Receta Roasted potatoes (patate arroste)
Roasted potatoes can be very delicious if cooked perfectly, but sometimes it’s really a mess with soggy potatoes.
This is due to the high amount of starch contained in them, so you have to remove most of it.
Roasted Potatoes (patate arroste pronunciation: puh-tuh-teh urrost-a)
Difficulty: easy
Preparation: 15 min./1 hour Cooking Time: 65 minutesYield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 kg / 2 lbs potatoes
- 3 garlic cloves cut in half
- 4 sprigs of rosemary
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas mark 6.
Rinse well and peel potatoes.
Cut them in about 1 inch/2.5 cm pieces.
1° method (the best)
Put water into a pot, then bring it to a boil.
Add 2 pinch of salt and 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar.
Put potatoes in there just for 3-5 minutes then drain thoroughly in a colander. Let them cool.
OR
2° method
Put potatoes in a bowl, cover with cold water and 2 tbsp of white wine for at least an hour.
How to cook
Grease a pan with extra virgin olive oil, add the potatoes, sprinkle with rosemary and garlic cloves.
Sprinkle again with some extra virgin olive oil, mix and DO NOT add salt at this point.
Put the pan in the oven and cook for at least an hour. Halfway in the cooking process give a stir.
10 minutes before cooking point, adjust with salt and/or pepper to taste.
You can cook potatoes on the stove, just halve the cooking time.
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