Smooshed Potatoes

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Ingredients

  • Red potatoes, yellow potatoes, or other smaller-ish variety
  • Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper (yes, this matters)
  • High-quality olive oil
  • A tad bit of butter for flavor on each potato, if desired

Preparation

Step 1

Add as many whole potatoes as you need to a pot of salted water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer/steam the potatoes until they are fork-tender. At this stage, you can remove the potatoes and keep them hanging around until you need them – OR – you can proceed on…

Step 2

Generously (generously, I say!) oil a baking sheet with your olive oil. Just dump a quarter-cup or so on there and smear it around with your fingers. This will keep the potatoes from sticking.

Step 3

Arrange the whole potatoes on the baking sheet.Then, using a potato masher or the bottom of a glass, gently ‘smoosh’ the potatoes. Not so much that it breaks the bottom skin and crumbles the potato, but just enough that is smooshes all that potato-y goodness out.

Step 4

After that potatoes are properly smooshed, drizzle a bit of olive oil over each potato (butter works, too). Then, salt and pepper them generously.

Step 5

After the potatoes are smooshed, oiled, salted, and peppered, place them in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes, or until nice and golden.

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