Food Porn: Lemon and Garlic Smashed Potatoes

This idea also came from this episode of Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute dinners. What can I say? If nothing else I’m efficient!

What you’ll need:

Baby potatoes (I use about a kilo, but you could use less depending on how much you need and your level of potato love)

A bulb of garlic

One lemon

Olive oil and salt

How you make it:

1) Cut baby potatoes in half (or in quarters) depending on size

2) Crush cloves of garlic (still in skin) with the side of a knife and pop in the pot with the potatoes

3) Cover with water and boil until well cooked

4) Drain and return potatoes to pot

5) Take garlic from skin – very easy as garlic is now very soft. Mash up garlic and add to the pot with the potatoes.

6) Pop the skins with a potato masher – just enough so that they give – no actual mashing!

7) Fry up with a good amount of olive oil and add salt to taste

8) Squeeze over the juice of half a lemon towards the end and you are done.

{Note: I’ve used far more garlic than Jamie here. Because I hail from the school of thought that you can never too much garlic. If you disagree feel free to do less, but because the garlic is boiled it has a really sweet and mild taste and is nothing like raw garlic}

The best thing about this recipe is I almost always have these ingredients lying around. And for me this is perfect comfort food.