Portuguese-style roasted new potatoes with rosemary

Name: Portuguese-style roasted new potatoes with rosemary
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 8 New potatoes (equal in size); 4 Garlic cloves; as needed Butter; as needed Olive oil; as needed Fresh rosemary; to taste Coarse salt

New potatoes boiled in their skins, then roasted Portuguese-style with butter, garlic, and rosemary. A side dish that serves 4.

Mediterranean cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15–20 min
Total time: 25 min
Temperature: 200 °C (400 °F)
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Portuguese-style roasted new potatoes are a simple side dish made with small potatoes boiled in their skins, then roasted with butter, garlic, and rosemary. Place the boiled potatoes in a greased baking dish, score the tops, and brush with a mixture of melted butter, chopped garlic, coarse salt, and fresh rosemary. Bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 15 to 20 minutes.

Serve with meat or on their own for dinner.

Instructions

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Wash the potatoes thoroughly and boil them in salted water with their skins on. Peel and finely chop the garlic.
Grease a baking dish with olive oil or sunflower oil and arrange the boiled potatoes in it. Score the tops of the potatoes.
In a bowl, mix the melted butter with the chopped garlic, salt, and rosemary. Brush the mixture over the tops of the potatoes.
Place the potatoes in a preheated oven and bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 15–20 minutes.

Tip: Boil the new potatoes just until a fork slides in easily; overcooked potatoes would split when scored. Finely chop the rosemary needles, as whole needles are tough and prickly.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 151 kcal
Protein: 3.6 g
Carbohydrates: 30 g
of which sugars: 1.4 g
Fat: 2.4 g
of which saturates: 0.9 g
Fiber: 3.5 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Pečené nové zemiaky na portugalský spôsob s rozmarínom