Filled Jacket Potatoes (Courtesy from Picnic Idea)
Total Steps
10
Ingredients
17
Tools Needed
8
Ingredients
- 2 item floury potatoes good for baking
- olive oil
- sea salt (preferably unrefined, flaked)
- salted butter(optional)
- 2 fillets smoked trout
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or chives (chopped)
- 2 handful vintage (mature) cheddar cheese (grated)
- 1 teaspoon hot mustard or horseradish sauce
- unsalted butter
- black pepper (freshly ground)
- 5 ounce cream cheese (150 g)
- 1 tablespoon medium curry paste
- 4 item chopped spring onions (or 0.5 small red onion)
- 1 inch piece cucumber (chopped into dice)
- 2 item chopped ripe tomatoes
- lime (or lemon) juice
- fresh mint (or coriander leaves) chopped
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400F (200C, Gas Mark 6). You may try baking in charcoal or grill instead.
Step 2
Wash and dry the potatoes. Make several pricks using a fork. Coat the potatoes in olive oil and sprinkle with salt to stick.
Step 3
Place the potatoes on the centered oven rack and allow cooking for over an hour until potatoes are baked through and the jackets are crisp and golden-brown.
Step 4
Preheat the grill to medium-high.
Step 5
Halve the baked potatoes and remove most of the tender flesh into a medium bowl using a spoon or fork.
Step 6
Add to the bowl the flaked trout, chives (or parsley), 3/4 of the cream cheese, the mustard, and season with salt and pepper. Stir until well incorporated.
Step 7
Carefully spoon the filling into the potato jackets. Put them on a sheet pan.
Step 8
Drizzle the remaining 1/4 of the cream cheese over the filled potato jackets. Allow to grill until the cheese slightly turns golden-brown and is bubbling.
Step 9
Combine all the remaining topping ingredients (curry paste, chopped spring onions or small red onion, diced cucumber, chopped ripe tomatoes, lime or lemon juice, chopped fresh mint or coriander leaves, salt, and black pepper) in a separate bowl. Season to taste.
Step 10
With a knife, make a small hole in the filled potato. Add some of the topping into the hole and on top, allowing it to seep in the potatoes as it melts.