Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Hot Crash Potatoes

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/

Ingredients

  • 12 whole New Potatoes (or Other Small Round Potatoes)
  • 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  •  Kosher Salt To Taste
  •  Black Pepper To Taste
  •  Rosemary (or Other Herbs Of Choice) To Taste

Preparation Instructions

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add in as many potatoes as you wish to make and cook them until they are fork-tender.
On a sheet pan, generously drizzle olive oil. Place tender potatoes on the cookie sheet leaving plenty of room between each potato.
With a potato masher, gently press down each potato until it slightly mashes, rotate the potato masher 90 degrees and mash again. Brush the tops of each crushed potato generously with more olive oil.
Sprinkle potatoes with kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper and fresh chopped rosemary (or chives or thyme or whatever herb you have available.)
Bake in a 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

Hot Mama Notes: This recipe was a lot of work for what you ended up with.  And at the end, I think I would rather have had plain roasted baby red potatoes (the type I used in this recipe) or even plain boiled baby red potatoes with butter and salt.  I felt like the end result was a bit oily-tasting and very greasy.  I don't think I would make them again.  My husband wasn't enthused about them and neither were my children.
Hot Mama Grade: C

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