90 MIN

Baked potato

Name: Baked potato
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 potatoes (large baking potatoes, such as Maris Piper); 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tsp sea salt (flaky); 2 oz unsalted butter (to serve); 1/2 tsp black pepper

Skin rubbed with oil and salt, baked straight on the shelf, never wrapped in foil.

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Ingredients

4potatoes, large baking potatoes, such as Maris Piper
2 tbspolive oil
2 tspsea salt, flaky
2 ozunsalted butter, to serve
1/2 tspblack pepper

Method

1
Heat the oven to 400°F. Scrub the potatoes and dry them completely, prick each one several times with a fork, then rub the skins all over with the olive oil and the flaky salt.
2
Put the potatoes directly onto the middle oven shelf with a tray underneath to catch any drips. No foil, no dish, nothing touching them.
3
They are done when the skin is dry and crisp and a skewer slides through the middle with no resistance at all. Give them longer rather than less.
4
Cut a deep cross in the top of each potato, squeeze the sides to push the middle open, and drop the butter into the steam with a grinding of pepper.

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