Crispy smashed potatoes

Baby potatoes boiled soft, flattened, then roasted until the edges shatter. Fluffy in the middle, crisp all around the outside.

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£0.29a portion

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Set the oven to 220°C (fan 200°C).
Halve any big potatoes and cover them all with cold water in a saucepan, which helps them cook evenly. Once it boils on the hob, turn the heat down and give them 15-20 minutes at a simmer, until tender enough for a knife to slide straight through. Leave them in a colander to drain well.
Take a large metal tray and brush a third of the rapeseed oil over it.
Once the potatoes are on the tray, press each one flat with a masher, or with the underside of a spoon. Leave the edges rough and broken: those are the bits that go crispest.
Brush the remaining oil over them, then season generously with salt and pepper.
Give them 20-25 minutes in the oven, until golden and crisp.
Eat them hot, with the parsley scattered over.