New Crop Florida Red Bliss Potatoes

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Enjoy the recipe below:

Oven-Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes

• 2 pounds small Red Bliss or new potatoes, unpeeled
• 3 tablespoons fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Select potatoes no larger in size than a golf ball. With a paring knife, carefully peel around the center of each potato; remove a 1/2-inch wide strip of peel.

Rinse the potatoes.

Place the potatoes in a buttered roasting pan. Roast for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 375°F. Shake the pan occasionally or turn the potatoes to make sure they brown on all sides.

While potatoes are roasting, combine the rest of the ingredients in a medium bowl.

Remove potatoes from oven and reset oven to 425°F. Take potatoes out of the roasting pan, and transfer to bowl with other ingredients. Gently turn the potatoes to coat with the herbs and butter. Return them to the roasting pan.

Roast at 425°F for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. Keep warm until ready to serve.

Chef's Note: If you feel creative, you can easily sculpt the potatoes into a mushroom shape. Insert an apple corer halfway into a raw potato. With the corer in the potato, take a sharp knife and cut crosswise into the potato until the knife touches the corer. Remove the apple corer. When you remove the loosened triangular pieces on either side of the potato, you will have created a "mushroom" with the stem.

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