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Salt Baked Potatoes
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Salt Baked Potatoes

1 h 15 minServes 4Nutri-Score C€
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what you need

Ingredients

4 people
  • potatoes (medium, even-sized, unpeeled, scrubbed)Produce4 pieces
  • coarse salt (coarse sea salt or rock salt)Spices1 kg
  • fresh herbs (rosemary and thyme sprigs)Produce20 g
  • egg white (lightly beaten, to bind the salt crust)Dairy1 piece

per serving

Nutrition

85kcal

Carbs
19 g
Proteins
2 g
Fat
0 g
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what you’ll use

Tools

  • Baking dish
  • Mixing bowl
  • Oven

step by step

Method

  1. Prepare the salt crust

    • Mix the coarse salt with the fresh herbs in a bowl.
    • Stir in the egg white until the salt holds together like damp sand.
    Step 1
  2. Pack the potatoes

    • Spread a layer of the salt mixture in the baking dish.
    • Nestle the potatoes in and cover them completely with the remaining salt, pressing it tight around them.
    Step 2
  3. Bake

    • Bake until the crust is hard and the potatoes are completely tender.
    Step 3
  4. Crack and serve

    • Crack the salt crust open at the table and lift out the potatoes.
    • Brush off any salt and serve immediately.
    Step 4