Oven potatoes with garlic cream and pancetta

Prep: 30min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 45min
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Oven potatoes with garlic cream and pancetta is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the root vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 12 small, waxy potatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Salt
  • 100 g pancetta (sliced)
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • black pepper (freshly ground)
  • 2 tbsp chopped chives

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

  2. 2.

    Wash the potatoes thoroughly, pat dry, wrap tightly in foil and prickle all over with a fork. Bake on the middle rack for about 40 minutes.

  3. 3.

    Peel and finely chop the garlic, then grate it lightly with a pinch of salt. Slice the pancetta into strips.

  4. 4.

    Remove the baked potatoes from the foil, cut them lengthwise and scoop out about half of each potato with a tablespoon, leaving the skin intact. Mash the scooped-out flesh with a fork, mix in the garlic and butter, season with salt and pepper, then refill the skins. Sprinkle the pancetta on top and return to the oven for another 5 minutes until heated through.

  5. 5.

    Sprinkle chopped chives over the finished dish before serving.