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The Best Roasted Potatoes

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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Potato Skins (Peels): 20 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Calories: 499kcal
Servings: 4 People

Ingredients

Potatoes

  • 1.2kg (2.6lbs) - Sebago, Maris Piper or Russet Potatoes, Peeled & Quartered
  • 120g (4.2oz) - Duck Fat (Substitute for Goose Fat, Canola or Sunflower Oil)

Rosemary Salt

  • 10g (0.3oz) - Rosemary (This Weight Includes The Stems)
  • 1 ½ Tbsp (17g) - Sea Salt Flakes

Potato Skins (Peels)

  • Potato Peels
  • 1 Tbsp (20ml) - Olive Oil
  • Seasoning To Taste (Use Rosemary Salt Above)

Method

Roasted Potatoes

  • Preheat oven to 190°c - 375°f.
    Roasted Potatoes Recipe 1
  • Peel & quarter the potatoes into even-sized pieces. Place the potatoes into a pot of cold water & cover them by 1 inch. Place over high heat, bring to a boil and cook for 9 minutes from when it starts to boil, remove & drain. Place a lid over the colander & gently shake & rough up the potatoes.
    Roasted Potatoes Recipe 2
  • Whilst the potatoes are boiling, add the duck fat to a large tall sided baking pan, place in the preheated oven for 20 minutes to heat up (be careful it will be hot), remove.
    Roasted Potatoes Recipe 3
  • Carefully place the roughed up potatoes into the hot duck fat & spread around making sure the potatoes are sitting on top of each other. Roast in the oven for 1 hour, mixing around & rotating the baking pan every 15 minutes. Remove.
    Roasted Potatoes Recipe 4
  • Season the roasted potatoes well with rosemary salt (below). Serve in bowls.
    Roasted Potatoes Serve

Rosemary Salt

  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Add the rosemary & salt to the baking tray & place it into the oven for 6 minutes to dry out the rosemary, remove. Pick the leaves off of the stem and discard the stems. Add the rosemary leaves & sea salt flakes to a spice grinder or mortar & pestle, grind or bash to a fine powder & set aside.
    Rosemary Salt 1

Potato Skins (Peels)

  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Place the potato peels into a mixing bowl, add the olive oil and seasoning to taste, mix well to combine. Tip the potato peels onto the prepared baking tray & bake for 20 minutes, mixing & rotating halfway through, remove & serve.
    Potato Skins 1
Calories 499kcalCarbohydrates 53gProtein 6gFat 30gSaturated Fat 10gPolyunsaturated Fat 4gMonounsaturated Fat 15gCholesterol 30mgSodium 19mgPotassium 1280mgFiber 7gSugar 2gVitamin A 79IUVitamin C 60mgCalcium 44mgIron 3mg