The Ultimate Fries

• 4 large floury potatoes
• Vegetable or sunflower oil for deep frying
• Coarse sea salt

To Make:

1. Peel the potatoes, rinse under cold water, then dry in a clean cloth. Cut into strips about 1cm wide and 5-7cm long.

2. Half fill deep fryer or deep heavy based fry pan with the oil and heat it to 150° C

3 Fry the potatoes in the oil in batches for 5-8 minutes until they are soft but still very pale on color. Lift out with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. The chips can be perpared to this stage several hours in advance, as long as the final frying is done just before serving.

4. Raise the temperature of the oil to 200° C and returnthe fries to the oil in batches.

5. Fry for 2-3 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon.

6. Drain the fries on kitchen paper, then serve sprinkled liberally with the coarse salt.