The simple ingredient that makes roast potatoes 'crispy and so fluffy'

A staple in British culture and cuisine, the roasted potato is the perfect accompaniment to any meal. And adding Parmesan cheese may just be the next step to elevating your roastie to make it fluffy inside and crispy on the outside.

This recipe describes a Parmesan-butter mix that can be spread over a tray of crosshatched potatoes. The mixture acts as a bottom layer for the bake, with the potatoes placed on top.

Bailey Fink wrote on All Recipes: "Grated Parmesan cheese gives these roasted potatoes a lovely crisped exterior.

"I found that spreading the Parmesan-butter mixture directly onto the crosshatched potatoes helped it to stick better."

Delighted users commented on the 45-minute recipe, saying how easy and delicious the potatoes were.

One posted: "Easy and delicious. Love how the Parmesan gets so crispy, while the potatoes are so fluffy on the inside."

Another posted: "Delicious and crispy! Loved them!"

Ingredients include:

1 (24 ounce) package baby Yukon Gold potatoes, halved

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 ½ teaspoons garlic and herb seasoning

1 teaspoon kosher salt

½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

• First preheat your oven to 425 degrees F/ 220 degrees C.
• Melt the butter by placing two tablespoons into a 9 x 13-inch dish or nonstick pan in the oven. This takes approximately 4 minutes.
• Score your potatoes as the butter melts, making quarter inch-deep crosshatch cuts (a diamond pattern).

• Set aside the potatoes and proceed to remove the pan, allowing the butter to cool for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the Parmesan, along with the garlic, herb seasoning, and salt to create a buttery paste.
• Spread 1 teaspoon of the paste onto the crosshatched side of each potato, then place them face down in the pan before sliding the dish into the oven.
• Bake for around 25 minutes so that the potatoes remain tender, but show a golden crust on the bottom. Let them cool for 5 minutes before lifting them with a spatula, ready to eat.