Baby Roasted Potatoes in the shape of mushrooms

Baby Roasted Potatoes in the shape of Mushrooms

Step by Step Instructions, trust me they are easy, and look so pretty I use them during the holidays!



You will need a paring knife and an apple corer.

Ingredients:

1-2 pounds of baby new potatoes

2-3 Tbsp Olive Oil

Sprinkle of salt, pepper, 1/2 tsp rosemary herb

2 Tbsp Butter (can be made vegan, use vegan margarine-Earth Balance works well in this recipe)

That's it, Now, how to make them:

You will need a Paring knife or small kitchen knife and an apple corer, shown above.
After washing the potatoes, of course, you take the apple corer and insert into the end of a potato about 3/4" in, I usually go until the top metal is almost inside the potato. 
Next, leaving the corer still in the potato, you use your paring knife to cut around the entire potato.  You will feel the corer as you cut, it can be your cutting guide.
Then remove the corer, and you're left with a beautifully shaped mushroom. 
Potatoes can brown easily, so after each one is cut, place in a bowl of cool water with 1 tsp salt.  Do Ahead Tip: At this stage, you can place in the refrigerator for hours, and put in the oven later.
Next, when ready to bake.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put potatoes in the pan.  Add the olive oil, and simply shake the pan to roll them around in the oil.
Next sprinkle with salt, pepper, and rosemary, or your own favorite herb.  Add the 2 tbsp of butter or Earth Balance Vegan margarine cold.  It will melt while cooking, and add a browned butter taste.   Bake for 60 minutes, shaking a few times during cooking, to distribute that yummy butter over all the potatoes and give you some nice browning on the final presentation.

Voila !  You can make these too, seriously easy.

And in these tough times, don't we all need a cheap grocery item, that we can make into something delicious?

Let me know what you think.