I caught a
glimpse of a cooking show by a guy called Tom Kerridge and was taken by his
enthusiasm about potato skins. I've
never done them before so decided to give it a go. Of course, I didn't follow him exactly but I
was able to find his recipe online here.
What you would need to do it my way
3 baking
potatoes (I used Agria)
Cos lettuce
Bacon
(should have been pancetta but I didn't have any)
Oil –
canola in my case
Crème
fraiche (about ½ a little tub)
Mayonnaise
– about half of the crème fraiche quantity
Smallish
amount of blue vein cheese
Tablespoon
of Dijon mustard
Tabasco
sauce to taste
Chopped
parsley for garnish
Paprika (I
forgot it before taking the photo)
What to do
Scrub your
potatoes and bake them whole in a medium oven until cooked.
When they
have cooled enough for you to handle, cut the potatoes in half longitudinally
and scoop out the cooked potato with a teaspoon trying not to pierce the skin –
leaving a little potato on the skin is ok (and in fact my better half preferred
to have some on the skin).
Keep the
potato for making something else.
Put the
potato skins back into the oven after drizzling them with a little oil. Cook for another 20 minutes or so until they
crisp up and are firm – I used my fan bake function for this.
While they
are cooking prepare your dressing for the lettuce – which is simply that you
mix up the crème fraiche, mayonnaise, crumbled blue cheese, mustard and tabasco
with a spoon. If you feel the dressing
is too thick you can add a wee splash of water to loosen it up a tad.
Prepare
your lettuce by tearing it up into smallish pieces – doing it with a knife
would be fine too. Chop up a small
amount of fresh herbs – I used Italian parsley.
Cut your
bacon/pancetta into smallish pieces and crisp them up in the oven while your
potato skins are finishing off.
Now it's
just an assembly job. Put the potato
skins on a plate, pop some bacon in each one.
Mix your dressing through the lettuce and spoon the dressed lettuce into
each potato skin. Sprinkle each with
some chopped herb and some paprika (which I forgot).
The result
is very tasty – and best of all can be eaten quite easily and neatly just with
your fingers! Would be a good thing to
take to a party.
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Sounds and looks delicious!!! Potatoes are a STAPLE in our diet and I love them every way there is!!
ReplyDeleteMy mouth is watering, these sound so good! I've pinned the recipe to try :)
ReplyDeletemmmmm that sounds delicious! We are planning an American Horror Story bingewatch and these would make a great snack. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE baked potato skins but I've never thought to put lettuce in them. These look really tasty.
ReplyDeleteI love potato skins but haven't ever put lettuce in them. It looks really good though.
ReplyDeleteI love all kinds of potatoes and potato skins are awesome. I never used them for salad either. Must give this a try -- I bet it's delicious.
ReplyDeleteI was off the grid this weekend (camping) so that's why I'm late coming around.