French fries with cheese and beer sauce
Serves: 4 – 6
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Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C
- Put the potatoes in a clean towel and squeeze to remove any excess moist. Place the potatoes in a large bowl and add the salt and oil and toss to combine well. Bake occasionally turning until cooked and crispy, for (+/- 30 minutes)
- To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a small pot and add the flour, mix well to make a smooth paste. Cook until it starts to bubble, for a few seconds. Pour in the beer, milk and mustard and stir until the sauce starts to boil. Cook stirring until thickened, for (+/- 8 minutes. Add the cheeses and continue to cook until the cheeses have melted into a smooth sauce
- Top the fries with the sauce and serve the fries with the sauce, sweet chili chutney and sprinkle with the parsley
Ingredients
- 2 kg potatoes, skin on cut into thin strips
- Salt, to taste
- 125 ml (½ cup) sunflower oil
- 125 ml (½ cup) sweet chili chutney
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped to serve
Cheese and beer sauce
- 60 ml (¼ cup) butter
- 60 ml (¼ cup) cake flour
- 250 ml (1cup) beer of choice
- 750 ml (3 cups) milk
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) Dijon mustard
- 100 g mozzarella, grated
- 100 g gruyere, grated
- 60 g Parmesan, grated
- Pinch of ground nutmeg