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Duck Fat Roast Potatoes with Sage Salt

We’ve paired our simple but sublime roasties with an aromatic homemade sage salt to sprinkle over. Swap duck fat for rapeseed oil if you have any vegetarian guests.

By The Good Housekeeping Cookery TeamPublished: 18 November 2020

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Roast potatoes are arguably the best part of any festive dinner table, and these sage flavoured ones are sure to impress!

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Yields:

8 serving(s)

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr 15 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 35 mins

Cal/Serv:

335

Ingredients

2
kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper
1
x 25g pack sage, leaves picked
6 Tbsp.
duck or goose fat
1 Tbsp.
vegetable oil
1 Tbsp.
flaked sea salt

Directions

1. Step 1Peel potatoes and cut in half or into even-sized chunks. Put into a large pan and cover with cold salted water. Bring to the boil, then cook for 10min to par-boil.
2. Step 2Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6. Add half of the sage leaves to a large roasting tin with the duck fat. Put into the oven to heat up (for about 10min).
3. Step 3Drain potatoes in a colander and leave to steam-dry for 2min. Shake to roughen up potato edges. Carefully put potatoes into the hot tin turning to coat potatoes in the duck fat. Cook in the oven for 1hr, turning occasionally, until golden and cooked through.
4. Step 4While the potatoes are roasting, heat a frying pan with the oil and fry the remaining sage leaves until crisp on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon and leave to drain and cool on kitchen paper for 5min. Finely chop the cooled sage and mix with the sea salt to combine, or bash together in a pestle and mortar.
5. Step 5Ten min before the potatoes are ready, toss with half of the sage salt and return to the oven. Sprinkle with remaining sage salt to serve.

Get ahead:

Roast the potatoes fully up to a day ahead. Store in the roasting tin in the fridge or transfer to a container and cover. Reheat in a large roasting tin in a preheated 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6 oven for 20-30min or until crisp and piping hot