Loaded with appetizing aromas these rosemary roast potatoes surprise and please every time. The cooking aromas are themselves enough to start one’s mouth a watering. So; without further ado, let’s get down to it.

Ingredients

• 1 Kilogram (2.2 pounds) of Potatoes (any new season or small variety will do)
• 4 Sprigs of Rosemary
• 2 Sprigs of Thyme
• 3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
• 1 Teaspoon of Freshly Ground Sea Salt (for boiling the potatoes)
• Freshly Ground Sea Salt (to taste)
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 400˚F/205˚C.
2. Wash the potatoes. If you are using old season potatoes then you will need to peel them as well as washing them.
3. Place potatoes into saucepan and add water so that the potatoes are just covered.
4. Add 1 teaspoon of freshly ground sea salt to the potatoes and then place potatoes over heat and boil until the potatoes are just beginning to soften.
5. Remove potatoes from heat and drain them.
6. Cut potatoes into halves (or quarters for the larger specimens). Any very small potatoes may be left whole.
7. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray
8. Transfer potatoes to baking sheet
9. Pull apart the rosemary and thyme sprigs by hand and sprinkle over the potatoes
10. Drizzle the olive oil over the potatoes and herbs
11. Sprinkle freshly ground sea salt and freshly ground black pepper over the potatoes
12. Place the baking sheet with the potatoes into the preheated oven and bake until the potatoes turn crispy on the outside yet remain tender on the inside (45 minutes to 1 hour depending upon your oven)

Serving

You can begin serving the rosemary roast potatoes immediately they are ready or keep warm until required. For example; you could serve the rosemary roast potatoes as a side dish accompanying a main course such as roast lamb

When entertaining; serving the rosemary roast potatoes as a finger food appetizer in combination with a variety of dunking sauces and dips always keeps your party/dinner guests happy. Just last weekend my four year old nephew and three of his friends devoured an entire 1kg batch in next to no time and returned asking for seconds. So cook another batch we did.