Crushed new potatoes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + cooling
- Easy
- Serves 4 as a side
Ingredients
- 500g baby new potatoes
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 35g butter, plus a little extra
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- a few sprigs rosemary
Method
- STEP 1
Put the potatoes into a large pan of boiling salted water and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Add the garlic cloves for the final 10 minutes. Drain well and cool.
- STEP 2
Once cool, press each potato between the side of a large knife and a chopping board until squashed and flat.
- STEP 3
Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan and, once foaming, add the squashed potatoes and some seasoning. Fry for 5-10 minutes or until deeply golden and crunchy, then flip, add the garlic cloves, rosemary and another knob of butter, and cook until really golden.
