Potatoes In Salt Crust
From pleasantvalleycabins 16 years ago
- 75 minutes to make
- Serves 6
You'd think these potatoes would be too salty but they're just perfect and don't need any additional seasonings nor butter. It really is a special dish for special occasions.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and cut in half shopping list
- extra-virgin olive oil for baking dish, plus more for drizzling shopping list
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves shopping list
- 3 pounds baby Yukon gold or fingerling potatoes (30-40), scrubbed shopping list
- 1½ pounds coarse salt shopping list
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 450°
- Rub the garlic over the bottom and sides of a 12-inch-round gratin dish or a cast-iron skillet
- Brush a thin layer of olive oil over the pan
- Sprinkle the rosemary over the bottom of pan, and place potatoes in a snug layer on top.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the salt and flour
- Slowly stir in ½ cup water until thoroughly combined
- Pour the salt mixture over the potatoes in an even layer, making sure to fill in any gaps between the potatoes.
- Roast potatoes 1 hour 15 minutes
- Remove pan from oven and let potatoes cool 5 minutes
- Invert pan onto a serving platter or in to a large a large bowl
- The salt will break away from the potatoes for serving
- Drizzle potatoes with olive oil
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