How to Cook a Jacket Potato

                                       

How to cook a Jacket?

Ingredients

4 large baking potatoes
2 tsp olive oil
200ml soured cream
Plus any or all of the following
50g cheddar, grated
4 crispy bacon rashers, chopped
4 spring onions, thinly sliced

Method "How to cook a Jacket Potato"

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub a little oil over each potato and put on the top shelf of the oven. Bake for 20 mins, then turn down the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and bake for 45 mins-1 hr until the skin is crisp and the flesh soft.
Cut a cross on top of the potato, squeeze the sides, add a dollop of soured cream and your favourite topping. (Please note: the nutritional information below is for one jacket potato with soured cream and cheese topping.)

I love this recipe, tastes lovely! Definitely recommend it :-)

No need to prick them?

I find it is never necessary to prick jacket potatoes. They will not "explode" as we used to be told.