Tuesday, March 6, 2012

My petite potato pinterest post...



When I first heard Pinterest I thought the beauty who uttered the word had stuttered so I just nodded like I knew what she was talking about.  Now, only a few months later, it is my last stop at the end of the evening weening me off social media.

I giggle, I gasp and I pin.

One evening a couple weeks ago I came across these 




which led me to...


There's really nothing to it but it made a great side dish with dinner.  In fact these spuds stole the spot light.

What you need.
  • 12-15 baby red potatoes (my CSA provided me with some gold yukons)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil (flavored if you so desire)
  • Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees (I used 450).
Boil the potatoes for 10-15 minutes or until fork tender.  



Place on a cooking sheet coated with cooking spray or drizzled with olive oil (I covered mine in parchment paper).  Place the potatoes on the baking sheet and with a potato masher, gently smash each potato.





Drizzle (I am an over drizzler so I brushed mine on) with olive oil, sea salt and pepper (add a bit of your favorite dry herbs if you like). I used garlic infused oil, cracked pepper, chili sea salt, chopped parsley, red pepper flakes and gorgonzola crumbles. I had a loaded baked potato on my mind.  Bits of bacon would have been delicious!



Just keep an eye on it after 10 minutes or so.




I must have been really craving spices...after plating them I splashed these little potato blossoms with siracha.  The recipe suggests topping them with sour cream and scallions which I love, I just didn't have any sour cream.  You might be thinking...you can't have baked potatoes without sour cream, but you can because
they actually taste more like chips than baked potatoes!


I shut the oven off and put the tray back in the oven to get the rest really crispy.




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