Need an Americans help - shredded potatoes........

[Gwenick]

I subscribe to an American menumailer which is fabulous (been using it for about 6 months now) and most of the American items I've managed to find reasonable substitutes for - however I'm stumped on this one

I need a package of frozen shredded potatoe??? closest thing in the UK please?????

Could you just grate your own? or maybe costco do them frozen (quite a good source of American food stuffs! also selfridges at Birmingham if your after pancake mix, goldfish crackers etc) duno if this helps?

Do they really sell frozen shredded potato in the US? Have they not heard of graters?

What's the recipe Gwenick (nosy emoticon) ?

the recipe's for a Beef and Potatoe pie (seems I've got to use it 'from frozen' in the recipe rather than fresh [frown] ). I would post it here but I'll have my subscription cancelled if I'm found out!!

Hmmm, shredded potato (assuming they just mean grated) will have an awful lot of water in it I would have thought, so maybe you need the extra moisture of using it from frozen.

You've got me all intrigued now.

this is what it is..........anything I could use instead??

mashed potato? rosti? i've never seen anything like that here.

That explains the moisture problem then - they bake it all out first.

Never seen anything like that here Gwenick. I would be tempted to try using grated potato (you could maybe spread it on a baking tray and shove it in the oven for awhile first?) or get frozen rostis and break them up.

Thanks guys - might try the Rostis' thing

no doubt an American will come on here once I've submitted my shopping to Tesco and tell me something I can use instead

Is is as a topping to a pie? Or instead of pastry? If it is a topping I would used grated potatoes as is. If it is as a pastry I would grate potatoes, sqeeze out all water, add an egg and a tbsp or two of plain flour. Season well. Then squish this mixture around a dish as pastry (it is a latke recipe without the grated onoins!!) It shouldn't need precooking

it's for part of the filling

OK I know you can get frozen mashed potato at Adsa and Iceland. However I would probably subsitute with raw potato grated, water squeezed out.

OK looking around it sound like it is a bit like hash browns, you could try this too. Or try fying your own grated potato. However that defeats the object of simplicity

also creates washing up

I'm American, living in America, and I've never seen those potatoes. Live and learn, I suppose. I must admit I don't spend a lot of time looking at the potato section of frozen stuff, since if I do I might be tempted to buy Tater Tots, which I loved as a kid but which are evil. You could always grate potato and bake it for 50 minutes.

I've seen shredded potatoes in America but never been tempted to buy them. You use them if you want to make rosti or hashbrowns. You should be able to adapt your recipe using fresh grated potatoes, suitably paper-towelled to mop up excess moisture.

It's amazing the convenience foods you can get in America - and people buy them too!

Hi there what's the name of the menumailer you use please
thanks x

www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Waitrose-Rosti-Swiss-Style-Potato-Fry/12942011

Rosti mix

In the U.S. it is frozen hash brown potatoes by the brand name of

Ore-ida. They use it a lot in a casserole.

Grate the potatoe into a bowl and add some salt. Mix and leave for the water to come out. Transfer the grated potatoes into a either a clean tea-towel or muslin cloth and ring out the excess water. At this point shake over a little garlic powder to flavour and mix. This is the hash-brown mix used for either HB’s or else for the topping to braised beef.