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4 Potato Garnish Ideas for Holiday Table With Photos
Mushrooms from potato
Potato garnish is a great companion to so many dishes. We don’t need to make many potato mushrooms, just a few and it will be an impressive and very memorizable garnish for meat for kids or just for fun paltry dishes.
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1. Baked Potato Garnish Mushroom
Mushroom potatoes we don’t need to make many, just a few and it changes the appearance of the plate from casual to fancy. It will be an impressive and very memorizable garnish for meat or paltry dishes. The mushrooms are great baked potato garnish to place around chicken or for other dishes.
I cook my mushrooms with wedges same time, just keep the tops of mushrooms close to size the wedges. 
Or we can make from half of potato 2 mushrooms, just cut in half.
We need:
Potato
Knife
Fruit corer 1 inch
*Corer is a very useful tool if you like to garnish food! Check the link below.
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- Cut potato in half. Insert corer inside the potato, like shown on the photo.
2. Make a cut around in the middle.
3. Make the top of potato mushroom same size like wedges of potatoes, so it cooks same time like wedges.
Great garnish idea for baked potatoes!
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We can cut in half and instead 1 mushroom, we have two.
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2. Potato Cut Out Shapes Garnish
So easy and fun garnish idea from potato! To make potato cut out shapes the easiest way is to use cookie cutters. I used a fish-shaped cookie cutter to garnish my baked fish with vegetables. My fish dish was so boring and I decided to make some fun addition. I was lucky and had large potatoes for my cookie cutter. I like this shape cookie cutter but never use this one. Kind of big for cookies and skinny for toast. I can admit, I have a lot of cookie cutters. I like to use my cookie cutters to make different toast shapes.
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I microwaved a few minutes my fish from potatoes by it has done and lightly fried to give color. Added to the plate and my fun plate is ready to serve or in my case, take photos… When I have done taking my photos with my fun potato garnish, it was cold and I needed to reheat it again to enjoy my meal.
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How To Make Potato Cut Out Fish Shape
- Cut the bottom of the potato before start slicing. This way potato won’t roll on cutting board.
2. Slice potato desired thickness. My slices 1/4 inch thick. Place cookie cutter on the top of the slice and press.
3. I didn’t waist potato I have left. I make mashed potato from potato cuts.
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4. My fish from potato is ready.
Super easy and fun potato garnish technique!
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3. Potato Garnish Waffles
Waffles from potatoes slices can be used as baked potato garnish, fried potato garnish and as an element for other dishes decor.
Potato Anna
I have 3 gadgets to make waffles. Mandolins are great for a large number of potato waffles. For a few waffles, we can use wave knife. The technique we can use for carrots, cucumber and other vegetables with the same texture.
On the photo below, Borner wave waffle slicer (I have it over 16 years) and wave knife.
Tip
*If you want to make waffles and don’t have any of these gadgets, you can try to make from the large and strong lid from a can wavy knife. I make small myself and it works great to make wavy cuts for a salad.
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Guide How To Make Potato Waffles
- Make 2 slices on the bottom of potato and another slice on the side of the potato for stability on the cutting board. We need 2 slices.
2. Place the potato like on the photo on side B and make the first slice. Turn potato and place on side A. Make another slide as much as possible close to the edge. When you make a cut, you have a waffle.
Potato Waffles Garnish Idea
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4. Potato Spirals
To make these potato spirals garnish we need a vegetable curl cutter. On the market 2 vegetable curl cutters with one loop and two. It is so nice mashed potato garnish, baked potato garnish, and other dishes. I use this technique to make stuffed potatoes. I stuffed in the opening a meat and spirals arrange around the dish. Check the recipe ⇒ Russian Meat Stuffed Potato Recipe
Not every tool works properly, very important an angle of cutting loops. I have a few tools myself. The single loop I bought a long time ago and don’t remember where from it. For double spirals curler is very important curls coming nice and even if we going use it to garnish food with.
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