Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce


Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
You will no doubt have baked potatoes the classic way, but here's a version inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi, served with a delicious tuna and caper sauce, and a poached egg.
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Last modified on: September 27th 2020

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 1 hour
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Wash 4 potatoes (choose nice large ones), but do not peel. Sit them on a baking sheet then use a brush to coat them with olive oil. Sprinkle with fine salt and bake for about an hour.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Meanwhile, make

The tuna and caper sauce


Put into a blender goblet: 2 egg yolks, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 120 g tuna in oil, 2 anchovys fillets, 1 sprig parsley, 15 g capers, salt and pepper.

Stage 3 - 2 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Add the oil from the tin of tuna, then blend thoroughly. When well mixed, add 100 g olive oil in a thin stream...

Stage 4
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
...until the texture is thick and smooth.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Pour into a serving bowl and refrigerate until needed.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Take the potatoes out of the oven when they are golden brown and the skin is crisp.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Sit a potato on each plate, split down the middle and slip a poached egg into the opening. Pour the tuna and caper sauce generously over and scatter a few chopped capers on top.

Serve immediately.
Remarks
If your tuna in oil is not top quality (the French brand "Le Connétable" is a good one I recommend, even if a bit pricey), don't use the oil from the tin, stick with olive oil.

The quantity of olive oil to add in #stage 3 is for guidance, so stop as soon as it reaches the desired consistency.

In French, potatoes baked in their skins are described as "en robe des champs" (in their field gowns - a quaint way of saying "as they come from the field"). A classic way French kids deform this is to say that the potatoes are "en robe de chambre" (in their dressing gowns). This worked for me and my sisters when we were small, it worked for my boys; I wouldn't be surprised if it works one day for my grandchildren. I hope you like it too.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately.
Source
Based on a recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,361 Kcal or 9,885 Kj62 gr127 gr178 gr
118 %24 %12 %27 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
197 Kcal or 825 Kj5 gr11 gr15 gr
10 %2 %1 %2 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
590 Kcal or 2,470 Kj16 gr32 gr45 gr
30 %6 %3 %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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Fish, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 3.80 €
  • Per person : 0.95 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Tuna in oilTuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tapenade, Springtime mixed salad, Baker's pizza, Baby courgette salad, Cretan salad, ... All
Poached eggsPoached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fried bread with leek and poached egg , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Eggs meurette, Tartine du pêcheur , Eggs Benedict , ... All
PotatoesPotatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Cervelas salad, Turnip top soup, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Fillets of sole Dieppoise, ... All
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