Roast potatoes give me one of the best food memories around. They take me right back to my childhood. For me they are one of the best comfort foods around.

They contain so much flavour buts down to you to add the flavour!!! Here is my simple yet rewarding method to maximising flavours.

Firstly, as simple as it sounds, pick the correct potato!! For me, it always has to be the Maris Piper.

As basic as this sounds. Once you’ve peeled your potatoes you want to cut them all the same size as this will give them the perfect chance of cooking evenly.

Add them to a pan of salted water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 8 / 10 minutes. The potatoes still want to be hard in middle. Other makes potato at this point begin to break down.

Once you’re happy with the potatoes drain them but keep the water as this can become the base of your gravy as you’ve flavoured the water with the potatoes.

Allow the potatoes to cool. This gives the edges a nice crystallisation. This is where the flavour party starts!!!

It’s these edges that turn into amazing little crusts of flavour. I heat a roasting tray in the oven with a little olive oil whist the potatoes are cooling.

Add the potatoes to the roasting tray and coat them in the oil. I season with sea salt crystals. These will go solid during the cooking process and flavour the potatoes even more.

Put into the oven for 45 minutes at 180 degrees. It’s important you don’t touch the potatoes during the cooking process as your want the side that’s touching the base of the roasting pan to form a nice crust.

After 45 minutes remove from the oven. You can now turn them in the oil. At this point add your herb of choice. Today mine was rosemary. Remove the leaves from the sprigs but also add in the sprigs due to the flavour.

Return to the oven for another 15 minutes.

As simple as that. The potatoes at the bottom of the tray in this picture do not have any rosemary on as my youngest doesn’t like ‘bits’ on his food but the 3/4’s have absorbed the flavours.

Simple yet mouthwatering.

Thank you for reading if you have.