Potato wallets
These "wallets" are potatoes boiled in their skins and sliced part-way through after cooking. The slots are filled with slices of cheese and grilled bacon and the potatoes are then baked for a few minutes the oven.
49K 13 4.2
Last modified on: March 8th 2015
Keywords for this recipe:PotatoesSlicesCheeseOven cookedGrilled baconWallet
450 g belly (streaky) bacon
450 g cheese
6 tablespoons 
12 
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 19 min. | 45 min. | 1 hour 4 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
If not already sliced, slice the bacon into thin rashers.
Lay on a baking sheet and cook at 360°F (180°C) until nicely browned (about 15 minutes), or cook under the grill.
Lay on a baking sheet and cook at 360°F (180°C) until nicely browned (about 15 minutes), or cook under the grill.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
When cold, cut the bacon into shorter pieces.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Slice 450 g cheese (Cheddar here) fairly thinly.
Stage 4 - 20 min.
Wash the potatoes thoroughly (the skins are for eating) and boil them until tender.
Stage 5 - 4 min.
When cooked, cut several vertical slices, without cutting all the way through.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
Slip a piece of bacon and/or cheese into each slot.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Brush the skins of the potatoes with olive oil to help them crisp up during baking.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
Finish with a slice of cheese on the top, if you wish...
Stage 9 - 10 min.
...and bake for about 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
Serve with a green salad, if possible.
Serve with a green salad, if possible.
Remarks
Use fairly large potatoes to make assembling the wallets easier.
You can use smoked bacon, if you prefer the flavour.
You can use smoked bacon, if you prefer the flavour.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately once plated up.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 6,569 Kcal or 27,503 Kj | 178 gr | 396 gr | 474 gr |
| 328 % | 68 % | 37 % | 72 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 226 Kcal or 946 Kj | 6 gr | 14 gr | 16 gr |
| 11 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 547 Kcal or 2,290 Kj | 15 gr | 33 gr | 40 gr |
| 27 % | 6 % | 3 % | 6 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Confit of carrots with bacon, Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Hamburgers, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hamburgers, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Vegetable tian, Aligot, Croque-monsieur complet, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salt cod brandade, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Crème de foie gras, Grandma's salad, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with rice and leeks, Stuffed baguette , Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Risotto-style celeriac, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All |
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