How to make roasted potatoes

Perfect roasted potatoes are somewhat an art. In order to have a perfect roast potato the outside should be crisp and have a nice crunch to it while the inside should be nice and fluffy. Here's my recipe for perfect roasted potatoes which is a perfect accompaniment with any main course. 

 To my left is the roasted potatoes served with roasted chicken, heirloom carrots, and homemade bacon jam.

To the right I used the roasted potatoes as fries to accompany my extravagant slider: I had pork/beef slider, butter poached lobster, pickles, shaved truffles, and caramelized onions served with homemade tartar sauce!













Kevin's Roasted Potatoes (Recipe can vary depending on how many people you are cooking for. I like to cook a bit more roasted potatoes so that way we can have some for leftovers and heat it up for another dish another day if we don't feel like cooking anything too fancy)
Ingredients

•  8 Russet Potatoes (Or even baby potatoes or any kind of potatoes you like)
• 4 tablespoons of salt
• 3 tablespoons of smoked paprika
• salt and pepper
• light tasting olive oil (used throughout)
• optional: fresh parsley to garnish
• 4 crushed garlic cloves
• garlic powder

1. Peel your potatoes and slice them into a size you feel is appropriate. I like to slice them into wedges so they have some edge to them
2. Place them in a pot of cold water and place the salt in it. Cover and bring to a gentle simmer.
3. Check on them occasionally, and see if the potatoes are crumbling. If you see take a slotted spoon and check on the potatoes, the edges should start to be tender and crumbly. At that point you want to drain the potatoes immediately and place it near a window or a fan or somewhere for the potatoes to cool down. You want the potatoes to cool down so that way most of the moisture evaporates leaving you with basically a boiled potato that is fully cooked.
4. When the potatoes have cooled down place them in a large bowl. Drizzle olive oil into the bowl and stir the potatoes around gently until they are all coated in oil. Add in your salt and pepper, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and fresh garlic cloves, depending on how you like your potatoes tasting. 
5. Turn your oven on for 375 and place the potatoes on a baking sheet flat for about 45 minutes and check them occasionally. You want the potatoes to have alittle bit of space around them so they can cook separaetely from the other potatoes. You do not really want them touching or else some of the potatoes won't be crispy evenly. After 30 minutes check to see how the bottom of the potatoes look like. If they are a nice golden colour then flip them individually onto the other side and leave them to cook for the rest of the time.
6. Take them out and enjoy! 

My simple roasted potatoes! Hopefully you will give that a try! 

 KMW