Crusty Puffed Potatoes

• 4 small red potatoes
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt

1. Preheat oven to 475F.
2. Rinse potatoes and dry well with paper towels.
3. Rub potatoes with oil.
4. Cut each potato in half and sprinkle cut sides with salt.
5. Put potatoes on a baking rack and let stand 10 minutes so salt can draw some water out of potatoes.
6. Bake potatoes on the baking rack (not on a baking sheet) on middle rack of oven until cooked through, about 20 minutes.
7. Increase temperature to 500F.
8. and bake potatoes until puffed and golden, about 5 minutes more.

red potatoes, olive oil, coarse salt

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/crusty-puffed-potatoes-11123 (may not work)