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Hasselback potatoes

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

hasselback potatoes: a dish of potatoes sliced very thin, but with the bottoms left intact, and then baked and...
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Noun

Hasselback potatoes pl (plural only)

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

Origin of Hasselback potatoes

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

Questions about Hasselback potatoes

What does Hasselback potatoes mean?
Hasselback potatoes means a dish of potatoes sliced very thin, but with the bottoms left intact, and then baked and optionally scalloped with cheese.
What part of speech is Hasselback potatoes?
Hasselback potatoes is a noun.

Words near Hasselback potatoes in the dictionary

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  10. Hasselbrink
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