Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Rosemary and Fleur de Sel

Fleur de sel is a French sea salt.  The grains of salt are not hard, but very thin crispy flakes.  Some people say it has a unique flavor, but to me it tastes just like any other sea salt.  Even though its flavor is quite ordinary to me, I still like to cook with it because of the light crunchy texture that it gives to food.  It is usually only used to season food after it has been cooked.  I season these potatoes with some before they are cooked.  Then I add a light sprinkling just before serving.

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Rosemary and Fleur de Sel

2 lbs fingerling potatoes

3 sprigs of rosemary

3 tbs olive oil

fleur de sel

black pepper, freshly cracked

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  In a roasting pan toss the potatoes and rosemary in the olive oil.  Then sprinkle with a 1 tbs of fleur de sel and some freshly cracked black pepper.  Roast in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the potatoes tender.  Just before serving give the potatoes a light sprinkling of fleur de sel.

Spring is finally here so we jumped at the opportunity to dine outside.

These potatoes made a great side dish for our first outdoor dinner of spring.