Hello Peoples,
This was supposed to be November's post but life happened and I am just getting around to posting it now.
Last month when I was at Whole Foods, I found some baby purple potatoes. Naturally I was enchanted...I mean, little baby potatoes? That are also PURPLE? I bought them.
A few nights later I was feeling all culinary and gourmet and artsy. So I took out the baby purple potatoes and tried to decide what to do with them. I looked online for ideas, of course, but I couldn't find a recipe I was happy with. So I made my own.
First, I put the adorable little brightly colored spuds in a bowl and tossed them in olive oil until they were coated. I then added fresh ground Celtic sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. I crushed about two cloves of fresh garlic on top, and sprinkled dried lavender buds and fresh rosemary leaves over that.
I then stirred the oil, potatoes, and spices together and put them in a glass baking dish. There was enough oil from coating the potatoes to put on the bottom of the baking dish, so I didn't have to add any extra...If there is less oil, add some to the bottom of the dish so the potatoes don't stick.
I then added whole garlic cloves (in the skin) to the dish, so I could have roasted garlic with my potatoes. I popped the dish in the oven and roasted them.
They were perfect. There is no other way to describe them.
I ate them with steamed green beans (seasoned with salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder) and baked salmon (seasoned with salt, pepper, crushed garlic, and a fresh lemon squeezed on top). And a salad and a glass of wine.
So here is the recipe in recipe form with approximate measurements:
(For one person)
8-9 whole baby purple potatoes
1-2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried lavender buds
1/2 sprig fresh rosemary leaves
5 cloves of garlic (whole in skin)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place potatoes in a bowl and coat them in olive oil. Add salt and pepper, crushed garlic, lavender buds and rosemary leaves. Stir ingredients together. Coat bottom of a baking dish with oil (if there is enough olive oil at the bottom of the bowl where you mixed the potatoes, use that), and put the potatoes in the baking dish. Add the whole garlic cloves. Place dish in oven and bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Poke them with a fork to test for done-ness, and if they are soft, take them out and serve. Enjoy!
