Loaded Baked Potato

The loaded baked potato is a filling, American-style dish: potato baked tender in its skin, loaded with crisp bacon, melting cheese and sour cream.

1. Wash the large potatoes, prick them with a fork in several places, and rub them with salt.

2. In a 200 °C oven bake them tender in about 1 hour – they are right when a fork slides in easily.

3. Meanwhile fry the bacon crisp in a dry pan, then cut or crumble it into small pieces.

4. Cut the baked potatoes in half, and fluff their insides with a fork.

5. Put a piece of butter on them to melt, then sprinkle over grated cheddar, sour cream and the crisp bacon.

6. Pepper it, sprinkle over chopped parsley, and serve warm.

Tip: Do NOT wrap it in foil while baking, as its skin steams – without foil it stays really crisp.