Bacon hasselback potatoes recipe

This bacon hasselback potatoes recipe might be our new favourite potatoes recipe! Cheesy hasselback potatoes take these crispy potatoes to the next level, which, combined with the creamy blue cheese sauce and our crispy bacon crumb, make for the ultimate potato side dish. If you want to get creative with potato recipes, these confit garlic, cheese and bacon hasselbacks potatoes are a must try. Try them as a roast dinner side dish, to take your roast potatoes to the next level, or cook them up with some other sharing plates and tapas food. Bacon potatoes might have to be the best combination of food so you’ll be wanting to try these. For bacon recipes for dinner, you can make this into a main menu dish and have them as a pimped up jacket potato recipe with our Double Smoked British Streaky Bacon as the crispy bacon crumb!

Ingredients

-4 new potatoes
-2 rashers of The Jolly Hog British Streaky Bacon for the bacon crumb
-3 garlic cloves
-40g blue cheese dip (made from blue cheese, mayo, sour cream and garlic powder)
-10g parmesan cheese
-2g chives

Method

– To make this bacon hasselback potatoes recipe, start by preheating the oven to 140 degrees. Put the peeled garlic gloves in an ovenproof pan and cover with extra virgin olive oil.
– Cook at 140 degrees for an hour. Whilst the confit garlic is in the oven, cut the hassle back potatoes.
– Season potatoes then put into the oven for around 40 minutes (in a 140 degree oven).
– Cook the streaky bacon until crispy (this is for the crumb).
– Chop the streaky bacon into crumbs and set to the side for later. Do the same with the chives.
– Grate the parmesan and set aside for later.
– In a bowl, grate the stilton blue cheese. Add mayonnaise, sour cream, garlic powder and whisk until combined and set aside for later.
– Once the garlic and potatoes are cook its time to assemble. Plate the hasselback potatoes. Add the crispy bacon and grated parmesan.
– Top with the confit garlic, followed by the blue cheese sauce and finish with chives!