Heston's Perfect Roast Potatoes (Original video)

Ingredients:

• Potatoes
• Olive oil
• Beef dripping (optional)
• Salt
• Rosemary (optional)
• Thyme (optional)
• Garlic (optional)

Instructions:

1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into pieces with enough corners to get a lot of crunch.
2. Rinse the potatoes in a colander over a bowl until the water runs clear to remove most of the starch.
3. Boil the potatoes in water until they start to crack and all the little fissures are where the oil will go into the potatoes.
4. Carefully transfer the potatoes to a tray and let them cool down.
5. Preheat the oven and melt the beef dripping in the roasting tray.
6. Coat the potatoes with a delicate layer of oil and transfer them to the roasting tray.
7. Roast the potatoes in the oven for 50 minutes to an hour and a half, adding rosemary, thyme, and garlic in the last 20 minutes.
8. Finish with salt and serve as the centerpiece of any roast.