Roast Potatoes

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 kg (2lb 40z) potatoes, Maris piper variety peeled and cut into quarters
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons plain flour

Needed:

• 4 x 100g (4oz) mini loaf tins
• Alternatively, 1 x 450g (1lb) loaf tin.

1. Preheat oven to 200ºC, 180ºC fan, 400ºF, gas 6.

2. Parboil the potatoes for 10 minutes, drain. Let all the steam and moisture escape.

3. Sprinkle the flour over the potatoes and toss, season to taste.

4. Put oil in the roasting tin and place potatoes in tin.

5. Cook potatoes for about an hour, ensuring you turn and baste them for 25 minutes into their cooking.

6. When the potatoes are cooked, sprinkle salt on them and serve straight away.

Nut roasts freeze very well. If you make the nut roast the day ahead, you can re-heat in the microwave.