Roasted Jacket potatoes

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 220C (200C for fan forced oven).
• Wash and scrub the potatoes to remove and grit, and allow them to dry and dust well with salt
• Wrap the potatoes in foil and bake for an hour or until tender
• Remove the potatoes from the oven and open the foil parcel. Cut three-quarters of the way through the potatoes and open them out. Fill with your desired topping.

Ingredients :

–    4 rashes bacon, thinly sliced
–    80g sour cream
–    8 chives, thinly sliced

Method :
1. Pan-fry the bacon until crisp and golden, then drain on a paper towel. Scatter the bacon over the potatoes, finish with a dollop of the sour cream and scatter over the chives

Herbed mushroom with garlic and sour cream :

Ingredients :

–     200g butter
–     200g Swiss brown or button mushrooms, sliced
–     1 thyme sprig
–     1 clove garlic, crushed
–     2 tablespoons sour cream

Method :
Melt the butter in a medium frying pan over medium heat until foaming. Add the mushrooms, thyme sprig, garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and lightly browned, about 5-6 minutes. Stir in the sour cream, season to taste. Fill the potatoes with the mushroom mixture.