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Slightly Healthier Roast Potatoes

This is a great roast potato recipe. The "bag trick" means you need less than 1/3 of the fat of normal roasties, but still get all the taste.

Definitely worth trying out, if you're watching what you eat.

	Ingredients
	Serves 4 Enough potatoes for 4 people 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon sesame oil (or sunflower, if you don't have sesame) Large pinch of salt A large sandwich bag!

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200 C. Put your potato roasting tin in the oven to pre-heat.
Scrub the potatoes. There's no need to peel them, unless the skins are a bit bad.
Chop to the size you want for your roasties. Normally 1/2 or 1/4 for medium-sized potatoes.
Boil the potatoes for 5 minutes and then drain in a colander. Shake well, to fluff up the edges and make sure they're dry.
Put the oils and salt into a large sandwich bag. Add the potatoes. Close and shake well, until all the potatoes are coated with oil.
When the oven is hot, put the potatoes in the roasting tin, with any spare oil from the bag. Spread into an even layer.
Roast for 20 minutes, then take the tray out of the oven (to keep the oven hot) and turn all the potatoes, to allow all surfaces to get crispy.
Cook for another 20 minutes.

Great for Sunday Lunch or Christmas Dinner.

Time From Cupboard-To-Table

About 50 minutes.

Notes & Variations

Experiment with herbs and spices.

For even more flavour, add 1/2 stock cube to the cooking water.

Or roast the potatoes with fresh rosemary or sage leaves.

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Ratings & Reviews

Rating	Comments
9/10	Wow! This works! Much less greasy than normal roast spuds, but still tastes really good. Will be using this one at Christmas.

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