Crispy roast potatoes

  • Portion size: Serves 8
  • Takes 25 minutes to make and about 1 hour 20 minutes in the oven
  • Difficulty: easy

Super crispy potatoes are the perfect side dish to soak up your home-made turkey gravy, and just two ingredients stand between you and them.

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Ingredients

  • 1.8kg large, floury potatoes, such as maris piper
  • 4 tbsp goose fat or olive oil
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Method

  1. Peel, halve or quarter the potatoes, depending on their size. Put into a large saucepan of cold, well-salted water, cover and bring to the boil. Cook for 7 minutes or until soft on the outside but still hard in the centre. Drain and return the potatoes to the pan. Shake the pan so the potatoes rough up a bit.
  2. Meanwhile, put the fat in the oven tray (that fits into the oven rungs) or a roasting tin – large enough to take the potatoes in a single layer. Bake for 5 minutes to heat up the fat.
  3. Carefully tip the potatoes into the hot fat, gently toss to evenly coat, then pour away the excess fat – this ensures the potatoes are dry and crisp, not greasy. Return to the oven and roast alongside the turkey at 190°C/fan170°C/gas 5 for 1 hour, turning halfway.
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  5. When you remove the turkey from the oven, increase the oven temperature to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Transfer the potatoes to the top shelf of the oven and cook for a further 15 minutes or until crisp, golden and cooked through.

Nutrition

  • 216kcals Calories
  • 5.9g (0.8g saturated) Fat
  • 5g Protein
  • 38.3g (1.9g sugar) Carbs
  • trace salt Salt

Make Ahead

To freeze potatoes, parboil for 3 minutes, then drain. When cold, sprinkle with rosemary or thyme, if you like, open freeze in a single layer in a tray, then pop into freezer bags for up to 1 month. Cook the potatoes from step 3 of the recipe.

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