Recipe Jamaican spiced potato wedges

[winterybella]

Granted I am a Barbadian but in a broader sense I am a Caribbean girl. That said, I heard a voice in my head saying I should post this recipe that is of Jamaican origins. I haven't tried it but once I saw it I had no problem sharing it with you.

INGREDIENTS
About 5kg Desirée potatoes
4 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp Jamaican jerk seasoning
284 ml tub soured cream, to serve
1 lime, cut into 10 wedges, to garnish

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/ gas 6.
Wash and dry the potatoes, cut into long, thin wedges and put into a large bowl. Add the oil and jerk seasoning, and toss.
Divide between 2 roasting tins and cook for 30-35 minutes or until crisp and golden, giving them a good shake occasionally. Drain on kitchen paper.
Serve hot in paper cones or bowls, with the soured cream to dip and lime wedges to squeeze over.


http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/jamaican-spiced-potato-wedges/

I have no idea what a desiree potato is but I believe Classic33 can help me out.

 

[classic33]

It's only the world's most popular red skinned potato!

 

[winterybella]

Now I am going to make it my business to head to the supermarket and find out if we do have that potato around here. I just know we don't have the kind of variety that you folks do.

 

[classic33]

Now I am going to make it my business to head to the supermarket and find out if we do have that potato around here. I just know we don't have the kind of variety that you folks do.

Demand to know why not, if they don't have it in!

 

[winterybella]

It's only the world's most popular red skinned potato!

Since you put it like that I am sure I have bought them a hundred times. It's just that I am the world's most ( fill in the space) cook. I like to use them for variety when I have guest. I guess I never really knew the proper name. I am sure I have asked my husband to pick up some of the expensive 'red potatoes'.

 

[classic33]

I'd say you're not alone on the spud front. There's the colour and the size, for nearly everyone.

 

[L_B]

They are my favorite variety of potatoes. I think I may make these potatoes for dinner this evening. They sound good. Now I just have to figure out what to have with them.

 

[Morning Glory]

@winterybella, is this competiion entry? I hope so! If it is you need to put a link to it on An ingredient 'a week' competition thread.

 

[Caribbean girl]

This recipe looks good to me. It seems easy to make too. I like anything to do with potatoes. However, I do not think I have ever seen the red-skinned potatoes. The only red-skinned potatoes I know of are sweet potatoes. Now I have learned something new today - Desiree potatoes. I don't believe we get them here though. I wonder if the recipe could be made with any other type of potato. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Morning Glory]

This recipe looks good to me. It seems easy to make too. I like anything to do with potatoes. However, I do not think I have ever seen the red-skinned potatoes. The only red-skinned potatoes I know of are sweet potatoes. Now I have learned something new today - Desiree potatoes. I don't believe we get them here though. I wonder if the recipe could be made with any other type of potato. Thanks for sharing.

I reckon you could use almost any type of potato you wanted. Desiree tends towards being fluffy/floury, so any other 'floury' type would be fine. In general, potatoes tend to be either waxy or floury. 'Floury' types are the ones which disintegrate into a mush if you boil them too much! Waxy ones tend to hold their shape, whatever. Floury ones are most often used for chips and roast potatoes or wedges. But I have used waxy ones before with slightly different results. It just means the inside of the chip/wedge is less 'fluffy', but its just as delicious.

 

[classic33]

This recipe looks good to me. It seems easy to make too. I like anything to do with potatoes. However, I do not think I have ever seen the red-skinned potatoes. The only red-skinned potatoes I know of are sweet potatoes. Now I have learned something new today - Desiree potatoes. I don't believe we get them here though. I wonder if the recipe could be made with any other type of potato. Thanks for sharing.

No Roosters or Queens!! March on the local shopping centres and ask "Why Not?"

 

[sidevalve]

Sounds fine but ust wondering - how would this be with sweet potato - might be worth a try

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Sounds fine but ust wondering - how would this be with sweet potato - might be worth a try

or even with polenta instead!

 

[Morning Glory]

Sounds fine but ust wondering - how would this be with sweet potato - might be worth a try

Yes it would work with sweet potato. You would probably need slightly less cooking time.

 

[Morning Glory]

or even with polenta instead!

Polenta? You mean cooked and cooled polenta and then cut into slices? I've never got on with polenta but keep feeling I should try! I find it a bit stodgy and lacking in flavour.