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Truly Crunchy Roast Potatoes

15 mins Cook
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To me, the precise roast potato has a thick, golden, superb crunchy crust, it is fluffy and wet at the inside and perfectly seasoned. How commonly have you ever long past to the effort of creating a astonishing roast dinner, handiest to be allow down via much less than ideal roast potatoes?

Roast Potatoes

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here’s why this recipe makes definitely Crunchy Roast Potatoes:

1) par boiling the potatoes and roughing up the potatoes creates greater “suction” for the floor to take in fats which is how you’re making potatoes crunchy and creates the extra thick crust;

2) the potatoes are gently covered with semolina which creates greater crunch;

3) the potatoes are poured right into a pan preheated with hot oil; and

4) the oil used is a high smoke point oil (peanut, safflower, rice bran, sunflower oil)- the warmer the oil while the potatoes move in, the better the crust.

especially else, the 3rd and 4th factors are the key. It makes all of the difference and doesn’t take any greater time because the oil is heated within the pan while the oven is preheating. if you don’t have time to par boil, then reduce the potatoes up smaller and dust with semolina (however it doesn’t stay on properly as while you do this after par boiling), use the preheated hot oil method and you’ll word the potatoes are plenty crunchier.
This recipe for roast potatoes got here after I watched Nigella on a Christmas special a number of years in the past making her best roast potatoes. It changed the way I made potatoes for all time, and i’ve by no means looked again.

Nigella’s recipe is as an alternative indulgent. it’s miles made the use of goose fat – numerous it, around 2 cups (640g/1 1/4lb). I keep in mind studying inside the news that the primary yr her Christmas unique aired, goose fat offered out everywhere in the uk!!

We didn’t have that trouble right here in Australia due to the fact goose fat is pricey – it’s round $15 to $20 according to can and also you need of them. So basically, making Nigella’s roast potatoes would value close to $40! Duck fats is the closest alternative, but it is pricey as well, round $12 to $15 consistent with can.

i’ve made this with each goose fats and duck fats, and it is sensational. I used fats rendered from roasting goose and duck, no longer keep sold fats – I don’t suppose I should ever justify one of these price, no longer even for potatoes!

there may be a wonderful flavour the use of goose or duck fat that can’t get replaced with any bottled oil. but you could nonetheless acquire the same degree of crunchiness, the usage of the identical method as Nigella does but with unique sorts of cooking oils in preference to goose fats. And the usage of plenty less oil too.

I name this best Roast Potatoes for regular people. Nigella’s ideal Roast Potatoes is for rich people who can come up with the money for $forty roast potatoes! (Or in case you live within the united kingdom, wherein goose fat is an awful lot cheaper!).

I’ve provided directions for Nigella’s recipe inside the notes. just in case you are one in every of “the ones” humans!
I made these roast potatoes to go with a slow Roasted Rosemary Garlic Lamb Shoulder. you can’t bake them on the same time because of the unique oven temperatures required, but lamb shoulder may be set apart to relaxation for as much as a couple of hours earlier than having to reheat it. So the timing works very well!

Oh, the opposite aspect worth noting is that the potatoes may be crunchy whilst they may be a golden coloration with only some bits of dark brown parts. fashionable roast potato recipes are typically darker brown.

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Truly Crunchy Roast Potatoes

Truly Crunchy Roast Potatoes

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To me, the precise roast potato has a thick, golden, superb crunchy crust, it is fluffy and wet at the inside and perfectly seasoned. How commonly have you ever long past to the effort of creating a astonishing roast dinner, handiest to be allow down via much less than ideal roast potatoes?
prep time
10 mins
cooking time
15 mins
servings
2
total time
25 mins

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup / 165 ml oil - it must be one of the following: Safflower Oil ,

  • Rice Bran Oil, Peanut Oil, Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil. I used peanut oil. (Note 1)

  • 3 lb / 1.5 kg potatoes (Note 2)

  • 2 tbsp semolina (best substitute is polenta)

  • 2 tsp salt (increase to 3 tsp if you have a salty palette) (Note 3)

Instructions

1
Pour the oil in a metal or cast iron baking dish and location in the oven. Crank up your oven to as excessive because it will pass (mine is 250C/480F fan forced).
2
Boil a massive pot of water. Peel and cut the potatoes into large pieces, about 6cm/2.2" wide. (be aware four)
3
Boil the potatoes for 10 mins. Drain then return to the pot.
4
Scatter over the semolina and salt. Clamp the lid on and supply the pot five desirable shakes to hard up the potatoes. go away the lid on and set aside.
5
The oil should be warm sufficient by the point the oven comes to temperature. take a look at it by using tossing in a pinch of potato - it ought to sizzle at once.
6
Pour the potatoes in (be careful of oil splashing). running fast, use an egg flip to toss the potatoes in the oil, spread them out as exceptional you can then put the pan to the oven.
7
Flip the oven right down to 220C/425F. Roast for round 50 minutes, probable up to one hr 15 minutes (note 5), turning once during baking. they're equipped whilst they may be a golden brown with a few browned edges and they're crunchy. (be aware 6)
8
Serve without delay! they'll live crunchy for around 30 minutes, but the quicker you get them on the table, the better! in addition they crisp up quite properly whilst reheated - reheat @220C/425F for round 15 minutes (from room temp, upload five min from refrigerator).

Notes

one of the motives that Nigella's recipe works is because the smoke factor of duck and goose fat is so high. Coating the potatoes inside the warm oil after they go into the oven enables immensely in growing a crunchy crust. The hotter the oil, the higher the crust. The oils i've listed have excessive smoke points i.e. they may be heated to a excessive temperature in the oven without smoking. ideal roast potatoes start with the right potato. It has to be a potato with a high starch content so it will bake with a fluffy interior and could absorb the oil to shape a crusty outside. Australia - the commonplace dirt brushed potatoes (Sebago) paintings notable with this, it's a fantastic all rounder. in any other case, any of those are exquisite all rounder potatoes for this: Desiree, Golden pleasure, Kennebec, King Edwards, Pontiac, pink Rascal, Royal Blue, Spunta. US - russet is ideal. Yukon Gold isn't always appropriate. uk - Maris Piper is a great all rounder that is suitable and without problems to be had in all the supermarkets. King Edwards and Desiree are also incredible. this could look like alot of salt but you lose a number of it within the roughing up. four. length topics. If the potato is simply too small, they'll overcook before the out of doors turns into crunchy. The roasting time relies upon on the energy of your oven, oil, how plenty you preheated the oil, and how heavy based the roasting pan is. these potatoes do now not roast to a darkish golden brown that you'll be used to with normal roast potatoes. they may be crunchy while they're a golden brown shade with only a few browned edges. Nigella's recipe has the equal steps except she uses goose fat instead of normal oil. Her recipe requires 1lb 5oz / 640g of goose fat which is 2 cans. additionally she uses 5lb/2.5kg of potatoes which does not match into any of my pans so I reduced the quantity of potatoes.
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