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Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream

Name: Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream
Prep time: 42 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 42 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes; 1 handful herbs of your choice; 100 g butter; 150 g cream; salt; pepper; 1 teaspoon lemon juice

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).

207 K 1× 4.1/5 (25 reviews)

1 hour 45 min. difficulté

Easy

3.75 €

6 people

7 Ingredients

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Resting: 20 min.

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 1 hour 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 hour

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Stage 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 : Stage 2

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

Stage 3

Mix with a fork.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Stage 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 : Stage 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 : Stage 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 : Stage 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 : Stage 8

Cut the roll of herb butter into thick slices.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream : Stage 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.

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

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	200 RDI=20 %	130 RDI=20 %	2,060 RDI=100 %	8,620 RDI: 100 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=1 %	20 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=2 %	160 RDI=8 %	680 RDI: 8 %
Per person	4 RDI=2 %	30 RDI=3 %	20 RDI=3 %	340 RDI=20 %	1,440 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 3.75 €
Per person : 0.65 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

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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