Jacket Potato with Blue Cheese, Bacon and Chives
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 150 g smoked streaky bacon
- 120 g Stilton or Gorgonzola
- 100 ml soured cream
- 20 g fresh chives
- 30 g butter
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 530 kcal
- Protein
- 17.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 39.9 g
- of which sugars
- 3.3 g
- Fat
- 31.3 g
- of which saturates
- 17.1 g
- Fibre
- 5.6 g
- Salt
- 2.19 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Prick, oil and salt the potatoes and bake for 50–55 minutes.
- 2
Grill or dry-fry the streaky bacon until very crispy, then chop into small pieces. Snip the chives.
- 3
Crumble the blue cheese into a bowl and mix with the soured cream to make a loose, creamy sauce.
- 4
Split the baked potatoes, add butter, then spoon over the blue cheese cream. Scatter with crispy bacon pieces and snipped chives.

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