Greek-style Jersey Royals with Feta and Oregano. I’m posting this a little late for the party as it is Easter Sunday tomorrow. However, if you want to serve something a bit different with your traditional roast lamb this is a beautiful dish you can cook at the same time. The recipe is based on a traditional Greek dish, ‘Patates Lemonates’ cooked with lemon and garlic, but I’m using delicious Jersey Royals from Carre Farms.
Greek Potato Recipes
Potatoes were first grown in Greece in the early eighteen hundreds. The story is that they were introduced by Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, a founder of independent Greece, to help feed the growing population. The simplest versions of the dish are made by tossing fried potatoes in a lemon and oregano vinaigrette. However, most recipes call for the potatoes to be roasted with lemon, garlic, oregano, and lashings of good olive oil.
There is also a similar recipe for a cold version of potato salad. Patatosalata is made using boiled potatoes that are tossed with very thinly sliced red onion and chopped parsley. This mix is liberally dressed with the lemon and oregano vinaigrette and is great with grilled chicken, fish, or served at a picnic.
Greek-style Jersey Royals with Feta and Oregano
The great thing about Greek cooking is its simplicity. Like other Mediterranean cuisines, Greek food is about letting the flavour of the quality ingredients shine through. You don’t need to add ingredient after ingredient to this dish. It is a perfect way to serve potatoes throughout the summer. You can add sweet pepper, like I have or a handful of olives, but it works just great as it is.
I think this is one of those dishes like quiche or sausage rolls, at its best served warm. So, you need to time the cooking. Then take the potatoes out of the oven about twenty minutes before you serve them. This way, the feta won’t melt when you crumble it on top. If you cannot get Jersey Royals, use another firm early potato like Cornish New Potatoes.
Greek-style Jersey Royals with Feta and Oregano
Equipment
- Oven proof dish
Ingredients
- 1 kg Jersey Royal Potatoes washed and cut in half
- 100 gr Feta Cheese
- 75 ml quality Olive Oil
- 1 large Red Onion peeled and sliced very thinly
- 1 Sweet Red Pepper deseeded and diced
- 1 Lemon washed
- 2 cloves Garlic peeled and crushed
- 2 teaspoons dried Oregano
- Sea Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 F / 200 C / Gas mark 6. Toss the potatoes and onions together and place in an oven-proof dish. Squeeze the lemon into a jug and mix with the oregano, garlic and 150 millilitres of freshly boiled water.
- Pour over the potatoes and onions, season very generously and drizzle over the olive oil. Place in the oven and cook for thirty minutes. Carefully remove and gently stir to ensure the potatoes are coated in the liquid.
- Sprinkle over the diced peppers and return to the oven for another thirty minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown and cooked. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
- While still warm check the seasoning then transfer to a serving dish and top with crumbled feta and garnish with finely sliced spring onion or chopped flat parsley.
Notes
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