Hasselback potatoes

noun

A dish of potatoes sliced very thin, but with the bottoms left intact, and then baked and optionally scalloped with cheese.

Meanings

nounHasselback potatoes pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA dish of potatoes sliced very thin, but with the bottoms left intact, and then baked and optionally scalloped with cheese.

Origin

Referring to the Hasselbacken Restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, where the dish originated.

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