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Pizza Potato Wedges – Lord Byron’s Kitchen

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8 April 2024

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Baked with a light, pillowy center and a crispy crust, Pizza Potato Wedges are seasoned and flavoured with oregano, basil, garlic, onion, and parmesan, making them the perfect pairing with homemade pizza and chicken wings too!

Who doesn’t love a good potato wedge? I think they are extremely overlooked as a possible side dish to just about everything. After all, it’s hardly possible to go wrong with a potato side! Just look at how delicious these Pizza Potato Wedges look! I’ve loved potato wedges ever since I can remember, but I don’t remember loving them this much since I was about twelve or thirteen years old. (That was a long, long time ago!)

Whenever we order pizza, being the big eater that I am, I always like to have a side dish as well. I’m not sure who thought of serving pizza with garlic bread, potato wedges, or chicken wings, but I’d like to meet them one day. They’re one of my heroes! Truth be told, we usually order a family value special so that we can accommodate everyone’s tastes and preferences. Potato wedges come with that order.

Now though, I make homemade pizza because we don’t live in an area where delivery is available. So, since I was making homemade pizza for dinner one night, I thought I would make my favourite potato wedges to go along with it. You can find my homemade pizza recipes right here. And, also, I made wings to go with the pizza and the potato wedges. I have more than a dozen different wing recipes and you can find them all here!

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MY LOVE OF POTATO WEDGES RUNS DEEP!

Way, way back in the mid-90s, I used to live with my family in a very small town in Northern Ontario. The population of this town was 3,500. There wasn’t much to do, which was great, because we were forced to be really creative to keep ourselves busy. But, it was also a bad thing, because with very little to do, it was easier to get into trouble.

One of my fondest food memories, other than the waffle fries at Burger Queen (yes, queen not king!) that were often given to us kids for free if we ran an errand or two for the owners, was the potato wedges at a little mom and pop shop called Reddi Chef. (I just Googled it to see if it still exists. Same location, new name. The new sign says formerly Reddi Chef! I’d give anything to go back there just one more time!)

At Reddi Chef, I could buy a box of potato wedges for $2. They were crispy and salty and peppery. And, if I happened to have an extra fifty cents, they would smother the potato wedges in a thick, beef gravy. I cannot count how many times I would have a box of potato wedges for dinner if Mom and Dad were working late! Those potato wedges were the best! But, I do think my Pizza Potato Wedges could give them a run for their money!

WHAT MAKES A GOOD POTATO WEDGE?

A good potato wedge doesn’t need to be hard to make or difficult to master. I believe that two factors are mostly responsible for a good potato wedge experience. First, you need to have a good seasoning. Potatoes love salt and pepper, but for me, potatoes are not good potatoes until they have a bit of onion and garlic flavour as well.

The second factor is heat. A good potato wedge demands a hot oven. When roasting any vegetable really, at a minimum you must set your oven to 400 degrees. In fact, sometimes, depending on the veggie and what I’m trying to achieve, I’ll go as high as 450 degrees. The high temperature will give you the crispy outside, but the pillow-y, fluffy inside we all love.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO PREPARE THIS RECIPE

The following is a list of the ingredients needed to prepare this Pizza Potato Wedges recipe. For exact amounts and measurements, refer to the printable recipe card located near the bottom of this post.

Potatoes – I like to use baking potatoes for wedges. Any white-flesh potatoes will do just fine.
Olive Oil
Dried Basil and Dried Oregano
Dried Red Chili Flakes – You can use as much or as little of this as you wish. If you don’t care for spicy food, still, I encourage you to add a little bit. It does add a lot of flavour and since you’ll only use a little at a time, the spice/heat level will be pretty weak.
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder – Use garlic powder and not granulated garlic. There’s a big difference in the taste!
Salt and Ground Black Pepper
Parmesan Cheese
Nonstick Cooking Spray

HOW TO MAKE PIZZA POTATO WEDGES

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Prepare a sheet pan by lining it with parchment paper. (I used two baking sheets.) Generously coat parchment paper with nonstick cooking spray. Lay the potato wedges, cut side down in rows. Do not allow the wedges to touch or overlap. Bake for 10 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the oven. Using metal tongs, turn each potato wedge over so that the opposite cut side is facing down. Bake for an additional 10 minutes. In the meantime, whisk together the olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, basil, oregano, salt, ground black pepper, dried red chili flakes and parmesan cheese.

Turn the potato wedges over once again and brush the surface of each one with the sauce mixture. Using a silicone pastry brush makes this step very easy. Bake the wedges for 5 minutes. Flip them over one last time, brush with the sauce, and bake for a final 5 minutes. Plate and sprinkle over extra parmesan and finely chopped fresh parsley if desired. Serve immediately.

PARMESAN CHEESE

I know a wedge of parmesan – even a small one – can be anywhere from 12 to 20 dollars. So, you can use other cheeses that will save you a few bucks. My go-to cheese if I can’t get good parmesan is pecorino romano. It has a very similar taste and texture.

I have another option that’s a little outside the box, but don’t knock it until you try it! Have you heard of nutritional yeast? It’s quite good and is an ingredient many vegans will use as a parmesan alternative. Nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast commonly used as an ingredient in creamy, dairy-free cheese substitutes. You can often find it used as a topping for foods like my Doritos Cool Ranch Popcorn.

I’ve also used it in my Homemade Ranch Seasoning, which is great stirred into buttermilk to make a salad dressing. Or into sour cream for a very tasty ranch dip! I’ve also used it in this Garlic Bread recipe. Honestly, Dear Reader, it’s delicious! Finally, in addition to a wedge of real parmesan, the stuff you can easily find in a can at any grocery store works well in this recipe too!

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

I think a potato wedge needs thick gravy or ketchup, but in this particular situation, the potato wedges are seasoned with a pizza flavouring. So, it might be just me, but gravy does not belong here! I served my Pizza Potato Wedges with two dipping sauces. First, I served it with my quick and easy homemade marinara sauce. The second sauce I thought worked very well with the wedges was a spicy cheese sauce.

As I previously mentioned, I like to serve pizza and wings with potato wedges, but I know that might seem like a lot of food for some. Alternatively, you could serve these with a salad too. In fact, they would pair very well with a classic Caesar salad!

QUESTIONS?

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