Name: Lemon roast potatoes recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes: 1
Ingredients: 2kg (4 1/2lb) floury potatoes, peeled and quartered; 100ml (3 1/2fl oz) olive oil; Juice of 1 lemon; 3tbsp chopped thyme

By Rosie Hopegood

published 29 October 2021

in Recipes

Mix up your usual roast dinner and add a burst of flavour with these lemon roast potatoes with thyme.

While there’s a lot to love about traditional roast potatoes, we think these lemon and thyme roasties add a nice lighter twist to the classic. They pair perfectly with springtime dishes like roast lamb or baked fish but are also a vibrant addition to your winter roast. Make sure you add the thyme towards the end of cooking time so that the little leaves keep their vibrant pop of colour.

Ingredients

2kg (4 1/2lb) floury potatoes, peeled and quartered
100ml (3 1/2fl oz) olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
3tbsp chopped thyme

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Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Put potatoes in a large pan of salted water, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins. Heat oil in a large roasting tin until smoking.
Drain the potatoes in a colander and give them a shake to fluff them up round the edges, then carefully tip into the hot fat. Put in the oven for 30 mins, turning once or twice, then pour over the lemon juice, scatter over the thyme and cook for another 15 mins.

Top tips for making lemon roast potatoes

For an extra kick of citrus, sprinkle over the zest of an unwaxed lemon just before serving.

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Rosie Hopegood is a journalist, editor, and writer with many years of experience writing about lifestyle, including parenting, for a broad range of magazines and newspapers. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, Rosie has written for Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, Vice, Telegraph Magazine, Fabulous Magazine, Stella Magazine, Notebook Magazine, Saga Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, S Magazine, and Stella Magazine. She spent five years on staff at the Mirror, where she was Deputy Features Editor on the magazines team.