BEST ROAST POTATOES AND I MEAN BEST!!!

Hmmm....I'm sitting here not having much to do. So I thought I'd share this recipe that I absolutely loveeee and I actually do believe that this is THE BEST ROAST POTATO RECIPE.....for me at least. ;)

I made this for Christmas Eve dinner and it was yummy.

The secret ingredient is PANKO breadcrumbs. You know those Japanese breadcrumbs we use in making tonkatsu etc? You can get it in any Asian groceries.

I did this recipe by accident actually. A couple of months ago I was preparing breadcrumb herb crusted rack of lamb and because I had extra panko breadcrumb mixture, being me, I thought...hmmm...why not try to mix it with the potatoes. And it turned out GREAT!!!....BEST I mean.....well I've said that at least 10 times since the beginning of this post so if I have not convinced you enough to try this recipe....I don't know what can...=)...

So here we go.

THE BEST ROAST POTATOES

Ingredients:

• 1kg Baby Potatoes
• 2 tablespoons salted butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6-8 cloves of garlic, lightly mashed
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• Extra olive oil, to drizzle the potatoes before roasting
  

Breadcrumb mixture:

• 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoon chopped rosemary ( you can use any dried herbs too if you want. Mixed herbs, parsley, dried rosemary, thyme, anything you like)
• Salt and black pepper

Methods:

1. Mix all the ingredients for the breadcrumb mixture and set aside
2. Chop the baby potatoes into big chunks, leave the skin on. It actually tastes better with skin on
3. Put the potatoes in a pot of cold salted water and bring it to the boil. You will need a lid for the pot, you'll see why in a while
4. Drain the potatoes when it's cooked/soft
5. Put the cooked potatoes back to the pot. Chuck in the butter, olive oil, flour, garlic, breadcrumb mixture and season with a bit of salt and pepper. Don't go too heavy with the salt here because remember your breadcrumb mixture is already salted as well. So go easy.
6. Put the lid on. We're gonna do some exercise for your biceps and triceps next....=)
7. Once the lid is on, give the pot a goooooddd shake. You can shake it up and down, side to side, shake it all around, whatever you feel like at that moment. Why do we do this? This will mash up some parts of the potatoes and it actually makes it quite fluffy afterwards. But of course, don't overdo it. Or you'll get mashed potatoes instead of roast potatoes.
8. Take the lid off and give the potatoes/breadcrumbs a good mix. Some of the potatoes will look quite distorted in shape, some of them will have their skins coming off, but that's okay, I like rustic looking food.
9. Put the potatoes on baking paper lined tray. Drizzle with a bit more olive oil
10. Roast in 200 degrees celcius oven for 25-30minutes until the potatoes turn golden and crunchy
    

And you're done. Hope you enjoy it.