Oven French Fries

I don’t know about you, but one side dish Aaron and I could eat always and forever are french fries. From fast food to handmade, french fries are a delicious way to prepare potatoes. In case you haven’t noticed a trend on this blog, we’re potato obsessed. These oven french fries combined flavors we never would have paired together and resulted in my favorite recipe so far (I’m pretty sure Aaron’s too.) They would also go great with the Pittsburgh Ham Barbecue Sandwiches that we made last week!

It’s also another “guest” post. Marguerite noted below that she got this recipe from Madaline, who was a long time friend of her’s. Here’s what she had to say:

One thing we have found in cooking through Marguerite’s cookbook, is that both Aaron and I like paprika much more than either of us realized. It has been one of the main spices we’ve used in quite a number of dishes, and it is something we both really enjoy. Now salt is really what makes any french fries, good, am I right? But the addition of the paprika and the parmesan cheese really create a much more exciting set of flavors for these oven french fries. Also, butter. ‘Nough said.

The thing Aaron enjoyed about making these fries is that it didn’t require any special equipment, or having cooking grease to fry them in. And, to be honest, I think he really liked the idea of being able to make the fries any shape and size he wanted.

In the end, both that unique, “homemade” fry look, and the delicious flavors I mentioned before, made these oven french fries a huge success with both of us. We have already made them several times, and plan on making them any time we need to finish off a bag of potatoes! Not so good for our waistlines, but who cares?