When you are married to a German man, and he wants to eat potatoes every evening, or almost every evening, you start being creative on fixing those potatoes. I either use recipes from families, and friends, or make up my own. The recipe that I am presenting to you today was inspired by one that I had seen on pinterest.
I cannot recall which recipe it was, nor who posted it, but I wanted to share with you my twist on it. As it is easy as 1, 2, 3 and it is really delicious!!!!
Ingredients for 4:
- a bag of small new potatoes
- olive oil
- sea salt
- 2 tbsp of chopped parsley
- 1 large clove of garlic or 2 small ones
- Place the potatoes in the sink and with a small bruch, clean them well.
- Steam the potatoes for 6 minutes or until they are somewhat cooked. I use my demarle cookware because it makes my life easy, but you can use any steamer to steam your potatoes.
- If using the demarle cookware, place the potatoes inside the large round mold and place the octagonal silpat on top of it. Place the round mold in the microwave and cook the potatoes for 6 minutes. They should be soft, but still firm.
- Now, it is time to smash your potatoes. Get a cookie sheet ready by placing a parchment paper, or if you are using a silpat, place the silpat on top of a perforated sheet. Take one potato and smash it with a palm of your hand. I use either a kitchen towel to protect my hand from the heat, or my octagonal silpat.
- Place the smash potato on the cookie sheet, or silpat and repeat until you have exhausted all potatoes.
- With a knife or chopper, chop the parsley and the garlic very thinly. I used my Demarle chopper and it does a great job!!!In the demarle chopper, place 1/4 cup of olive oil, the garlic, fresh parsley and chop it all until you have a paste.
- Either with the brush or with a spoon, top each potato with the mixture. Then sprinkle some sea salt and black pepper.
- Place the potatoes into the oven at 400 and cook them for 15 minutes.
Enjoy!!!
( I don’t usually eat potatoes, but it was very hard to resist those, they were so yummy!!! The garlic gets crunchy, a true “delice”)
Parsley and Roasted Garlic Smashed Potatoes
Ingredients for 6-8:
- a bag of small new potatoes
- olive oil
- sea salt
- 2 tbsp of chopped parsley
- 1 large clove of garlic or 2 small ones
- Place the potatoes in the sink and with a small bruch, clean them well.
- Steam the potatoes for 6 minutes or until they are somewhat cooked. I use my demarle cookware because it makes my life easy, but you can use any steamer to steam your potatoes.
If using the demarle cookware, place the potatoes inside the large round mold and place the octagonal silpat on top of it. Place the round mold in the microwave and cook the potatoes for 6 minutes. They should be soft, but still firm. - Now, it is time to smash your potatoes. Get a cookie sheet ready by placing a parchment paper, or if you are using a silpat, place the silpat on top of a perforated sheet.
- Take one potato and smash it with a palm of your hand. I use either a kitchen towel to protect my hand from the heat, or my octagonal silpat.
- Place the smash potato on the cookie sheet, or silpat and repeat until you have exhausted all potatoes.
- With a knife or chopper, chop the parsley and the garlic very thinly. I used my Demarle chopper and it does a great job!!!In the demarle chopper, place 1/4 cup of olive oil, the garlic, fresh parsley and chop it all until you have a paste.
- Either with the brush or with a spoon, top each potato with the mixture. Then sprinkle some sea salt and black pepper.
- Place the potatoes into the oven at 400 and cook them for 15 minutes.
Enjoy!!!
( I don’t usually eat potatoes, but it was very hard to resist those, they were so yummy!!! The garlic gets crunchy, a true “delice”)
Bon Appetit and Happy Cooking!!!
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