Crispy Baked Potatoes

📝 Ingredients

• 1 kg potatoes, (medium-small size)
• 10 sprigs fresh thyme
• 100 ml olive oil (extra virgin)
• 50 g melted unsalted butter
• 2 garlic cloves
• a gusto sal y pimienta

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Peel the potatoes and put them in a pot with water and 1 tbsp of salt. This helps the potato release water as it's cooking and so the result is a dried potato that goes crispier in the oven.
2. 2Put the pot on medium heat. It helps that the water starts from cold because the potatoes then increase temperature together with the water and cooks more evenly. Also don't let it come to a full boil as it will cook the outside of the potato faster that the inside.
3. 3Cook the potatoes until they are nice and soft. So much that it starts to disintegrate on the outside when you handle it.
4. 4Take them out of the water and on to an oven tray. Add the rest of the ingredients to them and take to an oven at 200C for 40min.
5. 5Take them out and flip if they're crispy underneath. If they need more time, leave them more time.
6. 6Before returning to the oven give them a slight crush with a spatula to flatten them a bit. This will make them even softer on the inside.
7. 7Back into the oven for 20-30 extra minutes or until completely golden.
8. 8Serve with extra thyme and enjoy!