Roast Potatoes*

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Simply Delicious: Book 1

By Darina Allen

Published 1989

  • About

Everybody loves roast potatoes, yet people ask me over and over again for the secret of golden crispy roast potatoes.

Method

  1. Well, first and foremost buy good quality ‘old’ potatoes, e.g. Golden Wonders, Kerrs Pinks, Pennella, or British Queens. New potatoes are not suitable for roasting.
  2. Peel them just before roasting.
  3. Do not leave them soaking in water or they will be soggy inside because of the water they absorb. This always applies, no matter how you cook potatoes. Unfo