Smash Hit Potatoes
Steaming your taters first will always end with a better roasted result, so whip up a batch of Salsa Verde and get steaming. You may become addicted to this recipe. It is best served with … well, anything! Crispy, crunchy, golden, made so easily. Carb loading has never been so delicious. This recipe first appeared in Keeping it Simple. Still amazing. Still available...go get your copy!
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Need
- 2 Kilos waxy potatoes of your choice
- 1 Litre water for steaming
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) as needed BUY
- Other fat (duck, lard or butter) as needed
- Thyme or rosemary sprigs plus more for garnish
- 2-3 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 Tablespoons pink salt flakes BUY
- 1 lemon, sliced into wedges
- Salsa Verde to serve Recipe
Do
- 1
Prepare potatoes by peeling and cutting into long wedges. Place into Varoma dish.
- 2
Add water to Thermomix bowl and set Varoma into position. Cook 30 min/Varoma/speed 3.
- 3
Meanwhile, preheat oven to as hot as it will go without the grill function, 220°C plus if possible.
- 4
Line a large oven tray with baking paper.
- 5
When potatoes are cooked (they should still be a little hard and hold their shape well), spread on baking paper and top with oil, dollops of fat of choice, a few thyme sprigs, garlic and salt. Squeeze lemon wedges over the potatoes and then add the wedges to the tray.
- 6
Roast until potatoes just start to change colour. Remove from oven and, using the MC, push down on the potatoes, smashing them without fully mashing!
- 7
Stir so they are well coated with all the flavours and roast until totally golden and crunchy.
- 8
Serve drizzled with Salsa Verde and extra salt on the side, if desired.
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
