By Big Green Egg

French-style roast potatoes, cooked in bacon fat and stock

Set up your EGG

Set up you EGG for indirect cooking with the ConvEGGtor in a legs-up position, topped with the Stainless Steel Grid.

Prepare your potatoes by peeling them and shaping them into barrels (this is called ‘turning’ potatoes).

Set up your EGG

Add the bacon and diced shallots to a Cast Iron Skillet and place in the EGG. Turn regularly while the lardons render.

peel your spuds add bacon to the skillet

Once the bacon is crispy, remove from the skillet and add the potatoes. Stir them around in the bacon fat, then add stock until the potatoes are half covered. Brush the tops with melted butter and return to the EGG.

add your stock brush with butter

Cook the potatoes

Cook until the potatoes soften (around 45 minutes), then return the lardons and shallots and place into the EGG for a further 10 minutes. Scatter with chopped parsley, then serve.

add back the bacon add parsley and serve

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