Greek Lemon-garlic Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 -2 1/2 lbs all-purpose potatoes, peeled and cut into thick wedges
• 1/4-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, as needed
• 3 lemons
• sea salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon greek oregano, crumbled between your hands
• coarse ground black pepper
• 5 -8 garlic cloves, thickly sliced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in a large baking pan, arrange the potato pieces and cover with about 1/2-inch water.
• 3 drizzle with half the olive oil and the juice of 1 lemon, tossing the lemon rinds into the pan alongside the potatoes.
• 4 sprinkle to taste with sea salt, oregano, and pepper; place in oven for about 20 minutes.
• 5 squeeze the second lemon over the potatoes, adding the rind, toss the potatoes around using a spatula, taking care not to break them up too much, and scatter the pieces of garlic around the pan.
• 6 add more olive oil, if needed; return to oven.
• 7 bake for another 15 minutes or so, remove from the oven, toss around a bit, then return for another 5 minutes.
• 8 remove from the oven, squeeze the last lemon over the top, and scrape all the yummy pan juices up along with the potatoes.
• 9 serve right away (though they are not bad at room temperature).