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Spanish Style Potato Wedges with Rosemary and Garlic

1 January 2008 28 Comments

The holidays are finally over, time to get back to real life. We had a nice break at home, got used to sleeping at 2-3 am everyday and waking up around noon. It is going to take a little while before getting back to the rhythm of the office schedule from tomorrow. I want to kick start the regular blogging schedule on the new year by posting a recipe after the long break.

The good news about the holidays is that the major portion of the waking hours were spent around food. So I do have some recipes and restaurant reviews waiting to be posted. We had a great New Year’s eve, and I am still not completely out of it, so here is a simple recipe to start the second year of the blog.

This recipe is from the book A Passion for Tapas which my dear friend Sheela sent me last year. I have to say, these are the best roasted potatoes I’ve ever had! These went nicely with the Spanish Style Sauteed Chicken with Garlic , but this dish is flavorful enough to stand on its own. I modified the original recipe a bit by adding a generous serving of Spanish paprika to the potatoes, and substituting fresh rosemary sprigs with dried rosemary. I also increased the amount of garlic in the dish, to give a strong garlicky flavor to the potatoes.

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Ingredients

1/2 lb small potatoes
5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 tsp dried rosemary (1/2 tsp fresh rosemary sprigs)
1 tsp hot Spanish paprika
1/4 cup quartered shallots
1 tsp olive oil (use Spanish olive oil if available)
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Preheat the oven to 400F. Peel the potatoes and cut into four or eight wedges depending on the size.

Place the potato wedges in a deep pan and add enough water to cover the potatoes. Add some salt to the water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the stove and drain. Add the paprika to the potatoes and mix carefully to coat the potatoes.

Heat the olive oil in a roasting pan, or an oven-safe saute pan on the stove. Add the potatoes to the pan, and sprinkle the finely chopped rosemary over.

Place the pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for about 25 minutes, turning twice during this time. Add the shallots and garlic and cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until the potatoes turn golden brown. Season with salt and pepper, and serve warm.

Change the quantity of ingredients according to your taste. Since the garlic flavor was very dominant in my version, I am sending this to Sunita for her monthly spice event – Think Spice – Think Garlic.

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28 Comments »

mandira said:

Sig, the wedges looks great for the snowstorm here! Happy New Year to you and your family

Snowstorm… oh man… hope you are keeping warm… have some warm soup, and these potatoes will help too

# 1 January 2008 at 7:25 pm

Linda said:

I always wish I could make roast potatoes that look like those, Sig! Happy New Year to you

Linda

Thanks Linda… Happy New Year to you too…

# 1 January 2008 at 7:39 pm

Anita said:

Happy New Year, Sig!
Spain is still on your mind I see.
Great looking potatoes; I made garlicky fries on New Year’s eve myself.
Love the new look!

Thanks Anita… I cooked these just after we got back from Spain… But yeah, Spain is still in my mind

# 1 January 2008 at 8:57 pm

musical said:

Happy New Year, dear This is really a yummy! I love that you chose to add paprika! Totally delish stuffe, this one

Thanks Musy… welcome back…

# 1 January 2008 at 9:05 pm

sagari said:

looks delecious sig i like potatoes in any form

Thanks Sagari, these were indeed very delicious

# 1 January 2008 at 9:52 pm

Ramya said:

this one sounds gr8!!! Lovely picture….

Thanks Ramya!

# 1 January 2008 at 9:54 pm

sra said:

Aha! A veggie dish kicks off the new-look blog in the New Year

Yeah, told you I am going to be more “respectful” towards the veggies

# 1 January 2008 at 10:18 pm

Kaykat said:

Yum! I ate a lot of these when I was in Spain, now you’ve gotten me mired in nostalgia

We didn’t have this dish in Spain, but now I wish we did

# 1 January 2008 at 11:31 pm

bhags said:

The warm fragrance of the wedges can be felt here thru the screen…:P
Nice mix of spices

Thanks Bhags, if only they developed that technology… or may be not, it will be a very stinky cyberspace then

# 1 January 2008 at 11:49 pm

Raaga said:

Happy new year. Please change the link for Sunita’s event… you copied the chicken garlic link, but didn’t change the code Caught you caught you!!

