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SMASHED GREEK POTATOES


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Serves SERVES 6-8 | Prep Time | Cook Time

Why I Love This Recipe

-- "Tom's Big Dinners" by Tom Douglas


Ingredients You'll Need

3 pounds small red potatoes, washed and dried but not peeled

1/2 cup plus one tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

1 tablespoon dried Greek oregano or other fragrant dried oregano

1 tablespoon minced garlic


Directions

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.


• Put potatoes in a roasting pan large enough to hold them in a single layer, and roast until just tender, 40-45 minutes. When potatoes feel tender, remove pan from oven and place on top of stove or other heatproof surface.


• Using the flat bottom of a sturdy china mug, press down on and flatten each potato, one at a time, right in the roasting pan (about 1/2-inch thick when smashed.) The skin should break, but the potato should more or less retain its round shape.


• Drizzle 1/4 cup oil over potatoes, season generously with salt and pepper, return to oven. Roast until browned on bottom, about 25 minutes, then remove from oven and turn them over with a large spatula. Drizzle another 1/4 cup oil over the potatoes and return to oven, roasting until browned on the second side. Remove the pan from the oven.


• Scatter oregano and garlic over the surface, season again with salt and pepper, drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil. Toss with spatula to distribute seasonings and return to oven for 5 more minutes.


• Use spatula to transfer potatoes to a large platter, serve immediately.


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