savoury

Ultimate Roast Potatoes

• source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/ultimate-roast-potatoes
• time: 70
• servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 kg Maris Piper potatoes
• 100 g duck or goose fat
• 2 tsp flour
• Maldon salt

Cookware

• roasting tin
• oven
• large pan
• colander

Method

1. Put a roasting tin in the oven (big enough for the potatoes in a single layer) and heat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.
2. Peel Maris Piper potatoes and cut each into 4 even-sized pieces if medium, 2-3 if smaller (5 cm pieces).
3. Drop the potatoes into a large pan and pour in enough water to barely cover them. Add salt, then bring to a full rolling boil. Lower the heat and simmer uncovered, reasonably vigorously, for 2 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, put duck or goose fat (or 100 ml olive oil) into the hot roasting tin and heat in the oven for a few minutes so it's really hot.
5. Drain the potatoes in a colander then shake back and forth a few times to fluff up the outsides.
6. Sprinkle with flour and give another shake or two so they are evenly and thinly coated.
7. Carefully put the potatoes into the hot fat — they will sizzle as they go in — then turn and roll so they are coated all over. Spread in a single layer with plenty of room.
8. Roast for 15 minutes, then turn them over. Roast for another 15 minutes and turn again. Put back in the oven for another 10 minutes to 20 minutes, or however long it takes to get them really golden and crisp.
9. Scatter with Maldon salt and serve straight away.