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Classic jacket potatoes

Name: Classic jacket potatoes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tsp olive oil; 4 large baking potatoes; 200ml soured cream; 50g cheddar grated; 4 crispy bacon rashers, chopped; 4 spring onions thinly sliced

Make the perfect jacket potato – crispy on the outside and meltingly soft in the middle

1 hr 25 min total 5 min prep 1 hr 20 min cook Serves 4 322 cal

Ingredients

4 serv.

2 tsp olive oil
4 large baking potatoes
200ml soured cream
50g cheddar grated
4 crispy bacon rashers, chopped
4 spring onions thinly sliced

Instructions

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1 Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub the olive oil over the potatoes and put on the top shelf of the oven. Bake for 20 mins.
2 Turn down the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and bake for 45 mins-1 hr until the skin is crisp and the flesh soft.
3 Cut a cross on top of each potato, squeeze the sides, add the soured cream and your favourite toppings.