Herby slashed roasties

Name: Herby slashed roasties
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 serving 2¼kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper, unpeeled; 10 smalls bay leaves; 1 handful thyme sprigs; 2 Tbsps butter; 1 serving light olive oil

Herby slashed roasties requires about 1 hour and 40 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly recipe has 42 calories, 0g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. It works well as a very reasonably priced side dish. Head to the store and pick up ¼kg floury potatoes, bay leaves, thyme sprigs, and a few other things to make it today. Low-fat roasties, Roasties with garlic & chives, and Oregano & lemon roasties are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas

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Cut the potatoes into halves or quarters depending on their size. Tip into the pan, allow the heat to come back up, then boil for 6-10 mins until just starting to soften around the edges.

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Drain in a colander and return to the pan. With the lid on, shake the potatoes until the edges fluff up.

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Leave the potatoes until cool enough to handle. Slash half the chunks once with a small knife and stuff alternately with bay or thyme.

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Thyme

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Heat the butter and oil in a large roasting pan either in the oven or on the hob until the butter turns golden. Carefully tip in the potatoes and gently turn in the fat (tongs are best for this).

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