Secret Recipe Club time! This month I was assigned Confessions of a Cooking Diva by Julie. I had a great time looking through Julie's blog this month and I especially liked all her menu planning posts and the way she bases her meals around different themes. We plan and shop fortnightly (which I know doesn't work for everyone) but tend to base our meals around the kids' activities and having enough leftovers for hubby's lunch. I really should do a menu-planning post of my own one of these days!
Anyway there were lots of yummy recipes to chose from and I have her Slowcooker Chicken Drumsticks, Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal and these Baked Eggs all bookmarked to try soon but in the end I couldn't go past these Garlic Smashed Potatoes. I mean, Julie is from Idaho after all!
We have a roast dinner probably every second Sunday and I am always on the lookout for different and interesting sides. We've had potatoes lots of ways but never smashed despite seeing variations of them all over the place.
These are such a simple yet delicious way to cook potatoes. Crispy and crunchy on the outside, fluffy in the middle and seasoned beautifully with garlic. We had them with roast chicken, roast beetroot and green beans tossed in lemon and olive oil. It was a seriously good dinner. Unfortunately the day I chose to make all this was ridiculously hot and we all sweltered with the oven on for a few hours (sorry to all of you in the Northern Hemisphere who are dealing with endless snow - here it is a seemingly endless summer!).
Garlic Smashed Potatoes
Recipe from Confessions of a Cooking Diva
1-2 potatoes per person
2 tbs olive oil
2-3 ts minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste
Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water until just tender, approximately 10-15 minutes. Remove from the water and cool for 15 minutes. While they are cooling, preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F degrees. Grease a baking dish and set aside.
Place the potatoes in the baking dish and using a fork or potato masher gently squash each potato. Mix together the oil and garlic, drizzle this mixture over the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for around 20 minutes or until crisp and golden brown.
Serve warm or hot.
Thanks for a great recipe Julie! This has become our new favourite way to have potatoes :)
YES please, spuds and garlic! Oh yes! GREAT SRC pick this month - Karen
ReplyDeleteThose look DELICIOUS!! Beautiful photos too - I haven't had potatoes served this way in too long - I need to remedy that soon. :)
ReplyDeleteA perfect recipe, easy peasy, delicious and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSmashed potatoes are such a great idea, I love the way you can make almost individual portions out of them - well, maybe one of them is not enough, but almost... :-)
ReplyDeletegreat pick for this month, hope you are having a fantastic Reveal Day!
Such a great side dish! Love this. Great pick this month!
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome! So simple, but I best smashing them makes them AMAZING!! :) Great pick!
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to make smashed potatoes, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Yours look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a simple, yet flavorful side dish! Awesome pick this month :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic choice! I have made these with parmesan as well. Yum! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteHappy Reveal Day~ Yum! Who doesn't like potatoes! Lynn
ReplyDeleteThese potatoes look perfect - great choice. I often do a version of these with parmesan, which is also seriously good.
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I always struggle to think of different ways to cook potatoes so will definitely try this method. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh I just love garlic smashed potatoes!!!!! What a wonderful pick this month - I think I need to make them this week :-)
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I so rarely make potatoes as a side and yet I have been wanting to try making smashed potatoes for awhile now. I am obsessed with garlic so these sound like the ones for me.
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