Another favourite recipe for baked potatoes from Nigel Slater’s ” Real Food”. You can use fresh shop brought pesto as an alternative. SErve with a green salad.
Ingredients
- 4 baked potatoes
- 3 plump garlic cloves peeled
- 2 large handfuls ( 15g) basil leavers
- 2 tbsps pinenuts lightly toasted
- 4 tbsps olive oil
- 2 tbsps grated Parmesan plus extra to finish
Servings:
Instructions
- Cream the garlic to a paste with a little salt in a pestle and mortar. Add the basil and pine nuts, pounding to a thick paste.
- Drizzle in the oil, stirring, then mix in the parmesan.
- Crack open the baked potatoes, scoop out the flesh and return the empty skins to the oven to crisp.
- Mash the potato and pesto together then pile into the skins. Scatter with more grated cheese and bake until bubbling, then serve with a green salad,
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