Give jacket potatoes a new lease of life with this simple side dish, great with a summer roast

Salt-baked potatoes recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork
  • 4 tbsp sea salt
  • 8 large baking potatoes, each pricked 2-3 times with a fork
  • butter, to serve, if you like

Method

  • Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Put the egg whites and salt in 2 shallow bowls. Dip each potato into the egg white to completely cover, then dab into the salt to cover in patches. Carefully put the potatoes onto a baking sheet, pressing on any remaining salt, then bake for 1½ hrs.

  • Bake them for a further 1 hr at 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Scrape off as little or as much of the salt as you like before eating.

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