Garlic Potatoes With Juniper Berries

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons dried juniper berries, lightly crushed
• 8 large garlic cloves
• 1 1/2 lbs tiny new potatoes
• 1 lemon, juice of, small
• coarse-grain sea salt and black pepper, to taste
• finely chopped fresh oregano
• triangles of toasted whole wheat bread (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 350*f.
• 2 pour the olive oil into a heavy shallow baking dish large enough to hold the potatoes in a single layer.
• 3 sprinkle the juniper berries over the oil and place the dish in an oven for a few minutes to warm.
• 4 trim off the stem ends of the garlic cloves and rub off any feathery outer skin.
• 5 place the potatoes and garlic in the warm dish and roll them in the olive oil to lightly coat.
• 6 bake 10 minutes and roll the potatoes and garlic in the olive oil once more.
• 7 reduce the oven temperature to 300˚f and bake uncovered for 50 minutes or until the potatoes are just tender.
• 8 roll the potatoes in the olive oil to coat once more and transfer to a warm platter.
• 9 sprinkle with the lemon juice, salt and pepper, and oregano.
• 10 serve hot or warm, with toast, if desired.