Faux French Fries With Ketchup Food

FAUX "FRIES" WITH RASPBERRY "KETCHUP"

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Trim off a thin layer of the cake's brown exterior crust. Cut pound cake lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices. Turn slices on their side and cut into 1/4-inch strips. Trim to 4 to 5 inches in length (if this sounds confusing, just remember, you are creating French fry-shaped strips).
• Arrange strips on cookie sheet and bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until browned on top and bottom. Turn strips and bake for approximately 4 more minutes, or until remaining 2 sides are browned. Let cool, then arrange in fry container.
• Place raspberries in a blender or food processor, and puree (add a few tablespoons of water, or lemon juice, if necessary, to facilitate blending). Add sugar, 1 teaspoon at a time, to taste, until tartness is gone.
• Place raspberry puree in a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Use a rubber spatula to force the puree through the strainer. Discard the seeds and transfer the puree to the squeeze bottle. Serve alongside "fries".

JANETTE'S OVEN-BAKED FRENCH FRIES WITH HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• To make the fries: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Peel the potatoes and cut into desired French-fry size. Place in a plastic bag along with the oil and shake until potatoes are evenly coated. Coat a baking sheet with nonstick spray. Put the potatoes on the baking sheet in a single layer and sprinkle with cayenne and black pepper.
• Bake, turning potatoes once, until golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, to make the ketchup: Stir all ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside. If you like it chunky serve as is. If you don't want the ketchup chunky, put ingredients into a food processor to puree.
• When the fries are done, sprinkle with salt and serve immediately with the ketchup.

FAUX FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Use kitchen scissors to bread dough into into 1/4-inch-wide sticks, use a crinkle cutter if you have one.
• Roll all the sticks in sugar, then bake them on a cookie sheet until golden brown (6-8 minutes).
• Leave them on the tray until they're cool.
• For an authentic look, place fries in a fast-food fry sleeve (the cutoff end of a sealed envelope) and serving them with a side of "ketchup" (jam whisked with a fork to a smooth consistency).

FAUX FRENCH FRIES WITH KETCHUP

Steps:

• Peel one apple per serving of 'fries'.
• Slice the apple into thin strips like french fries.
• Fold one cupcake liner in half into a half moon shape.
• Stick fries down in the liner and arrange in a sticking up fashion.
• Squirt red icing over them to look like ketchup.