Portuguese "Punched" Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 large garlic clove thinly sliced
• 0.5 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 3 tablespoons olive oil extra-virgin
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 1 pounds round potatoes red unpeeled scrubbed

Equipment

• oven
• baking pan
• rolling pin
• meat tenderizer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 40
2. Combine garlic and olive oil; let steep 40 minutes.
3. Roast potatoes in a shallow baking pan at 400 on the middle oven rack for 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
4. "Punch" each potato, exposing the flesh, by whacking with a rolling pin or meat mallet. Arrange potatoes on a warm serving dish.
5. Strain olive oil, and drizzle over potatoes; sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper.