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Lemon Potatoes
A lot of lemon potato recipes either coat the potatoes with lemon juice and roast them, or simply roast the potatoes with lemon wedges. Whilst this infuses the potatoes nicely, the excess moisture causes the potatoes to steam instead of roast, leaving them limp and soft. To prevent this we need to start off with one crucial step.
Parboiling the Potatoes
Boiling the potatoes serves 2 main purposes:
Infusing Lemon – As the potatoes boil place in some squeezed lemons to infuse the potatoes. This way the lemon flavour will run right through the centre of the potatoes, not just on the surface. Remove Starch – When you boil potatoes you remove starch, which is what causes potatoes to go gloopy in the centre when they’re baked. Removing starch will ensure the potatoes come out nice and fluffy in the centre.
Steam Dry!
Another crucial step is allowing the potatoes to steam dry. This way you remove the moisture from the centre of the potatoes, meaning they’ll come out light and crispy, but you remain with the infused lemon flavour. Win win! Process shots: add potatoes to pot (photo 1), pour in cold water and add lemon (photo 2), boil until knife tender (photo 3), drain and steam dry (photo 4).
Roasted Lemon Potatoes
You’ll want to steam dry the potatoes for at least 10mins, but preferably until they’ve stopped steaming and are cool enough to handle. From there just grab a large baking tray and chuck ’em on! Lemon skins included.
Space them out!
Important to space out the spuds or they’ll steam instead of roast. Roughly touching is fine, just not piled on top of each other.
Garlic and Rosemary
Lemon, garlic and rosemary is such a gorgeous flavour combo. The potatoes take on these flavours really nicely. Fresh garlic and rosemary work best, no need to dice them up just chuck them straight on. Process shots: add potatoes and lemon onto a tray (photo 1), add seasoning and oil and roast (photo 2).
Serving Lemon Roasted Potatoes
Once they’ve roasted just remove the garlic, rosemary and lemon skins. From there I like to toss through some fresh parsley.
Can I use other herbs?
The lemon potatoes work great with a variety of different herbs! I’ve roasted with thyme instead of rosemary which works nicely. You could even switch out the parsley for basil or dill!
How lemony are these potatoes?
The have a subtle lemon flavour through the middle. When you’ve JUST served them I recommend an extra squeeze of lemon juice to taste. Only do this at the very end so they say nice and crispy.
And there we have it! All my top tips for the perfect lemon potatoes. If you’re looking for another delicious lemon potato recipe check out my Browned Butter Lemon Baby Potatoes! Hey, whilst you’re here why not check out my other recipes:
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EXTRA Crispy Smashed Potatoes Chicken Fried Potatoes Roasted Baby Potatoes Oven Baked Potato Wedges
Alrighty, let’s tuck into the full recipe for these roasted lemon potatoes shall we?!
How to make Lemon Potatoes (Full Recipe & Video)
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