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Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream

Here's how to prepare good baked potatoes, and two ideas for toppings.

Herb butter can be easily be made in advance and store in the fridge folded in plastic film, it can also be served with red meat because it look like very much to the "Beurre maitre d'hotel" (butler's butter, usually with parsley only).

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2010

For 6 people, you will need:

1 1 kg potatoes
2 1 handful herbs of your choice
3 100 g butter
4 150 g cream
5 salt
6 pepper
7 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Total weight: 1,265 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	20 min.	1 hour	1 hour 42 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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Stage 1 - 1 hour

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Wash the potatoes, scrubbing them thoroughly under running water. Use large potatoes if possible, like samba or belles de Fontenay (King Edwards are good in Britain).

Place them on a baking tray without wiping dry and put in the oven.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #2

Meanwhile, finely chop the herbs and put in a bowl with 100 g butter, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Stage 3

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Mix with a fork.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #4

Tip the mixture onto a sheet of plastic film and roll up to produce a cylinder.

Stage 5 - 20 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #5

Twist the ends of the film firmly, rather like a sweet wrapper, and put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #6

Another possible topping can be made by mixing the chopped herbs, salt and pepper with 150 g cream.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #7

After one hour, check if the potatoes are cooked: a knife blade should pass through them easily. If you feel the least resistance, put them back to cook for a further 10 to 15 minutes, then check again.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #8

Cut the roll of herb butter into thick slices.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Photo of step #9

Split the hot potatoes on a plate and place a spoonful of the cream with herbs, or a slice of herb butter, in the centre. Leave to melt for a minute before serving.

The potatoes can be served simply like this, or with a little green salad and a good vinaigrette dressing, and why not add some slices of Morteau sausage?

Remarks

For a lighter option, you can replace the cream with yoghurt, fromage frais, or cottage cheese.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,058 Kcal or 8,616 Kj	25 gr	196 gr	130 gr
103 %	10 %	19 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163 Kcal or 682 Kj	2 gr	16 gr	10 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
343 Kcal or 1,436 Kj	4 gr	33 gr	22 gr
17 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

% 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 6 people : 3.14 £
Per person : 0.52 £

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato wallets, Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets", Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Sorrel soup, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potatoes with prawns, Baked leek and Camembert slices, Eggs Arsène, Blanquette of veal, Spaghetti with smoked salmon, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Dipping bread with cheese, Pretzels, Eggs Benedict , ... All
	Herbs of your choice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Lemony chicken and radish salad, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Surf and turf club sandwich, Breton Sandwich, ... All

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Hi JH, I may not be able to understand the recipe in French, for some reason the English translator is not working, however, there is not language barrier when it comes to; Those potatoes look heavenly! One of the dishes I would adore prepared in honor of Julia Child, lol:) Thank you for sharing...I have taken a rest from blogging for a while but I always love hearing from you even though I am so bad at writing back. Please know you and yours are often in my thoughts. Your site looks superb! Louise:)
Posted by Louise october 24^th 2010 at 13:53 (n° 1)

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