Baked potatoes
roasted baked potatoes
How to make baked potatoes? Preparation time10 minCooking time30 min
Ingredients:
- 4 medium sized potatoes
- 1 or 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning (oregano or basil may be substituted)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (can also be natural garlic)
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper (a pinch)
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped paprika
- Rosemary, thyme or any other spice to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
To prepare this delicious and easy recipe with baked potatoes, the main thing is to buy good quality potatoes. The raw material is fundamental when it comes to the preparation of this dish, since it is practically the only ingredient in the recipe; so they must be clean, healthy and good-sized potatoes.
Once selected, they should be washed well with cold water under the tap, it is advisable to remove all traces of soil; which you can do using a brush. When they are clean, proceed to dry them. You have the option of preparing your recipes with potatoes without skin or with skin, according to your preferences.
Likewise, you can cut them into cubes or segments, making 4 longitudinal cuts; You can also roast the potatoes in slices, it all depends on your tastes. The final result will not be affected by how you cut them.
You must have at hand a bowl deep enough so that you can put all the pieces of potatoes together with the other ingredients; this is when you are going to add the spices: thyme, rosemary, black pepper, garlic powder, salt and Italian seasoning. Stir even the potatoes and ingredients until they are integrated.
The next step is to prepare the oven tray, for this you must put baking paper on it. On top of this paper you put the chopped potatoes; which you must carefully empty from the bowl along with the spices and to finish the preparation, add one or two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
In the event that the potatoes have kept the skin, you should turn them all over and leave them with the skin facing up during the first baking period; Otherwise, it doesn’t matter how the pieces come.
One of the most important parts of preparing this dish is to have a powerful and efficient convection oven that offers good performance. It begins with preheating the device to 200ºC and then inserting the tray with the food.
Bake for 30 minutes, regardless of whether you have prepared the potatoes with skin or without skin. Once the first 15 minutes have passed, you must remove the tray and turn each of the pieces over and then return it to the oven to finish cooking. The idea is that the potatoes are golden on both sides. To verify that they are ready, you can prick them with a fork and check that they have softened.
This dish is served as a side dish accompanied by vegetables or with some chopped fruit. In addition, they can also be baked with melted cheese and served as a main course.
