Mary Berry’s Posh Jacket Potatoes
Mary Berry's posh jacket potatoes, as seen on her BBC2 series, Simple Comforts, elevates the humble jacket potato with four different delicious toppings.
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Simple Comforts
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Introduction
Here are lots of lovely filling ideas to dress up plain jacket potatoes. They are great for feeding a crowd and the ultimate comfort food. Each topping is enough for 4 potatoes – 8 halves.
Ingredients
| 4 | large baking potatoes, scrubbed clean |
| 2 tbsp | milk |
| a knob of | butter |
| olive oil, for drizzling | |
| salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| chopped parsley, to garnish | |
| For the toppings: | |
| Red Pepper and Goat’s Cheese: | |
| 2 | large red peppers, halved and deseeded |
| olive oil, for drizzling | |
| 1 tbsp | soft goat’s cheese |
| 1 tbsp | chopped basil leaves |
| Pesto: | |
| 3 tbsp | basil pesto |
| 75g (3oz) | Parmesan cheese, coarsely grated |
| 2 tbsp | chopped parsley |
| Spring onion and Soured Cream: | |
| 4 | spring onions, chopped |
| dash of | vegetable oil |
| 4 heaped tbsp | soured cream |
| paprika, for dusting | |
| Bacon and Mushroom: | |
| 4 | rashers of bacon |
| 50g (2oz) | button mushrooms, sliced |
| 50g (2oz) | mature Cheddar cheese, grated |
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/Gas 7 and bake the potatoes for about an hour or until soft in the middle.
2. Slice each potato in half and scoop out the soft potato into a bowl. Add the milk and butter and mash with a fork. Stir in the topping of your choice (see below), season and mix to combine.
3. Spoon the mixture back into the skins and sit the potatoes, filled side up, in a roasting tin. Drizzle over a little olive oil and return to the oven for about 15 minutes or until golden and the skins are crisp. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot.
Red Pepper and Goat’s Cheese
Place the pepper halves on a baking sheet, skin side up, and drizzle them with a little olive oil. Roast in a preheated oven, 200°C/180°C fan/Gas 6, for about 15 minutes until blackened and soft, then peel off the skins and cut into thin strips. Alternatively, buy a jar of chargrilled peppers in a jar and slice 2 of them. Stir the pepper strips into the soft potato, season well and add the goat’s cheese and basil leaves.
Pesto
Simply add the filling ingredients to the soft potato, season and mix well.
Spring Onion and Soured Cream
Fry the spring onions in a little oil over a high heat until soft. Add them to the soft potato, season well, then stir in the soured cream. Dust the potatoes with a little paprika.
Bacon and Mushroom
Cut the bacon pieces into small pieces and fry until crisp, then add the mushrooms and fry over a high heat for a few minutes. Mix with the soft potato, season well and top with the grated cheese.
Prepare ahead: Can fill the potatoes ready for their second bake up to 4 hours ahead. To reheat, cook at the same temperature as above, but for 30 minutes. Cover with foil if the tops are getting too brown.
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