Did you ever<\/em> meet a potato recipe you didn’t like? Whether double-baked, boiled, mashed, or french-fried, potatoes rank high on our list of favorites. It also helps that they’re the most versatile comfort food ever. One of the best recipes for savoring these starchy tubers is roasted fingerling potatoes.<\/p>\n
Cooked with Parmesan, rosemary and olive oil, these little potatoes are full of savory, umami flavors. And if you’ve never tried roasted fingerling potatoes but you always have a potato dish with your steak dinners<\/a>, you’re going to want to scope these out at your local market ASAP.<\/p>\n
Fingerling potatoes are a slender and small mature potato variety. They’re often mistaken for new potatoes (one of the types of potatoes on the smaller side), but fingerlings are their own breed. Red-skinned French fingerlings, plum-hued Purple Peruvians and yellow-skinned Russian Banana varieties all make for beautifully colorful dishes.<\/p>\n
Fingerlings are a little pricier than your average potato because they’re an heirloom variety, but if you can get your hands on some, they’re going to stand out on your dinner plate\u2014or become your new fave snack!<\/p>\n
Preheat the oven to 425\u00b0F. Place the potatoes in a large saucepan, and cover with water by a couple inches. Bring the water to a boil. Reduce the heat; cover and cook for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Drain the potatoes, and transfer to a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Stir together the Parmesan, parsley, oil, rosemary, butter, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Drizzle the mixture over the potatoes, and toss to coat.<\/p>\n
Bake the potatoes, uncovered, for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender, stirring halfway through cook time.<\/p>\n
Store leftover roasted fingerling potatoes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Learn more about how long potatoes last<\/a> and how to store them properly.<\/p>\n
If your roasted potatoes don’t crisp up, your baking sheet or dish might have been too crowded. Overcrowding a pan leads to soggy potatoes that don’t crisp up nicely. Make sure you leave enough space around all the potatoes that they’ll get an equal amount of airflow. Secondly, be sure to use the right amount of fat\/oil. Potatoes that aren’t fully coated won’t get that essential crispness from the oil. Add more olive oil and melted butter if you notice dry spots.<\/p>\n
These fingerling potatoes are a perfect side dish that everyone will love. When roasted, they have a perfectly creamy, buttery texture. Serve them with grilled steaks<\/a>, slow-cooked short ribs<\/a> or your favorite pork roast recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"