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Rosemary-Roasted Potatoes

Serve these with veggie burgers and a salad, or enjoy them for Sunday brunch with eggs.

Courses: Side dish, Vegetarian
Serves: 5 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozSmall red-skinned potatoes - scrubbed
2   Garlic cloves - peeled, bruised
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlOlive oil - (to 2)
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCrushed or finely chopped fresh rosemary
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 tablespoon 15mlWater or vegetable broth
  Splash of balsamic vinegar - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Halve or quarter potatoes lengthwise into bite-size pieces. Place them in 13- by 9-inch gratin dish or shallow baking dish, and add garlic, oil and rosemary, and salt and pepper to taste; don't under salt potatoes or they'll taste flat. Sprinkle water or broth over potatoes, then spread evenly in dish.

Cover dish with lid or foil, leaving a gap so steam can escape. Place dish on center oven rack, and cook potatoes for 15 minutes. Remove covering, and stir potatoes. Bake, until they test done when pierced with a paring knife, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar over potatoes, stirring to coat. Serve hot.

This recipe yields 4 to 5 servings.

Per Serving: 240 Cal; 4g Prot; 6g Total Fat (1 Sat. Fat); 44g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 14mg Sod.; 4g Fiber.

Variation: Add 1 small onion, halved and thinly sliced, to the potatoes and cook as directed.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, March 2002

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