If roasting with a chicken on top, heat oven to 225C or 450F (see roast chicken recipe for an all in one meal)

If roasting as a separate side dish, heat oven to 200C or 425F

• Peel potatoes and cut in half.
• Pour the olive oil and wine into a baking dish.
• Lay onion slices all over the bottom of the dish. Add the garlic and bay leaf.
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  Place the potatoes evenly around the baking dish.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Drizzle the top of the potatoes with olive oil.

If roasting with a chicken for roast chicken, place the chicken on top of the potatoes.

• Adjust the oven rack to be 1/3 from the bottom. Once the oven reaches temp place the dish on the rack.
• Roast for 45 minutes.

If roasting with a chicken for roast chicken, once the chicken has finished cooking remove the chicken. This may take longer than 45 minutes.

• Turn on the broiler and broil the potatoes for 5-10 minutes, placed 6 inches from the broiler, until the tops are browned.
• To test for doneness, press a fork into one of the potatoes. The fork should enter the potato without resistance.
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  Once cooked through, remove from the oven and serve, spooning sauce and onions from the bottom of the baking dish over the potatoes.