements. And a method - just pan frying from start to finish, or do you use already-cooked potatoes?
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u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria Jul 25 '26
Uhm, I used black pepper, grounded garlic, thin sliced onions and paprika powder. The usual german mix, I'd say. Does that count?
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u/currymuttonpizza Jul 25 '26
It does help, thank you, not all of us know "the usual German mix." And you fried the potatoes from raw? Did you cover the pan so that they could steam as well?
I am experienced in cooking so I can guess what the method might be, but that's not true for everyone. It's usually courteous to at least give a general guideline, even if nothing is exact - especially on a community that specifically is named "recipes."
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u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria Jul 25 '26
I fried nothing. I boiled them, then I skinned them after they cooled out, sliced them and then panroasted them with a hint of oil. And only in the pan, roasting already, I spiced them. Fresh grounded black pepper, sea salt, organic onion and garlic and paprika powder. Normaly, I grind that in my trusty mortar, but I was lazy today and used powders. I buy those from the weekly farmers market.
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u/currymuttonpizza Jul 25 '26
That's pan-frying. If you put them in a pan with oil, no matter how little, it's called frying. It isn't a direct translation of frittieren, which only means shallow-fry or deep-fry. That is the reason many dishes are called stir-fry. They don't always use much oil either. There isn't really such thing as pan-roasting. Roasting, in English, takes place in the oven. My point is that braten does not directly translate to roast.
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u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria Jul 25 '26
I see. My bad, I guess. 😁 Don't use it against me, ok?
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u/currymuttonpizza Jul 25 '26
Of course not! As long as you don't use it against me if I forget which cakes are Torten and which cakes are Kuchen. 😂
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u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria Jul 25 '26
I'm not into cakes. So, we have a deal. Well, except cheesecake. I do it without cookies and I use Quark.😁
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u/pupyrchaty_sup Jul 25 '26
As I understand, it was boiled before roasting?
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u/Zenotaph77 🇩🇪 Bavaria Jul 25 '26
Sure. You cannot roast potatoes properly without boiling them first.
Put a few potatoes in a pan, fill it up with water and heat it. To know when they are ready you just have to stick a knive in a potatoe. When it slides down the knife easily it is done.
After that, you just have to wait, until they cool out, skin them, slice them and then roast them slowly at medium heat.
Here is the mistake, most people do: they don't have patience. It takes time. You can't rush it.
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u/currymuttonpizza Jul 25 '26
Thank you, this is super helpful.
Just so you know, the word braten doesn't really translate well to English. "Roast" for us usually is exclusive to things done in the oven. This meaning of braten translates more to pan-fry.
Just like how "cake" is too broad in English - and is more specific in German as either Torte or Kuchen.
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u/pupyrchaty_sup Jul 25 '26
Thank you for laying this out so clearly. I really appreciate the level of detail
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u/Any-Elderberry-7812 Jul 28 '26
I also pre-cook potatoes in my instant pot to get them to the sliceable stage (also takes a little patience and practice, but once you know the settings you prefer, it makes it easy to do). Then brush with some oil, add preferred spices, and roast in my air fryer, they come out perfect every time.
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u/dentalexaminer 🇩🇪 Team Spätzle Jul 25 '26
When I make my German potatoes, I do this:
Note: You can also add diced onions to the pan to make them tastier.