Slow Cooker Potatoes with Garlic and Herbs
Four hours unattended, then five minutes under the broiler for the crust a slow cooker cannot give you.
- Total time
- 4 hr 15 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
The supporting cast, treated properly.
The supporting cast, treated properly. Mostly potato side dishes and vegetable side dishes, and mostly things that can share an oven with whatever else is in it.
Browning is the theme. Most of these are about getting colour on a vegetable, which usually means a hotter oven and more space on the tray than feels necessary.
Four hours unattended, then five minutes under the broiler for the crust a slow cooker cannot give you.
Thick wedges roasted until the edges char and the core turns sweet, under a cold garlic yoghurt.
Parboiled first so the grill only has to char them. Twelve minutes over the coals, not forty.
Caramelized at the edges, soft inside. High heat, a hot tray, and enough space between the cubes.
Kartoffelpuffer: lacy, deep-golden, crisp to the edge. The trick is wringing the potatoes dry and reclaiming the starch.