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Recipes: Roast Shallots and Potatoes with Butter and Soy Sauce
Pin ItInspired by a Japanese-flavoured recipe, I wanted to make something very simple and flavourful to go with vegetables and sausages. So, this vegetable roast is done in one go in a single pan in under half an hour, and it is deeply flavoured with caramelised shallots and a little soy sauce. Clearly, it’s an overall winner.
This can be a side dish to most, especially pork or duck, but I wouldn’t mind doubling this and having it as a main dish with crunchy green vegetables.
Ingredients
- . 250g potatoes, cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces if large
- . 200g shallots, left whole or cut in half depending on size
- . 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- . 1-2 teaspoons dark Japanese soy sauce (shoyu)
- . 1-2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- . Freshly ground black pepper, if liked
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
- Place the potatoes and shallots into a large roasting tray and drizzle over the oil, tossing to coat the vegetables.
- Roast for 20-25 minutes, or until the potatoes and shallots are cooked and golden – a skewer or thin knife should easily cut into the potato, and the shallot should be soft and perhaps a little crispy.
- Remove the tray from the oven and, while everything is still warm, sprinkle over the soy sauce and butter.
- Toss the vegetables and seasonings together to melt the butter and coat everything thoroughly.
- Serve right away, adding freshly ground black pepper if desired.
About the author
I'm a self-conscious dilettante with a degree in History of Art from SOAS and UCL. I've lived in Greater London all my life, interrupted only occasionally by brief trips to Thailand. The result is that I speak Thai with a Croydon accent (and sometimes Croydon with a posh accent, but that's another story). Far from being a charming bilingual intellectual of the world who ably holds forth on every topic imaginable at dinner parties, most of what I actually say in either language is "Hello", "That's a nice painting", and "I'm hungry". My idea of a balanced diet is a bowl of Mama instant noodles in one hand and a chip buttie in the other, but I also don't mind a nice bit of duck confit or gaeng paa gai. I don't go to dinner parties, anyway. I like looking at interesting things. Thai contemporary art, Early Modern English portraiture, and lowbrow art have so far held my attention. I consume vast amounts of art and food, so I thought I would give something back by writing.
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