Rosemary is a fragrant and aromatic herb and it goes nicely with the taste of potatoes. The potatoes in the following recipe are combined with onion and soaked in a rosemary flavored marinade for an hour, before being grilled. This recipe for rosemary new potatoes makes a beautiful side dish or you can make this rosemary potato recipe and eat it the next day cold with salad.
Rosemary roasted potatoes can be baked in the oven but cooking them in aluminum foil packets over the grill keeps everything juicy and succulent. This is one of our nicest easy grilled vegetable recipes and the flavors in the finished dish are amazing.
Ingredients -
1 ½ lbs small roasting potatoes, peeled and quartered
½ lb shallots or very small onions, peeled and quartered
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 rosemary sprigs
4 cloves garlic, smashed
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 ½ teaspoons salt
Fresh rosemary leaves for garnish
Preparation:
Combine the oil, rosemary, garlic, salt, and pepper in a bowl and add the potatoes and onions. Leave them to marinate for an hour.
Lay out some aluminum foil and put the potato and onion mixture in it, along with the marinade.
Seal the foil tightly and grill the packet over a medium hot grill, turning it after 10 minutes. After 20 minutes, use a bamboo skewer to check for doneness and cook the potatoes for longer if necessary.
Take care not to puncture the foil.
Serve hot as a side dish, with some extra rosemary leaves for garnish.
(Serves 4)
You can find the marinade for this recipe in our marinade section at this link for Aromatic Rosemary Oil Marinade