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Best ever roast potatoes

Name: Best ever roast potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 8 Maris Piper potatoes peeled and cut into chunks; vegetable oil for the roasting tin

Tom Kerridge

Published: February 9, 2023 at 9:31 AM

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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On the hunt for the best ever roast potatoes? Try this recipe using a clever coating of a potato-style batter made with slightly overcooked potatoes

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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8 Maris Piper potatoes

peeled and cut into chunks
vegetable oil

for the roasting tin

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal291
fat10g
saturates1g
carbs44g
sugars2g
fibre5g
protein4g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

The day before, tip the potatoes into a large pan of salted water and simmer for 10 mins or until just tender. Drain the potatoes in a colander, reserving a little of the cooking water, and leave to cool.
step 2

Now here’s the trick: choose the two chunks that are the most cooked and ready for mashing and push these through a potato ricer, then add a little of the cooking water to make a thick potato batter. Roll the cooled potatoes through the batter, then put on a tray lined with baking parchment and chill overnight.
step 3

The next day, heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Take a large roasting tin and add a good splash of vegetable oil. Place in the oven and heat for a few minutes, then carefully add the potatoes to the hot fat and turn to coat. Lightly season with salt and roast, without turning, for 40 mins.
step 4

Carefully turn over the potatoes and increase the heat to 220C/200C fan/gas 8. Continue to roast for a further 20 mins, turning again once, until beautifully crisp and golden all over.

What’s the best oil for roasting potatoes?

You can choose from a variety of oils to make perfectly crispy roast potatoes, including olive, coconut, rapeseed and sunflower oils. Butter and goose fat are also popular choices for cooking roasties.

The best cooking oil depends to an extent on your desired outcome. When our cookery team tested various fats, they found that coconut oil results in the best crunch, since it helps the roasties brown quicker.

But overall, they felt that cooking with goose fat produces the best flavour; it also doesn’t get absorbed as quickly, so you only need to use a little.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2018

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