Jamie's Perfect Roast Potatoes

I'm taking you back into my archive for an absolute classic perfect roast potatoes I've been perfecting my way of cooking them for years perfect roast potato I'm going to endorse the Maris Piper for consistency this is where you want to put your beds first off I always par boil them for about 10 minutes in salted boiling water drain them and then a bit of a toss in the collander will help fluff up the edges even more next up you need the fat extra virgin olive oil is the healthiest option and will give you a lovely golden crunch or you could use butter for a slightly thicker sweeter crunch or if you really want to go all out you can use goose fat for the thickest crunch of all the key is always do them in a single layer in the roasting tray and give them a good season with salt and pepper I'm going to cook this for half an hour at about 190° C 375 F until about lightly golden and then I'm going to show you what to do with the masher and that's going to make the ultimate roast potato after half an hour we're ready for some Masher magic so what I want to do is I want to increase the surface area the potato has on the bottom of the pan so I'm going to do that by going around these and just squashing them I'm telling you give this a try and you won't regret it along with the maximum crunch Factor you want maximum flavor and I'm adding the herbs now because what I've worked out is that if you put them in at the beginning yes you get some good flavor but the herbs go black and they're kind of not that nice to eat but if you put them in halfway through you get much more of a perfume of the herbs first up we've got some Rosemary coat that with a drop of olive oil and a splash of vinegar bear with me the vinegar will totally cook away but it's going to give the potato like a kick and then some garlic here this is about your personal touch so put in what you like you could also try th with with garlic and Bay or even some Sage garlic and Clementine zest for another christmy twist and then once you've done that we're going to pop these back in the oven for about 25 minutes 30 minutes or until perfect to your eye but half an hour to Gooden and then when you see those babies and taste them best best best roast potatoes in the world and here they are listen beautifully look at how fluffy that is in the middle just almost falling apart let's have a try oh really good absolutely delicious that is the perfect roast potato subscribe to food tube it's free and together we'll make it the best Christmas ever

Channel: Jamie Oliver

Views: 7,021,327

Keywords: perfect, cook, recipe, golden roasties, oliver, potato, jamie, archive, food, christmas, roast, cooking, jamie's perfect roast potatoes, potatoes, festive, crunchy, jamie oliver, gluten free, Roasting (Culinary Technique)

Id: b1bXQlWLl7U

Length: 3min 0sec (180 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 20 2013