Timbatata to tshwuka ti tsemiwa hi le xikarhi hi ku leha, ti vekiwa embiteni, ti funengetiwa hi mati yo titimela, ivi ti vila hi ndzilo lowukulu. Loko mati ya vila, kuhisa kuhungutiwa kuya eka ku swekiwa hiku olova, naswona ti potatoes ti swekiwa kufikela loko fork tender (loko mati ya vila, ti potatoes titala ku endliwile, kambe nkarhi wun’wana tita lava couple extra minutes of simmering kuya hi vukulu na xivumbeko). Naswona leri, vanghana va mina, i goza ra ‘xihundla’ ro endla timbatata letikulu, leti oxiweke eovheni. Ku blanching switiyisisa leswaku ti potatoes ti swekiwa hiku ringana hinkwako loko tinga se oxiwa. Hi ndlela leyi, loko ku fika nkarhi wo sweka timbatata e oven, leswi u faneleke ku vilela hi swona i ku humesa xivumbeko xo saseka, xa buraweni wa nsuku.

Endzhaku ka loko timbatata ti fork tender, humesa mati yo vila eka timbatata (ku hlayisa timbatata embiteni), kutani u tsutsuma ntsena mati yo titimela ya le pompini ehenhla ka timbatata kufikela loko ti hola kuya eka mahiselo ya kamara.

Loko timbatata ti horile, ti veke eka xibya xo hlanganisa, toss na kosher salt, black pepper, na mafurha yo sweka lawa u ma tsakelaka. Veka ti potatoes leti tsemiweke tlhelo ehansi eka sheet tray kutani u sweka eka oven ya 375F-400F kuringana 45-60 wa timinete, kumbe kufikela loko tiva na ntima, golden brown. Tsundzuka, ti potatoes se ti swekiwile hiku hetiseka tani hileswi se hinga ti blanched, hikokwalaho unga languti ngopfu eka nkarhi kumbe mahiselo ya oven ya wena, kambe ngopfu eka muhlovo wa ti potatoes. Loko timbatata tiri na buraweni wo dzwihala wa nsuku, ti hetile ku oxiwa; simple as that.

Susa timbatata leti oxiweke eka oven kutani u hundzisela hiku hatlisa eka xibya lexikulu xo hlanganisa kutani u toss na swimilani swotsakama leswi tsemiweke kahle na swiphemu swimbirhi swa botere. Ku hisa loku humaka eka timbatata ku ta n’okisela botere hi vukheta, ku nyika timbatata ta wena glaze yo chavisa, ya botere ya swimilana. Hi nkarhi lowu wa ku hoxa, titwe u ntshunxekile ku engetela swin’wana swo nandzihisa leswi u swi tsakelaka ku katsa na pesto sauce, minced garlic, Parmesan cheese, mustard kumbe swipayisisi.