Clay pots filled with very salty water

Potatoes boiled in very salty water

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Discover this simple recipe for steamed baked apples, flavored with butter and salt.

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Prepare delicious baked apples by steaming them with salt and butter.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$1.37 $0.34 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.02
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 2 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Rub the potatoes with a rough cloth. ≈ 3 min
  2. Bring the water to a boil and add the salt.
  3. Boil the Jerusalem artichokes in this very salty water until they are tender.
  4. Drain them and serve them with a generous drizzle of melted butter: the flesh is creamy, and the skin is covered in a thin, salty crust. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Potatoes boiled in very salty water

  • Small, round potatoes, about the size of a bite$1.02
  • melted butter$0.35

Total$1.37

that's $0.34 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • Small, round potatoes, about the size of a bite
  • Salt: about 1 cup for 6 cups of water (or 500g for 2kg of apples)
  • water
  • melted butter

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