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Roast potatoes "à la provençale"

These roast potatoes with echoes of Provence are cooked in 2 stages: boiled first, then finished in the oven until golden and crisp.

They can be served on their own, to accompany meat, or simply with a good green salad.

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Last modified on: September 12^th 2021

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 500 g potatoes
2 ½ tablespoon coarse salt
3 1 bayleaf
4 1 sprig rosemary
5 3 tablespoons olive oil
6 1 tablespoon herbes de Provence
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 569 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Peel and rinse 500 g potatoes.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut the potatoes in to chunks of fairly even size (about the size of your thumb).

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Cut chunks to make lots of faces (rather than slices) as these crisp up better.

Rinse the chunks again.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Put the potato chunks into a large pan. Add ½ tablespoon coarse salt, 1 bayleaf and 1 sprig rosemary, then enough to water to cover.

Stage 5 - 40 min.

Bring to the boil, then simmer for about 30 minutes.

Stage 6

The potatoes should be soft, to the point of breaking up in the pan.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C)

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Drain the potatoes.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Spread the potatoes out in a single layer on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Taste a piece and if it still lacks salt, sprinkle with more salt, then pepper.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Brush all the potatoes with olive oil.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Scatter herbes de Provence over.

Stage 11 - 30 min.

Roast for about 30 minutes, keeping an eye on the colour towards the end.

Stage 12

Eat piping hot to make the most of them while they are still lovely and crisp.

Remarks

For even more of the Provencal spirit, use herb olive oil instead of plain, and add 1 or 2 cloves of garlic

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You can cook any variety of potatoes like this, but for the best results, use a floury type, such as Bintje.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
830 Kcal or 3,475 Kj	10 gr	95 gr	46 gr
31 %	3 %	7 %	5 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
146 Kcal or 611 Kj	2 gr	17 gr	8 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
415 Kcal or 1,738 Kj	5 gr	48 gr	23 gr
15 %	1 %	3 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 2.42 $
Per person : 1.21 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sorrel soup, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Green bean purée, Pan-fried potatoes, Big knife-cut chips (French fries) , ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Frichti from Bruxelles, ... All
	Herbes de Provence: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Quick flaky pizza, Fine multi-tomato tart, Provençal braised carrots, Tomato foccacia, ... All
	Bayleaf: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Duo of slow-cooked pork, Pâté de campagne, How to cook potato grenaille , Provençal braised carrots, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", ... All

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