Jacket Potatoes Filled With Garlic And Herbs

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 large desiree potatoes (225-275g each) or 3 large king edward potatoes (225-275g each)
• olive oil
• rock salt, crushed
• 150 g cottage cheese or 150 g cream cheese
• 25 g butter
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 50 g grated cheddar cheese
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to gas mark 5/375f/190°c.
• 2 wash the potatoes and dry them very thoroughly with a cloth, then leave them aside to dry as much as possible.
• 3 next, prick the skins a few times all over with a fork, then put a few drops of olive oil over each one and rub it all over the skin followed by some crushed salt.
• 4 place the potatoes on to the centre shelf of the oven and let them bake for 1¾-2 hours, or until the skins are really crisp.
• 5 meanwhile, pre-heat the grill.
• 6 once the potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven, protect your hands with a cloth, slice them in half then scoop out the cooked potatoes into a bowl (careful not to tear the skin).
• 7 then combine the potato with the cottage cheese or cream cheese, butter, garlic and herbs and season with salt and pepper.
• 8 pile the mixture back into the potato shells, sprinkle each half with the grated cheddar and pop them under the grill until they are brown and bubbling.