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How to prepare carrots and potatoes – Jamie Oliver’s Home Cooking Skills


so we’re peeling carrots and potatoes

so we’re peeling carrots and potatoes with the carrots if they’re organic or

with the carrots if they’re organic or

with the carrots if they’re organic or from the garden or they just pulled out

from the garden or they just pulled out

from the garden or they just pulled out of the ground they’re their skins are

of the ground they’re their skins are

of the ground they’re their skins are normally a lot softer and there’s lots

normally a lot softer and there’s lots

normally a lot softer and there’s lots of goodness in the skins nutrients so

of goodness in the skins nutrients so

of goodness in the skins nutrients so you don’t always have to peel them you

you don’t always have to peel them you

you don’t always have to peel them you could just scrub them so if you just use

could just scrub them so if you just use

could just scrub them so if you just use your scour to give them a good scrub and

your scour to give them a good scrub and

your scour to give them a good scrub and take that top layer of skin off just

take that top layer of skin off just

take that top layer of skin off just until you get down to the bright orange

until you get down to the bright orange

until you get down to the bright orange underneath then when you get to the top

underneath then when you get to the top

underneath then when you get to the top cause you want to get rid of that bit as

cause you want to get rid of that bit as

cause you want to get rid of that bit as well you can you can just chop that off

well you can you can just chop that off

well you can you can just chop that off when you when you’re chopping to prep it

when you when you’re chopping to prep it

when you when you’re chopping to prep it to cook or if they are a little bit

to cook or if they are a little bit

to cook or if they are a little bit older or they’re not organic or you

older or they’re not organic or you

older or they’re not organic or you don’t know where they come from you

don’t know where they come from you

don’t know where they come from you probably want to peel them so you’ve got

probably want to peel them so you’ve got

probably want to peel them so you’ve got a speed peeler grab a carrot and then

a speed peeler grab a carrot and then

a speed peeler grab a carrot and then you just want to take the outer skin off

you just want to take the outer skin off

you just want to take the outer skin off where it’s dried you don’t want to take

where it’s dried you don’t want to take

where it’s dried you don’t want to take anymore

anymore

anymore if you carry it away then you need to so

if you carry it away then you need to so

if you carry it away then you need to so you keep your fingers out of the way

you keep your fingers out of the way

you keep your fingers out of the way hold it and then pull back your fingers

hold it and then pull back your fingers

hold it and then pull back your fingers so the carrot sticking out you’ve got a

so the carrot sticking out you’ve got a

so the carrot sticking out you’ve got a good clean surface to go out with you

good clean surface to go out with you

good clean surface to go out with you speed peeler start at the very top and

speed peeler start at the very top and

speed peeler start at the very top and not pressing too hard just hard enough

not pressing too hard just hard enough

not pressing too hard just hard enough long strokes to take off a nice thin

long strokes to take off a nice thin

long strokes to take off a nice thin piece of skin and then you twist it

piece of skin and then you twist it

piece of skin and then you twist it slightly in your hand and go again

the pol II turn he’ll turn he’ll turn

the pol II turn he’ll turn he’ll turn till you get back to the beginning then

till you get back to the beginning then

till you get back to the beginning then I always give a little bit of love to

I always give a little bit of love to

I always give a little bit of love to the end of them because they’re often

the end of them because they’re often

the end of them because they’re often not so great so then I just go around

not so great so then I just go around

not so great so then I just go around and take that off if it looks like it

and take that off if it looks like it

and take that off if it looks like it needs it and then with the top because

needs it and then with the top because

needs it and then with the top because that’s where the stalks been and that’s

that’s where the stalks been and that’s

that’s where the stalks been and that’s dry down and it’s not really great to

dry down and it’s not really great to

dry down and it’s not really great to eat if you like on its own and just peel

eat if you like on its own and just peel

eat if you like on its own and just peel it off and then when you finish it’s

it off and then when you finish it’s

it off and then when you finish it’s good to sit in a water because it stops

good to sit in a water because it stops

good to sit in a water because it stops them drying out and going brown

then we’ve got potatoes if their new

then we’ve got potatoes if their new season potatoes or so new potatoes or

season potatoes or so new potatoes or

season potatoes or so new potatoes or baby potatoes often they’ve got delicate

baby potatoes often they’ve got delicate

baby potatoes often they’ve got delicate skin so you can scrub those the same as

skin so you can scrub those the same as

skin so you can scrub those the same as you did you carrots or if they’re a bit

you did you carrots or if they’re a bit

you did you carrots or if they’re a bit bigger and older Analia like these ones

bigger and older Analia like these ones

bigger and older Analia like these ones you might want to take the skin off so

you might want to take the skin off so

you might want to take the skin off so we’ve got red skinned and white skinned

we’ve got red skinned and white skinned

we’ve got red skinned and white skinned white skins are more of a floury

white skins are more of a floury

white skins are more of a floury potatoes so more suited to boil in

potatoes so more suited to boil in

potatoes so more suited to boil in making mashed potato Redskins and what’s

making mashed potato Redskins and what’s

making mashed potato Redskins and what’s known is waxy ER so they hold together a

known is waxy ER so they hold together a

known is waxy ER so they hold together a lot better so these are what I normally

lot better so these are what I normally

lot better so these are what I normally use for roasting them and then same as

use for roasting them and then same as

use for roasting them and then same as with the carrot grab a potato in your

with the carrot grab a potato in your

with the carrot grab a potato in your hand again keeping your fingers back and

hand again keeping your fingers back and

hand again keeping your fingers back and then start at the top and just drag it

then start at the top and just drag it

then start at the top and just drag it around

and we get to the ends so just hold them

and we get to the ends so just hold them out of the way like the top of the

out of the way like the top of the

out of the way like the top of the carrots potatoes turn brown quite

carrots potatoes turn brown quite

carrots potatoes turn brown quite quickly they do a thing called oxidizing

quickly they do a thing called oxidizing

quickly they do a thing called oxidizing you just pop them in the water it stops

you just pop them in the water it stops

you just pop them in the water it stops it from happening gorgeous that’s it

it from happening gorgeous that’s it

it from happening gorgeous that’s it peeled carrots and fields buds

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