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Potatoes with bacon and herbs

The potatoes in this recipe are rolled in a slice of lightly cooked bacon with sage and bay leaves slipped in between.

They are then baked in the oven.

5,1004.7/5 for 7 ratings

Last modified on: November 14^th 2018

For 4 people, you will need:

1 200 g belly (streaky) bacon
2 500 g cooked potato
3 30 g butter
4 10 bayleaves
5 10 leaves sage
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 770 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	35 min.	1 hour

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered in plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #1

Finely slice 200 g belly (streaky) bacon (if not already sliced) and lay out flat on a sheet of cooking parchment. Cook in the oven at 360°F (180°C) for 10 minutes.

This is just to lightly pre-cook the bacon, rather than cook it completely.

Leave the oven on after this.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #2

Peel 500 g cooked potatoes. You should have the same number of potatoes as bacon slices.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #3

Cut a small slice off one end of each potato so that they will stand upright in the dish.

Stage 4

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #4

Butter a gratin dish.

Put a sage leaf and half a bayleaf on each potato, roll up in a slice of bacon and stand in the dish.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #5

Prepare all the potatoes like this, packing them tight together. Drizzle a little olive oil over.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Potatoes with bacon and herbs : Photo of step #6

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Remarks

If possible, use herb olive oil, rather than ordinary, to drizzle over the potatoes before they go in the oven.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,075 Kcal or 8,688 Kj	28 gr	95 gr	176 gr
104 %	11 %	9 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
269 Kcal or 1,126 Kj	4 gr	12 gr	23 gr
13 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
519 Kcal or 2,173 Kj	7 gr	24 gr	44 gr
26 %	3 %	2 %	7 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 9.68 €
Per person : 2.42 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon marinated like herring, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Deep leek and potato quiche, Gratin of purple artichokes, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Rillons de Tours, Surf and turf club sandwich, Bacon and cabbage omelette, Hamburgers, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moist chocolate cake, Tarte Normande, Moist Lemon Cake, Toasted-flour biscuits, Chocolate cake, ... All
	Bayleaf: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spicy seafood plancha, Pâté de campagne, Preserved lemons, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Mexican-style pork medallions , ... All

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