Balsamic potatoes

Name: Balsamic potatoes
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 10 as a side
Ingredients: 2.5 kg Maris Piper potatoes; extra virgin olive oil; 4 red onions; 4 cloves of garlic; 200 ml cheap balsamic vinegar; 50 g unsalted butter; ½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g); 35 g rocket

Sweet red onions, thyme, garlic, rocket & a little faith

“These spuds really are a phenomenon. They look dark and gnarly, and they’re beautiful yet kind of charmingly ugly at the same time. The volume of balsamic used here requires you to have faith. Trust me – incredible things will happen. ”

Serves 10 as a side

Cooks In2 hours 20 minutes

DifficultySuper easy

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Nutrition per serving

Calories 307 15%
Fat 7.2g 10%
Saturates 2.8g 14%
Sugars 12.6g 14%
Salt 0.3g 5%
Protein 6.4g 13%
Carbs 56.4g 22%
Fibre 4.2g -

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Ingredients

2.5 kg Maris Piper potatoes
extra virgin olive oil
4 red onions
4 cloves of garlic
200 ml cheap balsamic vinegar
50 g unsalted butter
½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g)
35 g rocket

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
Peel the potatoes, cut them into even-sized chunky wedges and parboil in a large pan of boiling salted water for 10 minutes.
Drain in a colander, leave to steam dry completely, then divide the wedges between two large roasting trays.
Drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil into each tray, and season with sea salt and black pepper. Toss together and spread out into a single layer. Roast for 45 minutes, or until lightly golden, tossing gently halfway.
Meanwhile, peel and slice the onions and garlic. When the time’s up on the potatoes, scatter over the onions and garlic, then pour over the balsamic.
Roast for 50 minutes to 1 hour, using a fish slice to carefully turn the potatoes in all the sticky balsamic yumminess a few times during cooking, and adding the butter and thyme leaves to the party for the last 10 minutes. In the spirit of this bonkers but genius dish, if you’re in any doubt when you turn them that it’s doing the right thing, just be brave and add an extra drizzle of balsamic, then return to the oven until gnarly and roasted.
Serve on a platter sprinkled with the rocket. This is amazing served as a side dish with any roasted or grilled meat, but is also brilliant as part of a Boxing Day buffet spread with cold cuts of meat. I’ve even enjoyed it as a lovely lunch with a big old salad. Delicious.