Laura Prepon Shares Tacky Hasselback Candy Potatoes Recipe

Preparing for a festive meal! Laura Prepon has a foolproof methodology for choosing the proper vacation fare.

“I at all times go to staples my household loves — with crowd-pleaser components — however then search for a [way to] elevate [them] to make the day particular,” the That ’70’s Present alum, 42, completely tells Us Weekly, including that this 12 months, she’ll be whipping up her Hasselback candy potatoes. “Most individuals are used to seeing mashed candy potatoes, so the Hasselback type not solely appears lovely, however it additionally provides a enjoyable twist.”

As for the proper completion? “I high the dish with roasted hazelnuts,” notes Prepon, “so as to add taste and texture.”

The actress beforehand opened up about her method within the kitchen. “I take into account myself extra of a flexitarian way of life particularly when it will get towards like the warmer months. I positively are likely to go extra plant-based for my household,” she defined to Us in June.

Prepon, who shares 5-year-old daughter Ella and a 2-year-old son with husband Ben Foster, broke down her curiosity in wholesome cooking, including, “I imply, my first cookbook got here out in 2016 and that was all about batch-cooking wholesome meals after which reimagining it for 3 days after that.”

The Orange Is the New Black alum continued: “I imply a variety of my movies that I submit [are] normally about cooking fast and wholesome meals for your loved ones, with an emphasis on preparation, as a result of as a profession mother it’s tougher to get wholesome meals on the desk — however it’s all about having the proper components.”

On the time, the New Jersey native gushed about how “nice” her kids are at consuming their greens.

“Like since they had been very younger — as quickly as my pediatrician gave me the OK — I’ve been giving them selfmade bone broth in a bottle and pureed greens,” she recalled. “The primary factor for me is that I’ve been giving them greens since they had been little or no so even now, they’re nice with it. I’ve somebody serving to me with my children and he or she was shocked at how simply my son simply ate his greens. Like the very first thing he went to. I wish to assume it’s as a result of I’ve some enjoyable tips about the best way to make it tasty.”

See the recipe under:

Tacky Hasselback Candy Potatoes With Herbs and Hazelnuts
Serves 4

Substances
4 medium candy potatoes, scrubbed
2 tbsp unsalted butter (or non-dairy various)
2 tbsp chopped recent rosemary
2 tbsp chopped recent sage
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly floor black pepper, to style
1/4 cup Vitalite Mozzarella Type Shreds
1/2 cup Vitalite Grated Parmesan Type
1/2 cup blanched hazelnuts, toasted and chopped

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 425 levels. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Reduce a number of 1/8-inch-thick-slits into every candy potato crosswise about three-quarters by way of the physique off the potato. Place the potatoes on the ready backing sheet.

3. In a small saucepan, add the butter and permit to soften over medium-low warmth. Stir within the rosemary and sage and permit to infuse for a minute or so. Lastly, stir within the olive oil and permit to heat by way of for one more couple of minutes. Brush and/or spoon a number of the herb combination all around the potatoes and season with salt and pepper.

4. After the potatoes have roasted, take away from the oven and punctiliously open the creases utilizing a butter knife. The potato must be tender sufficient for them to open barely. Brush and/or spoon extra of the olive oil and herb combination over every potato and return to the oven for one more 10 minutes, till the tops are crunchy and the underside is fork tender.

5. Take away from the oven another time. Cut back the oven temperature to 325 levels and permit the potatoes to chill for five to 10 minutes. Hold the temperature decrease right here to soften the cheese to complete. Baste the potatoes another time with the herb combination. Sprinkle Vitalite Mozzarella Type Shreds, Vitalite Grated Parmesan Type and hazelnuts into the crevices of the potato. Return to the oven and permit to bake for one more 15 to twenty minutes till the cheese has absolutely melted. Enable to chill barely then serve.