{"product_id":"lous-crispy-duck-fat-potatoes","title":"Lou's Duck Fat Roast Potatoes with Rosemary and Semolina","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe potatoes that disappear first at Christmas lunch.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRoast potatoes are the thing everybody wants on the table and nobody wants to make. They need peeling, cutting, par-boiling, roughing up, a fat hot enough to spit, and an hour of oven space you do not have on Christmas Day. These are already done, and they go in frozen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fat is duck fat, which is what makes a roast potato taste like a roast potato in a restaurant and not one at home. It has a higher smoke point than butter, so it gets hot enough to crisp without burning, and it carries a savoury richness into the potato that oil alone never does. There is rice bran oil with it, which is neutral and takes the heat, and a sprig of rosemary through the tray so the scent goes into the fat and from the fat into the potato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe semolina is the part people ask about. The potatoes are tossed in it before roasting, and the fine grains catch on the roughed-up edges and turn into a crust, which is how you get a shell that stays crunchy rather than a skin that goes leathery. It is an old trick and it is the difference between a good roast potato and one you remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd they go in frozen, which is not a shortcut, it is the reason they work. A thawed potato is a wet potato, and a wet potato steams. Straight from the freezer into a hot oven, the outside sets hard before the inside softens, which is exactly how a commercial kitchen does it. Do not defrost them, do not take them out early, just put the tray in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade with ❤️ by Lou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lou","offers":[{"title":"Serves 4-6 (800g)","offer_id":41634264449082,"sku":"LMIL021-F2000","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1628\/0025\/files\/DuckFatPotatoes_SQ.png?v=1790575248","url":"https:\/\/foodst.com.au\/products\/lous-crispy-duck-fat-potatoes","provider":"FoodSt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}