Sauteed Potatoes With Garlic, Thyme And Lemon

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 small potatoes
• olive oil
• 5 -6 cloves garlic, sliced
• 6 cloves garlic, whole,unpeeled
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon freshly chopped thyme
• 1/2 lemon, juice of

Recipe

• 1 peel potatoes and cut into quarters lengthwise.
• 2 fill a medium frying pan with about 1/4 inch olive oil and heat to very hot; add sliced garlic until browned and fragrant.
• 3 remove garlic with slotted spoon.
• 4 oil should be quite hot, but not smoking.
• 5 add potatoes and let sit over moderately high heat for about 2 minutes.
• 6 toss potatoes, and let sit 2 minutes more (this sears the outside and helps prevent them sticking to the pan).
• 7 continue sauteeing, tossing fairly frequently for 7-8 minutes more, until the potatoes are lightly browned all over.
• 8 add the unpeeled garlic cloves and toss the potatoes with salt, pepper, and thyme.
• 9 cover pan and cook over moderately low heat, tossing occasionally, for 8-10 minutes more, until potatoes are tender.
• 10 *ifnot serving immediately, keep warm on asbestos mat or warming device, but do not cover pan or potatoes will loose their freshly cooked taste.
• 11 *(just before removing from pan, add freshly squeezed lemon juice, and correct seasoning as neccessary.) at serving time, raise heat and toss the potatoes again for a moment or two.
• 12 remove from pan with slotted spoon to paper bag.
• 13 serve with whole clove of garlic: each person can crush the clove with their fork and mix into their potatoes.