Thanks girlie… Nice catch..

# 2 January 2008 at 12:19 am

Padmaja said:

Sig, they look lovely!!!Wish I could have some!!After 2 weeks of restaurant food, takeaways and parties I guess I have to start cooking. Its so hard to come back into the loop after so long!!!

Yeah, we did the same… during the holidays, the few dishes I cooked at home tasted heavenly after all that eating out… Hope you are all better now!

# 2 January 2008 at 3:11 am

indosungod said:

Sig, Happy New Year!

Potato wedges look terrific, great start to the second Blog Year

Hey Indo, welcome back… Hope you had a nice break! Happy New Year!

# 2 January 2008 at 5:08 am

Rajitha said:

ooh! does that look good or what..sig! u started the year with a veggie dish..welcome to the veggie side honey…are you planning to convert

I am not completely there, but yeah, there will be more veggie dishes this year… Now Soy, that I have to think about

# 2 January 2008 at 5:09 am

Nandita said:

Martini): Love the new magazine look – and as Rajitha says glad to see a veggie recipe first thing in the year, wedges are a delight any time of the day! Cya around darling

Thanks sweetie…

# 2 January 2008 at 5:54 am

Asha said:

I love Potato Wedges, I bake them sprinkles with spices too. Looks yum!:)

Yeah, potato is made for spices I guess… they taste good with anything!

# 2 January 2008 at 6:31 am

richa said:

hey, garlicky potato wedges sound good to me Spain still on ur mind

It tasted great too… and as I told Anita, I made those the week after we got back from Spain

# 2 January 2008 at 7:17 am

Lata said:

Hi Sig,

I have heard from people about this combination, Garlic and Rosemary, never tried that before. I will definitely try this next time…

Garlic and rosemary is a great combo… I use them in a marinade for grilled lamb and grilled panner too… you must try the two together

# 2 January 2008 at 8:22 am

Shankari said:

Crisp Potato wedges. Recently I had something similar, they served with a lemon wedge and drizzling lemon juice gave the potatoes a real kick.
I like how crisp the potatoes look and like the new look as well!

Ooooh lemon juice on potatoes, now that I am going to try… thanks for the tip Shankari!

# 2 January 2008 at 12:01 pm

Rina said:

Thats an easy and comfroting one Sig.. Love the new look of your space. Should work on mine too soon. It has been hectic in Nov and Dec 07. Hope to have effective 2008.
A blessed new year to you.

Yeah, the holiday season was hectic, but I had some days off, and used them wisely Wish you a happy new year to you too Rina!

# 2 January 2008 at 12:43 pm

shilpa said:

Those look very comforting Sig.

Yep, potatoes always make the best comfort food

# 2 January 2008 at 1:45 pm

TBC said:

I love these! Potatoes and garlic are just meant to be. I make these often
BTW, love your new look. Yes):

Yeah, you are sooo right, potatoes and garlic are a match made in heaven indeed…

# 2 January 2008 at 2:22 pm

Archana, mama of twins said:

love the new facelift!

Potatoes sound so good and look so yummy too!

Happy New Years Sig darling!

Thanks Archana… Happy New Year to you too!

# 2 January 2008 at 10:49 pm

Latha said:

That looks delicious Sig! Wish you guys a very Happy New Year!

Thanks latha, and I wish you the same

# 3 January 2008 at 3:17 pm

Laavanya said:

Wow this looks out of the world. Bookmarked to try *soon* Thanks.

Thanks… Hope you like it

# 5 January 2008 at 1:58 pm

Namratha said:

I love anything potatoes, and this looks awesome Sig. Nice entry!! I should have stopped by sooner, sorry missed your blog in the milieu of the other hundreds of them out there