Snacks and Appetizers

July 3, 2018

Roasted Potatoes with Herbs & Feta Cheese

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 4

Oven Roasted Potatoes with Herbs and Feta Cheese is a quick and convenient side dish to go with any meal. The blend of the herbs offers flexibility in adjusting the quantities to suit individual’s taste. Parboiling the potatoes decreases the roasting time and ensures that the potatoes are crisp on the outside and creamy and soft on the inside. Broiling for the last two to three minutes gives those charred edges to the potatoes. Go easy with the salt in the potatoes because feta cheese too is quite salty.
Do not let any missing ingredient in your kitchen cupboard deter you from trying this recipe. Go ahead and give it a try… even a basic combination of herbs will make these roasted potatoes standout

Ingredients:

500 grams potatoes peeled and quartered
4 cloves of crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
1 teaspoon of dried thyme
1 teaspoon crushed black peppercorn
1 teaspoon salt or as needed
3-4 tablespoons of olive oil.
1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon of crushed chilli flakes
7-8 olives
20 gram feta cheese
a few sprigs of chopped parsley or cilantro

Method:

Parboil the potatoes in salt water for a 10 minutes.

Once the potatoes are fork – tender, drain the water and spread out so that the water evaporates. The potatoes should not have any water otherwise they will turn out soggy and mushy while roasting.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius

In a small mixing boil mix olive oil, crushed garlic, garlic powder, oregano, thyme, a bit of salt, black pepper, chili flakes and salt

Tip in the potatoes into the mixing bowl and toss well.

Spread the tossed potatoes on a hot baking tray and roast for 30-40 minutes.

While roasting toss and turn the potatoes every every 15 minutes to ensure that the potatoes are crisp throughout.

Towards the later part of roasting spread a few cilantro or parsley sprigs over the potatoes and broil the potatoes to get a charred edges on potatoes. Optional step

When the potatoes are done, remove from oven, wait a minute and crumble feta cheese, some lemon juice and some more crushed black pepper over the potatoes.

Garnish the hot potatoes with parsley/cilantro leaves and olives.

Serve at once.