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Lana Mihajlović ha publicado una actualización
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Rustic Crescendo
Crispy Hasselback potatoes, spicy sausages, and tender garlic#PatataChallenge
Profile: Amateur
Ingredients: Yukon Gold medium-sized potatoes; Homemade smoked grill sausages; Garlic; Olive oil; Salt and Black pepper; Cream; Fresh parsley; Spring onion
Techniques used:
Hasselback slicing: Thin, accordion-style slicing of the potatoes using chopsticks for guidance, allowing for even roasting, a crispy exterior, and a soft interior.Pan-searing: High-heat searing of sausages in a skillet to develop a golden-brown crust while preserving juiciness inside.
Garlic-oil emulsion brushing: A fragrant emulsion of olive oil and mashed garlic was brushed over the potatoes multiple times during baking, allowing the flavor to penetrate deep between the slices and build layered richness.
Slow sautéing of garlic cloves: Whole cloves were gently roasted until lightly caramelized, creating a sweet, full flavor without bitterness.
Brief description of the concept behind the dish:
This plate is my culinary letter of farewell to the #PatataChallenge. Simple at its core, but rich in spirit. Each element reflects what inspires me most: the warmth of homemade food, the harmony between bold and gentle flavors, and the quiet power of detail.The Hasselback potatoes, carefully sliced and patiently brushed with a garlic-infused olive oil emulsion, slowly open during roasting, just as each phase of this challenge opened new layers of creativity for me. Their golden crust conceals a soft, warm heart, while the garlic nestled between the slices caramelizes and seeps deep into the potato. The Hasselback potatoes are not just a side dish, it’s the story itself, the leading voice, the thread that weaves together rustic, honest warmth.
Alongside stand spicy pan-seared sausages, offering contrast and strength, and the gently roasted garlic cloves, quiet companions that reinforce the dish’s main message: that the simplest things are often the most complex, and that every ending is just a beginning in another form.
As a final gesture, the whole plate was refreshed with a dollop of sour cream, finely chopped fresh parsley and spring onion, adding freshness and lightness, like a deep breath at the end of a beautiful sentence.
This dish is a symbol of closing a chapter. No grand gestures, no fireworks. Just the quiet harmony of ingredients saying: It was a joy to cook together again.
Betzabé Medina Alcántara, Maloles Muñoz y3 más14 Comentarios-
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What a beautiful way to wrap up the challenge!
Your post is full of emotion and shows the love you put into your cooking, and the photos go perfectly with it—everything looks delicious, nicely golden, and with that rustic touch you mentioned.
Thank you for joining this amazing challenge—every dish and presentation of yours has been a delight, and we truly appreciate you sharing your tips and recipes with the community.❤️
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@undefined Thank you so much! 🥰 It’s truly been a pleasure participating in this challenge and creating dishes that not only nourish but also connect. I’m so glad you enjoyed my recipes, and that the photos captured the warmth I aim to convey with each plate. Thank you for recognizing the love behind every step of my cooking 💞
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@lanamihajlovic Lana, it’s so lovely to read that, and yes ,you definitely convey warmth and so much love for your creations in every post. Thank you for joining this challenge, and I hope to see more of your work in the ones to come. I’m sure you’ll do amazing.❤️
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Qué maravilla, amiga. Me encanta el conjunto. Esas patatas, que se ven crujientes, pero tiernas, tan bien aderezadas, con la salchicha, los ajos, la nata agria… buff. Acabo de cenar, pero me ha despertado el hambre de nuevo 🤣🤣🤣
Y tienes razón, hacer de lo sencillo algo tan apetecible y especial es lo más difícil. Es la cocina más especial 💖
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@beatriztorijagmail-com Thank you sis, I just don’t know what to do with those 2834 potato dishes I had planned. 🤣🤣🤣 I can’t wait for a new challenge tomorrow so I can stop thinking about potatoes. 🙃
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@lanamihajlovic 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@Beatriz Torija Huston we have a problem…there is currently no new challenge. Potatoes are still on my mind. I have to go to rehab. 😂
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@Beatriz Torija hahahahahahahaha sis I am dying… This gif is the same me only on days when I don’t get to shave my mustache 😂😂😂
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A mi me parece un cierre precioso para este reto en el que hemos compartido tanto. Maravilloso como siempre👏👏
Y otro que me anoto para hacer algún dia😉😍
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@Maloles Muñoz Thank you dear. It was truly a pleasure cooking together with all of you. I enjoyed the process, but also learning from everyone who participated. Your techniques and creativity are an incredible inspiration ❤️ Cheers for us 🍷
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@lanamihajlovic Igualmente Lana. Tienes razón, siempre es un placer y tambien un aprendizaje el cocinar con la comunidad. Aprendemos mucho también unos de otros❤
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This dish could’ve been lifted straight from the pages of The Lord of the Rings🧙♂️ by J.R.R. Tolkien—served in the cozy kitchen of Bag End, where rustic flavors and honest ingredients are cherished more than gold. “Rustic Crescendo” would be the kind of comforting, soul-warming meal Samwise Gamgee might whip up after a long day, proud of his potatoes “boiled, mashed, or stuck in a stew.”😋 Except here, they’re Hasselbacked—crispy, golden, lovingly brushed with garlic oil. The sausages, sizzling and smoky, could have come from Farmer Maggot’s finest stock, and the roasted garlic? A little Elven touch, perhaps.
It’s a dish with heart, meant to be shared—just like any good story around a Shire supper table.
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@Sol Damiani What a wonderful journey you took me on… You’ve just placed Rustic Crescendo right where it belongs: in the heart of the Shire, surrounded by laughter, stories, and second helpings.
Your words painted such a vivid image that I could almost hear the crackle of the hearth at Bag End and smell the earthy blend of roasted garlic and crisped potato skins wafting through the round window.
Rustic Crescendo truly does feel like something Samwise would prepare with great pride, perhaps humming to himself as he bastes the Hasselbacks with garlic oil gifted by the Elves of Lothlórien.
I imagine Merry and Pippin barging in uninvited, following the scent, debating whether this dish deserves a mug of Gaffer’s ale or something stronger from the Green Dragon Inn. Frodo, of course, would be quietly moved by the simplicity of the meal. And somewhere, tucked in the corner of the table, would be a tiny Elven note: “A touch of starlight for your hearth.” That roasted garlic? Definitely their doing.
Thank you for weaving this cozy little tale around my dish and bringing Middle-earth to my kitchen.
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