Fire-baked potatoes with soured cream and fiery salsa
- Published: 31 Oct 11
- Updated: 23 Oct 24
These mini baked potatoes are perfect for guests huddled around the fire on Bonfire Night. Serve with soured cream and homemade salsa.
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- Serves 6
- Takes 15 min to make, 1 hour to cook
Ingredients
- 1.5kg small potatoes
- 2 tsp hot smoked paprika
- Flaky sea salt
For the soured cream dip
- 300ml soured cream
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Bunch of fresh chives, finely chopped
For the fiery salsa
- 1 tsp chipotle chilli paste (we like Discovery Chipotle Paste, from Waitrose and Ocado)
- 250g cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 280g roasted peppers, drained and chopped
- 2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
- Small bunch of fresh flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
Method
- Wash the potatoes, pierce with a sharp knife and sprinkle with the paprika and lots of flaky sea salt. Wrap, 3 or 4 at a time, in foil and bury in the embers of the bonfire (or see tip). Roast for 1 hour until tender.
- Meanwhile make the dips. Mix the soured cream with the rest of the ingredients, season well and set aside. For the salsa, mix all of the ingredients together, check the seasoning and set aside.
- Uncover the potatoes carefully from the embers using tongs and place on a baking sheet. Unwrap the parcels and tip into a serving bowl. Serve with the dips to dunk them in.
- Recipe from November 2011 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 326kcals
- Fat
- 12.4g (6.5g saturated)
- Protein
- 7.4g
- Carbohydrates
- 48.7g (5.8g sugars)
- Fibre
- 6.5g
- Salt
- 0.9g
delicious. tips
If you’re not cooking over a bonfire, cook the potatoes, unwrapped in a roasting tin, in an oven preheated to 220°C/fan200°C/gas 7 for 40 minutes.
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