Cherry tomatoes Taggiasca olives Capers Parsley Lemon Garlic Close your eyes: can you smell these scents? These are the characteristic smells of Mediterranean cuisine. Today I propose a dish capable of enhancing them to the fullest: baked new potatoes.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 80 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
- 1 kg of new potatoes or potatoes
- 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- 1 sprig of parsley
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Untreated lemon zest
- 50 g of Taggiasca olives or black olives
- 30 g of capers
- 300 g of cherry tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon of oregano
Materials Needed
- Casserole
- Baking tray
- Knife
Preparation
- Wash the new potatoes in fresh water, scrubbing them with a brush to remove all traces of impurities and soil.
- Pre-cook the new potatoes in plenty of water for 3-5 minutes.
Did you know that
New potatoes are distinguished by their very thin skin and not very floury consistency: for these characteristics, new potatoes are ideal to be eaten with their skin and to be cooked in the oven. Cooking times may vary according to the size of the potatoes. For homogeneous cooking, it is recommended to choose potatoes of the same size.
Pre-cooking in water is important to speed up cooking times in the oven.- Drain the potatoes from the water and cut the skin with a knife.
- Arrange the potatoes on an ovenproof dish, taking care not to overlap them. If the potatoes are too large, they can be cut in half or in wedges.
- Drizzle the potatoes with a drizzle of oil, without exaggerating, add two cloves of garlic and oregano. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the potatoes in the oven at 180 ° C (mode: ventilated) for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, remove the potatoes from the oven, remove the garlic, add the whole or halved cherry tomatoes, and cook for another 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, and finish by adding desalted capers and Taggiasca olives. Cook the potatoes for another 10 minutes or until the heart is soft.
An alternative cooking
To speed up the process, the new potatoes can be cut into cubes and cooked in a pan with tomatoes, olives and capers. In this case, it is not necessary to pre-cook the potatoes in water.- Remove from the oven, sprinkle the surface with chopped parsley and lemon zest. Serve the new potatoes piping hot.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Mediterranean-style new potatoes are a great side dish for your favorite dishes! If you like, you can add some red onion wedges or, if you are not vegetarian, wrap them with bacon or flavor them with anchovy fillets: an explosion of flavor that you won't be able to resist.Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
That of the Mediterranean Baked New Potatoes is a recipe that falls within the group of side dishes.
It has a negligible energy contribution; calories are mainly supplied by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally proteins.
Carbohydrates are mainly complex, monounsaturated fatty acids and peptides of medium biological value.
Cholesterol is absent and fiber satisfactory.
Mediterranean-style New Potatoes - in the Oven are suitable for most diets. In any case, it is necessary to reduce the portion and the frequency of consumption in case of overweight, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia.
They do not contain gluten and lactose, which is why they lend themselves to the diet for related intolerances.
They are allowed by the vegetarian and vegan philosophies.
The average portion corresponds to about 100-200 g (80-160 kcal)
