Roasted Potatoes With Bay Leaves Recipes

POTATOES ROASTED WITH OLIVE OIL AND BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Using small sharp knife and working on 1 potato, make 5 crosswise vertical cuts, spaced evenly apart, from 1 side to other side (do not cut through). Place potato in 13x9x2-inch broilerproof baking dish. Repeat with remaining potatoes. Add some of oil to dish and toss potatoes to coat. Slide 1 bay leaf into each cut in each potato. Mix salt, herbs, and pepper in small bowl and sprinkle over potatoes. Roast potatoes until tender, about 55 minutes. Remove dish from oven. Preheat broiler. Drizzle remaining oil over potatoes. Broil until potatoes begin to brown, about 4 minutes.
• *A dried herb mixture available at specialty foods stores and in the spice section of some supermarkets. A combination of dried thyme, basil, savory, and fennel seeds can be substituted.

ROASTED POTATOES WITH BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine oil and bay leaves in small skillet. Cook over medium heat just until warm. Remove from heat. Let stand 15 minutes so that bay leaves flavor oil.
• Toss potatoes with bay leaf oil in large roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until potatoes are brown and tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Transfer potatoes to bowl and serve.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES-WITH BAY LEAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Remove papery skin from garlic, slice top to expose cloves. Wrap in foil;bake until cloves are soft-approximately 45 -60 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and squeeze pulp from cloves.
• Peel potatoes and slice thinly.
• In a larger pot, combine potatoes, bay leaf 1/4 teaspoon salt-cover with cold water, bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer;cook until potatoes are tender-approximately 10 - 15 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquids - discard bay leaf.
• Mash potatoes with garlic, buttermilk and remaining salt, thin with cooking liquid as needed.

PRIME RIB AND OVEN-ROASTED POTATOES WITH BAY LEAVES AND SAGE

Steps:

• Stir together bay leaves, sage, oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and orange zest in a small bowl. Season with pepper. Rub herb mixture all over roast. Refrigerate roast, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
• Submerge potatoes in a large pot of water. Bring to a boil; season with salt. Cook 5 minutes. Drain. Score lines lengthwise in potatoes with the tines of a fork.
• Preheat oven to 450°. Transfer roast, fat-side up, to a roasting pan; let come to room temperature, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Roast 15 minutes. Add potatoes; roast 15 minutes more. Reduce temperature to 350° and continue roasting, turning potatoes after 30 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of meat (not touching bone) registers 115° for rare, about 1 hour. Let stand 20 minutes (temperature should rise to 125°), then slice. Garnish with bay leaves and sage; serve.