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The best roast potatoes
Make sure you use a floury potato eg King Edward or Maris Piper
Ingredients
- 1kg floury potatoes, peeled and cut into large pieces
- sunflower oil or goose fat, as you prefer (with sunflower oil you will really taste the potato, goose fat is good but has its own flavour)
- sea salt
Method
Prep time:
10 min
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Cooking time:
45 min
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 200°C/Gas 6.
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Step 2
Put the potatoes in a large pan of salted water. Bring to the boil and cook until tender (test by inserting a sharp knife, about 12-15 minutes from when the water starts to boil).
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Step 3
Drain and let them steam dry in your colander or on a wire cake rack. Shake them a little so the edges start to fluff up.
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Step 4
Heat a little oil or goose fat in a roasting tin in the oven. When the oil is hot, add the dry potatoes and stir gently in the oil to coat.
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Step 5
Season with salt and roast until crisp and brown.