Smashed potatoes

Name: Smashed potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Potatoes medium-large 8; Butter 4 tbsp; Lemon juice 1; Chives 8 leaves; Rosemary 1 sprig; Oregano dried 1 tsp; Thyme dried 1 tsp; Fine salt level 1 tsp; Black pepper to taste

Gluten Free
Vegetarian

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Serving: 4 persone
Cost: Low

PRESENTATION

Recipe by
Ivana Ester Marra

Looking for an alternative to classic roast potatoes? Here is a simple and original idea just for you: smashed potatoes! Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, they are cooked whole with the peel and seasoned with butter, lemon and aromatic herbs. Their name gives a clues as to their rustic and irregular shape: after being boiled whole, the potatoes are smashed one by one to an equal thickness. They are then oven baked and deliciously seasoned! Ideal as a side dish for grilled meat and fish second courses, smashed potatoes are so delicious that you won't resist simply eating them with your hands!

INGREDIENTS: Potatoes 8 - medium-large; Butter 4 tbsp (50 g); Lemon juice 1; Chives 8 leaves; Rosemary 1 sprig; Oregano 1 tsp - dried; Thyme 1 tsp - dried; Fine salt 1 tsp - level; Black pepper to taste

Preparation

How to prepare Smashed potatoes

To make smashed potatoes, start by choosing potatoes that are roughly the same size, rinse and place them in cold water, bring to the boil and cook for around 35-40 minutes 1. Melt the butter and leave it to cool in the meantime. Now prepare the emulsion: finely chop the rosemary 2 and chives, then place them in a bowl 3.

Add the oregano 4, thyme 5, salt 6 and pepper.

Add the melted butter 7 and the filtered lemon juice 8, then stir thoroughly 9.

Drain the potatoes once cooked 10 and place them on an oven tray lined with parchment paper, spacing them apart. Delicately smash them with the bottom of a glass 11 12.

Brush the aromatic emulsion over the potatoes 13 and bake in a ventilated oven preheated to 392° for around 35 minutes 14. When they are nice and golden, remove from the oven and serve your smashed potatoes 15!