Salt-Roasted Potatoes with Roast Shallot and Thyme Butter

Name: Salt-Roasted Potatoes with Roast Shallot and Thyme Butter
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups, salt; 4 medium, russet potatoes, scrubbed and dried; 5 , bay leaves, crumbled; 2 medium, shallots, unpeeled; 4 teaspoons, olive oil; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon, chopped fresh thyme

Side Dishes
Potatoes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2011

What can 2 pounds of salt do to a potato that an oven can’t?

SERVES 4

TIME 2¼ hours

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