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Debbie Pribele
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Cooking & Preserving #3: Leftover Potatoes
This is
part 3
in a
29 part
series:
Cooking & Preserving
-
Plum Sauce from scratch
-
Leftover Potatoes
-
Preserving Milk
...
- Plum Sauce from scratch
- Leftover Potatoes
- Preserving Milk
...
What to do with leftover potatoes? Preserve them.
We recently had a big family get-together and I made lots of potatoes … and I had lots of potatoes left over.
There is no way that Rick and I could eat all of them before they started going bad, so it was time to preserve them.
We recently had a big family get-together and I made lots of potatoes … and I had lots of potatoes left over.
There is no way that Rick and I could eat all of them before they started going bad, so it was time to preserve them.
Preserving Leftover Potatoes
Now, I could have just freeze-dried them but … wouldn’t it be nice to make some potato soup first?
So out came a recipe that I found decades ago (oh that made me feel old!)
So out came a recipe that I found decades ago (oh that made me feel old!)
Potato Soup
- melt 1 tbsp butter
- add and cook for 3 minutes: 1 tbsp flour
- add gradually: 2 c milk, till thick
- add
- onion salt
- salt
- pepper
- celery salt
- cayenne
- parsley
- stir in 1 c pureed cooked potatoes
- heat
- Enjoy.
That is my tried and true recipe.
Freeze-Drying Leftover Potatoes
- Spread the leftover potatoes (or potato soup) onto freeze-dryer trays
- Place the trays in the freezer until you have enough for a full freeze-dryer load or just to pre-freeze. Note: you can also process them from unfrozen stage
- Freeze-dry
- Place in Mylar bags or canning jars
- Add an oxygen absorber packet to each, to help extend the shelf life
- Seal the containers (heat seal the bags and vacuum seal the jars)
- Store in a cool dark location
Now I have potatoes to add to casseroles and soups or maybe using it in home-made bread or pancakes!
How do you use leftover potatoes?
- Debbie
How do you use leftover potatoes?
- Debbie
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