Garlic Potatoes

This is a great potato recipe.  It's easy to make and can be done in the oven or in an outdoor grill.  I first had it at a friend's dinner party.  They served it with a Sicilian Meat Roll.

Ingredients

• 5 pounds potatoes
• 2 heads garlic, with cloves separated but left unpeeled
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• Freshly ground pepper to taste

Steps

• Set large pot of water to boil
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or outdoor grill on high)
• Peel potatoes and cut into 1" cubes
• Add salt and potatoes to boiling water and begin to simmer for 5 minutes
• Place unpeeled garlic, oil and butter to large shallow baking dish (I use a 13" x 17" jelly roll pan) and place in heated oven and bake while potatoes are simmering
• Remove pan from oven, remove potatoes from heat and drain well
• Pour potatoes into heated baking dish with the garlic.  Add pepper to taste and more salt if desired
• Carefully turn potatoes in pan (using 2 large spoons or spatulas) to coat well
• Stir potatoes several times while baking to ensure even cooking and blending of all flavors
• Bake (in oven or outdoor grill) uncovered for about 45 minutes or until potatoes begin to turn light brown and are tender

Serves 12 to 14

Serving Suggestion

When I had this Garlic Potatoes dish, our hosts served it with a wonderful Sicilian Meat Roll entree.  Follow this link for that recipe as well.

I scaled this recipe up to a 5 pound dish.  You should easily be able to cut it in half by halving all ingredients.

Consider trying an herbed version of this dish at this link.

Recipe from and adapted by Jim Beletti - July, 2000
Recipe by John and Cathy Stroh - November, 1999

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