Greek sweet and sour roasted Potatoes
These Greek sweet and sour potatoes, are crispy from the outside and juicy from the inside, perfect as a side dish to accompany any meat dish.
These potatoes are a twist to the classic Greek Lemony potatoes (patates lemonates) which everybody will love.
How to make Greek sweet and sour potatoes
The classic recipe or these Greek Lemon potatoes, is usually made with extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice and water only.
What makes these potatoes special, is that apart from the classic ingredients, I also add other spices as well and some orange juice from Seville Oranges, which are very aromatic and add amazing flavour to the potatoes.
However, if you don't have Seville Oranges, you can add any other orange juice. It will lack the specific flavour but they will still be very good.
When we add meat to them such as chicken, pork or lamb we just call it "Psito sto fourno" (baked in the oven).
The pan drippings in "psito"can be used as they are or you can make an even more delicious sauce, as I did. See my recipe for Roasted Wild Boar.
I love making them with the skin on but one of my children doesn't eat them with the skin, so some times I have to peel them.
However, all the vitamins and flavour are in the skin, so if you don't mind the skin, leave it on.
Wash and scrub them well and don't forget to score them, as this way they will absorb all the lovely flavours!
You can skip the aluminium tent on top. In this case, I usually parboil them for around ten minutes and then cook them uncovered, turning them once, until golden.
This is all it takes to make these delicious potatoes and serve them as a side dish.
Although it's over a year that I have made this twist to the Greek classic dish I still remember how finger-licking delicious they were, as the potatoes absorb all the juices and flavour.
During the fasting period of Lent, they can be eaten as a main dish with a lovely salad.
Also check out my Greek Lemony Potatoes, baked in parchment paper, for less calories!
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Greek Sweet and Sour Roasted Potatoes
These Greek sweet and sour potatoes, are crispy from the outside and juicy from the inside, perfect as a side dish to accompany any meat dish.
Ingredients
- 20 baby potatoes, (I used Cypriot baby potatoes), preferably with skin on
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon thyme or savory
- ½ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup orange juice (preferably from Seville oranges)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 sprig rosemary, only the leaves, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Scrub and wash the potatoes.
- Preheat the oven to 180o C / 350o F.
- Make a slit in each potato and put them in a roasting pan, in one layer.
- Sprinkle with salt, pepper, chopped rosemary, oregano and thyme and toss them well.
- Put the olive oil, lemon juice, orange juice and garlic in a food processor and purée.
- Pour the dressing on top.
- Cover the baking dish with parchment paper and aluminium foil and bake until the potatoes are soft for about 1 hour.
- Remove the foil, and bake them for 20 - 30 more minutes, turning them once until they are golden and soft.
- Serve as a side dish.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 184Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 0mgSodium 46mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 2gSugar 2gProtein 2g
Kopiaste and Kali Orexi!
Mou anoixes tin orexi mou, kai exo mia pina...
Psito is what we used to eat on Sundays. Delicious recipe Ivy.
They look fantastic! That is one of my favorite ways of baking potatoes.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Yumm, those potatoes look absolutely fabulous..
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Super special potatoes. I love patates lemonates and is a staple in our family.
I love potatoes and lemon so I will definitely be trying this recipe, sounds and looks wonderful!
Sweet and sour potatoes sound really great! Is Greek oregano different from the oregano used in the pizza?
Angie, even in Greece there is a distinction of flavour depending on the area and since I have not tried oregano in other parts of the world I cannot say if it is the same or not. I have tried store bought oregano here in Greece and it does not compare to the real stuff we get directly from the mountains and dry.
http://greekfood.about.com/od/herbsspices/p/greek...
Such yummy potatoes, I love the flavors with citrus, excellent!
I always love roasted potatoes, and the sauce with citrus and herbs sounds fantastic with them!
J'adore les pommes de terre. Alors, ta recette me plait beaucoup.
je la note.
A très bientôt.
I bet your potatoes are amazing and I wish I could taste Cypriot potatoes! I almost never eat potatoes - only when they are in a pisto and like yours 🙂
mmm... one of the first Greek foods I ever loved, long before I visited Greece!
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Wow, sweet and sour potatoes! Sounds so good. The acid in the lemon and sweetness of the orange must be complementing the potatoes really well.
I can just the lovely flavors here. Would pair so well with a grilled meat dish.
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That dressing sounds amazing, Ivy! What a great alternative to the standard (but amazing!) patates fournou.
Lovely patates fournou Ivy! They look spectacular. I could easily eat the potatoes and not the meat!
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