Smashed potatoes with roasted garlic dip recipe

Name: Smashed potatoes with roasted garlic dip
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 800g baby potatoes; 150ml distilled white vinegar; pinch of salt; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tsp onion granules (optional); 1 garlic bulb; 30g finely chopped soft fresh herbs (such as basil, parsley, mint or coriander); 120g Greek-style yogurt; extra basil leaves (optional)

We love these moreish smash-and-grab roast potatoes with a herby garlic dip – just right for a sharing platter.

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Serves 4
Takes 1 hr 20 mins
311 calories / serving

Freezable
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Healthy

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Tesco Finest Baby Potatoes 750G
800g baby potatoes
£1.30
£1.73/kg
Tesco Distilled Vinegar 568Ml
Aldi Price Match
150ml distilled white vinegar
£0.35
£0.62/litre
Tesco Cooking Salt 1.5Kg
pinch of salt
£1.90
£1.27/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
4 tbsp olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre
Tesco Onion Granules 52G
2 tsp onion granules (optional)
£1.00
£19.23/kg
Tesco Large Garlic
1 garlic bulb
£0.50
£0.50/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
30g finely chopped soft fresh herbs (such as basil, parsley, mint or coriander)
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Creamfields Greek Style Natural Yogurt 500G
Aldi Price Match
120g Greek-style yogurt
£0.95
£1.90/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
extra basil leaves (optional)
£0.50
£16.67/kg

Method

Put the baby potatoes in a lidded saucepan with the distilled white vinegar and top up with water to cover the potatoes by about 1cm. Season well with salt, then bring to the boil, cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 15-20 mins or until tender. Drain and steam-dry for 2 mins.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Arrange the potatoes in an even layer on a baking tray, then use a potato masher to crush the potatoes. Drizzle over the olive oil and onion granules, if you like, then stir gently to coat. Roast for 20 mins, then carefully flip the potatoes, scatter over the unpeeled cloves from the garlic bulb and roast for a further 15-20 mins, until the potatoes are deeply golden and the garlic cloves are soft.
Squeeze half the garlic cloves from their skins, then mash with the fresh herbs and yogurt. Season the potatoes, garnish with extra basil leaves and serve with the remaining whole garlic cloves and the dip.

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Freezing and defrosting guidelines
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